Einar Ottestad1, Daniel S Orlovich2. 1. Stanford Acute Pain Service, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, 450 Broadway Street, Pavilion A, Suite A18, MC 5340, Redwood City, CA 94063. 2. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To present a history of the development of peripheral nerve stimulation. METHODS: Narrative literature review. RESULTS: Peripheral nerve stimulation has a history stretching from Scribonius Largus and eels in Mesopotamia to Michael Farady's discovery in London, the German-English physician Julius Althaus's application of electricity to a peripheral nerve, the sensational "Electreat" in the United States, to the application by Wall and Sweet of the gate theory proposed by Melzack and Wall to specialized neurosurgeons. CONCLUSIONS: This is now a modern field in clinical neuroscience and medicine with improved technology, renewed interest by a diverse range of specialties, and accessibility with ultrasound.
OBJECTIVE: To present a history of the development of peripheral nerve stimulation. METHODS: Narrative literature review. RESULTS: Peripheral nerve stimulation has a history stretching from Scribonius Largus and eels in Mesopotamia to Michael Farady's discovery in London, the German-English physician Julius Althaus's application of electricity to a peripheral nerve, the sensational "Electreat" in the United States, to the application by Wall and Sweet of the gate theory proposed by Melzack and Wall to specialized neurosurgeons. CONCLUSIONS: This is now a modern field in clinical neuroscience and medicine with improved technology, renewed interest by a diverse range of specialties, and accessibility with ultrasound.
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