Remarks on the history and philosophy but particularly on the medical efficacy of electricity in the cure of nervous and chronic disorders ; and in various local affections, as blindness, deafness, &c. illustrated with many new and striking cases: together with conversations on galvanism, as an efficient substitute for mercurial remedies, in bilious and stomach complaints. ... / By M. La Beaume.

  • La Beaume, Anthony Joseph Michael.
Date:
1820
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Credit: Remarks on the history and philosophy but particularly on the medical efficacy of electricity in the cure of nervous and chronic disorders ; and in various local affections, as blindness, deafness, &c. illustrated with many new and striking cases: together with conversations on galvanism, as an efficient substitute for mercurial remedies, in bilious and stomach complaints. ... / By M. La Beaume. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    ‘ It appears indeed from a careful ex- amination of its records, that nearly as many patients are relieved and cured, in proportion to the numbers admitted, as are dismissed from other Medical Institutions where Electricity is scarcely ever employed. If the effects of other medicines, therefore, are well ascertained, the benefit of this powerful agent cannot be demonstrated upon grounds less uncertain. It is proper also to remark that many are relieved and cured at this Dispensary, who have been using medicines for weeks and months in other charities without effect; and it may be further added, that the greatest num- ber of cases which come under care are those called Chronic^ the cure of which is by far more tedious and difficult than the Acute, which in other dispensaries abound. ‘ Frequently after all other means have been ineffectually administered, the afflicted object looks to this charity as the last refuge and consolation, and thus it becomes a truly Samaritan institution, in c