A Treatise on nervous and mental diseasesLea Bros., 1893 - 687 pages |
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Page 19
... slight deviations from the usual course are of no importance , and it is very doubtful whether we know at the present time what really constitutes a pathological deviation in the course of a fissure . The fissures of the brain are in ...
... slight deviations from the usual course are of no importance , and it is very doubtful whether we know at the present time what really constitutes a pathological deviation in the course of a fissure . The fissures of the brain are in ...
Page 87
... slight , and therefore the power that the current has of overcoming the resistance , or the electro - motive force , ' as it is technically called , need only be very slight . If , on the other hand , a moderate quantity of electricity ...
... slight , and therefore the power that the current has of overcoming the resistance , or the electro - motive force , ' as it is technically called , need only be very slight . If , on the other hand , a moderate quantity of electricity ...
Page 89
... slight , and the patient would not complain much , but if we were passing electricity through the human brain , a single additional cell would give a shock so unpleasant as to cause vertigo and a flash of light and often considerable ...
... slight , and the patient would not complain much , but if we were passing electricity through the human brain , a single additional cell would give a shock so unpleasant as to cause vertigo and a flash of light and often considerable ...
Page 96
... slight shock as the handle passes from cell to cell . An attempt has been made to obviate this latter defect of the current- selector by having the handle make connection with one cell before it leaves the other ; but this does not ...
... slight shock as the handle passes from cell to cell . An attempt has been made to obviate this latter defect of the current- selector by having the handle make connection with one cell before it leaves the other ; but this does not ...
Page 99
... slight defect in the instrument would allow the passage of a very dangerous current , and one that would be especially dan- gerous if the brain were in the circuit , although it is claimed that the apparatus mentioned is absolutely safe ...
... slight defect in the instrument would allow the passage of a very dangerous current , and one that would be especially dan- gerous if the brain were in the circuit , although it is claimed that the apparatus mentioned is absolutely safe ...
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