Electrotherapy and Actinotherapy: A Textbook for Student Physiotherapists

Edward Bellis Clayton, Pauline M. Scott

Baillière, Tindall and Cassell, 1965 - Electrotherapeutics - 379 pages

Contents

• CHAPTER PAGE I STATIC ELECTRICITY: 3
• CURRENT ELECTRICITY: 18
• CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF CURRENT: 32
• MAGNETISM AND METERS: 47
• ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION: 60
• THE CONDENSER: 75
• VALVES AND SEMICONDUCTORS: 87
• MAIN SUPPLY: 102
• FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS: 112
• IO PRODUCTION OF MODIFIED D C: 117
• FARADIC AND SINUSOIDAL APPARATUS: 129
• ELECTRIC SHOCK: 138
• ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF NERVE AND MUSCLE: 145
• THE FARADIC AND SINUSOIDAL CURRENTS: 153
• THE MODIFIED DIRECT CURRENT: 175
• ELECTRICAL REACTIONS: 183
• THE CONSTANT DIRECT CURRENT: 196
• IONISATION: 208
• PART II: 221
• PHYSICS OF HIGHFREQUENCY CURRENTS: 223
• PRODUCTION OF HIGHFREQUENCY CURRENTS: 235
• CHAPTER PAGE 21 THE EFFECTS OF SHORTWAVE DIATHERMY: 252
• THE APPLICATION OF SHORTWAVE DIATHERMY: 261
• PART III: 289
• PHYSICS OF HEAT AND RADIATIONS: 291
• INFRARED RAYS: 307
• THE PRODUCTION OF ULTRAVIOLET RAYS: 318
• EFFECTS OF ULTRAVIOLET RAYS: 332
• TECHNIQUE FOR ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION: 347
• ULTRASONIC THERAPY: 365
• INDEX: 375

Bibliographic information

• Title: Electrotherapy and Actinotherapy: A Textbook for Student Physiotherapists
• Authors: Edward Bellis Clayton, Pauline M. Scott
• Edition: 5
• Publisher: Baillière, Tindall and Cassell, 1965
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Aug 19, 2008
• Length: 379 pages