. Hand-book of electro-therapeutics . ^ double compounds. THE METER. Every electro-therapeutist should have a druggist would think of measuring medicine in an ordinarytumbler instead of in a graduate and no physician would think. Fig. 12.—Multiplex. (Victor.) of sending prescriptions to such a druggist. Yet physicians willemploy electricity—as a remedy—^without knowing the amountof electricity used. It does not mean anything to say we areusing 6 cells; nor can we tell anything about the amount ofelectricity used by the sensation experienced by the patient; oneperson may end
. Hand-book of electro-therapeutics . ^ double compounds. THE METER. Every electro-therapeutist should have a druggist would think of measuring medicine in an ordinarytumbler instead of in a graduate and no physician would think. Fig. 12.—Multiplex. (Victor.) of sending prescriptions to such a druggist. Yet physicians willemploy electricity—as a remedy—^without knowing the amountof electricity used. It does not mean anything to say we areusing 6 cells; nor can we tell anything about the amount ofelectricity used by the sensation experienced by the patient; oneperson may endure a current of 18 milliamperes while anothermay say a current of 5 milliamperes is too strong. It is a well-known fact that nervous women take but small quantities ofelectricity at first. In using a good meter, we turn on the cur- 3 34 ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS. rent until we get the proper dosage, irrespective of the numberof cells employed. We should not confuse voltmeter and voltameter. There isin electricity the voltmeter which is used to measure the current
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