. American X-ray journal . ve to X-Radiance and Electrotherapy, of interest tothe medical profession, are solicited from all parts of the world. Contributors will be furnished extra copies of theJournal containing their articles at cost of publication. Entered as Second-Class Matter. March 4. 1908. at the Postoffice at Chicago, 111., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Vol. XV. CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER. 1904. .so. 3 CONTENTS. PAGE Frontispiece. Dr. William J. Morton 258 The Principles of Electro Therapeutics,by T. Proctor Hall 259 American Electro Mecical Society 266 The Action of the Consta
. American X-ray journal . ve to X-Radiance and Electrotherapy, of interest tothe medical profession, are solicited from all parts of the world. Contributors will be furnished extra copies of theJournal containing their articles at cost of publication. Entered as Second-Class Matter. March 4. 1908. at the Postoffice at Chicago, 111., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Vol. XV. CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER. 1904. .so. 3 CONTENTS. PAGE Frontispiece. Dr. William J. Morton 258 The Principles of Electro Therapeutics,by T. Proctor Hall 259 American Electro Mecical Society 266 The Action of the Constant Current on theVitality of Microbes, by S. 267 Roentgen Ray Congress 273 Fifth International Electrical Congress, St. Louis, 1904 274 Electro Therapy, Lesson XV 277 PAGE X-Ray Diseases of the Skin, by C H. Fessenden 278 Unipolar X-Ray, by Samuel Stern 5>83 A New Remedy for Appendiciti> 284 Animistic Medicine 285 N-Rays 286 Structure of the Atom 286 Pneumatic Cure for Blindness 287 Med ical Electricity 287. DR. WILLIAM MORTON Chairman of the Electro-Therapeutic Section of the InternationalElectrical Congress, 1904. THE AMERICAN X-RAY JOURNAL Devoted to Practical X-Ray Work and Allied Arts and Sciences. Vol. XV. CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER, 1904. No. 3 The Principles of Electrotherapeutics. BY DR. T. PROCTOR paper presented at the International Electrical Congress of St. Louis, 1904. From the known physical, chemical andphysiological effects of eletric currents itis possible to draw fairly accurate con-clusions as to their therapeutic uses; andwhen these data are combined with theresults of clinical investigations, the prin-ciples of electrotherapeutics are set forthready for application for the relief ofmankind. ELECTRIC CURRENTS. It is essential that the practician shouldhave first a clear concept of the nature ofan electric current. For this purpose theVortex theory of electricity and magnet-ism offers the simplest working hypoth-esis. According to this the
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