The treatment of disease by electric currents : a hand-book of plain instructions for the general practitioner / by S.H. Monell.

  • Monell, S. H. (Samuel Howard), -1918.
Date:
1897
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Credit: The treatment of disease by electric currents : a hand-book of plain instructions for the general practitioner / by S.H. Monell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    doubt and difficulty about the location of any motor point, and obviates the necessity of anatomical charts. There is neither pain nor discomfort to the patient, and the motor point can be found in less time than one could find it in a chart in a book. The physician, however, may inquire if it is necessary to know where motor points are located. In practice, no phy- sician is compelled to either examine charts, or burden his mind with any attempt to remember any of these locations. The importance of an exact knowledge of motor points was immensely exaggerated by early teachers of localized Inferior Branch of Inferior Gluteal Nerve—to Gluteus Maximus, Sciatic Nerve. Biceps, short head Tibial Nerve. Peroneal Nerve, Gastrocnemius Soleus. Adductor Magftus. Semi-Membranosus. Semi-'tendinosus. Biceps, long head. Gastrocnemius* BACK op LEFT LEO, Fig, 27. methods of treatment, who were proud of their skill in plac- ing a metallic point electrode upon the exact spot on a pa- tient's body which would cause a given muscle to contract with a special current. This skill may have been evidence of their patience and industry, but it cuts a small figure in the practical electro-therapeutics of to-day. It is sufficient to know that motor points exist. They are wanted only once in a while. They can then be found during the actual treatment, without any previous investigation, and