. Electricity : its medical and surgical applications, including radiotherapy and phototherapy . yover this, and between the belt and the electrode, over the region ofeach kidney, was placed a pad so as to cause extra pressure of the elec-trode in these regions. Twenty-minute applications were made threetimes a week. Great improvement was obtained in 17 of the 18 cases,greater benefit being obtained. Reed thinks, in those cases in which thestatic induced current was used. Snow recommends the use of the static wave current in Brightsdisease. He employs electrodes 3 by 9 inches over the region o
. Electricity : its medical and surgical applications, including radiotherapy and phototherapy . yover this, and between the belt and the electrode, over the region ofeach kidney, was placed a pad so as to cause extra pressure of the elec-trode in these regions. Twenty-minute applications were made threetimes a week. Great improvement was obtained in 17 of the 18 cases,greater benefit being obtained. Reed thinks, in those cases in which thestatic induced current was used. Snow recommends the use of the static wave current in Brightsdisease. He employs electrodes 3 by 9 inches over the region of thekidneys, the long dimension transversely, and held firmly in positionby a pillow pressed between the electrode and the back of the spark gap of from 4 to 10 inches, according to the feelings of thepatient, is employed for thirty minutes daily. In interstitial nephritiswith high blood pressure, one of the general methods of using highfrequency currents, especially the DArsonval, may be tried (p. 262) asthey lower blood pressure and increase elimination (pp. 131 and 135). Fig. 276. Esophageal electrode. Diseases of the Liver.—Congestion of the liver from any cause maybe treated and sometimes relieved by the methods described for kidneydisease or by a high frequency effluve or vacuum electrode applied overthe liver. The static wave current, the electrode over the liver, is useful. Diseases of the Esophagus.—Electrolysis has been advocated by somefor the relief of esophageal stricture. If employed, an electrode () attached to the negative pole is introduced gently until resistanceis felt from the stricture; a current of 5 milliamperes is used. Greatcaution should be employed, and other methods are preferred bysurgeons. Diseases of the Stomach.—Electricity may be used in diseases of thestomach to produce a psychic effect, to improve motility, or to promotesecretion. We employ it for the first-mentioned effect in the so-callednervous dyspepsia, meaning by th
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