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WORKING MANUAL
OF
HIGH FREQUENCY
CURRENTS
By
NOBLE
M.
EBERHART,
Head
of the Department of Physiologic Therapeutics, MediDepartment of Loyola University; Professor of Radiotherapy and High Frequency, Illinois School of
Electrotherapeutics. Formerly Head of Department of Electrotherapy, Chicago College of
Medicine and Surgery; Formerly Attending Physician
Cook County
Hospital; Formerly Professor of
Electrophysics Post GradMedical
School,
uate
Chicago etc.
cal
Member
Author
of
"Practical
Vibratory
NEW
CHICAGO
MEDICINE PUBLISHING
CO.,
to
COPYRIGHT
COPYRIGHT
1911,
1913,
BY NOBLE
BY NOBLE
M.
M.
EBERHART.
EBERHART.
INTRODUCTION.
The
literature on
extensive and
much
erage physician,
who
it is
is
For
in
not
more interested
manner
is
in the appli-
in the precise
is
this reason I
little
My
make
this a practical
how
with as
I
little
''red
have expressed
to
do so
individual opinion on
many
tape" as
my
possible.
may
be found at variance
it
experience
VII.
is
based upon
involving
the
daily use of
My
edged
to Drs.
H. G. Piffard,
Wantz,
Edwin
Wm.
L.
acknowl-
W. H. King, H.
E.
Titiis,
H. F.
J. B.
is
Meyer, Samuel
Edwards, H.
T.
Hutton,
L. Kahl, F. A.
J.
R. Kelley,
Wiggin, R. and
M. Sanchez,
J.
E. Clapp, H.
Stahl.
THE AUTHOR.
State and Madison
Sts.,
Chicago.
VIII.
CONTENTS.
Chapter.
I.
Page.
Definition of
Alternation
tion;
Cycle
Frequency;
Period
Lighting
of
Oscilla-
Vacuum
High Frequency
Current.
II.
13
The Development
den Jars
Plate Condensers
Electrical
25
Oscillation.
III.
Types of Apparatus
Tesla
Transformer
din's Kesonator;
D Arsonval
Impedance
Type
Ou-
rent.
IV.
Various Forms of
fects
of
Vacuum Tubes
Different
Ef-
Vacua; Insulated
51
Chapter.
V.
Page.
High
Frequency
Tendency
VI.
Action
Physiological
to
of
Offsetting
X-ray Burns.
65
Vacuum
Technique;
General
Current;
the
Burns;
Tubes;
;
Stand-
Relief of Pain
Cauterization
Technique; Cataphoresis
Orificial
Diaphragm
D 'Arsonvalization
rect
tion
Auto-Condensation
Auto-Conduc;
Portable
Indirect
Sparks;
Pressure.
VII.
Rectum and
Prostate, Scalp,
Throat,
14g
Chapter.
VIII.
Page.
Practical
eases
IX.
of Treatment. 161
X.
Which
281
It Is Indicated.
Resume
Scope and
Its
of
Skiagraphic
XI.
293
Diathermy.
305
Glossary.
312
Index.
316
xi.
12
EBERH ART'S
Fig. 1
MANUAL
Large Tesla
OF
Coil.
13
CHAPTER ONE.
High Frequency Current; Alternation;
Definition of
Lighting
of
What
is
quency current
is
high
fre-
is
An
Alternation
is
tion of a current as
Fig.
in
3.
Cycle
round or
tive
is
two alternations.
Oscillation.
An
It
constitutes the
embracing one
posi-
alternation.
eberhart's
14
tions,
manual
of
Oscilla-
waves as shown
high and
in Fig.
Their frequency
3.
is
It is
is
very
computed
on the number of double alternations, thus corresponding to the method employed with low
fre-
quency currents.
Period
is
Frequency
is
number
the
It is the reciprocal of
period.
Explanation.
ing definitions
fundamental
it
facts.
that
is
is
from positive
to
negative, and
tion or polarity,
line (Fig. 3).
some
is
line.
in contrast to this,
constantly changing
and we represent
it
is
one
its direc-
by a waved
line
being pos-
EBERHART
16
Pig. 2
MANUAL
OF
Coil.
17
itive
line
negative waves.
Let us
wave 110
of the
volts.
maximum
reaches the
The current
positive
and the
crest
starts at zero
voltage
and then
negative side.
rent
is
make
called
a cycle.
If
made
alter-
we would have
word
circle will
the mind.
and the
form of wave,
still
two
of
may
represent any
In high frequency
Fig.
3.
Frequency
is
We
have uni-directional
coils,
eberhart's
18
manual
op
ALTERNATING.
^
OSCILLATING.
R. 3.
ONE CYCLE.
Fig. 3
Currents.
Alternating and
Analogy Between Cycle and
Fig. 4
Oscillating
Circle.
tllGH
in
FREQUENCY CURRENTS
is
series
damped
i9
This
current lights up
of the same
line
work
is
not
word frequency we
by
To return
to
it
3.
Then two
alternations or one
and
it
If
many
in one second
and
this
the frequency.
It will
be seen that
is
if
we have
necessary
is
In the illustration
we have
cycles.
arbitrarily represented
manual
eberhart's
20
which
is
of
volts,
sixty cycles,
quency current.
It is a
low
etc.
we apply
fre-
and
this is
we
powerful
As we
to be painful.
If
in-
of
more than
At a frequency
is
a type.
is
is
comprehend such
as
light.
cells
making up
EBERHART
22
Pig. 5
MANUAL
OF
Coils.
23
why
massage and
it is
This I
benefit
As the current
and voltage,
increases in frequency
it
no longer requires
is
capable of travers-
From
frequency currents.
in millions, I
is
esti-
but this would cause considerable confusion at present and so the original nomenclature
Lighting of
is
adhered
of
to.
High Fre-
uum
24
eberhart's
manual
is
of
To produce
III.
25
CHAPTER TWO.
The Development of the High Frequency Current;
The Development
of
of.
upon the
electrical
is
known
The invention
of the
Leyden
jar, or
an
as electrical oscillation;
application to the
human
body.
and
finally,
its
eberhart's
26
manual
of
was discovered
its
name from
in 1775
It consists of a
with tin
part
foil.
way
(Fig. 7).
and the
inside
cover of the jar connects with the inner layer, terminating above in a small rod with a ball
for the purpose of charging the jar
tip.
This
is
by contact with
it if
this knob, is
one of
when
a charge of electricity
its layers,
is
placed, on
For
jar.
lead
foil,
and vice
versa.
al-
EBERHART
_r
Fig.
High Frequency
MANUAL
Coil,
OF
29
we have two
which, although
to
it
charges of
glass,
attraction
cisely, the
or, to
condenser while
tricity in a
still
permitting them to
Other
di-electrics
is
called a di-
canite, etc.
name condenser
other form
known
for the
we have two
layers of tin
up
Leyden
I
jar.
my
classes to
make use
of
EBERHARt's
Fig.
Leyden
MANUAL
OF
8,
31
showing a section of a
this
were made
we took
when
it
would appear
as in Fig.
9,
it
which repre-
vr/im i iniiimin///i/iijiii/iiiiiiiiiiih
Fig.
Section
of Jar.
Fig.
Section
of Plate
Condenser.
Electrical Oscillation.
condenser
is
is
When
From
was supposed
to be the case.
At
this
was a
manual
.eberhart's
32
of
electrical oscillation.
It
in
When
it.
its
own
the valve
level, the
rises.
is
higher
As
column descend-
ing until level with the other column and then stopping, this force carries
it
below until
it
becomes the
Another
come
illustration
to rest at a level.
may
be
made use
in,
the
and
re-
of
to one side
and
so
arcs until
it
Electricity
following
the
same principle as
it
Lodge gave an
eberhart's
34
Fig. 10
manual
of
Outfit.
3f>
Electrical oscillation
one end.
is
though
it
after
its
al-
discovery
human
body.
36
eberhart's
manual
of
CHAPTER THREE.
Types of Apparatus
'
Arsonval Type
Tesla Trans-
D 'Arsonval
Cur-
Oudin; Tuning
Types of Apparatus.
There
is
no intention on the
is
For such
in-
that
of
D 'Ar-
sonval and that of Tesla, and these should be understood by the high frequency operator since
all
ma-
3^
EBERHART'S
Figs. 11
and 12
MANUAL
OF
Portable
Coils.
39
mon
use that
it
is
in such
com-
we should always
D 'Arsonval high
specific,
state the
In
as
etc.
The
D 'Arsonval
Current
is
producing constitutional
with an induction
rent.
coil
effects.
D 'Arsonval started
coil
were
at-
jars, there-
Between the
copper wire.
eberhart's
40
manual
of
is
an absolute necessity
See Fig.
When
sufficiently
gap
jar.
high charge,
it
and
it
13.
jar receives a
first
is
through
first
jar,
it
and
as
it
passes
produces a high
fre-
exists as described in
Chapter
The patient
II.
coil
and
is
is
dis-
really on a shunt or
all,
known
is
because
as self-in-
allowing part of
it
to go
SPARK GAP
I
CZZ3
PATIENT
COUCH
or
SOLENOID
Fig. 13
Diagram
of D'Arsonval Type.
41
42
eberhart's
manual
of
TisuCoiL^MMff
Diagram
of Tesla Type.
ff^E^.
43
called impedance.
Coil.
Tesla started
it
is
seen that
all
that
properly
call high.
To do
this,
we
he used as a primary,
fine
wire
the
re-
coil,
is
is
The
especially adapted to
employed in
all of
the
The Tesla primary resembles the D'Arsonval current except the amperage
method
is less.
MANUAL
EBERH ART'S
44
OF
which
ways
in
first,
which has
also
forms; second, auto-conduction, and third, auto-condensation. In the first method, the patient
ly
is
direct-
is
is
electrodes, or
method
is still
moment
to the
compo-
it
is
we have
It
would
do."
constructed,
is
made
may
is
connected in the
circuit,
and
it
is
be placed within
cage
when
it is
45
coil,
tient.
is
auto-conduction.
Auto-condensation.
Again reverting
to
our
ele-
solenoid,
into
plate
Oudin's Resonator.
coil of
coil or solenoid of
D 'Arsonval,
of
such
strength
They are
As ordinarily con-
structed,
the
D 'Arsonval
res-
onator are combined in one instrument; the resonator proper consisting of a large coil of fine wire
46
manual
eberhart's
of
machine.
See Fig.
Tuning
Coils.
when
obtained
15.
The best
To
or
down on
crease the
it is
attached
number
time
is
wire
coils, at
This
the same
High
customarily employed
This
is
ordi-
nary meter.
ter.
fre-
is
trical device.
It is
fitGH
Pig.
15
FREQUENCY CURRENTS
Diagram
of
Oudin Resonator.
47
'
eberhart's
48
when employed on
of dosage
One
is
manual
shown
in Fig. 16.
of
Fig. 16
the
re-
current which
indicator.
'
it
EBERHART
50
Fig. 17
Resonator
MANUAL
OF
51
CHAPTER FOUR.
Various Forms of
Vacuum Tubes;
Effects of Dif-
and
every conceivable form to enable them to be applied to various parts of the body.
of these tubes varies
from
one-five
The vacuum
hundredth of an
in the tube
vacuum; thus a
Strong says,
one-five
"As
at-
stria-
manual
eberhart's
52
of
and
finally to
low X-ray
is
also
re-
is
is
of vibra-
billions,
this
off
more
heat, while
and
if
heat, is sedative
ditions
and
in acute diseases
The medium,
some chemical
rays,
and
It
vacuum would
is
is
in painful con-
and inflammation.
blue, or blue-white
chronic conditions.
the white
and useful
off
vacuum
gives off
more appropriate
often
in
employed where
53
Fig.
18
Methods
of Adminis-
54
eberhart's
MANUAL
A Portable
Fig. 18a
07
Outfit.
55
Fig. 20
10
Fig.
21 Insulated
Jl
Tubes.
12
is
eberhart's
56
manual
of
contains not only bine and violet, but also some ultra-
violet rays.
is
for the
Vacuum
is
made
used for
tube.
in a
single
handle
etc., call
all
Some tubes
chamber in the
a single
is
by a small
di-
circumference
size of a
that
size of the
vacuum
not a vacuum.
insulated tubes.
No. 1
is
the
4,
nasal;
place of No.
1,
5,
is
is
in Fig.
urethral or aural;
6,
3,
vagi-
throat.
In
used where
tube.
it
would be
difficult to
it
to be
Fig. 22
Various Types
of Tubes,
EBERHART
Fig. 23
MANUAL
OF
Vacuum Tubes.
The advantage
Insulated Tubes.
59
of the insulated
by Dr.
Titus,
is
it
was
first
designed
may
body.
current and
the
when
thumb and
there
is
it is
forefinger
and
it
to the
it
with
if
It
off
For
of
body would
much
this reason
with
vacuum
conveys
I
all
exists thus
to task for
my
statement above,
It simulates,
however, the
to,
am
and
after
sure the
eberhart's
60
manual
of
and other
orificial
work.
shown
prostatic;
is
in use are
8,
rectal, or
9,
12, urethral
The ordinary
shown
in Fig. 20.
