Electropathy : a new method of treating disease by electricity.

Date:
1883
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Electropathy : a new method of treating disease by electricity. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The clcctropathic method has afforded great relief in a number of cases, the intervals between the fits having been considerably lengthened, and the fits themselves diminished in severity,whilst wearing Electropathic Appliances. A Battery Belt should be worn together with a Spine Band, if not con- tinuously, at any rate, for some hours a day. Hysteria.—There is no intention of attempting here to define this state. Its symptoms are many and varied, and it may simulate almost any disease- The Electropathic Appliances have been found to be of service in a large proportion of cases. Medi- cines seem to have no permanent effect, and those suffering should always give electropathy a trial ; the power that the constant current possesses of improving the general health, and so strengthening the whole nervous system, points it out as a suit- able remedy. The mere fact of wearing Electric Appliances and assuring the sufferer that they will remove pain is calculated to have a beneficial effect. Neuralgia.—W.ow devoutly do those who suffer the torturing pain of this affliction pray that some universal specific may be found. Perhaps more quack remedies have been offered to the public as sure and certain cures than in any other complaint. It may be defined as pain experienced along the
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