I've used those things to help stroke victims reconnect themselves. The idea is to send an impulse strong enough for a different section of the brain to find. Seems to work.
ode At 01:02 PM 5/14/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Summer is around the corner. The bugs will be out in force soon. I'll >be out camping this weekend and although it's a bit cool right now I >expect there will be some hardy mosquitos and ticks looking for >blood... > >I just went out and bought a piezoelectric igniter for a gas grill. >Cost about $15. It looks like those little zappers for arthritis pain >that were being sold here a while ago, or like a short fat syringe >without a needle. One electrical contact is on the end of the igniter, >the other is farther up the barrel. I connected the barrel contact with >a wire to a washer that I installed at the end of the barrel (insulated >from the center contact). So I now have the washer as one contact and >the other is protruding through the center of the hole in the washer. >If I press the end against my skin, there is about 1/4 inch of space >between the contact points. I plan to use this on any tick or >mosquito bites I get... > >Doesn't feel bad at all, since the contacts are so close together. >When they were farther apart it didn't hurt but the stimulation felt >very disconcerting, somehow. > >Re: CS>Spider Bite Zapper? > > From: Peter Rebaudo wrote: > Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 22:26:33 > >Hi: > >A barbecue piezorlectric igniter produces 25,000 volts. > >Anybody can has any suggestions how to measure the current? > >PeterR > > >-- >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > >Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] >Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] >OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
