An essay on the history of electrotherapy and diagnosis; . Nitze instrument isshown in the accompanying figure, while Leiters instrumentsare indicated in the next diagram. Fenwick considered Leiters apparatus as the more practicaland useful instrument of the two, and, thus contrasts generallythe advantages of the 1887 over the 1879 model:— (1) The water-cooling apparatus is done away with. (2) The offensive Bunsen battery and complicated rheostat are replaced by a small plunge battery, which onlyneeds refilling once a month (this was in 1888), or (3) Accumulators which slip into the pocket may
An essay on the history of electrotherapy and diagnosis; . Nitze instrument isshown in the accompanying figure, while Leiters instrumentsare indicated in the next diagram. Fenwick considered Leiters apparatus as the more practicaland useful instrument of the two, and, thus contrasts generallythe advantages of the 1887 over the 1879 model:— (1) The water-cooling apparatus is done away with. (2) The offensive Bunsen battery and complicated rheostat are replaced by a small plunge battery, which onlyneeds refilling once a month (this was in 1888), or (3) Accumulators which slip into the pocket may be used. (4) The new instrument is one third the price of the old. (5) It is neither complicated nor fragile. Various forms of electrically illuminated apparatus wereused in the examination of the larynx and throat, while thegastroscope allowed of a view of the interior of the stomach. HISTORY OF ELECTROTHERAPY 123 So far as I can ascertain, the pioneer worker in the variedforms of electrically illuminated apparatus for endoscopy wasLeiter, of CF^L P W
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