. A revised and enlarged edition of Clarks̕ New system of electrical medication. trunk. Betterreverse the poles on the head, by transposing the cords in theposts, so as to make the manipulating hand the positive head is, or ought to be, extremely sensitive. You neednot do this, however, if the negative pole can be received onthe head without discomfort, as it sometimes can be. Com-mence on the cerebrum, and then pass to the cerebellum! If, in the examination of the spine, the practitioner finds ituncomfortable to bear in his fingers a current of sufficient 74 ELECTKICAL SCIENCE. stren
. A revised and enlarged edition of Clarks̕ New system of electrical medication. trunk. Betterreverse the poles on the head, by transposing the cords in theposts, so as to make the manipulating hand the positive head is, or ought to be, extremely sensitive. You neednot do this, however, if the negative pole can be received onthe head without discomfort, as it sometimes can be. Com-mence on the cerebrum, and then pass to the cerebellum! If, in the examination of the spine, the practitioner finds ituncomfortable to bear in his fingers a current of sufficient 74 ELECTKICAL SCIENCE. strength to be distinctly felt in that part of the patient, hemay use the side-sponge cup on the spine. But let him neveruse a current on another person which he does not first applyto his own nerves, so as to know its intensity, Indeed, if oneprefer to use the side-sponge cup through the whole process,he can do so although there is advantage in using the fingers,since, by their concentrated impressions he is more sure todetect disease thrai by the broader face of the sponge Primary Cell Battery, shown without the lid. Primary Cell Battery, 18 cells, carbon and zinc elements, size of cells 2^inches long, horizontal !, \l/2 wide, 43^ deep. Polished walnut case, 17inches long, 7 wide, 12^ deep. Now, wherever there is found soreness or lancinating painunder the touch it is sure that the part is pre tern aturallypositwe—more or less so, according to the degree of painfulirritability. On the other hand, if there be found a part ELECTRICAL SCIENCE. 75 evincing much less than the usual sensibility found in thehealthy corresponding part of other patients, it may safely bepronounced torpid or paralytic, more or less. It lacks sufficientelectro-vitality, is improperly negative, and needs to be treatedwith the negative pole. It -will often happen that diseased action is found in partswhere the patient was entirely unaware of its existence untilthe practitioners fingers or other
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