A system of ophthalmic therapeutics : being a complete work on the non-operative treatment, including the prophylaxis, of diseases of the eye / edited and chiefly written by Casey A. Wood.

  • Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942.
Date:
1909
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    Electric arc light, disadvantages of, 593. Electric heat, applied with electric hat iron, 86. in glaucoma, certain forms of, 86. in rheumatic affections of the eye, 86. Maddox method of using, 86. lamp, for illumination, 593. for phototherapy, 97. Electrolysis in corneal opacities, 734. in stricture of the nasal duct, 784. Electricity, see Dr. Coleman's section, 133- 182. alternating current dynamo, 140. amperage, 143. appliances, 152. anions, 134. anode and cathode, action of com- pared, 147. anophoresis, 134. auto-condensation couch, 140. cataphoresis, 134. cations, 134. coil, advantages of, 145. conduction, 148. control of currents, 135. dosage of, 143. electrolysis defined, 134. electromagnet, 138. electrical measurements, 134. the ampere, 134. the Ohm defined, 134. Ohm's law, 134. voltage defined, 134. faradic coil, 138. current, 137. physiological results of, 144. Franklin's theory, 140. galvanic current, the, 147. galvanism, 133. Le Clanche cells and, 133. physical characteristics of, 142. high frequency coil, 139. current defined, 139. dosage of, 145. induced current, 137. induction coil, 138, 139. in ophthalmic practice, see Chapters VIII. and IX. ionic theory, 147. interpolar action, 148. lamps, 142. magnetism, 137. measure of currents, 137. meters, 144. Morton wave contractions, 145. muscle contractions, 149. nerve stimulation, 147. nervous system, effect on, 149. phenomena of, what they depend on, 133- physiological effects of, 144. polarity, 143. resonator, 139. rheostat with diagrams, 135-137. Roentgen rays, five factors in the do- sage of, 151. Rumkorff coil, 139. sinusoidal current, the, 146. machine, 140, 149. sparking, effects of, 145. static, effects of, 146. machine, 140. principles on which the phe- nomena depend, 140-141. trophic changes due to, 144. voltage of, 143. voltmeter, 136. X-ray, Crookes' or focus tube, 141. X-rays, theory of the production of, 141. Electrotherapy, anesthesia by cataphore- sis, 156. bibliography of, 182. galvanism to the head, effects of, 155. home treatment with serious results, 156. H. F. current, what it does not do, 185. Holmgren's discovery, 155. light, effects of, 152. flash, 155. therapy, 180. in retinitis pigmentosa, 180. magnet operations, 176-177. Martinachi, 161. retinal circulation, and galvanism, 156. X-rays in leukemia, 273. X-ray treatment of diseases of the lids, 157-159. Electrotherapy, 152-182. in amblyopia ex anopsia, 174, 181. in amblyopia of refractive error, 175. in alopecia of the lids, 159. in asthenopia, 162, 175. in blepharitis marginalis, 158-181. in carcinoma of the lids, 157. in cataract, 164. in cataract cases of J. Elliott Colburn, 164-167. cases where improvement may be expected, 166. a mode of treatment by, 166. incipient, by A. J. Irwin, 164. in cellulitis, orbital, 179-180. in chalazion, 158. in chorio-retinitis, 168. in conjunctivitis, chronic, 159. vernal, 160. in corneal fistula, 162. in corneal scar, 162. in corneal ulcers, 161. in cyst, serous, of the lid, 158. in dacryocystoblennorrhea, 179. in distichiasis, 159. in ectropion, 158. in entropion, 158. in epiphora, 179. in episcleritis, 167. cases of, 167.