Electropathy : a new method of treating disease by electricity.

Date:
1883
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Electropathy : a new method of treating disease by electricity. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION VII. MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES. Writer's Cramp. Authorities differ as to the causation of this disease, some holding the opinion that the mis- chief is confined to the affected muscles; others that there is some irritation in the upper part of the spinal cord ; it is not limited to those who use a pen ; pianists, artists, seamstresses may be affected ; one and all present the same symptoms, viz., an uncontrollable spasm when attempting to use a particular group of muscles. Rest and tonic treatment is indicated. The Association have several testimonials from those who have been completely cured by wearing their appliances, and as writer's cramp generally affects those who can ill afford to throw away either time or money, they are gratified to find Electropathy of value m in a disease that is admitted difficult to treat with any measure of success. A Belt and generally a Spine Band should be worn for its constitutional effects, whilst the affected muscles are submitted daily to Faradisation. Diabetes. This is essentially a nervous disease, and is now known to be due to pathological changes