. The treatment of disease by electric currents : a hand-book of plain instructions for the general practitioner . e, persist untilit becomes satisfactory, and thereafter apply the same treat-ment for two or three days just prior to the expected flowuntil several normal periods have been passed. As treatment progresses the surface tolerance to the currentwill often increase and the dose may be somewhat increasedaccordingly, but as tJie viaxinmin of current strength in gal-vanic applications is ahvays very gradually developed and thereduction to zero at the close of treatment is also gradual an
. The treatment of disease by electric currents : a hand-book of plain instructions for the general practitioner . e, persist untilit becomes satisfactory, and thereafter apply the same treat-ment for two or three days just prior to the expected flowuntil several normal periods have been passed. As treatment progresses the surface tolerance to the currentwill often increase and the dose may be somewhat increasedaccordingly, but as tJie viaxinmin of current strength in gal-vanic applications is ahvays very gradually developed and thereduction to zero at the close of treatment is also gradual andshould never be abrupt, it is obvious that during a ten minuteapplication we need consider only about one-half of this timeas representing the maximum current activity. After removing the electrodes dust the reddened skin withtoilet powder and the patient is ready to dress. Spinal faradization.—This faradic method requires the ex-posure of the entire spine with the patient reclining face down-ward upon a table or couch. Apply a sponge-covered posi-tive electrode of medium size upon the nape of the neck and. POSITIVE. Fig. 3S. Sponge-covered flat electrode. regulate a medium-coil, rapidly-interrupted current to a strengthwhich causes an agreeable sensation and mild muscular con- TREATMENT OF MENSTRUAL DERANGEMENTS. 281 traction at all points of the spine when the negative electrodeis promenaded up and down its entire length. An ordinarysponge-covered hand electrode lubricated with a little soapanswers for this purpose. At each side of the spine the elec-trode may be passed a few times over the various motor pointsand also across the muscles of the lumbar region. Fig. 39. Ordinary sponge-covered hand electrode. Devote about ten minutes to the entire application, givingthe greater portion of the stimulus to the muscles and blood-vessels of the lower spine. Dry briskly with a coarse toweland the patient is ready to dress. These external methods closely resemble each other in pri
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