This
is
is
suitable for
This socket
may
that
may
this
when
Fig. 20.
be
if
necessary.
discussed in
detail
made
The advantage
in
of
Chapter VII,
The
latest type of
in Fig. 24.
It is of
my
adjustable handle
is
shown
Fig. 2 4
Author's
61
They end
in a
EBERHART
62
end
it
is
at
MANUAL
OF
much handier
body
to use
electrode.
Fig. 25
Resonator
in size
insulated.
63
EBERHART
MANUAL
OF
J \
Fig. 27
CHAPTER
65
FIVE.
as the
primary
D'Arsonval machine
coil of the
is
used
is
of
essentially the
same
as that
the resonator.
If a
vacuum tube
is
if
it
gives the
same
effect
With the
yields a
eberhart's
66
manual
of
When vacuum
all
is
of
their beneficial
is
processes.
Incidental to this
effect
on
we have
all
nutritive
increased oxy-
(and phagocytosis)
There
uum
is
tube
when held
a sensation of heat
and
in
Ordinarily there
is
tible
vibration.
drawn away, up
of emitting.
spark
it is
capable
Summary
of
Vacuum Tube
Effects,
67
from Oudin
(Hy-
peremia).
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Increase secretions.
7.
8.
more or
less of this
and
tient,
tissues.
9.
rise in
temperature.
10.
Locally germicidal.
11.
13.
14.
Promote absorption of
These
effects of
plastic exudates.
vacuum tube
applications while
68
The current
body
traverses the
of entry, but
nounced
tions of
at
in all directions
of course,
is,
vacuum tubes
Prolonged applica-
more
easily
by the D'Arsonval
current.
D'Arsonval
Effects.
The general
effects of
D'Ar-
vacuum
tube.
vacuum
tube.)
showing a
rise of
from half
Some
plication.
my
opinion
upon metabolism
The best
obtained
results
through
auto-conduction.
or
through
The
lar
effect of
massage
is
69
when we
every
cell in
perceptible
if
the organism.
No
sensation
is
usually
2.
3.
4.
5.
Increase secretions.
6.
Increase elimination.
7.
ex-
ists.
8.
According
to the degree of
vacuum
Vacuum
Tubes.
existing in them,
eberhart's
70
vacuum tubes
manual
of
various cases.
Eed
vacua
or
;
represent
rose-pink
blue or bluish-violet
comparatively low
medium vacua
vacuum
the
blue-
The lower
Such
the
The
medium vacuum
is
high vacuum
is
The
doubtedly given
off.
This
is
a subject
which
There
is
a prevalent idea
among many
produce a burn.
titis,
still
face burns.
It will
to
who
is
accustomed
72
EBERHART
Fig. 2 8
MANUAL
Formalin
OF
Sterilizer.
73
skin.
when
tube
it
it
is
membrane adhering
withdrawn.
To avoid
to
this, I
the
make
minutes and
have done
the
is
so
exposures sooner or
ute X-ray
follow.
treatment
may
burning
to
is
ments
may
may
MANUAL
EBERH ART'S
74
OF
Another use
may
of
result is in
must be used.
I
to a
"cold
As
in healing.
it is
is
is
mucous
membrane.
Another condition
be used with care
there
is
fine,
is
in
fire to
to
produce a spark
may
it.
75
of the tiny
Tendency
Offsetting
am
X-Ray Burns.
to
to offset
its
This
some of the
is
wish to
made
While
'I
call
of the high
have seen no
and by
application
is
stimulating
is
of
the
to cause a decreased
application
amount
of
the
of blood in the
known
of starvation
insufficient
and death of
nourishment.
caliber.
we have
It is
tissues, resulting
Now,
well
a condition
from
is
con-
76
'
cerned
it is
eberhart's
manual
of
diametrically opposite.
It increases
the
with one another in a large number of diseases, particularly those affecting the skin,
amount
is
of
and by combining
CHAPTER
General Technique;
77
SIX.
Vacuum Tubes;
Lubrication;
Cauter-
Bi-Polar
Form
Electrodes; Fulguration;
'
Arsonvalization
Direct
able Pads;
val "Surgings";
D'Arsofk-
Miscellaneous Suggestions.
of
This
is
apt
currents,
and
kberhart's
78
which
of
commonly
methods most
in vogue.
Classification of
1.
manual
Vacuum
Technique
(Tube excited by
tube technique.
2.
apparatus
at-
(diaphragms,
3.
D 'Arsonvalization
1.
a.
Direct method.
b.
Auto-conduction.
c.
Auto-condensation.
by
may
as in
be classified otherwise
(a)
according to
its
use
79
cauterization or fulguration;
(d)
orificial
ap-
plication.
Vacuum
Any
may
be employed on tubes
Lubrication of Tubes.
lies,
unguents or cerates
is
it
is
absolutely no bar
1.
As
These
ef-
lips.
On
this
employed
Make
it
and mild
if
a spark
vacuum tube
EBERH ART'S
80
to
MANUAL
OF
When
the current
at one treatment.
is
set fire to
This
may
any
easily in-
be illustrated by
ferred
On
to.
this
When
but
may
by a sudden
off
jerk.
it
is
Urethral Technique.
Care of
Vacuum
Tubes.
Asepsis.
Although the
still it is
ploying
it
in order to
of spreading infection
is
germi-
and cleanliness
in em-
to another.
81
ter.
Wiping
off the
ly rinsing in
Apply the
to
water
is
not enough.
How
test to yourself.
would you
like
off
indefinite
num-
ber of times?
any
Do
is
treatises
specific, orificial
cases.
As
infection.
may
be
steri-
eberhart's
82
by
lized
boiling,
manual
of
just
sterilized.
This, however,
is
A tube that
is
to be
immersed
again using,
as a vaginal or ure-
if it
in pure carlysol,
before
dis-
rectum or
vagina,
etc.,' it
is
immersed
for a
antiseptics
For
this
jar, large
enough
to take
is
not enough); or as
its
(a
five
equiva-
An
ideal
way should
83
employed
in infectious cases,
any of the
comes
immersed
in the
pure antiseptic
weaker
solutions,
water alone
is
a simple
make
the
necessary, but in
preferable.
is
From
of our
modern
office
cities,
will find
it
but in smaller
somewhat more
of
a task.
In the absence of large jars to keep the two solutions in, with the tubes constantly immersed, wide-
mouthed
bottles
may
By
ter,
sterilizing in this
af-
eberhart's
84
but also
if it
manual
of
happen that
it
the danger
it,
it
is
is
slight,
and fur-
when
would be
it.
is
wound
fresh
infection
in carrying
is
to another
wound from
the individ-
treated there
is
practically no
serious
danger of
infection.
If
it
would
other.
Immersion
to above and
rins-
85
would be
suffi-
it
then
in proportion to the
in the case.
The
one.
sterilizer
always
in Fig.
28
is
an excellent
sterile.
Some
much
shown
my
of
readers
may
one and
my
am
devoting too
it
is
an important
think
"crank" on
and
this point,
excuse yourself
if
made me
really, could
you ever
instance
Measuring Dosage.
the physician
quency,
who
is
is
If a
fre-
man
and which
tubes, he
is
would hardly
to
feel like
vacuum
paying as much
in
EBERH ART'S
86
fact, little is to be
found
MANUAL
OF
to
convey
amount
of current
ious conditions.
on
Rough Method
of Standardization.
On account
of
possible to
method
it is
as a simple
rent employed.
This
is
and
purpose in a general
87
more
intelli
With
the*
a definite
amount
apparatus, there
that represents
is
its
is,
tube,
and
current
if I
say
constant
is
the spark
I
this will
lessening
increasing
lengthens
it,
it.
Therefore,
of current I
would employ
amount
in the tube.
This does not take into consideration the sharpness of the spark which must be adjusted in accord-
Preparation of Patient.
body
is
clothing arises.
must be
When
in contact
no spark
is
removing the
of,
will be
charged with
EBERHART
88
the current
and give
sensations.
If
MANUAL
OF
rise to
be removed.
may
is
employed.
when
a sharp spark
especial need of
is
required there
is
no
in fact, a
When
is
In vaginal treatments no
necessary.
employ a current of
sufficient strength to
etc., I
produce
relatively sharper
coils
is
used
89
With
in these instances.
much
current
make
sufficient intensity of
that
would
were held
at full spark-
The tube
is
passed
the handle.
side to side
Another method
which
it
may
powder
is
to
to place
will
enable
it
far
make an unpleasant
spark.
to
manual
eberhart's
90
Where
itching
is
of
raised from
is
and
also
This quick-
quickly produces
(hyper-
emia, etc.).
spark
is
from two
to three
up
any minute
sought,
its
full
In congestive head-
conditions, the
spark
makes very
is
little
effect
area.
is
steadily over
to occa-
difference
seems
There-
whether a sharp
full
sparking distance, or whether with the same intensity of current, the tube is
skin.
It
upon the
91
caustic effect,
and uncomfortable.
sore
is
a severe one,
Unless
not per-
it is
Cauterization.
sharp spark
If a
is
held steadily
have a cauterizing
effect.
marked
degree.
The reaction
may
tissue
severe
be carried
this
etc.
manner and
as
smoothly as
It is too severe a
average case.
ciples,
if
tis-
and anesthesia
will
is
it
is
is
employed.
The technique of
this
manual
eberhart's
92
of
The technique
Orificial Technique.
and
and
membrane and
there
is
warmth.
of
left in
contact for a
in
so peculiarly that
is
is
its
turned
thus avoiding
employed.
is
It
off
all
Cataphoresis.
For cataphoresis a
See Fig.
is
29.
is
is
removed,
special electrode
The substance
in solution,
will be given
is
it
desirable to
latter
any single
under
There
treatment.
In
also involves
lubrication.
in contact
is
of the appli-
to be car-
is
93
placed in contact with the desired area and the current passes for from five to ten minutes or more as
required.
is
style of tube.
Although strong claims have been made concerning the value of high frequency currents for the
Fig. 29
Cataphoresis
Electrode.
tissues,
rent for use for these purposes, that they are scarcely entitled to consideration.
of the particles
(ions)
is
composing
eberhart's
94
manual
of
and
would be
other,
and
vice-versa.
which are
first in
tis-
Now.
alter-
one direction
as a result practically
when
the alter-
is
The claim
drives
is
made
bombardment."
I maintain,
commend
it
is
too
tube
is
Ordinarily the
vacuum
outfit.
In
HiGli
some
coils the
by drawing
FREQUENCY CURRENTS
off a certain
amount
9$
is
regulated
of the current
from
coil,
Selection of
local effect is
essential,
to Use.
vacuum
Where
tubes, metal
constitutional effect
val methods
is
(preferably auto-condensation),
is
to
may
be
eberhart's
96
manual
of
2.
Diaphragm
Electrodes.
Many
resonators termi-
turned on, a
fine effleuve or
When
spray
is
the
emit-
This
dia-
ted,
is
is
fine points.
phragm
spray
is
five
when
the
or ten minutes.
much em-
condensation.
in
vogue
the
At
now
were
between
to the ef-
casionally
it
and painful.
to
make
Ocuse
Fig. 3
97
EBERH ARTS
98
of a spark
little
MANUAL
OF
in
Pseudo-static Breeze.
ped with
Many
diaphragm spoken
may
ever form
is
is
manner
the
used,
it
of adjusting the
breeze.
of in
static
foot plate
to
draw
amount
off in the
form of
of the current.
This
spark
a
is
considerable
and
is
is
Metallic
Electrodes.
All
of
It
it.
the
metallic
elec-
machine may be used with the high frequency generator but the applications are ordinairly too pain-
99
at the
Fulguration.
D'Arsonval current.
by Keating-Hart for
unusual impetus
shown
in
Figure
to
the method.
His electrode
is
31.
by a current
through
intense.
it,
its
direction governed.
It is
cooled
to one pole
The point
is
eberhart's
100
Fig. 31
manual
of
Pig. 32
Fulguration
Electrode.
33
Fulguration
Electrode.
Fig.
to,
is
101
followed by additional
is
first,
followed im-
An
Figure
32.
It is a
a platinum point.
vacuum
work
shown
is
in
electrode terminating in
Surrounding
it
is
a glass tube
means
pointed tube
The whole
may
is
be
moved up or down
held nicely in
my
as desired.
movable socket
handle.
to
it
up or down
is
through
Thus
it
is
it
and
It is
for
is
shown
in Fig. 33.
is
required
of
D'ARSONVAL TECHNIQUE.
3.
Direct Application.
is
manual
eberhart's
102
D'Arsonval generator.
See Figure
This
18.
may
of
size.)
brings
in contact
it
When
and
both
method
method.
is
further
When
known
one pole
as the
is
Stabile or fixed
in the operator's
is
hand
called Labile
or loose.
vacuum
electrode
may
and sometimes
trode.
a foot-plate
good
is
as sponge or metal,
employed as an
is
elec-
not a necessity
Treatments of
five to
first,
may
gradually de-
Fig. 34
Upright Auto-Conduction
103
Cage.
104
EBERH ART'S
MANUAL
OF
be
bJD
fa
105
Auto-conduction.
is
a cage.
