Identifier: rntgenrayselectr00kass (find matches)
Title: Röntgen rays and electro-therapeutics : with chapters on radium and phototherapy
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Kassabian, Mihran Krikor, 1870-1910
Subjects: Electrotherapeutics X-rays Phototherapy Radiology Radiotherapy
Publisher: Philadelphia & London : J.B. Lippincott Company
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
so much water should be used as is required to cover thepatient comfortably. Xo salt should be added to the water, as the latterthereby becomes a better conductor. THE HYDEO-ELECTEIC BATH. 55 The duration of the bath should be ten minutes daily for the firstweek, but after that it should be given on alternate days. The choice ofcurrent will depend upon the condition present. Thus, in the early stagesof general neuritis, in acute neuralgia, and in acute sciatica, the directcurrent is indicated. In gout, rheumatism, and arthritic conditions, thegalvanic current is preferable. The induction-coil bath and the sinusoidalcurrents are useful where general nutritive effects are sought.Among local baths may be mentioned :The Arm Bath. The Monopolar and Dipolar Baths.The Electric Douche Bath.The arm bath is useful in paralysis of the muscles of the forearmsand hands, in rheumatism and gouty affections, in chilblains, Eaynaud sdisease, etc. The constant current, the current from the coil, or the
Text Appearing After Image:
Fig. 35.—Diagrammatic view of the direction of current, as is illustrated in Schn6es four-celled battery. sinusoidal current may also be employed. The bath can be arranged inany non-conducting vessel; stone-ware troughs, easily procurable andinexpensive, are valuable for the purpose. In the monopolar bath only one electrode is immersed, the whole cur-rent passing from it to the patient. In the full-length bath, the patientgrasps a metal conductor, usually a bar or handle which is covered witha piece of flannel, and secured above the water level. The currentpasses from the conductor to the hands, thence to the body, and finally to the water of the bath to reach the other conductor. 56 ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS. The electric douche bath originated with Trautwein in 1884. Dr.Guyenot,^ of Aix les Bains, has described a method of electrical ap-plication by the means of douches. The current is led to and from thepatient by two streams of water, the conductors being connected to the nozzles throu

Note About Images