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The medical application of electricity (1860)

Channing, William F.(William Francis),1820-1901 · Boston : Thomas Hall · leaf 26

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own to be beneficial. GALVANIC BATTERY, 17 Having spoken thus of the superiority of the battery,in many conditions of disease, it is necessary tostate its disadvantages to the common practitioner.It is more expensive than the electro-magnetic appara-tus. It is with difficulty portable. It requires… … of twelve pairs of platinum and amalgamated zinc,arranged in the same number of heavy glass tumblers.The solution used to excite the battery is sulphuricacid, diluted with ten or twelve parts of water, or,where a less quantity of current is desired, withtwenty parts of water. The zinc plate, so…

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