sutured-infection:Three applications of Alternating Current Solenoid “…when a cur
sutured-infection: Three applications of Alternating Current Solenoid “…when a current is passed through the circuit the solenoid behaves partly like a magnet and partly like an induction coil. When a body is placed within the cylinder of the spiral through which a current is passing the action depends on the quality, character, and amount of current, and on the relation of the windings to the current but when constructed for medical work the body in the solenoid is acted on by induced-magnetic lines of force, which have nearly the effects of general static electrification when the patient simply sits on an insulated platform connected with one pole of the Static machine.” From from A system of instruction in X-ray methods and medical uses of light, hot-air, vibration and high-frequency currents by Samuel H. Monell, 1902 -- source link