. Hand-book of electro-therapeutics . platform, with the leg elevated. The static-brush discharge is very useful, especially if pre-ceded by a prolonged application of light, as recommended byDr. Snow, of New York. Dr. Snow uses a bandage of crepevelpeau, which he thinks is more comfortable than the rubberbandage. He reports marvelous results in cases of phlebitis. Itis well to remember that a prolonged light treatment will softendown the indurated edge, which may then be removed by meansof the wave-current. We should alwa5^s order artificial support,such as an elastic stocking. Vomiting of Pr
. Hand-book of electro-therapeutics . platform, with the leg elevated. The static-brush discharge is very useful, especially if pre-ceded by a prolonged application of light, as recommended byDr. Snow, of New York. Dr. Snow uses a bandage of crepevelpeau, which he thinks is more comfortable than the rubberbandage. He reports marvelous results in cases of phlebitis. Itis well to remember that a prolonged light treatment will softendown the indurated edge, which may then be removed by meansof the wave-current. We should alwa5^s order artificial support,such as an elastic stocking. Vomiting of Pregnancy.—Treatment by drugs should beused, and the bowels kept regulated. In many cases electricityis of advantage. We apply the induction coil of fine wire,placing the negative pole at the back and the other pole over theepigastrium so that the current is made to pass directly throughthe stomach. It seems hardly necessary to state that the currentshould be kept away from the neighborhood of the uterus. -^rjQ Fig. 84.—Victor No. 1 massage outfit. CHAPTER MASSAGE. Eecently the medical profession lias had its attentionforcibly drawn to electric massage against which there has beenmuch prejudice; this was due chiefly to the poor machines is well known that a machine-driven instrument can produceseveral effects not produced by the hand. The hand soonbecomes tired, so that the latter part of a treatment by the handis never the same as when the operator is fresh. In a good vibratory massage machine there should be nojarring or knocking, the machine shordcl be almost noiseless, andthe vibrations should be uniform. A good vibrator should havehigh speed without noise and should impart no vibration to thehand of the operator. The patient, not the operator, needs thevibratory massage. The machine should be strong, yet simpleof construction; it should be light, yet powerful; ft should havea universal handle, with flexible shaft which will ass
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