counter-irritation

He took no notice of her, but gave way to a violent storm of remorseful grief, a kind of mental process of counter-irritation, which relieved him.

Eve and David 2007

He took no notice of her, but gave way to a violent storm of remorseful grief, a kind of mental process of counter-irritation, which relieved him.

Eve and David 2007

As a theory of this effect of the currents I would offer the following, viz: That the galvanic current acts by stimulating the vasomotor centres and peripheral nerves, by giving tone to the mucular coats of blood vessels, and by counter-irritation.

The Electric Bath George M. Schweig

If we had been born Hindoos, we should, at such times, exhibit our skittish tendencies, "shying" at the sun-eating monster with nervous apprehension, and should doubtless do our best, through horrid yells and tintinnabulations, towards getting up a tremendous counter-irritation upon the earth that should tell mightily on the nerves of this umbratilous tiger in the heavens.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 Various

Vigorous counter-irritation, by means of hot bottles and sinapisms to the extremities, etc., proved useless.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 Various

Concentrated local counter-irritation can be obtained by the use of the surface board.

The Electric Bath George M. Schweig

To such loyal Americans as these volumes may reach they will give a heart not to be found in Dr. Russell's pictorial neutrality, in the dashing effects of popular Mr. Trollope, nor even -- making all allowance for the sanative influence of counter-irritation -- in the weekly malignity of that _ex_-Moral Minstrel whom the London "Times" has sent to the aid of our insurgent slave-masters.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 Various

The degree of counter-irritation can be very nicely determined by regulating the intensity of the current.

The Electric Bath George M. Schweig

Failing, however, on examination of the man's chest, to find any sign of counter-irritation of the skin, he was somewhat puzzled; but he soon learned from the mistress of the house, that having no _chest_ at hand, she had clapped the plaster on a large box in the corner of the sick-chamber.

Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Robert Means Lawrence

We must here seek to stimulate the vasomotor system, both central and peripheral; to give tone to the coats of vessels, both by direct and indirect electric influence; through counter-irritation to relieve internal congestions, by causing an afflux of blood to the skin.

The Electric Bath George M. Schweig