Light energy, its physics, physiological action and therapeutic applications (1904)
Cleaves, Margaret Abigail, 1848-1917 · New York, Rebman company;[etc., etc.] · leaf 719
Discharges in Therapeutics.—These va-cuum tube discharges serve a very useful purpose in thera-peutics. The mechanisms may be connected (I) to a hightension coil, (2) to a static machine. In both instances atransformer may be used, but not necessarily. Ley den jarsmay be interpolated in the circuit… … i^coa; Fig. 40.—Interrupter. to some non-conducting base (this is very apt to be madeof hard rubber, but it becomes heated, and may actuallymelt, as it were, under the heat generated). This results ina distortion of the rod which renders it unfit for further use.Mica with a combination of shellac…
