Physiotherapy: Its Principles and Practice |
Contents
PART I | 15 |
IO DIAGRAM OF HIGH POTENTIAL GLASS VACUUM | 34 |
DIAGRAM OF STATIC WAVE CURRENT | 40 |
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abdomen action adhesions alternating current amperes apparatus application arterial bath Bergonié blood-pressure body carbon cause cells cent centimetres chronic circuit coil condenser condition constipation contraction D'Arsonval diathermy disc discharge disease dosage dose douche effect elec electrode electrotherapeutic emitted employed erythema exposure faradic faradic current frequency galvanic current glands glass gradually hæmorrhoids heat high-candle-power high-frequency hyperæmia inches increased induced infra-red rays insulated intensity irradiation joint lamp lesion Leyden jar light massage measures ment metal method milliamperes millicuries milligrams millimetre minutes mucous membrane muscles muscular needle obtained oscillations pain pass patient physiotherapeutic physiotherapy placed positive pressure produced quartz radio-active radium radon reaction relieved resistance sciatica screens skin spark spark-gap spas static electricity static machine static wave current stimulation surface symptoms temperature terminal therapeutic tion tissues treated tube ulcer ultra-violet radiation ultra-violet rays usually vacuum vacuum tube varies vibration wire X-rays