The patient
is
coil,
constituting
at
patient's
in the
types, Figure 34
shows
Some
a basket.
of
which
is
standing or sitting on a
is
are
stool.
may
auto-conduction
effects.
is
ten
Owing
human
to
method
of treatment, although
eberhart's
106
excellent in results,
is
manual
of
used comparatively
it
at
little
has apparently no
In auto-condensation, one of
is
ggazzzzzzzzzzzazzzzzzzzazzzmma
JI\DE
to
^
Fig. 36.
the patient
Fig. 37.
who becomes
Any
condenser plate.
in this
static
current
may
be con-
The patient
D 'Arsonval
current.
is
In Figure 36
condenser,
is
shown a
woman
is
10/
Auto-condensation
a couch or
is
administered by means of
it.
in a
form similar
to that
themselves
floss
or with
is
who
side,
is
is
connected to the
dosage.
No
so high
to 900 milliamperes,
As long
as the patient
is
in electrical contact
with
EBERHART
108
MANUAL
OF
.Pushbutton
Metal hand
electrode
/control of
/ adjustable
back
Leg Support
for
D'Arsonval treatment
Fig. 37a
Chair.
Fig.
38
Auto-Condensation
109
EBERHART
110
l'ie.
8a
Portable
MANUAL
Outfit
OF
and Cabinet.
Sparks
is felt.
is,
may
111
of
apparatus there
is
In general, a feeling
of
warmth pervades
after a
mometer
to be
body
the
is
shown by the
from one-half
to
few moments,
clinical ther-
The couch
is
D'Arsonval
coil of a
tion coil, as
shown
Figure
primary
38, or to the
The
static
static
may
my
as in
latest portable
In 1903
which
together
the di-electric
pad described
designed the
folded
if
found capable of
first
when
is
thin,
later.
not
in
use.
It
EBERH ART'S
112
MANUAL
OF
was intended
ter.
As
pad
a condenser
had produced
(Fig. 41).
It is a
electric
is,
as long as
it is
di-
may
This caused
be held
me
to sub-
ordinary pad and thus produce a portable auto-condensation pad only half an inch thick, and capable
of being slipped under the leather cushion of the
ordinary
an auto-condensation
ter into
time a
office
much
table.
lat-
At the same
may
be
Many
ingenious operators
construct
their
own
make
"A
in
1909,
few excerpts
114
EBERHART
Fig.
MANUAL
39 Portable
OF
Coil.
SKKIIART S
Fig. 40
MANUAL
Portable
OF
Coil.
115
117
is fitted
under surface
to the
is
is
in a
attached
Fig. 41
it
when placed on
will leave a
Condenser Cushion
margin of about
for Chair.
It
The
is
slab.
connected by an ordinary
(say not
smaller than
EBERH ART'S
118
MANUAL
OF
him on
a thin cushion
it is
preferable
upon the
glass, for
wooden
table long
"Another method
is
to take a
to lie
full
under surface of
this
glass,
it,
at-
neath the back and seat of the chair, the two strips
being fastened together with metallic connections
(chain or wire) and underneath the ordinary cushion
of the chair, four or five layers of rubber are placed
to
themselves,
if
would
really
make
as a di-electric.
This
is
not as satisfactory as
when
110
then
is
electrode
may
"Lastly a pad
may
body
to permit
it
On
it
insufficient to
may
prevent
be obviated by plac-
The patient
is
off
turned
is
whether he
all
is
shock.
getting any
manual
eberhart's
120
of
drawn from
body
his
muscular contractions
made by introducing
be
This
tient's circuit.
may
D'Arsonval surgings.
as
week
gradually de-
week
if
pulmonary
to
treatment should be
five
car-
is
first
may
to a dangerous, degree, as
in the case
is
tuberculosis,
is
my
The exception
of
thai)
be given
Less
it
raise the
re-
The reason
temperature
produces a reaction in
121
Chapter V).
effect
blood-pressure
patient
In nearly
is
may
all
its
(see
lowered.
and
at the
locally applied
reso-
vacuum
tube.
have alluded to
similarity
me
to
this
this
and
static
"surging" caused
form
I first
on a
between
The
of treatment.
noticed
it
when adjusting
D 'Arsonval-Oudin
resonator.
"tune" the
EBERHART
122
\?f/tff/M
MANUAL
OF
Ituunm
Hde
Fig 42
.
thQ
Author's D'Arsonval Surgings. Separating
A or Introducing a Spark-Gap Anywhere Between A and the Patient, Pro-
Sliding rod at
Doing
this
123
The
the solenoid
rod from
is
and
tient's circuit
to
An
method
It really is in line
of D'Arsonval,
solenoids,
thus
who
is
shown
in Fig. 42.
first
producing
auto-conduction;
then
and now
this
cir-
cuit.
V. Laughter has
when
is
or spray of water
he receives the effect of the high frequency current as well as that of the water,
eberhart's
124
Local
manual
The
Auto-Condensation.
Method."
of
"Plate
Glass
is
one form.
very popular
the
di-electric,
the
electrode
plate of a condenser
next to the
The
glass
of the
body
Indirect Sparks.
If a resonator is
connected
vacuum tube
sparks will
one
corresponds to
is
is
fly
di-
and a
from the
These
operator
or gas
is
jet,
coil,
grounded by connecting
to
water pipe
is
As
a knowledge of
vitally necessary to
125
it
is
its
this
purpose
is
called a
The
instru-
sphygmomano-
is
shown
in Figs.
44 and 44b.
is
shown
in Fig. 44a.
Its action
this
artery.
cuff or
is
selected.
is
fas-
thin this
is
is
applied, but
unnecessary.
if
is
rolled
the clothing
scale
is
placed
rubber bulb
is
126
EBERHART
MANUAL
OF
To Tit
tioe.
Pig.
43
Indirect
Sparks.
EBERHARTS MANUAL OF
128
Fig.
44
Taking
Sphygmomanometer.
Pig.
44a
Taking
Sphygmomanometer.
129
131
The bulb
fills
is
now com-
to rise.
When
this
is
little
ceases to be felt
until
of the blood in
it
is
customary
By
of
The
the re-
depended
to force
may
be
on.
scale reads
from
to 300.
to millimeters of
variation of 10 millimeters
necessarily imply
The normal
is
mercury.
120.
132
EBERHART
MANUAL
OF
133
of,
or
tendency to arteriosclerosis.
is
This
is
by
diaphragm chambers,
the
hand on the
dial, as
the
so sensitive indeed
is
shown plainly by
hand works
co-incident-
With
can accurately
maximal or
systolic
minimal or
diastolic,
we mean
and pulse
This
is
it is
pulses, so
you can
impossible to ob-
see that
The minimal or
manual
eberhart's
134
maximal or
sential as the
of
systolic, for
without an
we
can-
is
alone, can
condition
it
is
compensated for or
not..
(difference
from 26
diastolic
and
meters.
systolic) should be
between
to 36 milli-
this should
indicates,
it
if
be
not
The determining
of pulse pressure
condition
is
by
for,
dicated,
and
if
indicated
strongly indicated,
we can
this
compensated
is
is
by those using
tell
whether a
we can
accurately deter-
As an
illustration,
we
we have
a case
normal.
No matter then
if
is
30, therefore
for
?
condition
compensated,
is
135
(or
the
pulse pressure
established,
is
and
in these cases
On
traindicated.
tolic
the other
is
strongly con-
auto-condensation current
is
is
any
110.
indicated,
sys-
The use
and
its
of
ap-
is
is
In
small,
In some of
tion,
my
treatment.
is
auto- condensa-
pressure.
high,
work with
systolic pressure
ably
earlier
The
and the
diastolic
effect
was
reduce
it
and thereby
eberhart's
136
manual
of
method of
oscillation.
Place the bag over the arm with the two tubes
well under the
fold.
in
one
tube and the bulb in another and you are ready for
reading.
to the point
literated.
radial artery,
in the cuff
This
is
the systolic or
ob-
maximal reading.
is
up
This
is,
by
(as
above
Now
audible.
will
become
point where
all
Having obtained
means
At
sounds cease.
Fig. 44c
maximal pressure.
this,
of the valve,
137
and the
first
in
Auscultation Method.
diastolic point, at
which
served,
when
where there
is
a dila-
the pressure
is first
increased on the
is
on
138
EBERHARTS MANUAL OF
little
servation.
When
condition exists
this
it
is
abso-
when
the pulse
is
feeble.
we take up
diastolic pressure,
systolic
the subject of
pulse pressure.
Pulse pressure
astolic
from the
is
systolic, for
di-
example
Children from 10 to
17,
85 to 110
mm.
Adults from 21 to
40,
120 to 130
mm.
Adults from 40 to
50,
130 to 135
mm.
Adults from 50 to
It is
60,
135 to 145
mm.
is
an ever
in-
and a person
still
be a com-
Female pressure
is
sures,
139
Any
that of males.
blood pres-
50,
lower
Leading
now
insurance companies
life
insist
Most of
them
reject
higher, whether
just
as
above
It
is
on
is
160 or
apparent or not
is
persistently
90.
when both
may
instrument
is
provided for on
of the
At forty years
many
scales.
at eighty
was
at sixty,
it
of age the
150.
in 100
men
An
eberhart's
140
manual
of
from the
and converse-
blood pressure.
It is
tests it
pressure existed in
was observed
many
cases that
When
Miscellaneous Suggestions.
a resonator
on
coil
it is difficult
is
is
is
it is
a sign
dirty
and
needs cleaning.
With
this
primary
quently
its
induction.
This
is
the coarse
When
using
coil.
vacuum tubes
141
from touch-
It
soon find
its
way
through.
eberhart's
142
manual
of
CHAPTER SEVEN.
Special
of the Body,
Including Ear,
Rectum and
Eye,
Nose,
the
method
of using
vacuum tubes
is
in treating vari-
dis-
In applying
vacuum tube
lated types of
is
etc.,
in Figs. 20
and
21.
144
eberhart's
Fig. 45
manual
op
i4
it is
The tube
is
started with a
is
minimum
The strength
of current.
fine
sharp.
from
avoided.
the
ear,
marked sensation
length of treatment,
is
becomes a
is
noticed in
.the
although
of heat
little
uncomfortable,
eberhart's
146
manual
of
is
scarcely necessary, as
Fig. 46
is
not sufficient
to interfere seriously.
earache
in
re-
tinnitus auri-
For ap-
148
EBERHART
Fig. 4 7
MANUAL
Treating the
Of
Eyes.
tube
in the handle
may
shown
used, as
is
in Fig. 46,
149
which
it,
and
at the
of touching the
shown
in
in
This
is
The current
and
inserted
steady
is
is
is
turned
off
one eye
If only
the tube
may
is
from three
affected, only
is
is
adjusted
removed,
min-
one lobe of
other
vacuum tubes
lid,
method with
it
as
manual
eberhart's
150
of
results in glaucoma.
iritis,
The diseases
Nasal Technique.
<_
Fig. 48
Even
za, etc.
One Form
in hay-fever
it
(Fig. 48
of Nasal Tube.
is
mild current
is all
of treatment varies
utes..
tube
It
is
that
is
makes very
inserted in
little
the
to seven min-
straight
or the movable
socket handle.
nasal cavity
If the
to be treated, a tube
is
sulated chamber
151
having an
in-
is
preferable to
of a
vacuum tube
to
the
advised.
is
tube
is
of
The
less
shown
in
The non-insulated
should be used.
8,
much
sphincter.
etc.,
rectal
tube
may
be employed in
supposed
gland.
flat
tact
shown
in
in the tube
and receive
My new
the one
to be
of the rectum,
is
into
it,
a portion of the
it
fits
eberhart's
152
manual
In prostatic diseases of
sion.
frequency
has
current
of
all
proved
most
efficacious,
my
drawn
in the
up.
The tube
is
lubricated, inserted
The handle
the rectum.
is
The duration
of each treatment
is
inserted always
the rectum
is
is
removed.
gins
it
Treatment through
will be
found desirable
suppose,
much
EBERHART
154
J"
MANUAL
OF
'".
:
-'
>-
Ha
^BHB9SBS^I
Pig. 49
Treating the
Scalp.
The
ter
is
155
given in Chap-
Scalp Treatment.
The electrode
is
moved
from one-quarter
to three-quarters of
an inch or
Fig. 49a
If too
sharp a spark
is
will be found.
made
if
in all diseases
employed for a
sufficient
eberhart's
156
manual
of
is
It is illustrated
the latest.
herewith.
Throat Technique.
in Fig. 50.
is
11,
new tube
No.
21,
Any
is
shown
may
be
>
Fig.
used externally.
50
Throat
Electrode.
vacuum tube
is
preferable.
Sparks
follicles in
pharyn-
157
tonsils.
When
Technique.
sounds (Fig.
20,
No.
on the operating
and the
glass
is
table.
legs
employing
5,
flexed
in the
are
The
in the
sterilized
sound
is
steel
sound would be
much
force,
first
to
In case a stricture
is
then
it is
introduced as far as
the stricture
quent days
will be
it
On
subse-
eberhart's
158
manual
of
pass by
it.
