American X-ray journal (1897) (14570437447)

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Title: American X-ray journal
Year: 1899 (1890s)
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Subjects: X-Rays Radiography
Publisher: St. Louis : American X-Ray Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and the National Endowment for the Humanities



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of lamps, to the winding of the pri-mary of a large Rhumkorff coil, withouta rheotome, but placed in series with aTesla oscillator and an adjustable vac- 25° THE AMERICAN X-RAY JOURNAL. uum, double reflecting Crookes tube isearnestly recommended to the expertRoentgenian. (See Illustrations.) The same strength of current from adirect dynamo is best suited to thecharging of storage batteries, like polesof the board and battery being attachedto each other, positive to positive, etc.The storage battery may be used whilethus connected to the dynamo or afterit has obtained its charge it can be dis- pneumogastrics in the neck will relieveasthma, irregular or purturbed heartsaction and atonic dyspepsia, the samestrength of current is of great benefit incolumnar and functional diseases of thespinal cord also for local medication ofany portion of the body by the processof cataphoresis, in fact the manifold pur-poses for which a mild galvanic currentis utilized in modern ulectro-thera-peutics.
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Two of the Tesla-Knott Apparatus are attached beyond a bank of lamps on thssinusoidal arc-light circuit. connected and employed in the usualmanner, (bee Cut No. 4 ) From two to five amperes can be util-ized to cause electrolysis of benign ormalignant growths, keloid tissue andfibro-plastic exudates. One-half to one ampere will often curechronic rheumatism, gout and manyother old disabilities of the extremities,strictures of the male urethra and atonicchronic inflammatory uterine diseases. One-half an ampere applied to the The galvanic current must, however,always be associated with voltage orpressure sufficient to drive it through theresisting epidermis but not so great asto cause burning or irritation of the ex-posed parts. In order to vary the voltage but at thesame time maintain a constant amperageit has been my custom to shunt into thecurrent of egress from the bank of lampsand in multiple therewith a home-madecoil of No. 28 copper wire, the tota THE AMERICAN X-RAY JOURNAL. weight