Electricity and Medicine History of their Interaction

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Electricity Becomes a Science....Pages 1-14
First Steps in Electrotherapy....Pages 15-30
The Discovery of a New Form of Electricity....Pages 31-54
Electromagnetism, Electrodynamics, and First Medical Applications of Varying Currents....Pages 55-70
Duchenne De Boulogne: Electrical Stimulation and Progress in Functional Anatomy, Clinical Medicine, and Electrotherapy....Pages 71-88
The Rise of Electrophysiology....Pages 89-102
The Development and Practice of Electrotherapy During 1855–1890....Pages 103-119
D’Arsonval and High-Frequency Currents: the Beginnings of Diathermy....Pages 120-140
Electricity in Surgery....Pages 141-162
Electroencephalography, Electrocardiography, and Electromyography....Pages 163-176
Electrotherapy....Pages 177-200
Electromagnetic Radiations and Medicine: X Rays, Radioactivity, and Ultraviolet Light....Pages 201-236
Electronics and Computers....Pages 237-259
Epilogue....Pages 260-261
Back Matter....Pages 263-303