Electric Medicamental Diffusion

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Excerpt from Electric Medicamental Diffusion: Metallic Electrolysis-Cataphoresis-Soluble Metallic Electrodes With Illustrative Cases of Tinnitus Aurium, Trachoma, Nasal and Post-Nasal Catarrh, Urethritis, Tonsillitis, Vascular Tumor, Dermoid Cyst, Nævi, Sycosis, EtcIt will be observed that in this, the familiar form of elec trolysis, no account is taken of the nature of the active electrode employed except that it be unoxidizable, insoluble, and therefore indestructible, and that as a consequence reli ance for the electrolytic effect is based directly upon the characteristic effect of the current upon the tissue and not upon its effect upon the electrode. Any action of the cur rent upon the electrode is, in fact, carefully guarded against.But if we turn our attention to the nature of the metal which composes the electrode, be it the positive or (as I have demonstrated) the negative, an entirely new field of investigation and of results is opened out to our view. If our positive electrode be composed of a metal which is at tacked by oxygen or by chlorin (formed at that pole out of the tissue), then a new chemic compound is formed at the point of the application, and we have no longer to deal with the effect of the liberated chemicals directly upon the tis sue, but we are confronted with a new effect, viz., that of the newly formed chemic compounds (metallic salts) upon the tissue. And since, owing to the nature of human tissue, hydrochloric acid is pre-eminently formed at the positive pole, we shall find if copper, zinc, iron or other attackable metal is the metal employed at that pole, that we have formed respectively the oxychlorids of copper, zinc, iron, etc double salts of the metal.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.