Lectures on nervous diseases from the standpoint of cerebral and spinal localization, and the later methods employed in the diagnosis and treatment of these affections . Fig. its.—Shock with Discharge. oontact as possible (without actually touching each other). They canthen be separated at will, as the exigencies of the case seem to chains are arranged in a similar manner to that described inthe preceding method (direct-spark application).. Fig. 179.—An Application of the Shock During the Eighteenth Century.(Copied from an old English work.) This method is be
Lectures on nervous diseases from the standpoint of cerebral and spinal localization, and the later methods employed in the diagnosis and treatment of these affections . Fig. its.—Shock with Discharge. oontact as possible (without actually touching each other). They canthen be separated at will, as the exigencies of the case seem to chains are arranged in a similar manner to that described inthe preceding method (direct-spark application).. Fig. 179.—An Application of the Shock During the Eighteenth Century.(Copied from an old English work.) This method is best applied to the bare skin. The polarity of theelectrode is not, to my mind, a matter of much consequence. I advise you to handle this form of treatment with extreme caution. 670 LECTURES ON NERVOUS DISEASES. I liiive several times accidentally received a moderate static shock, andI can assure 3^ou it is not associated witli pleasurable sensations. Static Insulation.—This method has already been described inconnection with the administration of the • indirect spark. It is, per-haps, the most agreeable of all methods of static treatment. The patientis simply charged for a variable space of time (three to twenty minutes)with either positive or negative electricity. The pole of the machine isattached to the insulated platform on which the patient sits or other pole is grounded by a brass chain running to the floor, awater-pipe, or a gas-tix
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