Hand-book of electro-therapeutics (1910) (14570183588)
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Identifier: handbookofelectr00duga (find matches)
Title: Hand-book of electro-therapeutics
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Dugan, William James, 1869-
Subjects: Electrotherapeutics Diagnosis, Radioscopic Electric Stimulation Therapy
Publisher: Philadelphia : F.A. Davis
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School
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s, andthe vibrations should be uniform. A good vibrator should havehigh speed without noise and should impart no vibration to thehand of the operator. The patient, not the operator, needs thevibratory massage. The machine should be strong, yet simpleof construction; it should be light, yet powerful; ft should havea universal handle, with flexible shaft which will assume naturalcurves; it should connect with any electric Isaryp socket, and beso arranged that there is no possibility of receiving an electricshock; it should afford great- range in variations of speed. Agood vibrator should be able to produce thousands of oscillatingmovements per minute. The therapeutic value of vibratory massage is shown byits successful use in the following conditions:— Abdominal and pelvic Deafness. inflammations. Insomnia. Catarrh, whether m Locomotor x4taxia. ear, nose or stom- Lumbago. ach. Muscular atrophy. Constipation. Nervous headache. Contractures. Xeuralaia. 12 (177) 178 ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS.
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Fiff. 85.—Victor chair and Aibrator. VIBRATORY MASSAGE. 179 Rheumatism. Sluggish circulation. Stomach and intestines—in atonic condi-tions. For weak and unde-veloped children. As a weight reducer inobesity.