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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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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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    over the heart until you are certain there is no heart trouble. Treat the lungs about five minutes, then move the plate lengthwise over the sternum or breast bone, let- ting one end reach the pit of the stomach. After a few minutes, move it crosswise over the liver, bringing one end around under the arm for the purpose of cov- ering the whole liver. This end must be held by the operator, the other by the patient. In most places the patient can hold the plates better than the operator. Its pressure should be firm, so as to diffuse the current evenly, and they can take a stronger current with less inconvenience. If firm pressure is made on the liver, with a current that can be felt to vibrate and arouse it, there is-more benefit gained. If the liver is diseased, it will pull up, if not, the current will be felt though pleasantly. It is only when glands and muscles are clogged with effete poisons, that they contract. When clear, the current runs like a deep stream of water, with very light ripples. After treating the liver, move the plate over to the left side in the same manner—this will cover the spleen, the fundus of the stomach and the pancreas. In treating the heart, bring the plate over the left breast at right angles, letting the lower end of the plate cover the end of the heart, which is felt with some tenderness about two inches to the left of and lower than the left nipple. In this way it reaches the end of the heart that passes through the diaphragm. Give light currents when treating at this point. In this manner we can control pericarditis and all muscular diseases of the heart. If when treating at this point or at the stomach, the patient feels faint, no fears need be apprehended. Stop the treatment for awhile, or till the next day, as it seldom occurs but once. - For treating the bowels, if the patient has a pendu-