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No such obvious and visible results are seen as we observe after
massage, but the thermal changes are much more constant and remarkable,
and show at least that we are not dealing with an agent which merely
amuses the patient or acts alone through some mysterious influence on
the mental status.
A half-hour's treatment of the muscles commonly gives rise to a marked
elevation of temperature, which fades away within an hour or two. This
effect is, like that from massage, most notable in persons liable to
fever from some organic trouble, and it varies as to its degree in
individuals who have no such disease.
The first case, Miss B., aet. 20, is an example of tubercular disease of
the apex of the right lung. She had a morning temperature of 98-1/2 deg. to
99-1/2 deg., and an evening temperature of 100 deg. to 102 deg..
Electricity was used about 11 o'clock daily, with these results:
Before Electricity. After Electricity.
November 25 99 99-3/5
" 27 97-3/5 100
" 28 98 99
" 29 98-4/5 99-4/5
December 2 100-1/5 101-3/5
" 4 99-1/5 100-1/5
" 5 99-2/5 99-1/5
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