Manual of static electricity in X-ray and therapeutic uses / by S.H. Monell.

Date:
1897
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    CHAPTER XXVI. Headaches. The local treatment of pain in the head. Constitutional treatment by static elec- tricity. The advantages of curative eiTects over drug palliation. Methods of employing static electricity. Kinds of headaches static electricity will per- manently relieve. Varieties in which its action gives only temporary relief. No other single agent so satisfactory in the treatment of headaches. Mi- graine. Its successful treatment by static electricity. Good effect upon the patient's general health. The relation of common conditions to success or failure in general electro-therapeutics, .... pages 303-308 CHAPTER XXVII. Special Therapeutic Effects. 'Method of obtaining general sedation effects with static electricity. Method of obtaining local sedation with the static breeze. Method of producing general stimulation effects. Varieties of technique. Effects of static stimu- lation not evanescent like alcohol. Not followed by depressing reaction. Invigorating properties of static electricity due to improvement of nerve and muscle nutrition. Method of producing local stimulation with the static breeze and spark. Special reference to polar selection in local applications. Both positive and negative forms of static breeze may be made sedative or stimulating by the operator. Remarks upon testing the static current for chemical effects which it does not appreciably possess Counter-irritant ap- plications. Different methods of producing rubefacient effects. Certain forms of application surpass all other methods of producing quick and effec- tive counter-irritation. Nutritional applications of static electricity. Thor- ough constitutional effects in the treatment of chronic diseases. Muscle-con- tracting methods. A disruptive discharge required. Massage effects. Special methods described. Electrical and hand massage. Physiological effects of each. Therapeutic effects of each. Advantage of the Holtz apparatus in superseding the ordinary tnassetir in office practice, . . pages 309-322 CHAPTER XXVIII. Diseases of the Skin. The place of static electricity in their treatment. Its value for the relief of symp- toms and to promote nutrition. The importance of improving the general health in the treatment of skin diseases. The relief of itching, burning, and painful symptoms by static electricity. The class of cases to which it is suited. Falling of the hair from debility or defective nutrition of the scalp. Method of treatment. Effects. Alopecia. Indications for static electricity found in the constitutional state of the patient. Local and general benefits of electrification. Acne. Static electricity useful to promote systemic nu- trition. Its influence upon the causes of acne. An efficient auxiliary aid to treatment. Local anaesthesias. Anhidrosis. Carbuncle. A clinical case. Dermatalgia. Static electricity relieves the symptom and treats the cause. Dermatitis. Beneficial action of the sedative breeze in acute inflammations of the skin. Eczema. Symptoms and causes indicate static electricity. Prin-