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Title: The electro-therapeutic guide, or, A thousand questions asked and answered
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Bennett, Homer Clark, 1865-1928
Subjects: Electrotherapeutics Electricity in medicine Ohm's law X-rays Electricity Electricity X-Rays Electromagnetic Phenomena Electric Stimulation Therapy
Publisher: Lima (Ohio) : Literary Dept. of the National College of Electro-Therapeutics
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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Of all the nerves most frequently affected, the seventh cer-vical is prominent, in all neurasthenic conditions. Pressure atthe seventh cervical vertebra is painful, and positive galvanisa-tion gives prompt relief. Head Pains In this country, where so many are afflicted with what the Europeanscall Aniericanitis, meaning a condition of sub-acute or chronic nervousunbalance, due to our strenuous manner of life, headache is a still morecommon symptom than is dyspepsia, but we as physicians, are not calledon so much for the relief of this symptom, as we would be if it were not forthe patent medicine habit which is so prevalent. There is, however, a large and ever-increasing proportion of our cli-entele who are anxious to have us relieve, if not cure this distressing symp-tom, and if there ever was need of careful diagnosis, it surely is in thedetermination of the cause of the headache, and then, knowing the cause,we have in some of the electric modalities, very frequently, a safe, sureand

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