. Electricity : its medical and surgical applications, including radiotherapy and phototherapy . d Therapeutics, July, liK)9, p, 337. ELECTROLYSIS AND FULGURATION 209 first so employed high frequency currents in the treatment .of epi-theliomata and superficial tubercular lesions.^ He employed veryshort, fat sparks (3 to 5 cm.) from powerful coils. He terms hismethod altofrequent cytolysis. The method has been used ininoperable malignant growths of the breast and uterus with assertedsuccess, and its application is advised to the wound when such growthshave been removed surgically. He states tha
. Electricity : its medical and surgical applications, including radiotherapy and phototherapy . d Therapeutics, July, liK)9, p, 337. ELECTROLYSIS AND FULGURATION 209 first so employed high frequency currents in the treatment .of epi-theliomata and superficial tubercular lesions.^ He employed veryshort, fat sparks (3 to 5 cm.) from powerful coils. He terms hismethod altofrequent cytolysis. The method has been used ininoperable malignant growths of the breast and uterus with assertedsuccess, and its application is advised to the wound when such growthshave been removed surgically. He states that high frequency currentsappear to cure small facial epitheliomata and to exercise in certain casesa beneficial influence on the evolution of some malignant tumors. They first produce a thermo-electrical-chemical action, the effect ofwhich is to eliminate neoplastic tissues and, if we admit the parasitictheory, to destroy microorganisms and their toxins, and, in the secondplace, they produce a trophoneurotic curative action, which brings-back the vital processes to the normal state. Fig. 239. The Cannon handle for fulguration. The special object of this handle is to eliminate the disagreeablesparking which occurs when other handles are employed to secure fine, irritating and escharotic sparks,especially when the apparatus is running and the handle not in contact with the patient. This handleshort circuits the current until it is in position, and then the depression of the lever breaks the circuit,allowing the sparks to pass to the patient. Good results have been reported from its use for the removalof warts, nevi, callosities, acne indurata, enlarged tonsils, etc. For the treatment of the tonsils, aspecial curved electrode (6) enables one to get a commanding view of the throat, its insulation prevent-ing sparks from touching the patients teeth. It could not be in contemplation to employ the thermo-electrical-chemical action for the elimination of large tumors, for which excisio
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