A treatise of practical instructions in the medical and surgical uses of electricity : including instructions in electrical diagnosing and a new method of general and local electrization. Also clinical experiences of fifteen years.

  • Morrill, S. E.
Date:
1882
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Credit: A treatise of practical instructions in the medical and surgical uses of electricity : including instructions in electrical diagnosing and a new method of general and local electrization. Also clinical experiences of fifteen years. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    tension of the muscular fibre. If a bath is given the effete poison is thrown off through the skin, and by the law of magnetic attraction, is carried off by the water. We prefer this to the other method. It facilitates the cure. The electric bath is salutary and will be of per- manent benefit, although it takes breath to convince patients that they are not worse. These old chronic cases have been cold and negative so long that it fright- ens them to be warm and in a positive condition. We are now ready for the fifth treatment. We di- rect our attention for the three next treatments to the local difficulties, such as liver, kidneys, uterus, etc. If deemed necessary we give another cathartic the evening of the seventh treatment. This is called the crisis. The eighth day another bath is given. Patients some times complain of feeling weak at this time, for the reason the disease is nearly gone and they are let down. We sometimes give mild tonic treatment for a day or two. We have been pulling our patient down up to this time, and now commence building up. This theory holds good as a rule, for after the tenth treatment you will find your patient's circulation is better. The eyes will show more vitality, the appetite will be improved, the skin will be moist, the tongue of a better color, and the pulse nearly normal. They may complain of more pain: this symptom is much more favorable than the chronic condition. When the impurities of the blood are all discharged from the skin and muscles, they will respond to the current without contracting. When this condition is noticed the patient will build rapidly, and can be dis- charged with a very few more treatments. Let me re- peat, when a strong current from the primary posts can be borne without causing pain at the liver or other diseased organs, and the muscles feel the current without