Electricity : its mode of action upon the human frame, and the diseases in which it has proved beneficial, with valuable hints respecting diet, &c., &c., &c. / by J. Adams.

  • Adams, J. (Physician)
Date:
[1895?]
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Credit: Electricity : its mode of action upon the human frame, and the diseases in which it has proved beneficial, with valuable hints respecting diet, &c., &c., &c. / by J. Adams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    drained of its blood. This condition of disease is known under the popular term of Brighfs Disease. Calculus, or stone in the bladder is intimately re- lated to excessive use of alcoholic beverages, particu- larly of malt. No one who indulges, even temporarily in alcohol can fail to observe how soon the indulgence oives rise to an unnatural secretion of urine; to a fine deposit of pinkish sediment, and to the occasional pro- duction of a fine film on the surface after the urine has stood a little while. This is a condition favorable to the formation of stone, and the prudent man will at once abstain from continuing the cause. The effect of alcohol upon the eye has not yet re- ceived the attention it deserves. That the lens, the great refracting medium of the eyeball, may be ren- dered opaque, and the disease called Cataract produced by its means, may be inferred from the frequency of that ailment as well as Amaurosis that is met with in those suffering from Bright's Disease. SLEEPLESSNESS. It is a well-ascertained fact, that during natural sleep the supply of blood in the brain is reduced in quantity, and that when the vessels are filled with blood, without extreme tension, the brain remains