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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    the resonator sparks from the coil or static machine; the former is much less painful. It may be desirable in some of these cases to carry the application to the extremity of cauterization, destroying the tissues involved. As a rule, however, it will not be necessary, if the modalities are employed in connection with the X-ray, to apply the current with the same severity. In sycosis the X-ray should be pushed to the extremity of a first-degree dermatitis, after which the brush-dis- charge should be applied energetically until the condition is normal. With the falling of the hair from the X-ray, the success of the treatment will soon follow. In epithelioma these modalities are not applicable ex- cept following the systematic administration of the X-ray when the surface has reached the point at which it shows no disposition to heal; the application of the brush-dis- charge or the resonator sparks will then stimulate the normal processes for periods during which the employ- ment of the X-ray is suspended. Local infection, as suggested elsewhere, may be treated by the cauterant application of the resonator sparks (preferably from a coil), thoroughly applied over the in- fected surface of the part involved, thereby destroying the local infection before it has become extensive. This should be done either on the first day or day following the possible infection, to be of avail, and may be wisely applied as a prophylactic upon suspicion from exposure. To snake bites this method may be employed and is far superior to the application of lunar caustic or other cau- terant applications.