. American X-ray journal . it was probable that the condi- AMERICAN ELECTRO-THERAPEUTIC ASSOCIATION, 259 tion was one of auto-toxic nephritis aris-ing from the action upon the kidneys ofthe toxines formed during abnormal di-gestion. Following in the footsteps ofDr. A. D. Rockwell, he had, during thepast year, observed eighteen such cases,four of which he reported. In three ofthese cases treatment with static electric-ity had controlled the albuminuria. Thefaradic current had not proved so useful,and the wave current had seemed to himinferior to the static induced current. Dr. W. B. Snow thot i
. American X-ray journal . it was probable that the condi- AMERICAN ELECTRO-THERAPEUTIC ASSOCIATION, 259 tion was one of auto-toxic nephritis aris-ing from the action upon the kidneys ofthe toxines formed during abnormal di-gestion. Following in the footsteps ofDr. A. D. Rockwell, he had, during thepast year, observed eighteen such cases,four of which he reported. In three ofthese cases treatment with static electric-ity had controlled the albuminuria. Thefaradic current had not proved so useful,and the wave current had seemed to himinferior to the static induced current. Dr. W. B. Snow thot if Dr. Reed hadused a sufficiently large spark gap hewould have found the static wave cur-rent superior to the static induced. Dr. G-. Betton Massey spoke of a caseof glycosuria in which he had succeededfor some time in controlling the quantityof sugar excreted in the urin by theapplication of static electricity. X=Ray and Light in the Treatment ofTuberculosis.— Dr. Russell HerbertBoggs, of Pittsburg, presented this com-. MEMBERS AND ViSITOKS. AMERICAN ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS ASSOCIATION,ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., SEPTEMBER 22, 23, 24, 1903. Dr. A. D. Rockwell, of New York, saidthat there seemed to be no sharp line be-tween inflammatory and organic diseaseof the kidney, and that electricity wascapable of reducing congestion and im-proving the nutrition of the kidney. Itshould be remembered that this treat-ment, useful tho it was, was only applica-ble to occasional cases of mild affectionof the kidney. In his own cases, treatedin this manner, the treatment had ex-tended over periods off from three toeighteen months. He did not, of course,claim to cure true Brights disease byelectricity. munication. He firmly believed thatthese therapeutic agents were of verygreat value as an aid in the treatmentof tuberculosis, no matter where warmly advocated the use of the coil,believing that x-ray treatment with thestatic machine was much more difficultand uncertain. The light treatment
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