Electro-therapy in gynæcology / by Samuel Sloan.

  • Sloan, Samuel, 1843-1920.
Date:
[1917]
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Credit: Electro-therapy in gynæcology / by Samuel Sloan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS ( BYTHE EDITOR OF V5k B, M. J. > JICAL PART I ELECTRO-PHYSICS CHAPTER I NATURE OF ELECTRICITY TAGE Electrons; positive and negative charges; how to produce these; contact and friction; the electron theory of the constitution of matter; difference of potential ... 1 CHAPTER II ELECTRO-STATICS, OR ELECTRICITY AT REST Electrical attraction and repulsion; induction; the electro¬ scope, its principles and mode of action; conductors and insulators; Leyden jar, construction of; meaning of di¬ electrics; capacity of Leyden jars; electro-positives and electro-negatives in metals and in solutions; electrolytes ; methods of conduction in metals and in liquids; relation of electricity to chemistry; relation of electricity at rest to electricity in motion.. 5 CHAPTER III ELECTRO-DYNAMICS, OR ELECTRICITY IN MOTION Definition; how obtained; the voltaic cell; electro-motive force; resistance; current; laws governing electric cur¬ rents ; properties and effects of a current of electricity; differences in current-conducting power; restraint of cur¬ rent; principles of the rheostat; difference of potential between various points throughout a galvanic circuit . . 16 CHAPTER IV IONS Definition of an ion; electrolytes and non-electrolytes con¬ trasted; the bearing of osmotic pressure on the ionic theory; evidences from the effects of dilution of electrolytes 21 CHAPTER V THE LAWS GOVERNING IONIC ACTION Valency; chemical equivalents; kations and anions; electro¬ chemical equivalents; Faraday’s laws of electrolysis . 28