STUDIES ON THE BASIC ACTION OF ELECTRIC PL ASTER, A TREATMENT BY A PLASTER MADE OF TWO KINDS OF METAL LEAVES
1959 Volume 9 Issue 5 Pages 1052-1056
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1959 Volume 9 Issue 5 Pages 1052-1056
If we stick on a human skin a plaster made of two leaves of different metals, we find a flow of current directed from a metal leaf through the body to the other leaf. The electric plaster, which thus generates a current, is used for treatment against pain etc. This method is also applicable to facilitate the penetration of medical materials into the deep part of the body or to cure a diseased part.
This report refers to the basic action of this plaster, and the followings are elucidated.
1) Potential values between two leaves of various kinds of metals.
2) Current densities in these cases.
3) Pain is really removed or mitigated by application of the plaster.
4) Penetration of medical materials into deep parts of the body will be facilitated by the current produced by the plaster.
