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When carried out in the laboratory, nerve stimulation is traditionally accomplished by direct means, that is, by placing electrodes directly on the nerve through an incision in the tissue. For functional stimulation of human nerves this laboratory technique is most undesirable.
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Friedman, H.G. (1971). The Design of Implantable Peripheral Nerve Stimulators. In: Wulfsohn, N.L., Sances, A. (eds) The Nervous System and Electric Currents. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8044-3_18
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