The electro-therapeutic guide, or, A thousand questions asked and answered . o-electric bath, or the bath in which the patient is immersed in w^ater, throughwhich an electric current is passing. We know that water is a better con-ductor than the body,and therefore, according to Ohms law, the currentwill follow the path of the least resistance, and pass around the patient,rather than through him, so that the amount he gets will be exceedinglysmall. If, however, the water is connected to one pole of the battery andthe patient, in the water, holds in his hand the other electrode, above thewater,
The electro-therapeutic guide, or, A thousand questions asked and answered . o-electric bath, or the bath in which the patient is immersed in w^ater, throughwhich an electric current is passing. We know that water is a better con-ductor than the body,and therefore, according to Ohms law, the currentwill follow the path of the least resistance, and pass around the patient,rather than through him, so that the amount he gets will be exceedinglysmall. If, however, the water is connected to one pole of the battery andthe patient, in the water, holds in his hand the other electrode, above thewater, then of course, the current must traverse his body and the water inorder to complete the circuit. Because of the water being such a goodconductor, it may be used as an electrode, with the part to be treated im-mersed in the water in which is one pole. By this method phoresis may beemployed by medicating the water with the remedy to be used. Very pain-ful conditions like arthritis and gout may be treated thus, when the contactof the ordinary electrodes would be The accompanying sketch shows an ordinary bath tub equipped forthe hydro-electric bath; one cord from the battery is attached to the sub-merged electrode, the other pole is connected to the electrode on the patients body is either wholly or partially immersed, the water actingas one electrode, and the other (on the floor) is applied to some part of thebody out of the water., thus completeing the circuit. However, the hydro-electric bath is not as useful as other forms of treatment. Do not use the street current in the bath tub that is in any way con-nected with the ground. Ground circuits on dynamos are of frequentoccurrence. Electric bath tubs should in no wise be connected with sewer or waterpipes. General Constitutional Electric Treatments How give general galvanization, and faradization? General galvanization and faradization is given with the negative elec-trode to the feet while the positive i
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