STIMULATION

n. Sti2m-u2l-a's husn. Lat., stimulatio. Fr., s. Ger., Reizung. The act or proce or result of stimulating, [a, 48.] Intramuscular s. Of Remak, Duchenne's direct muscular faradization, [a* 34.] Latent s. The period in which the energy of a muscle rises and sinks after instantaneous s. [J. B. " Sanders on, Proc. of the Roy. Soc.," xlviii, 292. p. 14 (a, 34).] Terminal labile s. Stroking the tendinous end of a muscle with the cathode so as to affect the entire length of the muscle, the anode.being stationary. [A. L. Ranney, " N. Y. Med. Jour.," July 25, 1885 (a, 34).] Unipolar s. The stimulus to a nerve effected by the application of a single electrode of an induction apparatus. [Landois (K).] [s. 541]