faradism

British

/ ˈfærəˌdɪzəm /

noun

the therapeutic use of faradic currents

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Faradization, or Faradism, the medical application of the induced currents which Faraday discovered in 1831.

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Faradism.—For the battery required either for faradism or galvanism, cells of the Leclanch� type are the most satisfactory.

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It is mainly employed for muscular stimulation, and the contractions resulting from spark stimulation can be produced in cases of nerve injury and degeneration, even when the muscles have lost their reaction to faradism.

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This is the normal reaction of the nerve to faradism.

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These results are applied to distinguish between functional paralysis and that due to some organic lesion, as in the former case the reaction of faradism will be as brisk as usual.

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