When
it,
and
tube.
downward
is
it
instructed to
make
steady
The handle
is
In this
The current
moved.
way
is
turned
off
Do not
by introducing a tube
all
specific
less
High frequency
catarrhal conditions of
be
may
much
re-
is
cervicitis,
in
usual methods.
is
and
and
of the ovaries
Low
sions.
in pelvic abscess
medium vacuum
or
159
and
in adhe-
tubes should be
as follows:
is
The patient
is
bent
down
it,
is
from slipping
it
author's movable
folded over
venting
is
in the
out.
towel
then wrap-
is
and handle
from tipping
side-
spark.
come
any
in
contact with
it,
nor should
it
rest
if
upon
there
turned on and
lowed
is
when
it is
is
al-
turned
eberhart's
i60
off
manual
of
in a
day
improvement took
until
Ordinarily
place.
to
two or three
should be used.
It is
tubes,
The
ginal use,
shown
my new
spatulate
may
metal speculum,
if
the latter
is
better.)
tion tube
may
is
used.
(An
old-fash-
This
may
or
may
not require
an anaesthetic.
current to
D'Arsonval current
this
all
may
and thus
contiguous parts.
The
tube.
161
CHAPTER EIGHT.
Practical
betically
to
Explanatory.
Be Employed.
and those
in
which
is
dis-
the
it is
of
the
list,
treatment for
ion,
it.
Where he has
a pronounced opin-
To avoid frequent
sation
is
referred
repetition,
to,
technique in Chapter
is
it
VI
it.
where auto-conden-
manual
eberhart's
162
Where
etc.
op
etc.,
advised,
is
the directions in
Where
tube,
it
vacuum
is
is
the
vacuum
elec-
must be much
effect.
The aver-
from
five to
ten minutes
is
for auto-condensation or
to,
from twenty
to thirty
minutes.
number
of
if
With
the
red-pink)
is
vacuum
tube, the
163
Limit
orificial
possible burns.
Abscess.
vacuum tube
tensity of current
is
an abscess,
of
indicated.
The
in-
ment ten
a day
if
should be
it
Duration of treat-
necessary.
is
preferable,
Duration of treatment,
lights are
To destroy the
en-
method
is
For
this the
eberhart's
164
manual
of
from one-quarter
to one-half of
With the
of a fulguration point.
latter,
spark
an inch in length
in place
the treat-
effect of the
eight days.
The X-ray
frequency current
dioxide snow
is
is
we must
not
employment
of acne.
It is
the X-ray,
One
of high frequency
is
form
and with
this
tube
in this
is
The vacuum
from the
The
tube,
how-
eberhart's
166
Fig. 51
manual
of
to the Face.
contact with
it,
167
if
the
of the glass
less
easily as the
body
tube.
in a
may
vacuum not
be employed as
The tube
is
is
is
ment
is
possible with
from three
to five minutes,
but
if
given alone, a
Treatments
may
is
indicated.
satisfac-
manual
eberhart's
168
of
required.
found
it
Where
penetration
to thirty seconds
pustules,
little
and even
if it
size.
When
a yellow
should be opened
it
remove
all
is
ready, without
Where
efficient
from the
application for
is
no more
may
from
be employed.
is
employed
as
an adjunct to
to
169
vacuum tube
employed, a
used.
is
shorter spark
is
required.
week.
Adenitis, Cervical (See Tuberculosis of Glands).
Adhesions.
Where
from seven
to ten
minutes.
is
Mechanical vibra-
advised in connection.
in these
method
is
The
best
There
170
albumen following
this
method
of treatment.
have
do not wish to be understood as making the statetreatment will cure Bright 's Disease.
ment that
this
That
of sufficient value to
ment,
it is
if
warrant
is
my
employ-
its
firm belief,
This
is
interstitial
even
if
and the
result
is
this disease
(See
Arteriosclerosis.)
filtering tubules
ap-
is
must be considered
is
taken
off the
at least beneficial,
High frequency
solely as
in
an adjunct
and
means
overcome the
effects
of
by several operators.
FREQUENCY CURRENTS
tllGH
If the
blood pressure
is
l7l
The
latter
is
Drug
(See
present.
Addictions.)
Where baldness
occurs
tube,
No.
11.
the apparatus to
make
from one-quarter
it
to three-quarters of
shown
draw
possible to
in Fig. 52.
through
a spark of
an inch.
from a portable
The tube
is
ordinarily in
may
be
spark.
for
It is to
from
five to ten
sharp a spark
and tiny
is
little
minutes at a treatment.
If too
exerted an escharotic
a daily treatment
is
effect.
appear where
it
has
results,
eberhart's
172
manual
of
strongly advised.
is
is
The scalp
In Alopecia
vacuum.
In connec-
medium
or high
is
X-ray.
-Amenorrhea.
when
emmenagogue
effect,
although
effect,
beneficial results
in
same
we
menorrhagia ancPmetrorrhagia
conditions which
employment
in absence of the
reasonable.
The technique
is
its
Another method
is
from
to use the
174
EBEfettART's
MANUAL
OF
175
eral effect on
call for its
employment
800 milliamperes.
in ten
minute treatments
week with
a current of 400 to
Mechanical vibration
fective in amenorrhea,
connection.
tion
20,
is
4,
very
ef-
in
No.
is
may
shown
in Fig.
8.
Ozone inhalations
Anemia and
will
still
further
caused by anemia.
As high frequency
Chlorosis.
cur-
number
of red corpuscles
is
es-
quite as effective as
latter.
is
The method
of ad-
by auto-condensation, ten
EBERH ART'S
176
MANUAL
OF
Ozone inhala-
my
In one of
Aneurism.
is,
tive.
the
locally,
using a
it
moving
appli-
other pole
is
grounded by attachment
is
my
to gas or
water pipe.
It
is
Arteriosclerosis.
is
and
tomed
it is
diseases of kid-
bition
whose
its
of our present
its
ing, etc.
the primary
mode
a disease that
is
many
ticularly affected.
upon
brain,
177
in years
and
latory system
plant, in
may
ficient
is
Therefore,
we have
grow
circuit.
the veins
to
circu-
be compared to an electrical
The
of
larger.
and
still
decreasing as
eberhart's
178
round of the
of water
and of
in the arteries
lar
of
lower pressure.
to a
manual
Normal pressure
is sufficient to
support a perpendicu-
meters.
In arteriosclerosis
it
of the blood
to
120 milli-
sometimes increases to
over 300.
The disease
and organic
is
stages.
The
first
had occurred.
In the functional stage there comes to be present
a contracted condition of the artery producing there-
At
fibres
and spasm
and no actual
de-
blood
first
The theory
is
of the arteries,
be-
comes a more or
less
and
second stage.
179
bacco, etc.
There
is
Of the errors
in diet, the
most common
the con-
is
muscular strain
fectious diseases.
'
Other
prolonged men-
effects of in-
life is
exempt
cases oc-
The
beverages tabooed
MANUAL
EBERH ART'S
180
OF
Ked meats
acid ferments.
made with
lactic
There
is
many
from the
ment.
all
to personal
cise,
diet.
baths, etc.
It
is
by taking a cup
apparent.
be
heart
may
dilated
and there
is
is
the rule,
if
the
a tendency to dropsy
it is
(See Chapter
is
In Figs. 44
is
181
The
by auto-condensation.
milli-
amperes.
Increased determination of blood to the surface
of the
it.
fore,
tion,
may
be mentioned
etc.
A noticeable
oxygen baths,
is
circula-
In addition to the
There-
shown
treatments until
it
may
ment
to
maintain
it
In advanced cases
at this point.
first,
and
to
182
eberhart's
and
systolic
manual
which
is
diastolic pressure
compensation
is
of
In this connection,
we must
is
equally
when employed
pressure.
may
be
discounted.
I voice the
man
that a
strain or carrying a
profession,
and who
who
is
I state
under considerable
heavy load in
his business or
more
spells
tired than
when he went
to
of dizziness or light-headedness
or notices
owes
it
to himself to ascertain
arteriosclerosis.
if
of
effects.
Articular Rheumatism
183
(See Rheumatism).
Asthenopia.
down
This treatment
some layers
if
In
any
Pass
it
women
steels are
by the current.
it
is
sparking distance.
through
spark length.
moved
full
where they
If a chain is
should be taken
will be
worn around
charged
the neck
off.
in contact
Asthma.
vacuum tube
EBERHART
184
MANUAL
OF
sparks will
upon the
fall
chest.
is
as sharp a
conveniently
Mechanical vibration
is
another method.
is
forth over
Daily treatments of
expected.
we have complete
In this disease
them
normal tone.
to actually contract
The
first
and regain
their
He employed
ly over the
the
vacuum tube
185
by
Bokenham.
The
is
positively established.
is
In this
way
obtained.
in treating this
stomach area.
The plate
glass
is
it
mechanical vibration.
com-
The sinusoidal
eberhart's
186
manual
of
treatment
when
is
in
locally
The foregoing
dilatation
is
not present.
Atrophic Rhinitis
(See Ozena).
The method
of treat-
in contact
with the
from
five to ten
just short of
of a strength
shown
is
electrode, I
lid.
would
it
is
it
in light
a stronger cur-
187
Baldness
(See Alopecia).
Barber's Itch
(See Sycosis).
Bladder Disease
(See Cystitis).
Blepharitis. In a large
itis,
number
of cases of blephar
Sometimes
it
has to
marked tendency
me by
to relapse.
One
case referred to
all of
the usual
week
Over
case
was
essentially cured.
Fox
with no failures.
employ
is
as follows
enough current
when
it
applied to
to
11.
with
my own
spark from
an inch in length.
I raise
manual
eberhart's
188
of
this fine
down and do
lid
the same.
whole
daily treatment
week
is
will suffice.
and
is
In this
is
is
an
left eye
Not being an
treatment.
it.
She became
and applied
to
oculist, I referred
me
for
her to
was
given.
ing manner:
An
The
unfavorable prog-
first
was 156
arteriosclerosis, so
after
189
(Fig. 21,
temple and supra-orbital region, using a mild current, capable of giving a slight stinging sensation
when passing
this,
through
my
and the
result
was
little
of
After
few weeks
later
it
to the eye
and a
Blood Pressure
many
(See Furunculosis).
Brachial Neuritis
Brain Fag.
(See Neuritis).
nervous prostration.
especially
where too
It is
to represent
common
in business men,
years.
dif-
little exercise.
The
favor-
EBERHARTS MANUAL OF
190
This treatment
is
not always
possible
and mechanical
pressure.
sation or auto-conduction
is
clearly indicated
and
the
enough
the case
is
if
to
urgent.
effect
ways complain
pain so
In
should be ap-
and
The patient
to the
in neurasthenia.
normal and
back
common
many
Following
is
below
auto-conduction
is
distinctly contra-indicated.
In-
down
191
all cases,
if
so that he
is
office
and
When
indi-
room
is
of
is
is
indicated, dwelling
Bronchial Asthma.
Bronchitis.
(See Asthma.)
useful
them unavailable.
If,
is
electricity
may
eration of congestion
is
obtained.
An
manual
eberhart's
192
of
really
is
more important
shower of
fine
first
(Fig. 30.)
it
may
vacuum
is
em-
be applied locally
Chapter VI.
Here ozone
the preferable
in the
is
sleeps or
works;
air
this
first,
office.
Treatments should
193
From two
or three
up
to five
minutes
may
if
is
the aver-
be repeated in
required.
(See Carcinoma.)
Cancer.
Canities.
Carbuncle.
to the X-ray,
is
sent
through
it
This should
make
medium
vacuum
may
be hastened by the
electrode, either
by contact
spark.
Carcinoma (Cancer).
for can-
EBERHART
194
eer
MANUAL
OF
is
gery, but in
many
instances benefit
is
obtained from
method of
fulguration.
The patient
is
is
an-
first, fol-
Three Weeks'
Pictures.
pres-
by means of
esthetized
Fig. 53
The
In small can-
enucleation.
The
sues,
first
then
tis-
195
After
ment.
this a
time to entirely do
spark
is
away with
the growth.
is
The im-
the production of a
dis-
Granulation
crosed tissue.
resulting scar
In Fig. 53
is
is
is
shown a
being employed.
right
hand picture
Cataract.
may
in
Chapter VII.
not too great an intensity of current; tube in contact with closed lids.
most
blue-white or white
suitable.
Catarrh of Bladder.
(See Cystitis.)
vacuum
EBERHART
Portable
Pig. 53a
MANUAL
Outfit
OF
and Cabinet
Catarrh of Bowels.
197
Catarrh of
Womb.
vicitis.)
Cellulitis.
ing
cellulitis.
is
preferable in treat-
power
but
is
light
if it
may
advised.
is
merely an adjunct
is
very
effective.
it is
is
eberhart's
198
vix.
manual
of
would be capable
womb. in
may
be
cases accom-
open.
metal speculum or
It
will charge
it
gauze.
type
is
it
sufficient
dry
is
preferable.
The
direct
D'Arsonval current
Where
the cervix
chanical vibration
ine vibratode
is
which
is
advised.
is
may
It consists of a
flexible uterine
ing between
to prevent
is
made
it
to the vibrator
speculum.
Chancroid
may
vacuum tube
should
suffice
is
by fulguration.
or
and
to
199
is
usually sufficient.
One treatment
Sometimes
place the
and repeat
hours.
