Currents of high potential of high and other frequencies / by William Benham Snow.

  • Snow, William Benham, 1860-
Date:
1905
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Credit: Currents of high potential of high and other frequencies / by William Benham Snow. 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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    CHAPTER V THE CONNECTIVE DISCHARGES OR EFFLEUVE PAGES Character of the Discharges, Brush-discharge, Method of Administering Brush-discharge, Accidents that Might Occur, Effleuve from a Coil, Physiological Action of the Convective Discharges, Action upon the Tissues, Rube- facience, Antiseptic Action; Effects upon Local Stasis; Indications for Use; Range of Application; in Acne, Ulcers, and to the Cavities of the Body, 41-53 CHAPTER VI HIGH-POTENTIAL CURRENTS WITH VACUUM TUBES Various Color Effects, Effects of Frequency upon the Phe- nomena; Clinical Effects of the Vacuum Tube Discharges; Physiological Effects; Stimulating Effects; Rubefacient Effects; Anti/.ymotic Action; Analgesic Effects; Effects upon Metabolism, Muscular and Tissue Contraction and Local Vibration; Local Heat Production; Therapeutic Indi- cations, and Relief of Local Congestion; Muscular Contrac- tion; Restoration of Secretion, Treatment of Specific Con- ditions; Cataphoric Action; Relief of Pain, . . . 54-72 CHAPTER VII HIGH-FREQUENCY CURRENTS BY AUTO-CONDUCTION AND AUTO-CON- DENSATION METHODS Auto-conduction, Arrangement of Apparatus, Physiological Effects. Indications for Therapeutic Application. Auto- condensation Arrangement with Coil, with Stalic-machine. Therapeutic Indications. Other Similar Methods, Thera- peutics, etc., . . 73-82 CHAPTER VIII THE PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF THE HIGH-POTENTIAL CURRENTS The Physical Effects of Electrical Discharges; Physical Effects of Electricity; Currents of Different Potentials Compared; Currents of Great Potential and Large Ouan- tity; Frequency of Oscillation and Alternation, Cauterant Effects: Electrolytic Action and Cataphoresis; Stimulat- ing Influences; Muscular Contraction Induced; Contraction of Cell Protoplasm; Local Oxidation and Other Germicidal Action; Vibratory Effects; Polarization; Ionization, etc., 83-91