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Electric Stimulation Therapy

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Application of electric current in treatment without the generation of perceptible heat. It includes electric stimulation of nerves or muscles, passage of current into the body, or use of interrupted current of low intensity to raise the detection threshold of the skin to pain.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

J.W. Porter papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/156
Scope and Contents This small collection contains 31 bills, receipts, and account statements sent by five homeopathic physicians in the Champaign and Urbana area to J. W. Porter, 1877-1897. The physicians are: T. J. Merryman, J. E. Morrison, George R. Spooner, F. O'Dee Springer, and C. D. Tufford. Many of the bills and accounts concern treatments with electricity.
Dates: 1877 - 1897