Where
in eight to twelve
is
elec-
about as desired.
relief is
It
may
moved slowly
EBERH ART'S
200
MANUAL
quart)
(tablespoonful to the
advised.
is
If a porcelain
may
electrode
manner
OF
bowl
is
Chloasma.
Chlorosis.
(See
Chorea.
Anemia and
Chlorosis.)
Auto-condensation alone,
foregoing,
is
or,
is
advised.
and ozone.
Use at
Chronic Ulcers.
the
is
vacuum tube
first
which
ers of gauze,
lay-
is
may
be employed,
positively curative.
(See Scars.)
Cold Extremities.
because
quency
it is
is
so
have included
201
this
symptom
Vacuum
In order that
it
may have
a permanent effect, a
a week.
Direct
D 'Arsonvalization
If patient is
is
on an insulated plat-
This
is
colitis.)
They
it
are:
current intensity
may
eberhart's
202
manual
ing.
improvement takes
week
times a
place,
until cured.
2.
of
direct D'Arsonval
3.
by the
'
'
plate-glass
'
'
The
4.
effleuve
is
Auto-condensation
the other forms.
Constipation.
may
It is
my
I believe
mechanical vibration
is
vacuum tube
indicated.
abdomen
is
effect-
For
this reason
203
Ten minutes
to
daily
is
advised
first,
later
dropping
is
domen
(stationary or
in the rectum.
itself
moved
Convalescence.
effect
whole body
(any
strength.
Corneal Opacity.
Applications are
made with
may
be
the
made
manual
eberhart's
204
of
Three
to ten
minutes at a treat-
(See Callouses.)
For cold
Coryza.
in the
spark
is
Ozone
is
and
Two
if
is
also advised.
or three treatments a
necessary.
Cystitis.
The
effect
of
is
remarkable in
many
clots of
ing with the urine, and had been doing so for some
days,
it
ment and
The
rectal applications
may
205
be employed
if
given daily at
is
Two
first
treatments a day
It is
of these cases.
In acute cases
but
in
old
chronic
urethral method.
is
In
eases
alternate
women
with
the
preferable.
is
D 'Arson valization,
over bladder. A bi-
may
manner.
Dandruff.
(See Seborrhea.)
Deafness.
quency current in connection with mechanical vibration will yield remarkable results in ninety per cent
Not that
ment
will be so
it
may
be expected to
'
EBERH ART'S
206
MANUAL
OF
is
used
as outlined
of heat will
become
you when
marked that
so
to stop.
If
he does
Two
start,
but this
is
many
in the
The
direct
D'Arsonval current
is
equally as sat-
Diabetes.
currents
we were confronted by
a variety of reports
opinions con-
was improvement
well-being,
I
am
'
207
diabetes,
and best
of all
it
does
all of
shown us
In
my
first
any internal
how much
All speci-
mens
of urine
were sent
to a reputable laboratory
ence
my
judgment of
results.
all
accom-
The sugar
two months.
predicted
208
been present,
its
weeks.
One
of
my
made such
in weight,
and
suddenly.
an excess
was absolutely
when he
to one
died
result of
if
improvement
first,
is
starting
not mani-
where there
is
blood-pressure
rapidly.
When improvement
209
is
for
if
this
examined; otherwise a
an equal variety of
percentages.
As
diabetes
is
it is
entirely rea-
D 'Arsonval
preferable, in
I
current
my
auto-condensation being
opinion, to the
diet,
D 'Arsonval
current, a
abdominal area.
Many
find the
over the
the
liver.
Diarrhea.
One author
says,
"After preliminary
it,
210
eberhart's
manual
of
nerves.
'
'
As few
ment
cases
of.
of the electro-therapist I
am
erable.
Drug
more
it
Addictions.
benefit
over
to be effective
in conjunction.
In drug habits
have found
know
latter
may
fre-
be used con-
liver,
and
solar plexus
spinal centers
is
advised
fifth
to ninth
dorsal
to 800 milli-
vided blood-pressure
is
high.
(It is usually.)
ment
to soles of feet;
point of
and
to
marked reddening.
to the
blood-pressure
to the spine
if
is
high give
auto-condensation.
211
all
high or low.
is
or other accompanying
symptoms
under
as advised
those headings.
Dupuytren's Contraction.
the fascia in the
palm
of the
of
this
by Herdman.
milli-
five
minutes.
The technique
stomach.
to be followed
is
essen-
is
auto-condensation,
It
may
be em-
it
D'Arsonval surgings
(see
eberhart's
212
Vacuum
manual
of
if
auto-condensation
is
not avail-
effect of
ozone inhalations
room or
office,
able.
makes
it
useful adjunct.
Earache.
This
symptom
is
frequently relieved by
from three
flat
elec-
Ear
Diseases.
these
is
given under
Eczema.
quency
may
sults.
is
The method
its
of treating each of
appropriate heading.
be used independently of
it
with successful
re-
so that care
must be used
of exposures.
in the
is
applied accord-
is
213
used with a
sufficient
amount
from one-fourth
to
it is
is
applied
Where
there
raising the
is
intense itching
and not
times a
is
very agreeable
to the patient.
ful
found that
From two
is
it
care-
week
is
should be given
when used
X-ray.
One
to hold
and apply
in connection
to the surface in a
with the
manner
simi-
An
when
is
recommended
available.
Enlarged Prostate.
Endometritis.
eberhart's
214
frequency currents
way
may
be expected to benefit in
tions.
the current
of
Enteritis.
the same
manual
is
a question whether
is
its
em-
resorted
more
easily
to.
a mild
vacuum tube
is
.advised.
lief is
obtained.
od
is
bluish white
vacuum
is
indicated.
The treatments
The X-ray
account of
is
its
tendency to produce
sterility,
it
is
sometimes objected
to.
215
may
my
shield.
is
no special reason to
Epilepsy.
in connec-
lepsy with a
number
to several authors.
of a
medium
or high
epi-
vacuum X-ray
is
the use
tube, placed at
brain,
and
Treatment
questionable in
my mind
whether there
is
Epithelioma.
ative treatment
eberhart's
216
of
chine.
tion
manual
is
of a
vacuum
tube,
Where
the X-ray
is
used
it
has been
my
custom
medium
tube, fol-
would
We
tolerate.
also
remedy
is
greatly lessened.
Chapter VII, taking care to bring the tube in contact with the cervix.
may
last for
217
No
treatment
Exophthalmic Goitre.
Eye
Diseases.
The
(See Goitre.)
armamentarium.
My own
experience in this
tra-
The
have
is
all
spe-
given
Favus.
the X-ray
frequency.
also
is
amenable
spark
is
to treatment
by high
employed as sharp
as the
Fissure (Anal).
sults
in
So
many
seems to be no doubt of
made
that there
It
has always
its efficacy.
eberhart's
218
been
my
opinion that as
manual
much
of
The
was derived
benefit
as
from the
rectal
heal-
vacuum tube
minute treatment
is
per week.
Flabby Breasts.
It is
vacuum tube
to the
show
The use
Frontal Sinusitis.
Furunculosis.
the
vacuum tube
itself.
blue white
is
prefer-
times a day
if
operator finds
it
Another method
is
advisable.
if
the boil
is
if
well
discharg-
It is
D 'Arsonval
(See Sinusitis.)
of the
This fre-
coil
have told
stages.
me
that
219
is
di-
drawing
Open
under an application of
treatment indicated
sation, or the
is
The genito-urinary
dis-
stricture, etc.
wilJ
Glaucoma.
As
twenty minutes
it
was for
use the
eberhart's
220
manual
o*
when
the eye-lid,
faced
I
is
employed over
vacuum
fiat sur-
tube.
else.
There
is
of course no
The
cases.
benefit
is
noticed frequently
have found
The
first is
by employment of the
it
may
at
treat-
The
is
to treat
and much
easier to
have found
employ and
cases, begin-
221
doned
it
of late years
more
rents even
have aban-
latter, I
and
effective.
blue-white or white
occasionally
it
rent
is
vacuum
inch spark.
in light contact
with the
After
five
and use
minutes
as sharp a
The X-iray
is
also.
About
much
bet-
is
employed
in the
same manner
manual
eberhart's
222
of
minutes.
Gonorrhea.
current
is
markedly
but this
is
beneficial.
seldom possible.
method
in
vogue abroad
to
is
in
around
the
it
Tesla
used,
which
coil,
is
tin-foil
used with
or
direct
D'Arsonval
current.
Another method
is
is
attached.
hesitated to give as
many
to
and
have not
as three in one
day
in
some instances.
In the female the vaginal tube
may
is
may
be carried out in
vacuum tube
method
is
223
In men, treat-
is effective.
in doubt.
still
It
may
in these cases
With tubes
of high
vacuum
the chemi-
Auto-condensation or auto-conduction
Gout.
resulting
urine
is
found
amount of
all dis-
is
The
decreases to normal.
Ten or
fifteen
is
may
a proper dosage.
sometimes
and gradually
in-
crease.
No
Arc
attack.
ficial in
any
Where
the
vacuum tube
is
eberhart's
224
it
manual
of
avoiding
sparking.
all
Gray Hair.
This apparently
is
not limited to
premature grayness.
The
chief
may have
draw-back
to be
to the
treatment
is
that
it
is
desirable.
consists in
vacuum tube
From my
American Journal
November, 1909,
"As
applications.
lished in the
cine,
subject, pub-
of Clinical Medi-
its
stimulat-
account of
teria
its
falling hair.
"The
possibility
225
high-frequency
that
currents
have thought
so I should
it
it
to
done
impossible in consequence
"My
first
falling
black, but
She asked me
if it
and
I told
contrast.
as she
was
losing so
much
hair,
to
falling out
and
noticed that
thought she
so.
my permission,
I said to
When
she
to do this despite
manual
eberhart's
226
of
The finding
of a
at the
upper end
From
me
currents in
my
my
absolutely that
all
come under
care.
"For
me
think that
if
patient
sufficiently persevering,
results
may
be obtained in
many
hair
is
"The
somewhat over
a year
is
one in which
have for
The
patient, a
man
left
"The treatment
for several
months consisted
in
cured he
week.
is
still
now
is
nearly
"Recently
I noticed that
227
was
but found
so all
inch in width.
of
thought
it
treatment was
was no apparent
"All of
this brings
me
gray
it its color.
tis-
in the hair
result in grayness.
results
tell,
Some
is
cases
and
my
it is
easy
statements.
show
is
results in
two or three
eberhart's
228
manual
of
was
noticed.
I
have employed
is
first to
massage the
scalp
scalp,
head or
else
lowing
this, a glass
vacuum tube
is
Fol-
employed and
This
is
make
effect,
which
best.
Grippe.
(Influenza.)
Too
is
is
to be avoided.
I
employ a
simi-
in
equally effective."
Ozone
is
229
in
the room.
Otherwise inhalations by means of any of the several generators or in default of one, the
vacuum
amount
if
nose.
solar plexus
sides of nose.
is
by tonic sparks
to spine
and
is
ad-
Hair, Falling.
as de-
Hay
Many
Fever.
is
with vibration,
falling out.
very effective
(See Alopecia.)
Hyperesthetic Rhinitis.)
(Periodic
is
made
also using
Direct ap-
vacuum tube
to
ment or auto-condensation
as indicated.
manual
eberhart's
230
tance or
still
of
if
tur-
removed.
in the
mucous membrane
Fulguration sparks
may
be
Headaches.
relieved
in loose contact
five,
is
advised, be-
Only temporary
relief
may
be expected in toxic
underlying cause
is
dis-
ascertained and
treated.
my
"Vibratory Technique"
231
This
treatment.
Fig. 54
Headaches
At
they
or
errors in refraction;
Stomach
dis-
'
manual
eberhart's
232
of
Decay
Anemia endo-
C.
throat
disease;
eye
Womb
disease;
spinal irritation;
disease;
Constipa-
D-E.
teeth,
nervousness, B.
Neuras-
One author
Heart Disease.
says,
"Tesla currents
In later
stages
when compensation
liative
through
and
its
its
fails
the current
pal-
is
shown by the
ter
is
high auto-condensation
is
If the lat-
called for; if
low
Hemorrhoids.
am
not impressed
number
of favorable reports.
may
result
Of
from
my
advice
233
is
operation.
sparks
is
scissors
for fulguration in
suffice
application
may
be
necessary.
Herpes Zoster.
Application of the
(Shingles.)
is
two of gauze.
Two
to four treatments
Mechanical vibration advised and ozone inhalations for their tonic effect,
(See Hypertension.)
(See
Hay
Fever.)
eberhart's
234
torn is the
manual
of
arterio-
sclerosis.
The technique
is
calls for
auto-conden-
It also, contra-indicates
(Low blood
Hypotension.
dition
we have
it still
more.
pressure.)
In this con-
is
sharp stimulating
conduction or auto-condensation
tra-indicated, although with
seem necessarily
to
lower
it.
is
theoretically con-
low pressure
it
does not
Many
used
if
blood pressure
If the pressure is
case,
men
sharp vacuum
Auto-condensation should be
is
normal or above.
below normal as
is
often the
are advised.
Impetigo.
Impotence.
is
235
this condition
it is
in-
With the
may
is
be immersed in boric
hand or applied
treatments daily.
to his back.
in contact
is
in the
Ten minute
Incontinence of Urine.
