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| OLOF EDLUND Antiquarian Bookseller STOCKHOLM | |
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| Second edition, revised and enlarged, of Erdmann's adaptation of G. B. A. Duchenne's De l'électrisation localisée et de son application à la physiologie, à la pathologie et à la thérapeutique (Paris 1855). Duchenne de Boulogne classified the electrophysiology of the entire muscular system. The application of his results to pathological conditions marks him as the founder of electrotherapy. He employed faradic current in treating patients as early as 1830. "Electricity has been used in medicine for almost two millenniums beginning with electrical chocks from the torpedo fish and ending with the implantation of neuromodulators and neuroprostheses. These implantable stimulators aim to improve functional independence and quality of life in various groups of disabled people. New indications for neuromodulation are still evolving and the field is rapidly advancing. Thanks to modern science and computer technology, electrotherapy has reached a degree of sophistication where it can be applied relatively safely and effectively in a variety of nervous system diseases, including pain, movement disorders, epilepsy, Tourette syndrome, psychiatric disease, addiction, coma, urinary incontinence, impotence, infertility, respiratory paralysis, tinnitus and blindness"(H. Fodstad & M. Harz, Electricity in the treatment of nervous system disease in Operative Neuromodulation, Volume 1: Functional Neuroprosthetic Surgery. An Introduction (summary) (Wien 2007). |
| * Cf. Garrison & Morton 614 & 1995. |