Physiotherapy: Its Principles and Practice |
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Contents
PART I | 15 |
a static machine of two hundred years ago Page | 24 |
diagram of the static bath | 27 |
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abdomen action adhesions amperes Angstrom units apparatus application bath blood-pressure body carbon cause cells cent centimetres chronic circuit coil condition constipation contraction cure diathermy discharge disease dosage dose douche effect elec electrical treatment electrode electrolysis employed erythema exposure faradic form of treatment galvanic current given glands glass gradually haemorrhoids heat high-candle-power lamp high-frequency hyperaemia inches increased induced infra-red rays intensity irradiation joint lesion Leyden jar light massage ment metal method milliamperes millicuries mucous membrane muscles muscular needle negative pole nerve neurasthenia normal obtained pain pass patient physiotherapeutic physiotherapeutic measures physiotherapy placed positive produced prostate quartz radio-active radium radon reaction relieved resistance sciatica screened skin spark spark-gap static machine static wave current stimulation success surface symptoms temperature terminal therapeutic tion tissues treated tube twenty minutes ulcer ultra-violet radiation ultra-violet rays usually uterus vacuum vacuum tube varies vibration weeks wire X-rays