. Electricity in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat . sparking com-plet-es the recovery. A treatment daily for eightdays usually suffices. High-Frequency.—Sparks taken from the reson-ator, have been employed with remarkable re-sults in the treatment of small epitheliomas of theface. Bordier considers the procedure an enormousadvance over the former electrolytic methods, notalone on account of its rapidity and convenience ofapplication, but also on account of the superiorityof the esthetic results,—the cicatrix being much lessvisible, than after the use of the electric needle. Be-sides,
. Electricity in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat . sparking com-plet-es the recovery. A treatment daily for eightdays usually suffices. High-Frequency.—Sparks taken from the reson-ator, have been employed with remarkable re-sults in the treatment of small epitheliomas of theface. Bordier considers the procedure an enormousadvance over the former electrolytic methods, notalone on account of its rapidity and convenience ofapplication, but also on account of the superiorityof the esthetic results,—the cicatrix being much lessvisible, than after the use of the electric needle. Be-sides, the high-frequency would be preferable to EPITHELIOMA. 371 photo- and radiotherapy—these two last proceduresbeing, by contrast, indicated in extensive epithelio-mas. Oudin considers this method as the treatment ofchoice in small epitheliomas of the skin and mucousmembrane, not only because one can limit the actionof the sparks with greater facility, but also becauseof the rapidity of the results. The number of treat-ments never exceeds Fig. 109.—High Frequency Machine. 372 ELECTRICITY IN DISEASES OP THE EYE, Like Bordier, Oudin prefers high-frequency tothe x-TdLj, which is often difficult to use on accountof the location and slight extent of some of theseneoplasms; for instance, the ala of the nose or angleof the eye. One can employ a conical metallic elec-trode. The flowing of the balls of sparks may beregulated so as to have only a spark of two to threem. m. The operator holds the left hand of the pa-tient with his left hand,and, holding a hand electrodein his right hand, applies the point of the cone to theskin. After continuing the spark for a minute uponthe tumor, he gradually releases the hand of the pa-tient. When the surface commences to pale, heseparates the cone a little from the tissue and thesparks become longer. The operator has the advan-tage of producing anesthesia of the skin in propor-tion to the application. Leprinces method is, in his o
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