. Medical electricity; a practical treatise on the applications of electricity to medicine and surgery. the infra- and supra-orbitaldivisions of the fifth, due to cold, carious teeth, etc., thepain persisting after the cause is removed. It is true, inthe main, that galvanism is merely palliative in neuralgiaof the fifth. This opinion is supported by Anstie,1 Bene-dict,2 and other observers Far different is the effect ofgalvanism on cervico-brackial neuralgia. In a considerable 1 Neuralgia and its Counterfeits, p. 200 et seq. 2 Electrotherapie, op. cit. 14 210 ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS. experience i
. Medical electricity; a practical treatise on the applications of electricity to medicine and surgery. the infra- and supra-orbitaldivisions of the fifth, due to cold, carious teeth, etc., thepain persisting after the cause is removed. It is true, inthe main, that galvanism is merely palliative in neuralgiaof the fifth. This opinion is supported by Anstie,1 Bene-dict,2 and other observers Far different is the effect ofgalvanism on cervico-brackial neuralgia. In a considerable 1 Neuralgia and its Counterfeits, p. 200 et seq. 2 Electrotherapie, op. cit. 14 210 ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS. experience in the treatment of this form of neuralgiawhich includes cases treated by all the most improvedmethods except galvanism, but including subcutaneousinjection of morphine, I have rarely failed to effect a attention must be given to the cases, and sufficienttime. The usual error consists in too infrequent applica-tions. The best results are obtained from stances of fiveto ten minutes duration, repeated three times a day, cer-tainly twice a day. The anode is placed over the cervical Fig. 8;,. u. Musculocutaneous, b. Biceps, c. Musculocutaneous. d. Cap. intern, e. Median nerve, f. Brachialis internus. g. Ulnar, h. Branch of median. plexus, and should consist of a large sponge electrode wellmoistened with hot water; the cathode, of similar form,should be slowly passed over the shoulder, arm, and fore-arm—labile method, or, what is more effective, the cathodeheld stationary at some point on the wrist or hand—stabilemethod. Probably even better results are obtained fromthe polar method—that pole applied to the seat of pain,most active in relieving it, and the other at any indifferentpoint. If the case is recent, from 10 to 20 elements—5 to 10 milliamperes or more—will suffice; but if old, from ELECTRICITY IN THE TREATMENT OF PAIN. 211 20 to 40 elements—10 to 20 milliamperes or more—willbe necessary. Onimus and Legros1 insist on the impor-tance of e
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