Excerpt from A Popular Treatise on Medical Electricity: Showing the Influence of Electricity as a Remedy for Diseases; And Plain Practical Directions for Its Application to Various Disorders IT is necessary, at the outset, to say that this little work does not pretend to do more than con vey, in the simplest and clearest language possible, an outline of the advantages which may be gained from the proper use of Electricity, as a remedy for human diseases and of the best practicable means whereby those who, from various causes, are unable or unwilling to employ a medical practitioner, may themselves apply this wonderful remedial and curative agent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.