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Experiments I and IL Autocondensation current, with thick 

 dielectric. Treatment: 500 m. amp. for 30 min. The following 

 Symptoms were noted : Fall in blood-pressure, 4 to 10 mm. ; slight 

 rise in pulse-rate; increase in the daily vol. of urine, 100 to 300 

 c.c; and increase of 5 to 6 gm. of total urinary solids per day. 

 There were slight increases in the quantities of all the nitrogen 

 constituents, the greatest increases being in urea and Creatinin 

 nitrogens. 



Experiment III. Combination of direct d'arsonval current and 

 the autocondensation current, with thin dielectric. Treatment 

 through the feet, 1500 m. amp., 5 min.; through the hands and 

 feet, 1750 m. amp., 15 min.; through the hands and feet, i960 m. 

 amp., 6 min. ; through the hands and feet, 1600 m. amp., 4 min. The 

 following Symptoms were noted : Fall in pulse-rate and blood-pres- 

 sure; gentle warmth beginning at the wrists and gradually extend- 

 ing over the entire body ; slight flushing of the capillaries, especially 

 of the skin of the hands and wrists; rise in body temperature of 

 1° F.; decrease in the daily vol. of urine, 200 to 300 c.c; and in- 

 crease in total urinary solids of about 2 gm. per day; slight increase 

 in the quantities of all the nitrogenous constituents. 



Experiment IV. Static wave current. Treatment: a large 

 metal plate was placed over the liver for 15 min., then over the 

 kidneys for 15 min. The following Symptoms were noted: There 

 was a small increase in the daily vol. of urine; increase in total 

 urinary solids of 6 to 7 gm. per day; and increase of 0.82 gm. of 

 total urinary nitrogen per day. The urea nitrogen was increased 

 0.76 gm.; the other nitrogen constituents were increased slightly. 



Experiment V. Galvanic sinusoidal current. Treatment: 70 

 m. amp., through the back and abdomen, for 30 min. This mo- 

 dality caused decrease in the daily vol. of urine, 400 to 500 c.c. ; 

 increase of about i gm. in total urinary solids per day; and small 

 increase in the amounts of all the nitrogen constituents. 



In each of the above experiments the urine voided during the 

 fore periods did not respond to the urorosein nor the nitrite tests, 

 whereas the urine voided during the periods of electrical treat- 

 ments responded strongly to each test. The urine voided during 

 the after periods responded slightly.® 



8 Steel : Loc. cit. 



