. Principles of electro-medicine, electro-surgery and radiology : a practical treatise for students and practioners, with chapters on mechanical vibration and blood pressure technique . to 75 milli-amperes) causes severe pain, and is followed by febrile reaction andother unfavorable symptoms, or if the secondary faradic current affordsbut a temporary relief (for a few moments) the case is one of diseasedappendages, ovaritis; or (if reaction is great) pyosalpinx. Electro-Medicine, Electro-Surgery and Radiology 83 CHAPTER XII ELECTRO-SURGERY IN surgery, electricity is not only valuable to arrive
. Principles of electro-medicine, electro-surgery and radiology : a practical treatise for students and practioners, with chapters on mechanical vibration and blood pressure technique . to 75 milli-amperes) causes severe pain, and is followed by febrile reaction andother unfavorable symptoms, or if the secondary faradic current affordsbut a temporary relief (for a few moments) the case is one of diseasedappendages, ovaritis; or (if reaction is great) pyosalpinx. Electro-Medicine, Electro-Surgery and Radiology 83 CHAPTER XII ELECTRO-SURGERY IN surgery, electricity is not only valuable to arrive at a correct diag-nosis (by means of X-rays and the different electroscopes, with whichit is possible to explore the body cavities, such as urethra, bladder,esophagus, stomach, etc.) but by it, we are able to successfully coagu-late the blood in hemorrhage and aneurysm; to remove tumors, hemorr-hoids, warts, moles, naevi, etc.; dilate strictures (by absorption);remove foreign bodies from the eye and treat numerous other surgicalconditions. Elcetro-surgery embraces electro-cautery, fulguration, highfrequency desiccation, surgical diathermy, electrolysis, magnet opera-tions, Fig. 30—Cautery electrode handle. Electro-Cautery Electro-cautery, performed with a platinum knife (electrode) heatedto a cherry-red or white heat, enables us, on account of the obliterationof smaller vessels and coagulation of the blood, to sever tissue withouthemorrhage. The greater the heat of the electrode, the less pain is produced, butthere is greater liability of subsequent hemorrhage; therefore, a cherry-red heat, which is a temperature intermediate between red and whiteheat, is usually the most satisfactory. Electro-cautery is emploved to remove polypi and tumors difficult toreach with the knife; to cut through the cervix uteri; to remove growthsin the pharynx and larynx, and to cauterize laryngeal ulcers; to destroythe nerve iii a hollow tooth; to arrest hemorrhage; to treat some cases ofpr
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