Electro-physiology and electro-therapeutics : showing the best methods for the medical uses of electricity / By Alfred C. Garratt.

Rheumatic Paralysis. Persons suffering from various degrees of this affection con- stitute, to my mind, a class of most interesting and yet deplora- ble cases. The individual is not sick, and yet there is this in- sidious process of limb-distorting; and that, perhaps, in the very prime of life, for while the limb or joint is becoming more and more enlarged, contracted, or atrophied, it is also more and more painful and helpless ; and if not early arrested, the limb is far worse than lost, be- cause it is useless, painful, and cum- bersome. I have often asked myself if of such could have been the " pal- sied " and the " withered " hands, and feet, and limbs of those who applied, and not in vain, to the kind- liest heart that ever pressed our earth — to Christ, the great Physi- cian who but spake, and they were Fig. 91. A View of all the deep-seated restored. Now, tOO, Under tllO aC- Musclftof the Hip-joint, the Gluteus Mag- , r nus being removed. cumulating blessings of divine rrov- 1. Os Ilium. 2. Os Sacrum. 3. Posterior Sacro-Iliac Ligament. 4. Tuber Ischii. 5. Greater Sacro-Sciatic Ligament. 6. Lesser Sacro-Sciatic Ligament. 7. Trochanter Major. 8. Gluteus Minimus. 9. Pyriformis. From under this Muscle the Great Sciatic Xerve makes its exit from the great Sacro-Sciatic Fo- ramen, and in its passage down, it rests upon Figures 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, and is covered only by the Gluteus Maximus at this point; but farther down is covered in by the Biceps, Semitendinosus, and Sem- imembranosus. 10. Geminus Superior. 11. Obturator Internus. 12. Geminus Inferior. 13. Quadratus Femoris. 14. Adductor Magnus. The Electrode should be placed in the space bounded by 7, 3, 4, 16, and 15, to cover and best reach the Great Sciatic Nerve. For Electro-Punc- ture, the spot for inserting the insu- lated Gold Needle is at 14. 15. Vastus Extemus. 16. Biceps. 17. Gracilis. 18. Semitendinosus.