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cutaneous system
skin ulcer
physical medicine
exercise
hydrotherapy
hot whirlpool: for chronic ulcers, apply 0.5 hr.
poultice: charcoal or comfrey
manipulation
electrical and oscillating
Galvanism: copper iontophoresis, ulcer is filled with cotton soaked in 1% copper sulfate, top with metal (+) electrode, treatment 3-5 mA for 10 - 20 min. every few days. (Johnson, 1946, p. 272)
ultraviolet: 1 min. lst day, increasing 1 min. each treatment until 10 min. 18 in above 20-30 treatments needed (Johnson, 1946, p. 273)
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