(Enuresis.)
Apply a
tonic
is
desirable
and
were
manual
eberhart's
236
it
of
be indicated.
Infantile
These cases
Paralysis.
Poliomyelitis.)
muscles.
(Anterior
and over
all
of the paralyzed
in length, with
body
tube.
makes
it
The tonic
effect
desirable.
made
of
marked
when
the
benefit because of
(See Grippe.)
Insomnia.
(Sleeplessness.)
by high frequency
currents.
is
237
minutes,
five
couch or pad.
is
indicated.
densation
in fact,
when using
this
what
I
it is
that
makes them
so sleepy.
One
no
inclined
failures.
that of a
it
two
it
At the time
This and
was
killed
by
time to sleep,
work night
in order to get
was
necessary on account
when
am
to take plenty of
sleep
was
impossible.
all
of the
eberhart's
238
manual of
customary measures had been exhausted and powerful narcotics only gave a transient respite
in short,
improvement was
any
end of
It
was with-
second
With imperfect
Intestinal Indigestion.
digestion
we have
intestinal
here.
is
equally useful
also has
cured
many
cases.
The administration
conflict in the least
The
of
suitable
Intra-ocular Hemorrhages.
current
is
is
and
239
Daily treatments.
Iritis.
Chapter VII.
The current
and
iritis I
satisfac-
formed.
Keloid.
Keloid
may
The X-ray
a low
vacuum tube
spark.
The treatment
is
by means of the
to the
method
out-
eberhart's
240
manual
of
also
vibration.
Leukemia.
still
consider true of
vacuum tube
me
that in
we
an early
in
at the beginning
of the applications
it
this disease.
applica-
later, is
won my advocacy
of the
3,360,-
January
000 red
29, 1910,
cells
(89%)
9,580
in the proportion of
many
poikilocytes
June
000
hemoglobin,
3,
.9.
60%
1%%
cells there
1.
cells,
were
of myelocytes.
had increased
white
Besides variations
normal white
and
to 4,200,-
cells,
7,860
X-ray
is
why
241
and there
is
we
possess
no reason
both.
Lichen planus.
in loose con-
X-ray
in connection.
Lithemia.
(See Gout.)
Locomotor Ataxia.
(Tabes dorsalis.)
many
is
Eelief of
accomplished in
I
always employ
Apparent cures
in occasional cases
fre-
where
me
to believe that
we sometimes
diagnose cases of
In multiple neuritis
knee-jerk,
and
if
we have an absence
of the
242
as the latter
would
is
This
which no evidence of
by
this or
marked
relief is
at pres-
not un-
usual.
I use as
back of the
legs,
and
also of
mechanical vibration
Daily treatments at
first
and
vibration.
gradually decreasing to
Low Blood
Lumbago.
Pressure.
(See Hypotension.)
Immediate
of
form of
muscular rheumatism.
As the pain
eases have
243
may
be assumed.
Customarily
is
no importance.
Localized auto-condensation
is
good method
to
D 'Arsonvalization.
may
be repeated
necessary.
In chronic
The length
of each treatment
to afford relief.
This
may
is
Do
if
be ten minutes or
it
may
relief.
be half an hour.
Lupus.
it
it
has
The technique
to
get
its
escharotic effect.
Fulguration
may
be
244
used, as this
vacuum tube
Nodules
is
spark.
successfully
are
destroyed
by
this
method.
Sometimes
it is
When
fulguration
is
it
is
result
given.
satisfactory
method of treating
Mastoiditis.
would consider
(Mastoid
it
a quick and
is
lupus.
Ordinarily
abscess.)
unwise to resort
to
any method
and
in a
operation,
ful
I
where the
latter
made use
also of the
results
and
success-
in these cases
Fig. 22 (the
upper tube).
is
illustrated in
"
"Ina
245
is
pertinent
mouth
of
drawn,
and
although
cover-glass
preparations
in a plate culture
Menopause.
on nutrient
gelatin.
particu-
is
symp-
life."
a ten to twenty-
make
to the
treatment,
manual
eberhart's
246
Special
of
Menorrhagia.
etc.
(See Metrorrhagia.)
Treatment of
Metrorrhagia.
this
condition has
been successfully accomplished through the introduction of a copper electrode into the cavity of the
of a rubber
tube.
As
shown an emmenagogue
effect it is to
in this case is
the uterus.
The cases
cited
February, 1905.
The
to
metrorrhagia or menorrhagia.
Migraine.
may
Temporary
relief in
"sick headache"
the head.
it
When treating
may be necessary
it
through the
the surface.
women
247
hair, in
down
may
spark.
Migraine
is
Long
longer,
fifteen
if
between attacks,
Dose, 350 to
900 milliamperes.
Moles,
Moth
Patches,
of mild fulguration
is
etc.
(chloasma).
tissue.
preferred by
many
and
warts.
is
Molluscum Contagiosum.
The method
of treating
eberhart's
248
manual
of
Muscular Rheumatism.
Myxedema.
On
(See Rheumatism.)
account of
its
effect
on meta-
ment
of
myxedema.
Nasal Catarrh.
is
For
by
Many
Nasal Diseases.
benefited
The technique
is
currents.
number
shown
of different nasal
in Figs. 20-24.
Nephritis.
(See Albuminuria).
vacuum tubes
are
Nervous Debility.
Neurasthenia.
249
(See Neurasthenia).
Numerous
eases
of nervous
ex-
quency currents.
When
from twenty-five
When
is
is
is
high,
usually suf-
of treatments required
to forty.
is
low, auto-condensation
of head
priate.
Ozone
is
vibration.
Neuralgia.
gia are
sufficient to
spark.
Ordinarily
it
At
times
it is
definition of neuralgia, as
'
'
the
eberhart's
250
manual
of
'
'
The
heat generated
advantageously employed.
is
ovarian neuralgia,
The treatment
is
etc.
essentially the
same for
all
va-
rieties.
in connec-
Neuritis.
In neuritis
we have an
inflamed condi-
tism or neuralgia.
Brachial neuritis
is
Any
a
nerve
common
must be used
may
rheuma-
be involved.
form.
is
positively curative
judiciously.
first
but
This
enough current
251
to
first
may
be used, but
passed mild or
is
if
medium sparks
employed in the
may abandon
the treatment.
I
is
quite low.
Many
cases have
is
auto-con-
from four
to fourteen
Patients lose
instances.
bodily comfort.
Superfluous fat
is
eberhart's
252
and that
is
why
manual
of
auto-condensation
is
beneficial.
Vibration
is
indicated.
Opacity of Cornea.
Orchitis.
we seldom have an
with a portable
there
is
coil it
may
be possible to do so
if
home.
vacuum tube
is
used with
advised, pro-
In
all
rent through a
shield.
vacuum tube
In chronic suppurative
otitis
is
is
some-
Ozena.
Atrophic Rhinitis.
253
quency.
Paralysis.
tom
vacuum tube
along the course of the paralyzed muscles, employing a current strong enough to produce a half or
three-quarter inch spark.
it
effect of the
spark.
D'Arsonval surgings
(see
is
Paralysis Agitans.
efited
and
also
Chapter VI.)
excellent
is
faradisin
must not
certainly useful.
been reported;
Two
eberhart's
254
manual
of
Pelvic Abscess.
Adhesions.
Intra-vaginal
vacuum tube
Three
to six treatments
per week.
Vibration ad-
vised in conjunction.
is
Pelvic Exudates.
is
followed
as in pelvic adhesions.
Periostitis.
intensity of current
is
five to ten
minutes,
three times a week, followed by a few minutes' application of the X-ray, or the high candle
power
light.
Pharyngitis.
vacuum
255
is
use-
customary remedies.
may
be used to de-
The
indirect
the skin.
the
at
same time.
Piles.
(Sec Hemorrhoids).
Pityriasis.
clothing, using a
medium
inch spark) and apply over both the front and back
of the chest, keeping
ments a day
if
Three treat-
forms
call for
Pneumonia.
Chronic
eberhart's
256
pneumonia
is
manual
of
inhalation of ozone
is
by ozonizing the
In addition the
air of the
room
start.
much more
It is
of
it is
form
to ad-
The
Post-fracture Conditions.
the
bration
local application of
is
Its
physiological
normal
action
Post-operative Conditions.
may
it
a general
vacuum tube
application for
its
tonic ef-
fect.
Ten minutes
two or three
times a week.
Proctitis.
direct
D'Arsonval current
is
is
to six times
257
per week.
to the reson-
Prolapse of Rectum.
immediate contraction.
and
The
frequency treatment of
all
are extraordinary.
85% were
cured.
In
my own
90% with no
case in
were
all
hypertrophy and
cases are
re-
infiltrate
had
few cases of
posisenile
worthy of investigation.
eberhart's
258
The technique
Fig. 55
is
of
is
shown a
manual
form
special
of insulated
In
vacuum
My
spatulate tube
my
spark.
is
This annoying
Fig.
55
symptom
relieved
in Fig. 27.
cases.
Pruritus (Itching.)
narily
shown
I use vibration in
in nearly all of
is
ordi-
effleuve or
employed as sharp
is
is
desirable
and
relief is
is
very grateful
temporary.
Pruritus ani.
onds and then use rectal tube for a six or seven minute treatment.
Pruritus vulvae.
first
is
used
by a medium spark
ments
259
Daily treat-
if possible.
For the
first
drunk.
This
Psoriasis.
as that
employed
is
in eczema.
Purpura rheumatica.
Pyorrhea
common but
rent
is
locally applied
(see Figs. 23
The disease
quency
(Rigg's Disease).
alveolaris.
is
and
is
by means
In this
gums the
cur-
of special tubes,.
24).
very
difficult to
may
260
eberhart's
manual
call for
of
an anti-acid character.
Auto-condensation
is
and
constitutional effect
its
marked
influence
on
elimination.
is
local use
directly indicated.
Pyosalpinx. Intra-vaginal applications of the current have proved effective in some cases of pyosalpinx.
per week.
Reynaud's Disease.
in ten-minute treatments.
The number
of seances varied
from twelve
to one
Rectal Diseases.
Many
diseases
of the
rectum
is
given
Chapter VII.
Among
261
given under
its
Renal Calculus.
The method
appropriate heading.
Dr.
J.
0.
means
sation.
of treating each
dis-
of autoconden-
Retinitis.
is
amount of current
eye-lids,
dis-
and X-ray, in
was one
Among
these
Rheumatism.
are of ex-
rheumatism.
In.
been so satisfactory.
Articular rheumatism, also
known
as inflamma-
eberhart's
262
manual
of
is
supposed at
is
and serous
way
tissues
and one
Ordi-
is
the
known
infection causes
Rheumatism
gout.
It
is
is
one reason
why
auto-
power lamps
is
ad-
is
a valuable adjunct.
etc.,
are
common
types, the
stiff
vacuum tube
is
The
treatment
is
263
it
is
auto-
During the
first
week improvement
Vacuum
may
if
is
may
be
Where
pad pro-
may
In this case
The amount
ately increased
is
immedi-
ment.
At the end
was
of one
week
it
had increased
to
manual
eberhart's
264
1 to 63.5
and
64.8 at the
fifth,
at the
of
to 1 to 70.3,
it
1 to 41;
sixth,
1 to
1 to 46.7
Patient's weight
34.5.
Dr.
J. P.
Sutherland,
Dean
of Boston University
"The
patient
but the
first
analysis
till
24,
1905,
Dec. 31,
1905."
Per
Date.
Ratio of
cent, of
Total Uric
Total Urea.
Urea
Uric Acid to
to
Acid.
Urea.
Total Solids
1.44 grammes
1 to 13.5
36.1
1.11
1 to 26.96
29.8 per
06 23.66
cent.
Jan.
4,
Jan.
9, *06
26.96
46.5
1.001246
27.32
42.8
'649
19/06 26.24
40.2
Jan.
.667
(Normal about)
45 per cent.
cited
(Normal 5)
to
21.3
1 to 35.7
1 to 39
(Normal
to
about 35 ro 40)
ef-
265
Rhinitis (Atrophic).
Rigg's Disease.
Ring-worm.
(See Tinea).
The method
Rodent Ulcer.
ulcer
is
(See Ozena).
of treating rodent
(q. v.).
Scars.
(Cicatrices).
Vacuum
spark
is
therefore
is
new
For small
a
medium spark
if
If a
fulguration
is
is rec-
in five or six
employed.
is
may
suffi-
eberhart's
266
manual
of
spine.
to
not raise the tube from the skin. Give a ten or even
fifteen
other day.
I
Seborrhea.
vacuum tube
dition the
is
treated and passed back and forth about ten minutes; repeating three to six times per week.
Seminal
Emissions.
For
nocturnal
emissions
by means of the
keeping
ploying a
rectal tube.
it
medium
intensity of current.
the
em-
This was
The
first
267
was for
it
questioned
my
diagnosis
when informed
almost
the follow-
this result
may
effleuve or
spark
is
while special methods are indicated under a number of the diseases, to which reference
may
be made.
the
same
every dematologist.
Sore Throat.
the
It benefits practically
been employed
in
X-ray has
,in.
eberhart's
268
manual
of
Sprains.
A long treatment
fifteen or
if
twenty
neces-
sary.
