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Title: Principles of electro-medicine, electrosurgery and radiology : a practical treatise for students and practitioners. With chapters on mechanical vibration and blood pressure technique
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Matijaca, Anthony
Subjects: Vibration Electrotherapeutics X-rays Blood pressure Electric Stimulation Therapy X-Ray Therapy Electrosurgery
Publisher: Butler, New Jersey Tangerine, Fl. New York City : Published by Benedict Lust
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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pole of the current generator to a largeindifferent electrode, on which the patient stands, and the other pole toan insulated metal nozzle from which the stream of water is directedagainst the desired point on the patients body. This application isparticularly suitable for hydrotherapeutic establishments. Hydro-Electric Application The effects produced by hydro-electric applications depend on thecurrent employed. The mono-polar galvanic bath with the negativeelectrode immersed is stimulating, while the same application with thepositive electrode immersed is sedative. 64 Anthony Matijaca The bi-polar galvanic bath produces drowsiness and fatigue, and isuseful in insomnia. The faradic bath, stimulating the patient and improving generalnutrition, is beneficial in various conditions, such as chorea, paralysisagitans, anaemia, hypochondriasis, etc. The sinusoidal bath is far superior in its effects to the effervescent, orso-called Nauheim bath, and is of special value in chronic intestinal
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Fig. 28—Diagram showing a safe method of applying bi-polar bath. (Faradic coil is operated by dry cells and the current is regulated by means of a rheostat.) auto-intoxication, rheumatism, gout and various forms of uric aciddiathesis, gastric neurasthenia, arteriosclerosis, locomotor ataxia, spinalsclerosis, many cases of chronic cardio-vascular disease, obesity, dia-betes (when the patient is in good flesh), etc. General Remarks Dr. Kellogg, of Battle Creek, gives the following general rules in thehydro-electro therapeutic application. First, increased movement of blood and accelerated functional activi-ty of an internal organ ma)^ be induced by short vigorous cold applica-tion in combination with electrical stimulation. The latter may be either Electro-Medicine, Electro-Surgery and Radiology 65 simultaneously, or maj^ immediately follow the cold application. Theelectrical application should, in general, be as strong as the patient canbear without pain. Secondly, congestion and und

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