214 LOCALIZED ELECTRIZATION. 



according to Eemak and some of Ins followers, they are not even 

 susceptible of amelioration by the influence of induction currents. 

 (See B, p. 194). 



XIII. — It seems to me, however, to follow from some of my 

 experiments that, in the affections referred to above (XI. and XII.), 

 a combination of the two methods of electrization, applied alter- 

 nately, produces the most prompt and most satisfactory results ; 

 and that, in any case in which localized faradization has failed, we 

 should have recourse to reflex galvanization by continuous currents. 



XIV. — The trial of the therapeutic action of reflex galvanization 

 by continuous currents is indicated at an early period of those 

 chronic affections of the nervous centres which anatomically form 

 a great class of scleroses and atrophies of the structural elements 

 of the cord or of the medulla (progressive locomotor ataxy, 

 glosso-labio-laryngeal paralysis, scattered sclerosis). I am unable 

 to arrive at any conclusion from my own experiments with gal- 

 vanism in these lesions. (See/, p. 207). 



XV. — Localized galvanization by permanent continuous con- 

 stant currents exerts a therapeutic influence, by virtue of its 

 electrolytic action, which faradization is unable to replace. (See 

 v., p. 208). 



XVI. — An induction current passing from the anus to the moutli 

 (operating by reflex action upon the spinal cord) — which has been 

 charged with hastening, or even with occasioning death, when 

 applied to the treatment of asphyxia — re-establishes, on the con- 

 trary, if it is applied in a slight degree, the respiration and the 

 cardiac circulation, as perfectly as the continuous current adminis- 

 tered in the same manner. (See C, p. 130). 



XVII. — Cutaneous galvanization cannot be practised in any 

 degree of intensity without producing alterations in the skin. It 

 can neither equal nor supplement faradization of the skin, by 

 which we can instantly produce an effect on the sensibility, ranging 

 from a simple tingling to a pain greater than that which would be 

 caused by burning, without producing the slightest organic change, 

 however prolonged the application. The therapeutic employment 

 of cutaneous faradization is very frequently indicated ; and has 

 cured the most grave neuralgias and neuroses, among others, 

 cases of angina pectoris, of asphyxia (see I., p. 134), and of disorder 

 of the respiration and of the cardiac circulation. (See II., p. 137). 



BiBLIOGEArHICAL InDEX. 



I have abstained in this chapter from entering into historical 

 details of the numerous experimental electro -physiological re- 

 searches upon the action of continuous currents traversing longi- 



