. Essentials of medical electricity . -sized electrode,should be applied to the lumbar spine and the cathode (mediumelectrode) in one groin after the other, stabile and labile, thenabout the upper and lower surface of the penis, and finally onthe perineum. The entire application should consume severalminutes, and the current be of medium strength. In nocturnalpollutions stabile rather than labile currents should be used withthe anode in preference to the cathode about the genitals. Theurethral electrode may be used for the purpose of direct appli-cations to the orifices of the ejaculatory duet
. Essentials of medical electricity . -sized electrode,should be applied to the lumbar spine and the cathode (mediumelectrode) in one groin after the other, stabile and labile, thenabout the upper and lower surface of the penis, and finally onthe perineum. The entire application should consume severalminutes, and the current be of medium strength. In nocturnalpollutions stabile rather than labile currents should be used withthe anode in preference to the cathode about the genitals. Theurethral electrode may be used for the purpose of direct appli-cations to the orifices of the ejaculatory duets. In Conditions of Atony (with or without dilatation) of theStomach, with diminution in the secretion of the gastric juice,percutaneous, and especially intra-gastrie faradization hasyielded excellent results. Intra-gastrie faradization requiresfor its application a special electrode. Eichorn1 recommends asmall, bulbous, hard-rubber capsule electrode, designed by him-self, aud termed a deglutable stomach electrode, which has Fig. proved very satisfactory in his hands. The stomach shouldcontain a half-pint or so of fluid, in order that the current maybe diffused. The electrode is swallowed. The indifferent elec-trode may be placed upon the back to the left of the seventh Medical Record, May 9, 1891. 152 ESSENTIALS OF MEDICAL ELECTRICITY. dorsal vertebra, or on the epigastrium, or may be held in thehand. Marked results are often obtained from faradization thusapplied in chronic gastric catarrh, gastric atony, and in gastricdilatation. Einhorn reports also pure cases of gastralgia muchimproved from galvanism similarly applied. Fig. 65 representsthe stomach electrode, manufactured by Otto Flemming of thiscity. In the hands of the writers it has given perfect satisfac-tion. Catarrhal Jaundice, Splenic Enlargement, and Ascites fre-quently respond to faradization of the gall-bladder and abdomengenerally. Contractions of the gall bladder may not unlikely bedue to reflex action. Su
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