. Electricity in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat . fects on ferments,micro-organisms and products of secretion. Themuscular fibres contract and, with the aid of theelectro-static action, the exudate is removed. Ozoneis produced which acts as a disinfectant. At thepoint of contact of the electrode, ischaemia is pro-duced, followed by intense and lasting hyperaemia,leucocytosis and phagocytocis, so that the necroseddetritus is removed. The method gives better results than any other,giving immediate relief and a rapid cure. OZENA. 463 Dr. Clarence C. Eice, of New York, cites twocases of
. Electricity in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat . fects on ferments,micro-organisms and products of secretion. Themuscular fibres contract and, with the aid of theelectro-static action, the exudate is removed. Ozoneis produced which acts as a disinfectant. At thepoint of contact of the electrode, ischaemia is pro-duced, followed by intense and lasting hyperaemia,leucocytosis and phagocytocis, so that the necroseddetritus is removed. The method gives better results than any other,giving immediate relief and a rapid cure. OZENA. 463 Dr. Clarence C. Eice, of New York, cites twocases of ozena w^hich he treated with positive gal-vanism : 1. —, aged 15, saw him November 27, ozena. The odor began four months ago. Muco-purulent discharge. December 9.—The patient has had four treat-ments with the direct current, a copper positive elec-trode having been applied to each nostril, with for ten minutes. This treatment was con-tinued tri-weekly until February 5, when the patientis much better; less discharge, odor and Fig. 129.—Sharps Single Copper Nasal Electrode. 2. —, aged 41, came August 8, 1893, havingozena; post-nasal catarrh; copious, most offensiveanterior and post-nasal discharge; crusts; nosebleeds freely. Treatment.—Electric diffusion from copperbulbs to naso-pharynx, 15 to 25 m. a. for five minutes. August 30.—The incrustations and dischargeare much less; the sense of smell has returned forthe first time in eight years; there is no odor. Thepatient expressed himself as fifty per cent better,and stated that no other treatment had ever accom-plished so much for him. Unavoidably he discon-tinued treatment. Taylor claims to have cured in a fortnight, witha nasal high-frequency electrode, a case of longstanding. 464 ELECTEICITY IN DISEASES OF THE NOSE. Delevan, of New York, secured excellent resultswith galvanism. He used the negative electrodewrapped in absorbent cotton and applied directlyto the nasal mucosa, with four to
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