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303 p. , ill. Original cloth with dustjacket.

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Dustjacket teared, otherwise fine. - Table of Contents -- Page -- Foreword v -- Electricity Becomes a Science (17th-18th centuries) 1 -- Attraction and repulsion-Early electrical machines-Conduction-The Leyden jar-Electric shocks-Fluid theories; positive and negative electricity-Laws of electrostatics -- First Steps in Electrotherapy (18th Century) 15 -- Physiological effects of electrification, sparks, and shocks-Treatment of paralysis, rheumatism, -- and many other complaints by physicians and laymen-Shock treatment in nervous diseases- -- Design of special apparatus-Use in hospitals and other institutions-Resuscitation -- The Discovery of a New Form of Electricity (1800) 31 -- The physiologists and electrical Stimulation; Irritability and sensibility-Galvani and 'animal electricity'-Controversy with Volta-Current electricity and the voltaic pile-Proof of existence -- of bioelectric currents-Chemical and physiological properties of the galvanic (direct) current- -- First medical applications -- Electromagnetism, Electrodynamics, and First Medical Applications of Varying -- Currents (Early 19th Century) 55 -- The birth of electrodynamics-Discovery of induction-Magnetoelectric machines, electromag- nets, and induction coils-Apparatus for medical use-The charlatans-Recognition of electrotherapy by some leading physicians -- Duchenne de Boulogne: Electrical Stimulation and Progress in Functional Anatomy, -- Clinical Medicine and Electrotherapy (Mid-19th Century) 71 -- 'Localized' electrification-Design of apparatus-Determination of function of muscles and syn- -- ergistic action-Localized electricity as a diagnostic aid in paralysis and in the differentiation of diseases of the central nervous System including Poliomyelitis and locomotor ataxia- -- Therapeutic applications -- The Rise of Electrophysiology (Mid-19th Century) 89 -- Galvanometers for very small currents and recognition of sensitivity of the frog muscle-nerve preparation-Tetanization of muscle-Confirmation of Galvani's Observation of bioelectric currents-Muscle and nerve currents-Negative Variation-Electrotonus-Electrophysiology of nerve-Velocity of nerve impulse-Current of injury -- The Development and Practice of Electrotherapy Düring 1855-1890 103 -- Remak and galvanotherapy-Discovery of motor points-Electrotonus and laws of contraction-Reaction of degeneration-Electrotherapy as a medical speciality -- D'Arsonval and High-frequency Currents: The Beginnings of Diathermy -- (Turn of the Century) 120 -- Generation and distribution of electricity-Improved Instrumentation-Effects of alternating current-Hertzian waves-Physiological and clinical effects of high-frequency currents- -- Application in dermatology and diseases of the joints -- Electricity in Surgery (Late 19th Century) 141 -- Electricity in ophthalmology-Electrolysis and cauterization-Electrical aids to diagnosis and treatment-Electrosurgery by high-frequency currents -- . Eectroencephalography, Electrocardiography, and Electromyography -- Early 2Oth Century) -- 163 -- . Electrotherapy (Early 20th Century) 177 -- Reintroduction of static electricity-Electrolysis and ionic medication (iontophoresis) - -- Modulated currents-Ugo Cerletti and electric shock treatment-Diathermy (conventional, short wave, and ultrashort wave) -- Eectromagnetic Radiations and Medicine: X Rays, Radioactivity, and Ultraviolet -- Light (Early 20th Century) 201 -- . Electronics and Computers (20th Century) 237 -- Landmarks of electronics-Electron microscopy-Electronic amplifiers and oscillators- -- Computers in medicine -- Epilogue 260