The medical application of electricity / by William F. Channing.

  • Channing, William F. (William Francis), 1820-1901.
Date:
1860
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Credit: The medical application of electricity / by William F. Channing. 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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    of practice or investigation in the hands of all who look with hope to the development of this principle, now receiving so general attention abroad, which is so fertile in its applications, so immediate and so safe in its operation. The subject will be divided into the following heads: I. Physiological Relations of Electricity. II. Forms of Medical Electricity. III. Means of Application IV. General Application to Disease. V. Special Application to Disease. In treating the last division, the effort will be made to give as full a statement as possible of applications heretofore attempted, whether experimental in their character, or established as modes of practice. The propriety of this course will be acknowledged when it is consid- ered that the use of electricity is comparatively recent; that it is. acquiring an important place in scientific regard; and that the extent of its agency, standing alone, as it does, in relation to vitality, can hardly be anticipated.