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Identifier: 63910830R.nlm.nih.gov
Title: The application of electricity as a therapeutic agent
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Rae, J. H Rushmore, Edward, former owner National Center for Homoeopathy (U.S.), donor American Foundation for Homoeopathy, former owner
Subjects: Electric Stimulation Therapy Homeopathy
Publisher: New York : Boericke & Tafel
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medical ethics), to obtain Dr. Garratts largework on Electro-Physiology and Therapeutics; also Dr.Althaus on the same subject. The application of electricity and electro-magnetism willbecome, as it is more generally understood, a specialty withphysicians. They should at least understand how it is tobe used so they can prescribe it if necessary. In its me-chanical application more labor and time are requisite thanmost physicians can afford. Hence a few will devotethemselves exclusively to it, as I and a few others havedone, and the general physician who desires to have a pa-tient receive the electrical treatment in connection with hisown will look for some honorable specialist. I sincerely believe that I have, in several instances, re-moved from the system (blood) evidences of both mineraland vegetable poisons. The removal of effects of poisoningby lead and mercury has unquestionably been accomplished,with results so marked that I was led to experiment in 44 APPLICATION OF ELECTRICITY
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ELECTRO-CHEMICAL FOOT-BATH. Take an ordinary tin foot-tub; put in warm water (80degrees) to about an inch in depth, or just enough to cover AS A THERAPEUTIC AGENT. 45 a board, a half inch in thickness and wide and long enoughfor both feet to rest on, so that but little more than theskin of the bottoms of the feet will come in contact withthe water. For mineral poisons add thirty drops of sul-phuric acid to the water. Attach the negative electrodeby a hook or wire to the tub. The patient takes as com-fortable a position as possible, with feet resting on theboard and free from other contact with the tub, clasps thepositive electrode (which should be of silver) enveloped ina napkin or sponge, wet with a weak solution of bicar-bonate of soda, a teaspoonful of soda to a gill of water. Now start the machine, running the chemical, which isthe primary current, as it runs through the first wires ofthe helix, and is interrupted by the rheotome. Time ofthe bath from ten (10) to thirty (30) minut

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