. Virginia medical semi-monthly. cient current is now passed through thegrowth from the active electrode in its mid-dle to spread the nascent oxychloride pro-duced by erosion of this electrode through-out the tumor and its ramifications, resultingin interstitial death of the cancer germs and aportion of the stroma, and a final healing bygranulation of the site of the growth. To dothis, strong currents are required, and a dura-tion of the application appropriate to the ex-tent of the growth, every effort being made todestroy all germs in one application. Thecurrent strengths will vary from 350
. Virginia medical semi-monthly. cient current is now passed through thegrowth from the active electrode in its mid-dle to spread the nascent oxychloride pro-duced by erosion of this electrode through-out the tumor and its ramifications, resultingin interstitial death of the cancer germs and aportion of the stroma, and a final healing bygranulation of the site of the growth. To dothis, strong currents are required, and a dura-tion of the application appropriate to the ex-tent of the growth, every effort being made todestroy all germs in one application. Thecurrent strengths will vary from 350 milliam-peres, in small growths, to 1,500 in large ones,for durations varying from fifteen minutes tohalf an hour. To produce such medically enormous cur-rents, I have been compelled to lay aside theordinary portable galvanic batteries, many ofwhich are mere toys at best, and have designeda transportable galvanic battery, a sample ofwhich, made by Williams, Brown and Earl, ofPhiladelphia, I herewith exhibit. [See illus-tration.]. acid solution for prolonged treatment, and willresist corrosion; the mechanism for raising andlowering the elements permitting the use ofthis means of controlling the current withgreat ease; and the ease with which each pair©f elements is detached for amalgamation andreplaced. Each of these points may seemtrivial, but they will make the difference be-tween success and failure in actual use. Two such batteries are needed in cancerwork, and they may be sent empty to any partof the country, and will require a gallon eachof electropoion or ordinary acid battery solu-tion, with which they are readily charged be-fore use. The electrodes for cataphoric diffusion ofmercury within cancerous tissues I also are of various shapes—those of gold be-ing hollow for the addition of an excess ofmercury to its amalgamated surface duringaction; and those of zinc simply amalgamated,since the mercury is not so easily exhaustedfrom their surface by reason of a l
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