New Zealand Gazette – 1925 – No. 86

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✨ Masseurs Examination Syllabus

electricity by chemical action; demonstration of simple voltaic cell;
polarization and depolarization; constant cells; wet and dry leclanche
cells; connection of cells in parallel and in series; uses.

The Galvanic Battery : Construction ; cells; single and double
cell collectors; milliampere meter; reverse switch; cords; electrodes.
Care of battery.
How to use the battery.
Tests for polarity.
Effects of anode and cathode on patient.
Methods of Application : Unipolar, bipolar, labile, stabile.
Therapeutic Uses of Galvanism :-
(a.) In Painful Conditions : Neuralgia, neuritis, sciatica, lumbago,
&c.
(b.) In Spasmodic Conditions : Writer's cramp, spasmodic torti-
collis, spastic paralysis.
(c.) In Vaso-motor Disorders : Chilblains, frostbite, Raynaud's
disease, ischaemic contracture.
(d.) Ionic Medication : Elementary chemistry, elements and
compounds ; atoms and molecules ; acids, bases, and salts ;
dissolution of ions ; method of treatment ; commonly used,
and their therapeutic effects ; strength of solutions, and
how to prepare the solutions.
Application of galvanism for muscles.
Theory of muscle and nerve testing, the meaning of "R.D.",
and knowledge of how to make muscles respond to electrical stimulus.
Knowledge of location of motor points.

Induced Currents

Magnetic and electrical induction.
Construction of Induction Coil: Wagner Hammer primary coil,
secondary coil.
Types of faradic batteries.
Method of Application: Choice between primary and secondary
coil, rate of vibration, registration of current.
Uses : (1.) General faradization.
(2.) Wasted muscles.
(3.) Stimulation of unstriped muscle : Constipation, vis-
ceroptosis.
(4.) Cutaneous stimulation.
(5.) Hysterical Conditions : Anaesthesia, paralysis, aphonia.
(6.) Neuralgia.
Combined batteries.
De Wattville switch.
Uses of combined galvanism and faradism.

Current from the Main

(1.) Continuous or low tension ; (2) alternating or high tension.
Medical Switchboards : Resistance lamps, rheostatic fuse.
Dangers of earth-currents.
Varieties and uses of transformers.
The pantostat, multostat, and allied machines.
Sinusoidal currents.
The electric bath.
Dr. Schnee’s four-cell bath.
Radiant heat.

NOTE.--Candidates are only expected to know methods of carrying
out electrical treatments prescribed by registered medical practitioners.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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