Excerpt from The Value of Electrical Treatment Since the appearance of the last edition of my "Treatise on Medical Electricity," in 1873, much quiet and useful work has been done in this department of science, more especially with the object of applying the more exact physical knowledge which we now possess of the qualities of electricity to the improvement of the methods of its medical application. Electrical measurement is at present far more precise than it was formerly, and the whole apparatus which is now habitually employed in electro-therapeutics is greatly superior to that which was in use twenty years ago. There has been no actual new departure, such as was inaugurated by the brilliant researches of Duchenne and Remak about forty years ago, if we except perhaps Apostoli's treatment of uterine tumours and hæmorrhage, which has excited a good deal of fanaticism and obloquy; yet, on the whole, there is doubtless much more definite knowledge and more extensive clinical experience than was formerly available. In spite of this, it cannot be said that professional opinion about the value of electricity in the treatment of disease is now more settled, for a considerable amount of scepticism still prevails with regard to it. That this should be so appears to me owing to several causes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from The Value of Electrical Treatment Franklinic electricity was known and medically employed long before current electricity had been discovered, but lost favour when the striking phenomena connected with galvanism and faradism began to attract attention. Of recent years static electricity has however gradually crept back into practice, and is now considered to be a very useful addition to the electric instrumentarium. The induction or influence machines which have been lately constructed, and the best of which are those of Carre, Wimshurst, and Lewandowski, yield a plentiful supply of electricity independently of the weather, which in our damp climate is a very important consideration. They may be put into action either by turning with the hand, by electro motors, or by gas engines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
