Clinical electro-therapeutics, medical and surgical : a hand-book for physicians in the treatment of nervous and other diseases.

  • Hamilton, Allan McLane, 1848-1919.
Date:
1873
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Credit: Clinical electro-therapeutics, medical and surgical : a hand-book for physicians in the treatment of nervous and other diseases. 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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    PREFACE The need of a simple guide for the general practitioner has prompted the production of the following pages. I have endeavored to make them as practical as possible by avoiding as many of the confusing theories, technical terms, and un- proved statements, as I was able. In presenting this little book to the profession, I intend to indorse electricity only as a very valuable remedy in certain diseases, not as a specific for every human ill, mental and physical. As a therapeutical means in nearly all forms of Nervous disease, Electricity is invaluable. I have not mentioned several new modes of application, only because I think they have not been sufficiently or gen- erally tested. My book is the compilation of well-tried meas- ures and reported cases. I do not enter into the detailed description of the various diseases I allude to, as there are many elaborate and concise works upon this subject, that may be consulted by the reader. I am indebted to Drs. Frankel, Piffard, Murray, Fisher, Rankin, and others, for their kindness in furnishing me with reports of cases and other data. ALLAN McLANE HAMILTON. 110 East Thirtieth Street, April 10, 1873.