In medical electricity the application of the voltaic and induced or secondary current simultaneously to any part of the system.

Electro-therapeutic treatment with sharp electrodes, one of which is inserted in the tissue and a current passed by completing the circuit through the tissue so as to electrolyze or decompose the fluids of the tissue. It is applied in the removal of hair or extirpation of the follicle. The process is not one of heating, [...]

Iron coated with zinc by cleaning and immersion in melted zinc. The iron is prevented from rusting by galvanic action. It forms the negative element in a couple of which the zinc is the positive element. From this electric protective action the name is derived.

Application of the galvanic current in electro-therapeutics where one sponge electrode is employed which is rubbed or moved over the body, the other being in constant contact with the body.

(a) Electroplating or depositing a metal over the surface of another by electrolysis. (b) In medical electricity the effects produced on any part of the system by the current of voltaic battery. Various descriptive qualifications are prefixed, such as “general” galvanization, indicating its application as applied to the whole body, “local” for the reverse case, [...]

The science of voltaic or current electricity.

The polarization of a voltaic couple. (See Polarization.)

A galvanic couple with exciting fluid and adjuncts; a galvanic cell. The word element is sometimes applied to the electrodes of a cell, as the carbon element or zinc element.

Voltaic; relating to current electricity or the electrolytic and electro-chemical relations of metals. (For titles in general under this head see Voltaic–or the main title.)