A system of instruction in X-ray methods and medical uses of light, hot-air, vibration and high-frequency currents - a pictorial system of teaching by clinical instruction plates with explanatory text (14734158176)

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Title: A system of instruction in X-ray methods and medical uses of light, hot-air, vibration and high-frequency currents : a pictorial system of teaching by clinical instruction plates with explanatory text : a series of photographic clinics in standard uses of scientific therapeutic apparatus for surgical and medical practitioners : prepared especially for the post-graduate home study of surgeons, general physicians, dentists, dermatologists and specialists in the treatment of chronic diseases, and sanitarium practice
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Monell, S. H. (Samuel Howard), d. 1918
Subjects: Vibration X-rays Diagnosis, Radioscopic Thermotherapy Electrotherapeutics X-Ray Therapy Vibration Diagnosis
Publisher: New York : E.R. Pelton
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School



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dfor needed effects. Unscrew the lower part of the regular handleand screw on the hand-piece. Run the hand into the two small loopsso that the longest clasps the centre of the palm and the other holdsthe middle finger tightly at the inner phalange. With the patientseated so as to bring the part into exact reach of the operators press-ure with a rigid extension of the handle-bar, make contact with thetips of the thumb and fingers, and start the motor into rapid action.During the seance direct the pressure upon the tissues of the regionto be treated till sufficient effect has been obtained. This is with-out any electric-current in the vibrations and concerns mainly the head—nose, ear, forehead, throat, and small local parts needing sedationor delicate nutritional alteration. See Plate 295. It is well-nigh superfluous to describe the sensory and physicalactions of this technic. They can best be felt in a personal test.The applicator can be attached below the spiral spring of the handle
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TISSUE-OSCILLATOR SERIES. Plate 290. —To secure most effective action on either gastric or intestinal regions in avariety of cases with atony, chronic constipation, obesity, or any indication for vigorous localexercise, apply the belt with the patient kneeling on a hassock so as to throw the leaningweight and position of the body on the belt. This gives a superior action on the tissues.Corsets must be removed.- The patients hands steady the belt as seen. f ^. ^^ • > :*» ill- 1 HI mh.Bt A 4^ . x1^ x^ ^ ^B H* f -^1 ^ 1 Vi ^ ^B m ■ ■ * ^fiPi* * ^^B li ^:ti ^ * ^ m ;^ m ^ ^J TISSUE-OSCILLATOR SERIES. Plate 291.—Showing a patient with belt acting on single thigh. Lean part of the bodyweight on the chair. Turn and shift the direction of pressure on the belt to affect front, side,or back of the thigh. Slip belt to any desired position. With it high np as shown a decidedwarmth and determination of blood to the genital organs is produced in cases of simple andincipient impotence.