Electricity in the diseases of women : with special reference to the application of strong currents / by G. Betton Massey.

  • Massey, G. Betton (George Betton), 1856-1927.
Date:
1890
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Credit: Electricity in the diseases of women : with special reference to the application of strong currents / by G. Betton Massey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    In presenting to the profession what is believed to be the first attempt at a complete treatise on the electrical treatment of the diseases of women, the author deprecates in advance any misapprehension of its scope and claims. Only such conditions receive notice in the treatment of which electricity has recently been urged upon professional favor; and this portion of the work partakes, therefore, more of the nature of a mirror of the author's daily work than of a clas- sical research into the literature of the subject. While the experience of others, particularly of Apostoli, Engelmann, and Laphthorn Smith, has been utilized as a guide and mentor, it is not forgotten that a scientific investigation takes nothing upon hearsay evidence, and that the profession demands proofs rather than theories. It should be stated, also, that the author does not wish to assume the position of recommending the routine use of any one agent or procedure, to the exclusion of other rational remedies, in the medical or surgical treatment of any single class of diseases. It was merely in the interest of