Electro-galvanic symptoms, and electro-magnetic remedies, in chronic diseases of the class hypertrophy, or chronic enlargements of the organs and limbs, including all forms of scrofula, with illustrative diagrams and cases / by H.H. Sherwood.

  • Sherwood, H. H. (Henry Hall)
Date:
1837
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Credit: Electro-galvanic symptoms, and electro-magnetic remedies, in chronic diseases of the class hypertrophy, or chronic enlargements of the organs and limbs, including all forms of scrofula, with illustrative diagrams and cases / by H.H. Sherwood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    These motions, it will be seen, are the pushing and pulling', or attracting and repelling; and, therefore, all the motions in animal*, and all those made by animals, are those motions produced by those forces. They are so plainly and truly so, as to be easily recog- nized by any person of common discernment, by merely observing and comparing them. By observing the motions of the lungs in breathing ; of the heart in beating; of the pulse in circulating; of the jaws in eating; of the eyes in winking ; of the less in walking; of the dancing master in dancing, and the fiddler in fiddling. The wood sawer saws with these motions ; and the chopper chops with them. The smith hammers and hies with them, and the carpenter measures his boards, planes, and drives his nails with them. The musician blows in his instrument, and fingers it with these motions ; and the drummer drums with them. The lady, at the piano forte, plays with them ; and the dandy adjusts his bat, and flourishes his cane with them. We learn to think, reason, walk, speak, write, read, and do every thing with them. All the motions made by other animals, by birds, insects, fishes, and quadrupeds, are these. All the motions in the mechanic arts, from the potter's wheel to the steam-engine are these. All the motions of the sun and planets, as well as of the smallest atom of matter, are demonstrated in the clearest manner to be these ; and finally, all the effects of the sun upon the planets and comets, are demonstrated in the same clear manner to be produced by these forces. CHAPTER III. For the purpose of making demonstrations on the laws of mo- tion, a Galvanic Battery was constructed, in the form represented in Fig. 1. A c i A <2 V G G A It is in two parts. A is the Battery, and B B the poles connected with the Battery A, by two copper wires, C C. The Battery is constructed with alternate circles or layers of sheet copper and sheet zinc. The circles of copper are connected at D, and