RT Journal
T1 ELectricity in gynecology.
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1909
FD November 20
VO LIII
IS 21
SP 1774
OP 1774
DO 10.1001/jama.1909.02550210072028
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.02550210072028
AB For those who believe in electricity as a curative measure, Dr. Rice has written an epitome of the therapeutic indications for electrical treatment. She has given concise and definite information as to the action of different currents, including cataphoresis and electrolysis. After explaining the therapeutic value of the poles. Dr. Rice gives a simple method of polarizing a battery that will insure definite results. The cataphoretic application of thiosinamin is mentioned for dissolving scar tissue. The questionable value of the x-ray in the treatment of carcinoma is very sanely considered as a valuable adjunct to surgery and a boon to the sufferer of inoperable carcinoma. In Dr. Rice's remarks on fibroid she has overlooked the risk of using electricity without a microscopic examination, which alone will determine whether or not the tumor is malignant; neither is she concerned with the possibility of a secondary malignant growth developing in a