Abstract:SINCE Sir Charles Scudamore [1824] studied the effect of an electric current on the blood, only two papers have appeared on this subject. Stern [1916] made an experimental study on the influence of current on blood coagulation; Leiri [1934] made an interesting study from a purely theoretical viewpoint, without reporting any experiments. Stern used the method of Cannon & Mendenhall [1914] to register the coagulation time of blood. In this method the movemiients were recorded of a wire loop which just fitted … Show more
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