Manual for magnetizing, with the rotary and vibrating magnetic machine, in the duodynamic treatment of diseases / by H.H. Sherwood.

  • Sherwood, H. H. (Henry Hall)
Date:
1847
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Credit: Manual for magnetizing, with the rotary and vibrating magnetic machine, in the duodynamic treatment of diseases / by H.H. Sherwood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    auricles c c, along their ligaments, as seen in the figure: all of which are first expanded and then contracted in the motions of the heart, by the action of the forces from the poles. 1'he number and situation of these poles are, from this view of the construction of the heart, so self-evident as to preclude the neces- sity of a solitary remark ; but it may be asked if the motions of the heart are produced by the action of these poles upon its muscles, from whence are the forces derived which sustain theee poles ? * The answer is, from the serous and mucous surfaces of the body, which are maintained in negative and positive state, for such purposes ■—the serous, including the skin supplying the positive, and the mucous, including the alimentary canal, the negative force, which are conducted to the poles in the organs through the nerves m these surfaces—the ne- gative poles attracting the positive force, and the positive poles the negative. It is a matter of common observation that magnetic poles of the same denomination repel, and those of opposite denominations attract each other; and in order to ascertain the * Magnetic poles cannot be long maintained, any where, without a constant supply of these forces from wine source.