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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
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ertain bacteria or not. A case of tibial ulcer was cured after only twenty consecutive dailyapplicaticons of this treatment. When the treatment was begun, the ulcerwas three inches in diameter, and had resisted all kinds of treatments fromseveral other good physicians, for a period of three years. Other ulcers,skin cancers, and the kings in consumption, are treated in about samemanner. The technique of the application is to place the negative, back of thepart to be treated, and keep it concentrated on the fixed point for from fiveto fifteen minutes daily, unless it causes too much reaction. In the treat- THE ELECTRO-THERAPEUTIC GUIDE 127 mont of rheumatism or paralysis, the technique is about the same. In con-stipation, put one pole to the nates, or in the rectum, and pass the brushover the abdomen following the course of the colon, from right to left. Ingoiter and enlarged prostate gland, apply the positive pole to the gland.Most excellent results have been obtained in these cases. ,
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INSUL-ATED PLRTTORM The above sketch shows the details of the construction, and the methodof connection of this solenoid, so as to get this shunt current, and by refer-ing to the sketch the following explanation will make the same clear, sothat you can construct one, if desired, and get the same results. This modification of the static current is one of the best drawing cardsin the whole electric line, being catchy, impressive, popular, and is painless,requires the removal of no clothing, and at the same time gets splendid re-sults. It acts on vaso-motor nerves, as is manifested by the patients perspir-ing after a fifteen minute seance, and this without any suggestion what-ever. This effect has been noted repeatedly, but is not always a constantresult. One case who had not sweated for six months, began at the firstsitting. In this case the negative electrode was applied to the bare skinover the abdomen, and the positive brush, directing effluvia, was held afew inches from the cervical

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