7"! A one man .control electro-sur-gical unit, tho latest development m appliances for the practice of diathermy, has been added to the smgica] equipment of tho Christchurch Public Hospital. Electro-surgery is the method by wldch an alternating current of extremely high frequency , is'used for tho destruction, or excision, of. diseased tissues. The oifee of, the current, when applied as an arc through an, active eloctiode, is iq- cut tho tissues. An. important pqint in tho. use of the unit installed/at the Christchurch Hospital is -that by means of foot control, of tho. switch for tUo energisation of the . electrode in tho field of operation, the operating surgeon can umtantly adjust tfie intensity of the qurrent —and bo the. cutting, speed— To suit' the character of the bisue.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11832, 13 January 1933, Page 3
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