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High Frequency Currents: Their Production, Physical Properties, Physiological Effects, and Therapeutical Uses (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

H. Evelyn Crook

 
9781331129370: High Frequency Currents: Their Production, Physical Properties, Physiological Effects, and Therapeutical Uses (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Explore how early high-frequency currents were used for eye, ear, skin, and broader health issues, with practical treatment methods and patient examples.

This edition compiles practical guidance on producing and applying high-frequency currents for therapeutic purposes. It covers methods like condensation and the use of glass electrodes, detailing settings and durations that practitioners of the era reported as beneficial for various conditions, from eye infections to skin diseases.



The book weaves observed results from treatment cases with notes on how these currents might influence bodily processes, including metabolism, respiration, and elimination. It presents historical examples and cautions that responses vary by patient and condition, offering a window into early electrotherapy practice and its claimed applications.




  • How treatment sessions were conducted for eyes, ears, skin, and pelvic issues, with specific electrode placements and timeframes.

  • Reported improvements in conditions like trachoma, chronic ear disease, and psoriasis, plus the limits noted by practitioners.

  • Discussions of physiological effects such as changes in respiration and urinary excretion linked to high-frequency currents.

  • Historical context on the evolution and interpretation of electrotherapy in early 20th‑century medicine.



Ideal for readers of medical history, early electrotherapy, and professionals curious about vintage therapeutic approaches.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from High Frequency Currents: Their Production, Physical Properties, Physiological Effects, and Therapeutical Uses

The favourable reception, gratefully acknowledged, already accorded to this work has led to the belief that the hope expressed in the first edition has been realized, and that the value of the judicious employment of high frequency currents in the treatment of some diseases is recognized by the medical profession, with the natural consequence that they are less exploited by incompetent people to the detriment of the public.

The whole book has now been carefully revised, and friendly criticisms duly considered. The portions relating to instrumentation and therapeutics have been, for the most part, rewritten; in the former all recent improvements are fully described, while in the latter a chapter dealing with the circulatory system has been added, and, at the risk of tediousness, the methods of procedure are plainly indicated.

The author again wishes to express his thanks to Mr. Geoffrey Pearce for valuable assistance, and also to the instrument makers for the kindly loan of blocks.

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