American gynaecological and obstetrical journal. . interrupted. The Kidder Manufacturing Company havemade some on a better plan, compact and neat, like the one here pre-sented. This little affair can be attached to any portable galvanicbattery in use without any trouble. The reason why the interruptedcurrent is the one to be used is because it has two distinct actions onthe tissues to which it is applied. The first is a chemical one, and isthat of a weak escharotic and chemical drying effect and catalytic ac-tion at the one pole, while at the other is going on a marked electro-lytic change tha
American gynaecological and obstetrical journal. . interrupted. The Kidder Manufacturing Company havemade some on a better plan, compact and neat, like the one here pre-sented. This little affair can be attached to any portable galvanicbattery in use without any trouble. The reason why the interruptedcurrent is the one to be used is because it has two distinct actions onthe tissues to which it is applied. The first is a chemical one, and isthat of a weak escharotic and chemical drying effect and catalytic ac-tion at the one pole, while at the other is going on a marked electro-lytic change that lessens the size of the tissues, where it is in contact,by its influence on the moisture of the tissues, and produces smallembolic plugs in the capillary blood-vessels, in this way cutting offthe blood supply and producing pressure, and thus controlling theirritation of the nerves and inducing anaesthesia of the parts. Instrument*—The instrument is called by the readers name—Gunnings bipolar vaginismus electrode. Fig. 1 presents the instru-. Fig. 2. ment complete. Fig. 2 is a part of the instrument, or that portion ofthe electrode to be used in the deepest part of the vagina. This in-strument consists of two parts. The portion to be used internally is * Made by the J. Kidder Manufacturing Company of this city. 6i8 Josephus Henry Gunning, M. D, made on the principle of a Duchenne double uterine electrode, so asto present a small point easily introduced, that can be readily enlargedafter being placed in the vagina. The other electrode is made in theshape of a small speculum, with flat-pointed lips, that can be readilypassed into the vagina through the vulva and the perforation in thehymen; and it is so arranged that it slides over the other electrode,and is to be left in the parts, having pushed the internal electrode upagainst the fundus of the uterus, or at the cervix, or into Douglascul-de-sac, allowing the application thus of the electric current to bemade at the seat o
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