CONTENTS OF PAET I. 9 



7. Faradization of the diaphragm . . 



8. Faradization of the intestines 



§ II. Faradization of the organs of the senses . . 

 § in. Faradization of the male genital organs . . 



Part V. — The General Effects of Localized Faradization 



105 

 105 

 106 

 108 



109 



CHAPTER III. 



Historical and Critical Observations upon the Principal Methods 

 OF Electrization .. .. .. 114 



Part I. — On the Value of Electro-puncture, as applied to the Treatment 



of Paralysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 



Part II. — On the Value of Electrization hy Reflex Action, as app>lied to 



the Treatment of Paralysis .. .. .. .. .. .. 120 



§ I. Passage of induced currents from the nerve-extremities to the 



centres .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ., 120 



§ II. Excitation by reflex action in passing induced currents from 



the mouth to the anus . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 



§ III. Excitation of the innervation of the heart and respiratory 

 organs by means of cutaneous faradization of the precordial 

 region 134 



I. In the treatment of asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . 134 



II. In the treatment of grave functional disorders of the cardiac 



circulation and the respiration, symptomatic of a dynamic 

 central nervous lesion . . . . . . . . . . 137 



Part III. — On the Therapeutic value of Localized Faradization .. .. 147 



§ I. Brief exposition of clinical facts, which establish that localized 

 faradization is of great value in the treatment of atrophic 

 paralysis .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. I47 



§ II. Critical examination of the electro-physiological experiments 

 which have served as the foundation of the attacks recently 

 directed against the therapeutic value of localized faradization 149 

 § III. Upon what class of nerves does localized faradization exert its 

 influence in order to increase the activity of the local circula- 

 tion? 1.53 



Part IV. — The Therapeutical value of Oalvanization hy Interrupted 



Currents, and hy Continuous Currents, direct ar indir-ect .. .. 173 



§ I. Historical (early experiments) . . . . . . . , 173 



§ n. Physiological action of continuous currents, dii-ect or inverse, 

 applied to the nerves of man, upon sensibility, or muscular 

 contractility : — I. Duchenne's first experimental researches . . 175 

 II. The experimental researches of Eemak . . . . . . 17y 



§ in. Duchenne's latest researches on the therapeutic action of 

 galvanization by interrupted or by continuous currents in the 

 treatment of paralytic or nervous affections, as compared with 

 localized faradization . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 



Results of Duchenne's investigations into the therapeutic appli- 

 cation of (lived localized muscular galvanization by inter- 

 mittent currents . . . 191 



