Electropathy : a new method of treating disease by electricity.

Date:
1883
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Credit: Electropathy : a new method of treating disease by electricity. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DISEASES OE THE ORGANS OF DIGESTION. There are no diseases more common than those of the digestive organs, none that cause greater misery, or for which a larger amount of physic is swallowed, often without benefit. Fortunately, electricity is particularly successful in such cases, especially when the applications are mild and of long continuance; galvanism, or the constant current, is generally indicated, and it affords the best results when applied by means of the Electro- pathic Appliances. The diseases of the digestive organs that yield to electrical treatment are Con- stipation, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Jaundice (due to inefficient action of the liver). Chronic Diarrhoea, Flatulence, Vomiting of a nervous character. Constipation.—Sufferers from this very trouble- some affection, so common amongst those leading a sedentary life, should entirely discontinue the use of aperient medicines, be careful as to their diet— substituting brown or whole meal bread for white— take plenty of fruit and vegetables. If it is a case of no great severity, a No. 2 power Electropathic Belt having galvanic discs both back and front, will, by promoting a free flow of the bile (the natural purgative), increasing the contractible power of the muscular coats of the intestines, and its tonic effects