Guide for Using Medical Batteries: Being a Compendium From His Larger Work on Medical Electricity and Nervous Diseases, Showing the Most Approved Apparatus, Methods and Rules, for the Medical Employme - Hardcover

Alfred C. Garratt

9780484838061: Guide for Using Medical Batteries: Being a Compendium From His Larger Work on Medical Electricity and Nervous Diseases, Showing the Most Approved Apparatus, Methods and Rules, for the Medical Employme

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ISBN 10: 0484838067 ISBN 13: 9780484838061

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Learn how medical electricity helps nervous diseases, with practical guidance for safe, effective use.

Guide to the Use of Medical Batteries explains that medical electricity is both a science and an art. It emphasizes skilled application over mere presence of equipment, and shows how the right method matters as much as the device. The book outlines three main classes of instruments for therapy: the Electric Machine, the Galvanic Battery, and the Induction Apparatus. It also covers how electrical forms change the body’s nerves and organs, and why a careful approach leads to better, more reliable results.

Readers will find practical notes on choosing equipment, preparing work spaces, and understanding how different currents behave. The discussion includes how friction electricity and chemical currents interact with the body, and how to manage discharge, jar capacity, and safe use of dischargers. It also guides you on when to use rapid making and breaking of currents versus steady application, for tone and activation versus calm and relief.

How to distinguish and apply the three main classes of therapeutic electricity.
Practical setup tips for dry rooms, grounding, and proper contact with the patient.
Differences between intermittent and continuous currents, and their clinical aims.
Observations on electrode choice, timing, and safety considerations during treatment.

Ideal for readers of medical electricity and clinicians seeking a clear, methodical approach to electro-therapeutics.

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