Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-04-15
NEURALGIA CURE.
The yibratorJ Principle Applied 20 tbs
Head by yibrstory helmet.

hhe Nihrat"tJ tflneipie Applied Ia the
Head hy vibrstery Helmet.
Among all the methods. more a.
less old In appearance applied TO TIA
treatment OF nervous diseases. tbera
are few moro original than the ona
that has been employed for some tilnn
at the saltpetriere By Professor Char.
cot. The Scientific American saws i,
Is the treatment By mechanical yibra.
tions,
There Is serious disease Of tia
nervous system, characterized by al
incessant trembling Of the hands.
stopping attitude and an odd gait
that makes II seem as II the invalid
was going TO precipiiate himself
headforemost. Ii Is the trembling
palsy. also called Parkinson disease
sort % painful nervous disorder
that depriyes the unfortunate who Il
afflicted with Il Of rest and sleep.
MIR Charcot long time ago learned
from some inyalids who we're troubled
with this intirmity that they derived
decided relief from long rides On 4
railroad or in carriage, Tho more
the vibrations caused ia the com.
partments by the train running AZ
full speed and the more the carriage
was jOlted over an uneven pavement
the more the relief experienced. AL
the end III days journey they FELT
better and experienced an inexpressi.
bic comfort One Of them conceived
the idea Of having himself wheeled
about for hours in one 0i those heavy
carts used Tor carrying paving stones.
Contrary 20 this experience Of ali
travellers, those afflicted with trem.
bling palsy felt fresher and more act.
i've on alightlng from the cars. Tho
longer the trip lasted. and the worse
the line, the more durable was their
Improvement,
such testimony, coming from yari-
Gus sources, was not lost II was for
Mr.. Charcot the starting poiut Tor
most curious thcrapeutleal appllca-
tion. Mr., CharcOt had an arm chair
constructed 10 which tO-and.lro
motion was given hy means 81 All
electrical windiass, Long baloru the
nycntlon II the vibrating arin chair
DR. Yig"uroux conceived the Idea %
submitting historical patients "a the
vibrations " a huge tuning fork n
this aay b. enrpd AnAatheslas ana
muscular sitN joints. Other physg-
clans, BOudel ~ raris, and Mortimer
81 Granville. applied vibrating reds
n Tire treatment II neuralgia tiarlal
neuralgia III particularly nEd head.
aches.
Granville devised small electric
hammer, analogous ~ the hammer II
electric bells and that was supplied
% q painful point. Under the linda.
ence ~ the shock repeated hundreds
81 times Within short period thc
pain ceased
The method was s0me time ago
siugnlariy improved by DE- Gillls d.
Ia Touretig. pupil " Mr. Charcot
lie had an apparatus constructed for
N" treatment of mugrlrns nnd nervous
headaches. II was the vibrating bel.
met, Imagine a helmet the model -
that 81 old times, aud ycry analogous
~ to structure 20 thr conformation II
hattsrs.
i, n. Ia fact, formed u steel plates
that permit ~ its Httiug the head
perfectly Upon this helmet. in lieu
u crest, thcrU y small alternating
current motor ~ peculiar conHtruc.
tiun that makes about 611 revelations
per minute.
~ every revolution a uniform vi
bration i prOpagaied % tho metallic
plates and u transmitted 90 the cram
Turn that they embrace. Tho crRnial
walls thus yibrato 10 their ensemble.
and the entire cerebral Rpparaiu,
The sensation IL not disagrceablc
The number and intensity Of the vi
bratioEs. moreover. may bo varied
according 70 the tolerance OF the sub
iect. In few minutes sort u gen
eral lassitudC II experienced, with
tendency 70 sleep.
The vibrating helmet has already
been applied % large number ~
neurasthenic inyalids. the majority
Of whom have experienced good re-.
suits from II. The process succeeds
also against hemicrania. and as this is
quite a common affection for which
no surely ctilcacious remedy is known,
the helmit will. in short timn b.
seen 70 come into vogue.
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