Electro-physiology and electro-therapeutics : showing the best methods for the medical uses of electricity / By Alfred C. Garratt.
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extremities, and six as extensive or general paralysis. All authorities agree tbat electricity should be resorted to in cases of this kind, in connection with the internal use of the iodide of potassium, and even if late, as where there is no response by contrac- tion of the affected muscles to the electric stimulus, and where the size of the muscles is already considerably diminished. Case of Lead Palsy — Electro-Excit abil- ity of the Muscles gone, (taken from case- book.) — William Kittridge, of New York, had for several years worked in the Brooklyn "White Lead Works. He is thirty-eight years of age. He has bad repeated attacks of lead colic, for which he was always promptly at- tended by the best of medical skill. As he was an important workman about the works, he was always amply cared for. He is sent on to me by his employers. He docs not stand erect; has dropping of both the hands, and decidedly stoops as be attempts to walk. He appears dejected in countenance, voice, and movements. His pulse is sixty ; bowels are obstinately constipated. When the hand is placed on the abdomen the parieties appear contracted and hard. A blue line is dis- Fig.89. a view of the tinctlv visible near the edges of the gums, Muscles on the Back of ' ° , rro the Forearm, (Extensors.) but about only some of the teeth. The 1. Lower Portion of the Biceps Flexor. 2. Part of the Brachialis Interims. 3. Lower Part of the Triceps Extensor. 4. Supinator Radii Longus. 5. Extensor Carpi Radialis Longior. 6. Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevior. 7- Tendinous Insertion of these Two Muscles. 8. Extensor Communis Digitorum. 9. Portion of the Extensor Communis Digitorum, called the Auricularis. 10. Extensor Carpi Ulnaris. 11. Anconeus. 12. Portion of the Flexor Carpi Ulnaris. 13. Extensor Minor Pollicis. The Muscle nearest the Figure is the Extensor Ossis Metacarpi Pollicis. 14. Extensor Major Pollicis. 15. Posterior Annular Ligament. The distribution of the Tendons of the Extensor Communis is seen on the Backs of the Fingers.