faradism

English

Etymology

From French faradisme, from Farad(ay) +‎ -ism.

Noun

faradism (plural faradisms)

  1. (medicine, now historical) Treatment with faradic electricity; faradization.
    • 1892, Journal of electrotherapeutics: Volume 10:
      Erb and Remak in Germany, Beard and Rockwell and Althans in America, have used it with advantage, in the forms of galvanisms and faradisms, in the treatment of joint troubles.
    • 1916, The New England Journal of Medicine: Volume 174:
      The electrical reactions now show a distinct myasthenic reaction, the orbicularis and frontal exhausting on the application of from 16 to 25 faradisms.
    • 2016, Stefanie Linden, They Called it Shell Shock, Helion & Company 2018, p. 80:
      Lewis Yealland, the junior doctor in charge, used faradism and suggestion to restore motor function in Patrick's arm […] .

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