Medical electricity : a practical handbook for students and practitioners.

  • Jones, H. Lewis (Henry Lewis), 1857-1915.
Date:
1913
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Credit: Medical electricity : a practical handbook for students and practitioners. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    t PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION Since the issue of the last edition of this book a marked change has come over our conceptions of electrotherapeutics. Whereas, in the past, there has been much uncertainty as to the modes of action of electricity on the body, we may now take our stand upon a firmer foundation, and may recognize that electrical applications act either by the chemical (ionic) effects which they produce, or by their thermal effects. This attitude enables us to see more plainly what results may be reasonably expected from electrical treatment, and teaches us how to proceed so as to obtain the results desired. The subject of X rays in diagnosis has become too large to be fully dealt with in the space available in this volume. Sufficient, I trust, has been given to lead beginners to the stage at which special works must be called for. H. LEWIS JONES. Harley Street, March, 1913.