An essay on the history of electrotherapy and diagnosis; . er of the electrical appliancesthen available, the legitimate electrotherapy of the eighteenthcentury was confined to either insulating the patient, electrifyinghim, and then drawing sparks from the affected part, or to theadministration of shocks, usually by means of one or moreLeyden Jars, though, as we have said, Jallabert and Guyo. * In view of certain similarities between the names, the work of Bianchimust be clearly distinguished from that of Bianchini and of Bianconi, Physicianto the Prince of Aosta. Both these observers repeate
An essay on the history of electrotherapy and diagnosis; . er of the electrical appliancesthen available, the legitimate electrotherapy of the eighteenthcentury was confined to either insulating the patient, electrifyinghim, and then drawing sparks from the affected part, or to theadministration of shocks, usually by means of one or moreLeyden Jars, though, as we have said, Jallabert and Guyo. * In view of certain similarities between the names, the work of Bianchimust be clearly distinguished from that of Bianchini and of Bianconi, Physicianto the Prince of Aosta. Both these observers repeated the experiments ofPivati, and were totally unable to corroborate them. 24 AN ESSAY ON THE were the only workers whose methods could be regarded asscientific. Among the early workers in this field, two are of especialinterest—John Wesley and Benjamin Franklin. Wesley, as iswell known, was fond of dabbling in medicine, and seems tohave acted as a kind of medical adviser to the members of hiscongregation. Priestley, in his History of Electricity, states. Sir William Watson. Mr. Wesleys people, I believe, generally use a machine inwhich two cylinders are turned by the same wheel; but onethat I saw, in the possession of a very intelligent member ofthat persuasion, had the cylinders and rubbers so confined in achest, that, though it might do very well for medical uses, itwas very ill adapted to the purposes of philosophy. Priestley,nevertheless, had a high opinion of Wesleys electrotherapeuticmeasures, as the following passage bears witness : The Rev. HISTORY OF ELECTROTHERAPY 25 Mr. J. Wesley has followed Mr. Lovet in the same usefulcourse of medical electricity, and recommends the use of it tohis numerous followers and to all people. Happy it is whenan ascendency over the minds of men is employed to purposes
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