Show electricity CURES NEURALGIA the vibratory principle applied to tile efel et cleal by all among anion all the methods more or less lea odd lu in appearance appeal anca applied IP Plied to the treat dent ment of nervous aisea diseases ses thero there ara ire faw more than he one that haa has been boix employed for sowo time at the tile kalpe charcot it la is the tricio by professor treat treatment ent by mechanical the merv disease of there is a benona serious characterized by U an 11 inces system ous of the hands a stooping trembling I 1 blutig sant it attitude and a an 11 odd gait that it if tho ini imalle r lid was goia going to pre seem as himself head foremost I 1 it t I 1 i I 1 called parlan also the grerr trembling ibling palsy son a dis disease e ase a boit sort of painful nervous tuat that deprives s tha the unfortunate nn un disorder diso ider nv ho la is afflicted with n iab it of rest and sleep time 80 ago learned long on charcot a mr ur invalids who were brou trou laed with froni frow this some rome ona charit that the bey derived railroad hoid decided relief front long rides 1 on a rai tho the diore tho tile vibrations or in a carriage thu till by call caused sed in the con apartments tho the more full speed and at in running t train ra an uneven carria carriage awas was jolted over P tho tile pavement nent the more the rel ichel 1 ie f ex exly expert LJ 1 4 encee 1 IQ the MC ea ena of a it tloyd journey jouar E they felt better and experienced au an inexpressible oey comfort aano one of them c conceived the idea 01 of having li liim m self wheeled about for hours in it ono one of those heavy leavy carts used for ca carrying 3 ing paving contrary to tho the experience of alf at travelers trav elens those afflicted tod with trembling palsy felt fresher fres herand and more active on alighting from the cars the longer j tho the trip lasted and tho the worse tho the line the more durable was their improvement such testimony coming from various sources was not loat it was w as for mr Cliar cot tho the starting Dg point of a most curio curious application mr alt arnil charcot Cliar cot had ait all armchair chair constructed to which a to and fro motion was given by means of an electrical windlass long before tho the invention of tho the vibrating armchair dr vigouroux conceived the idea of submitting hysterical h st patients pati ent to the vibration of a huge tuning fork in ili this way ho lie cured and muscular stiff joints other physicians boudet of paris and mortimer Idor timer of granville applied vibrating rods to the treatment of facial neuralgia neu in ili particular and headaches granville llo devised it email small electric hammer analogous to tho the hammer of electric bells and that was applied to the painful point under tho the influence of tho the shock shuck repeated hundreds of times within a short period the pain ceased the tile method waa was some time ago barly improved by dr gillis do tie la tourette a pupil of mr charcot lie ile had bad an ili apparatus constructed for the treatment of megrims ine grims and nervous headaches it I 1 was tho the vibrating helmet imagine a 1 helmet of the model of tl that I 1 at of old times and very analogous as to structure t IA the of hatters it is in fact formed of steel platea plates that bennit of its fitting tho the head perfectly upon this helmet be linet in lieu of crest there is a it email small alternating current motor of peculiar pecullar construction that makes about COO GOO revolution revolutions p pr r minute at every revolution a uniform vibration ia is propagated aga ted to tho the metallic plates and is transmitted to toabe the cranium that they embrace the cranial walls thus vibrate ia in their ensemble and tho the vibrations vibration aro are naturally transmitted to tile entire cerebral apparatus the sensation is not disagreeable the number and intensity of the vibrations moreover may iw be varied according to the tile tolerance of the subject in ili a few minutes a it sort of general lassitude is experienced with a at tendency to sleep tj alie 1 vibrating has already been appi applied aed to a large number of neurasthenic invalids the majority have experienced good results from it the process succeeds also against hei crania and as thia this ia Is quite a common affection for which no surely efficacious remedy is known the helmet will inn ina short time be seen to como come into vogue nature |