. Electricity : its medical and surgical applications, including radiotherapy and phototherapy . y a conscious person). A degenerated Fig. 98 Degenerationof the uerve. Atrophy of themuscles, r- Cirrhosis25 3U — Kegeneration. 45 Week. • • • • , / ^ ... N y ^ V ^\ J t » • , . o • . • • • • ■ • 11 ■ ■ • •JJJJ o *Vli-- Paralysis with late return of motion. (Erb.) A, voluntary motion; 5, galvanic excitability ofmuscle; C, faradic excitability of muscle; D, excitability of nerve to either current; *, return ofvoluntary motion. muscle, however, will be found to react equally well to any givenstrength


. Electricity : its medical and surgical applications, including radiotherapy and phototherapy . y a conscious person). A degenerated Fig. 98 Degenerationof the uerve. Atrophy of themuscles, r- Cirrhosis25 3U — Kegeneration. 45 Week. • • • • , / ^ ... N y ^ V ^\ J t » • , . o • . • • • • ■ • 11 ■ ■ • •JJJJ o *Vli-- Paralysis with late return of motion. (Erb.) A, voluntary motion; 5, galvanic excitability ofmuscle; C, faradic excitability of muscle; D, excitability of nerve to either current; *, return ofvoluntary motion. muscle, however, will be found to react equally well to any givenstrength of current, whether the current is sent through by a suddenclosure or by gradual increase. This is only markedly found in com- 1 Verhandl. d. deut. Kong, fur inn. Med., 1910, S, 536. 152 DISORDERS OF THE MOTOR TRACT AND MUSCLES plete reactions. In the partial reaction the difference in strength ofcurrent required to ehcit a minimal contraction by sudden closure and Degenerationof the nerve. Fig. 99 Atrophy, nuclear proliferation, cirrhosii30 40 .50 CO 70 8. Incurable paralysis. Motion lost permanently. (Erb.) A, voluntary motion; B, galvanicexcitability of muscle; C, faradic excitability of muscle; D, excitability of nerve to either current. by gradual increase will be found to be less in the case of the affectedmuscle than in the corresponding healthy one. Fig. 100 enerative atrophy of themuscular fibres. , Regeneration. • • • • 0 ■^ y 3 ^ e • • • •1 • • • X, -^^uu^ 1 Ml Schematic representation of partial degenerative reaction. (Erb.) A, voluntary motion; B,galvanic excitability of muscle; C, faradic excitability of muscle; D, excitability of nerve to eithercurrent; *, return of voluntary motion. The faradic and galvanic irritability of the nerve and thefaradic irritability of the muscle are diminished to a slight extent. Motor power returns at anearly period; complete and rapid recovery. Degeneration of the nerve pr


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