The
direct
D'Arsonval current
equally useful.
is
marked reddening
is
necessary.
Sterility.
densation or by the
vacuum tube
is
to be
employed
testicles.
In
women
men
in
although results in
Neck.
by means
technique
number
had excellent
re-
The general
269
may
measures
be required.
The use
Sub-involution.
of an intra-uterine elec-
is
the
method which
vacuum tube
ginal
effica-
cious.
Suppuration.
Vacuum
Where
spray
is
a suppurating area
is
made
to
it.
Sycosis.
sis
the X-ray
is
it
may
be'ad-
may
be employed.
Synovitis.
use low
Mild fulguration
is,
270
uum
is
preferred.
Tabes Dorsalis.
Throat Diseases.
pharyngitis, etc.
gitis,
technique.
number
Tic Douloureaux.
successfully treated
fre-
had
Prolonged appli-
failed.
medium
Tinea.
X-ray
uum
is
In ringworm and in
all
The administration
of the cur-
in cases of
271
high frequency.
Tonsillitis.
tonsillitis,
following the
laryngitis.
methods, and
is
number
of reports of
by means
of fulguration.
this agent
an ideal method.
we
It is blood-
hemorrhage
in fibrous
Wry
Torticollis.
or sub-acute form
is
growths."
neck or
stiff
neck in an acute
ting a half-inch or inch spark, kept in light contact with the skin or applied through a sufficient
number
sparks.
Trachoma
is
successfully treated
manual
eberhart's
272
of
tube
off
some X-rays.
In the treatment of tu-
Tuberculosis of Glands.
is
is
em-
High
fre-
dition.
Any
may
be used
may
This
thickness of cloth.
is
to give a seven
minute X-ray
frequency application.
Tuberculosis
peritonitis
is
of
the
Peritoneum.
Tuberculous
ized auto-condensation.
phragm
electrode
may
The
effleuve
be used.
from a
dia-
auto-condensation
general
prefer
twenty minutes
273
fifteen
to
daily,
Ozone
indi-
cated.
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary).
berculosis the X-ray
is
two remarkably
effective
re-
we have
My
attention
was directed
book in which he reported thirty-two out of fortythree consecutive cases as symptomatically cured,
this being
about 75%.
with
it
vacuum tube
or
diaphragm applications of
high frequency.
I
am now
tion or auto-conduction
is
Ozone
if
is
I could only
and
would prefer
to
274
eberhart's
my
take
manual
of
of the patient's
so that
he or she
amount
is
respire one-half as
amount by reason
ozonized,
much
If
air as formerly,
of the ozone
is
but that
twice as powerful
is
main-
tained.
was followed
toms.
at first
by an increase
in
symp-
easier; there
during the
first
three weeks.
first stage.
On
of
bacilli
al-
were pres-
by auto-condensation
Ave
if
to give
the patient
275
is
is
an advanced
in
The reaction
The
rise in
too great
reason
similar to that
from tuberculin.
if
it is
is
was
given.
For
this
As soon
as this period
is
little
temperature at the
may
remarkable
have made
sputum
to
effects will
it
of
examination,
eberhart's
276
manual
of
made by
a disinterested party.
Many
ci;
case.
ent.
of the im-
Staphylococ-
April
8,
1908.
cells.
Bacilli deep-
field.
so
ganisms that the physicians in charge of the laboratory took occasion to call
me up and
Two months
was
so well that
The value
marked and
was
of ozone
still
to be found.
and of auto-condensation
am
is
so
sur-
277
sumption.
of being cur-
use of
all
patient's chances to
that extent.
Ulcers.
Urethritis.
urethritis will be
cific
specific
Non-spe-
by a few
Urticaria.
using a
medium spark
is
easy to
urinalyses.
(Hives.)
is
the
Vacuum
tube applications
method of treatment.
manual
eberhart's
278
of
W.
"The vaso-motor
Record:
ied in urticaria.
effects
be well stud-
in a
may
which
is
replaced
Vascular
area.
The
The spray
lowed by dilatation
is
very marked.
be neglected."
Uterine Diseases.
to the
womb
metritis,
etc.
Chapter VII.
indicated
brane.
in
is
of
given in
are always
See cervicitis.
is
treated ac-
medium spark
tum
D 'Arsonval
279
held
in the hand.
between them.
My own
opinion
is
Varicose
Ulcers.
"Long,
thick,
muscle-toning
on the
body for
(Monell.)
Apply
vacuum
more minutes
out.
until the
Sometimes
it
If the discomfort is
cocainize or stop
and repeat
in a
marked, either
few minutes.
manual
eberhart's
280
of
Sometimes
may
be required and in
being better,
known
pher's cramp,
of the
tissue for
several applications
necessary.
if
Writer's Cramp.
variously
much
is
an occupation neurosis
etc.
same muscles
chronic fatigue.
This
to the point of
repeated use
exhaustion and
is
used with a
The tube
inch spark.
is
is
made from
tips to
the finger
area,
For the
brachial
latter the
is
Many
is
strong-
advocate
general
eliminative
Wry
Neck.
(See Torticollis.)
281
CHAPTER NINE.
How
Ozone;
Which
It is
Ozone
is
is
known under
Employed.
Whenever an
air,
ozone
is
electric
liberated.
and
that ozone
is
liberated, nitrous
The
and
amount
and
it
is
oxides
nitric
spark
less the
in admin-
necessary by filtration or
Physiological Action.
It is
is
produced
if
is
eberhart's
282
destructive in
even to
lias
its effect
life itself.
manual
of
it
and
it
drinking purposes.
for
It
is
distinctly
room
most objectionable
odors.
room where
six
The
result
was
is
installed
shown
and again
in sixty days.
Nov. 6
Jan. 6
Nov. 6
Jan. 6
128.25
35.
36.
31.
32.
121.5
34.25
36.
31.5
31.5
130.
131.25
34.25
36.5
30.
30.5
123.
126.75
34.25
36.75
30.5
30.5
131.
138.5
35.
37.5
30.5
31.
118.
117.50
31.75
32.5
29.
29.
Nov. 6
Jan. 6
127.5
118.
No.
Indications.
gen
is
so essential,
it
am
283
would be
its
inhalation
Among
benefit.
it is
beneficial
of particular
all
diseases of
and
all
An
forms of ulcers,
Small
ployed, ozone
is
As ordinarily em
Outfits.
office,
or
by ozonizing the
occupies.
oxides.
one part
it
through essen-
Oil of pine
is
filter it
air
In em-
tial oils in
in
etc.
Methods of Administration.
Pig. 56
is
a favorite form.
In
oil
of eucalyptus
many
instances
it
eberhart's
284
me
seems to
to be
manual
much more
of
sensible to administer
This
sional inhalations.
is
sumption.
herewith.
Effect on Nutrition.
reports
The following
is
taken from
"We
nutrition in general,
and especially
oxyhemoglobin
as
is
is
When
in
anemia or
the percentage
9 or
10%)
by 1%.
it
The
increase,
temporary
at
treat-
normal
"This
'
figure.
is
and from
appetite,
ance
285
an increase in
which
demand
known
in
to them,
of
complications,
in
short,
restoration
to
health.
'
'
after treatment,
stages
all
of
tuberculosis,
One gained
1.1 lbs.
One gained
Two
Two
6. lbs.
gained 7.7
One gained
lbs.
9.9 lbs.
gained 15.2
One gained
"With
lbs.
lbs.
23.1 lbs.
Two
lbs.
gained
2.5 lbs.
One gained
6.6 lbs.
Three gained
8.8 lbs.
One gained
11. lbs.
One gained
19.9 lbs.
Two remained
was
stationary.
a correspond-
Two
gained 1%.
Five gained
1%%.
2%%.
eberhart's
286
Fig. 57
manual
Ozone Generator
of
287
Dosage.
It
is
of
succumbed
in ten minutes in
an
at-
litre.
inhalation
litre.
is
for therapeutic
from ten
to
may
to
the
office last
be repeated
frequently.
had a
one,
to
a slight sensation
of lightheadedness.
Daily inhalations of
room
method
of
employing ozone in
to
that
sputum diminishes
the
the
this disease.
number
best
H. de
Council of the
the
clinical
is
Ozon-
it is
of
"In the
appli-
an undeniable
bacilli
in the
eberhart's
288
ment,
manual
of
patient
is
improved."
Oxygen
"In advanced
Fig. 58
Room
as inhalation of
detritus
ozone.
Ozonizer.
no means of
It
so
much
use
off,
there
is
first
nothing
289
all
of
ozone inhalations."
Sletoff has treated 147 cases of tuberculosis with
Anemia and
Chlorosis.
American
Pediatric
Society,
the
Boston, Dr. A.
number
of cases of chlorosis
and anemia
as well
chlorosis
"In
form
and prompter
results than
any other
of medication."
Dr.
a series of twelve
all
Improvement, some-
an
eustachian
"in
catheter
290
EBERHART
Pig. 59
MANUAL
OF
Room Ozonizer.
291
week, daily
if
possible."
-Whooping Cough
The
(Pertussis).
efficacy
of
by many
authorities,
among them
'
In practically
was administered
tions.
Delherm,
the
Bordier
and
in
air
Caille,
all of
in ten to
Ozonizing
being
patient's
room
"My
Says L'Abbe:
over 100 cases.
In
all I
at
and
later
complete
Ozone-
is
the
whooping cough."
Asthma, Bronchitis and Hay Fever are benefited
or
cured
by ozone.
Inhalations
Hay
more
room
combined
is
with
the method;
efficacious.
for
eberhart's
292
manual
of
from coming
on.
relief.
room with an
ozonizer in operation.
Pneumonia.
Nervous Debility,
tions per
etc.
week preferably
Other Diseases.
On account
of
its
oxidizing
by many physicians.
etc.
293
CHAPTER TEN.
High Frequency X-ray;
Its
Therapeutic Indications.
Explanatory.
This
is
intended as an elementary
Scope of Portable
who wishes
X-ray
Outfits.
possibilities.
how
it
is
surprising
They are
and
at times
all of
fective.
is
really ef-
them
to be capable of skiagraph-
make
Their porta-
They
equipment
manual
eberhart's
294
of
many
reach of
physicians
who wish
employ
to
it
in
by Roentgen
in 1895.
property of
It is
passes through
it
The Tube.
X-ray tube
is
in Fig. 62.
bipolar.
vacuum
is
generated.
penetration
its
is
at this point
medium, or low.
One form
in the center is
and
the X-ray
a special
shown
coils
it is
spoken of as high,
rays possess.
To accomplish
results in
295
vacuum and
For
away
medium tube
a low tube
is
from 4
to
high tube 12
8 to 12 inches;
20 or more inches.
As an
is
injurious
it
is
over-
necessary to
and
is
may
be reg-
ulated as required.
ray
is
all
customary.
is
when exposed
to the X-ray.
fluor-
Interposing an
EBERHART
296
Fig.
60
Large
MANUAL
Office
OF
Ozone Generator.
297
amount
of the ray
We
screen.
have, therefore, a
The Skiagraph.
the same
manner
as ordinary light.
When
a plate
is
two envelopes
light.
The
so that they
flaps
may
be handled in day-
The plate
is
placed on
298
Fig. 61
EBERH ART'S
High Frequency
MANUAL
OF
299
is
to the
is
An imaginary
where the ray
line
is
mind
must be perpendicular
to the plate
plate
is
latter.
to
few experi-
fit.
is
much
longer,
Grouped According
to
Technique.
treatments
is
The length of
In
.of
ex-
EUERHART
300
MANUAL
OF
Fig. 62
Skiagraph.
301
eberhart's
302
first
manual
of
over five minutes each time to guard against possible idiosyncrasy to the ray.
may
be lengthened
until
reaction appears.
ments
is
it is
sus-
when
resumed as
it is
With
number
is
from
five to eight
medium tube
eight
X-ray
treat-
to the
vacuum
The
Some
where
ing results.
under
two
headings,
method
yield-
Low
303
Tube.
Medium Tube.
Acne, blastomycosis, cancer (superficial), favus,
goitre, hyperidrosis, keloid, nevus, pruritus, psoriasis,
High Tube.
Alopecia areata, cancer (deep seated), leukemia.
X-ray Burns.
result of
An X-ray
burn or dermatitis
The
earlier
is
symp-
it
the
By
severe burns.
dition
is
own
let
accord.
calls
EBERHART
304
Pig. 64
MANUAL
Ofr
Coil.
305
CHAPTER ELEVEN.
Diathermic Currents.
Characteristics.
to
many
800 volts)
amperes).
is
milli-
of this current
high
fre-
As long ago
and
some
cases,
the
of
Dr.
Nagel-
tis-
to
manual
eberhart's
306
Points of Difference.
D'Arsonval current,
much higher
in
of
It differs
its
ability to
For
this reason a
may
much
is
always
frequency currents.
We
current.
owing
If
we
to electrolysis, the
water
is
decomposed into
or, if
the current
is
dark color
is
If
we
is
dip our
hand
passing, there
is
into the
a distinct
tingling sensation.
If,
we
is
is
apparent and
is
307
boils.
It is
rise in
tem-
estimated that
with the diathermic current the internal temperature of the body, located between the points of
degrees Fahrenheit.
