Fundamentals of Electricity and Light for those in Beauty Culture Practice 1934 Noble M Eberhart ~Cosmetology/Dermatology ~Electrotherapy

Title: Fundamentals of Electricity and Light for those Engaged in Beauty Culture Practice

Author: Noble M. Eberhart

Description: Boards in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Light wear to covers. Interior is clean and unmarked. 32 illustrations. Glossary & index. 192 pages. 8 x 5 inches. Five institutional copies located on OCLC.

A text on the use of electrical currents and light in the field of Beauty Culture. Each type of electrical current (galvanic, faradic and sinusoidal currents, alternating and direct currents, Tesla/high frequency) and both infrared and ultraviolet light are explained and their physiologic action described. The applications considered are the fulguration or desiccation of moles, warts and other skin blemishes, and the treatment of eczema, dandruff, baldness, lice, gray hair, and hair loss.

Noble Murray Eberhart (1870-1939) was a physician, surgeon, teacher, X-ray pioneer, electotherapy researcher, and medical device designer. He had been a former Head of the Department of Physiologic Therapeutics at the Medical Department of Loyola University and a former Head of Department of Electrotherapeutics at the Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery. He had also served as an attending surgeon or physician at the Cook County Hospital, the Chicago Baptist Hospital, and the Frances E. Willard Temperance Hospital.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good

Publisher: New Medicine Publishing Co.
Place: Chicago
Year: 1934

Keywords: cosmetology, dermatology, skin treatment, electrolysis, diathermy, electrosurgery, galvanism, medicine, surgery, medical treatments, history,