. Electricity : its medical and surgical applications, including radiotherapy and phototherapy . beremoved for the same reason. This modality is especially efficacious onhot, damp days, thereby differing from other forms of static the machine is running slowly, the discharge is of a sputteringcharacter; as its speed increases it becomes concentrated—the blue pencilflame. The sensation to the patient is as if hot sand were being thrownupon the skin. The electrode should be moved over the part beingtreated. When connected with the negative side, as has been said, the dischargeis
. Electricity : its medical and surgical applications, including radiotherapy and phototherapy . beremoved for the same reason. This modality is especially efficacious onhot, damp days, thereby differing from other forms of static the machine is running slowly, the discharge is of a sputteringcharacter; as its speed increases it becomes concentrated—the blue pencilflame. The sensation to the patient is as if hot sand were being thrownupon the skin. The electrode should be moved over the part beingtreated. When connected with the negative side, as has been said, the dischargeis soothing, has possibly some antiseptic effect, dilates and contractsthe bloodvessels, promotes absorption, and possibly effects has been found useful in sprains, neuritis, neuralgia, neurasthenia, Journal of Advanced Therapeutics, August, 1909, p. 3G7. 24S METHODS OF PRODUCIXG LOCAL ELECTRIFICATIOX and insomnia. It has been claimed (De Kraft, he. cit.) that the sput-tering discharge will stimulate the healing of sluggish ulcers and abortboils before pus has formed. Fig. 220. 1, vacuum tube held by operator or patient; 2, connecting wire; 3, ground chain to water pipe. (Snow.) Fig. 221
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