Effects.
On account
from one
This
is
lie
be-
elec-
is
obtain
or D'Arsonval current.
If electrodes of the
EBERHART
308
Fig.
65
High
Frequency
Especially
MANUAL
Coil,
Made
Of
would be produced
form
effect
309
in
longer,
borne in mind,
this is
it
amount
electrode
is
If
as
same
the
when
a larger
in-
man-
and
in this
way opening
its
application.
Field of Usefulness.
cessfully
employed
by means
applying
it
through a cystoscope.
It
etc.
There
it
reis
cannot
eberhart's
310
manual
of
There are
pneumonia,
etc.
Technique.
is
of this current
as follows:
to be treated.
In order to
absorbent material.
make
better con-
normal
is
also
salt solution,
the current
is
easily
rent
is
all times.
The control
of
to be treated
is
700 to
and then
it
is
more
that
if
it is
required.
better to
commence with
a small current
311
electrodes,
rather than to
if
too
much
with a
start
is
current
nearer
is
used,
much
and
burns result.
in Fig. 64
was designed
In Fig. 6
is
es-
shown
Both of
312
eberhart's
manual
of
GLOSSARY.
Names
of Diseases
in the
Text
are Omitted.
Ampere.
Anemia.
intensity.
blood.
Arteriole.
small artery.
Asepsis. Freedom from septic matter or infection.
Atonic. Lacking tone.
Atrophy. Wasting of a part.
Bi-polar. Attached to both poles of the apparatus.
Capillaries. Hair-like vessels connecting the arterioles with the smallest veins.
Carbon dioxide. C0 2
poisonous gas eliminated
through the lungs.
Coagulum. A clot.
Condenser electrode. A vacuum tube containing a
metal disk which acts as one plate of a condenser, the tube wall being the di-electric and
the body surface in contact, the other plate.
Shown
in Fig. 21.
Conductor.
313
tricity.
Not indicated.
Contra-indicated.
Di-electric.
substance separating two charges of
electricity in a condenser, as the glass in a Ley-
den
jar.
Double vision.
The fine spray from a vacuum tube or
other eletcrode, too fine to be termed a spark.
Electrolysis. Breaking up a compound into its elements by means of an electric current. Elec-
Diplopia.
Effleuve.
tric analysis.
Elimination.
tem.
Endarteritis.
tery.
Escharotic.
Caustic.
Exudate.
either
by
part.
Hemoglobin.
Hyperesthetic,
Hyperplasia.
Over sensitive.
Abnormal in tissue
elements.
Hypertrophy. Overgrowth.
Hypertension. Above normal pressure.
Hypotension. Less than normal pressure.
Ion.
moving
particle of electricity.
eberhart's
314
Indican.
manual
of
teid putrefaction).
Producing inhibition.
Soothing or arresting a process or func-
Inhibitive.
Inhibition.
tion.
Intra.
Within.
Intra-ocular. Within the eye.
Intra-rectal.
Within the rectum.
Intra- vaginal. Within the vagina.
Lesion.
disease or diseased area.
Leucocytosis. An increase in the number of white
blood cells.
Metabolism. The process of changing inorganic materials into living cells.
Milliampere.
One one-thousandth of an ampere.
The unit of dosage of medical electricity.
Modality. Any one of the different forms of electricity.
Monopolar.
Myelocyte.
cell
found
in leukemia.
Neurosis.
al one.
Ohm.
The unit
electrical current.
Pertaining to
Orificial.
fices of
ori-
the body.
Oxyhemoglobin.
Phagocytosis.
cells called
315
sorb them.
Natural or normal.
Physiological.
Tending to build
Plastic.
plastic exudate.
up or form
tissues, as a
Poikilocytes.
Potential.
Reciprocal. The reciprocal of a fraction is the inversion of it. Thus the reciprocal of
is 2-1
or 2.
Serosanguinous.
Solenoid.
coil of wire.
Above the
Supra-orbital.
orbit or eye.
Tension.
Electromotive force; potential.
1.
2.
Pressure, as the pressure of blood in the arteries.
An
Thermostat.
sion or regulating a
tion.
it
is
Connected
to
Transformer.
increases
former.
it
Unipolar.
coil that
it,
polar.
Volt.
The unit
of electrical pressure.
INDEX
Blood pressure,
124.
in arteriosclerosis,
high, 233.
234.
low,
method of taking,
163.
mastoid, 244.
pelvic,
254.
Acne rosacea,
vulgaris,
163.
164.
168.
see
Boils,
178.
124.
furunculosis.
Actinomycosis,
Amenorrhea,
Anal fissure,
172.
217.
pruritus, 258.
Anemia, 175, 289.
Aneurism, 176.
Callus,
Carcinoma,
cys-
colitis.
186.
Author's auto-condensation
pad, 112.
spatulate tubes,
Auto-condensation,
106.
couch, 112.
local, 124.
pad, 112.
pad,
home-made, 112.
61.
45,
Auto-conduction,
see
titis.
bowels, see
nose,
see nasal
183.
183, 291.
Atrophic
193.
Cataphoresis, 92.
Cataract, 195.
Catarrh of bladder,
Asthenopia,
Asthma,
192.
Cancer, 193.
Canities, see gray hair.
Carbuncle, 193.
44,
105.
ozena.
womb, see
Cauterization, 91.
Cautions, 79.
Cellular massage,
Cellulitis,
Basedow's disease,
221.
23.
197.
197.
inflammation of,
216.
197.
Chancroid, 199.
Change of life, 245.
Chilblains, 199.
B.
Baldness, 171.
Barber's itch, see sycosis.
catarrh and
cervicitis.
175,
289.
Chorea, 200.
Chronic ulcers, 200.
Cicatrices, 265.
Climacteric,
245.
210.
Cocaine habit,
Coil,
Blepharitis, 187.
Blindness, 188,
Colitis,
tesla,
43.
Cold extremities,
316
201.
201.
Enlarged prostate,
tatic diseases.
Enteritis, 214.
Condenser,
cushion,
plate,
Constipation,
29.
26,
112.
31.
202.
13.
Glands, tuberculosis,
13.
Glaucoma,
14.
Glossary,
19.
Gonorrhoea,
96.
222.
Gout, 223.
Graves' disease. 221.
Diarrhoea, 209.
305.
Gray
29.
stomach, 184.
Dosage, measuring, 46, 85.
rough method of standof
hair,
224.
Grippe, 228.
ardizing, 85.
habits, 210.
Dupuytren's contraction,
H.
Drug
Dyspepsia,
Earache,
211.
211.
212.
Hay
212.
Effects
of
rent,
69.
D'Arsonval cur-
diaphragm,
fulguration,
metallic,
vacuum,
cocaine, 210.
210.
drug,
morphine or opium, 210.
Hair, falling, 229.
gray, 224.
219.
272.
219.
312.
Gleet, 220.
Goitre, 221.
19.
Diabetes, 206.
Diathermy,
266.
29.
14.
Dilatation
defined, 14.
13.
13.
Di-electric,
F.
217.
Frontal sinusitis,
Fulguration, 99.
Furunculosis, 218.
electrodes,
216.
221.
goitre,
Frequency
surgings,
technique, 102.
Deafness, 205, 289.
Definition of alternation,
Diaphragm
Exophthalmic
Fluoroscope, 295.
69.
cycle,
di-electric,
frequency,
high frequency,
oscillation,
period,
periodicity,
pulsatory currents,
Erosions of cervix,
D'Arsonval current,
administration,
effects 121.
of,
Enuresis, 235.
Epididymitis, 214.
Epilepsy, 215.
Epithelioma, 215.
Favus,
D.
Dandruff, see Seborrhea.
see pros-
67.
96.
99.
98.
51, 67.
92.
60.
Headache, 230.
Heart disease, 232.
Heat penetration, 305.
Hemorrhoids, 232.
Herpes zoster, 233.
233.
defined,
development
measurement
physiological
action
70.
13.
of, 25.
of, 46.
63.
317
of,
61,
surgings, 121.
therapy,
161.
water spray,
X-ray,
293.
Meter, hot-wire,
Moles,
Hives, 277.
Hot-wire meter,
Hyperesthetic
Hypertension,
Metrorrhagia,
Migraine, 246.
123.
Moth patches,
Mucous colitis,
229.
Myxedema,
247.
247.
201.
Muscular rheumatism,
prostatic diseases.
Hypotension,
247.
Molluscum contagiosum,
Morphine habit, 210.
46.
rhinitis,
235.
46.
246.
261.
248.
234.
N.
Hysteria, 234.
Nasal catarrh,
248.
diseases, 248.
technique,
150.
Impetigo, 234.
Impotence, 235.
Incontinence of urine, 235.
Nephritis,
Nervous
Neuritis,
Intra-ocular
blindness
249,
292.
250.
O.
Obesity, 251.
Opacity of cornea, 203.
238.
hemorrhage,
from,
169.
debility,
Neurasthenia, 249.
Neuralgia, 249.
238.
Opium
habit, 210.
188.
of,
186.
Orchitis, 252.
239.
Itching, 258.
Iritis,
K.
Oscillation, 13.
electrical, 31.
Ii.
Oudin's resonator,
Ozena, 253.
Ozone, 281.
Keloid, 239.
Laryngitis,
239.
Leucorrhoea, 239.
Leukemia, 240.
Leyden jar, 26.
Lichen, 241.
effects of on
methods
of
physiological
Locomotor ataxia,
administering,
action
Pad, auto-condensation,
Piffard's, 112.
Paralysis, 253.
agitans, 253.
infantile, 236.
241.
20.
of sphincter, 253.
Patient, preparation
Pelvic abscess, 254.
242.
243.
244.
Mastoiditis, 244.
Menopause, 245.
Menorrhagia, 246.
87.
Period, 14.
Periodicity,
19.
Periostitis,
254.
Pertussis, 291.
85.
of,
adhesions, 254.
exudates, 254.
M.
172.
112.
Lumbago,
Mastoid abscess
of, 281.
P.
46,
nutrition, 284.
283.
Lupus,
45.
Pharyngitis, 254.
of,
Periostitis, 254
Phlebitis, 255.
Piano
player's
Piles, 232.
318
cramp,
280
Pimples, 164.
Pityriasis,
Sprains, 268.
Pneumonia,
Prolapse of rectum,
257.
257.
Prostatic diseases,
technique, 151.
Pruritus, 258.
ani,
98.
Psoriasis, 259.
168.
Raynaud's disease,
260.
257.
163.
Resonator, 45.
Restoring gray hair,
261.
88.
90.
88.
88.
266.
Seminal emissions,
Sexual impotence,
266.
235.
Shingles, 233.
Sick headache, see migraine.
266.
78.
coil,
43.
of,
43.
43.
Sinusoidal current,
Skiagraph, 297.
Skin cancer, 193.
Skin diseases.
technique
88.
92.
92.
Sinusitis,
78,
78.
92.
91.
99.
Scars, 265.
Sciatica, 265.
Seborrhoea,
dorsalis, 241.
20.
267.
in,
88.
Sparks, indirect,
270.
Tinea, 270.
Tinnitus aurium,
Tonsillitis,
124.
Sphygmomanometer,
125.
94.
classification
D'Arsonval, 102.
diathermic, 310.
ear, 142.
eye, 146.
general,
nasal, 150.
orificial,
prostatic,
rectum, 151.151.
155.
scalp,
skin,
special, 142.
throat, 156.
urethral, 157.
158.
uterine,
vacuum tubes,
vaginal,
158.
Technique for auto-condensation, 106.
auto-conduction, 105.
cataphoresis,
cauterization,
fulguration,
orificial treatments,
relief of pain,
skin diseases,
surface lesions,
portrait
frontispiece.
transformer,
type,
Therapy, high frequency, 161.
ozone, 281.
X-ray, 293.
Throat diseases, 270.
technique, 156.
Tic douloureux,
78.
224.
261.
Rheumatism,
Sycosis, 269.
Synovitis, 269.
of,
Retinitis,
268.
Sub-involution, 269.
Superfluous fat, 251.
Suppuration, 269.
Surgings, author's, 121.
Pseudo-static breeze,
nose,
rheumatism.
Tabes
258.
vulvae,
259.
Red
Stiff
Stricture,
255, 292.
236.
Poliomyelitis,
Ray fungus,
268.
Sterility,
255.
271.
Tonsillotomy, 271.
319
270,
289.
Torticollis,
low or medium,
high,
red or red-pink,
Vacuum tubes,
care
effects
lubrication
technique with, 142.
271.
Trachoma, 271.
Transformer, Tesla,
43.
51.
of peritoneum; 272.
of skin, see lupus.
Tubes, insulated,
handles for,
spatulate,
vacuum,
X-ray, 294.
of, 80.
of, 67, 69.
of, 79.
78,
Vaginal technique,
59.
158.
Vaginitis, 278.
Varicocele, 278.
60.
61.
51, 67.
52.
52.
W.
36.
Warts,
U.
Ulcers, chronic, 200.
Urethral technique, 157.
279.
Whooping cough,
291.
Wry
Urethritis, 277.
Uterine diseases,
technique, 158.
278.
X-ray, 293.
burns, 303.
diseases suitable for treat-
ment
tube,
320
by, 299.
294.
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