On the application of localized galvanism in the treatment of nervous rheumatic and other affections / by Henry Palmer.

  • Palmer, Henry, 1827-1895.
Date:
1866
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Credit: On the application of localized galvanism in the treatment of nervous rheumatic and other affections / by Henry Palmer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    enclosing one dollar in postage stamps. Extra appli- ances can also be obtained by addressing the pro- prietor. Whenever the naked metal plate or the fork is used, connect it with the cord leading from the N pole of the battery, or the required effects will not take place, while the other disk is always, in these cases, covered with the wet sponge, and held in the patient's hand. When both tin disks are worn on the body, each one must have a strip of cotton cloth or paper the width of the tin disk, and about ten inches long, wrapped around it several times. These coverings must always be wet when used. It must be borne in mind that the current comes up out of the battery at the anode pole or door marked P, passes along the conducting cord to that point of the body upon which its disk is applied, then goes directly through in as straight a line as possible, and comes out of the body at the point where the other disk is placed, then proceeds along the cord down through the cathode pole or door marked N, into the battery again, and so on, round and round continuously.