Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-07-19
THE CHOLERA.
IT'S RELATION WITHELECTRICITy

IlI9 hELV1l IOsN VII Al EIlECIhICIIH
A report from 81. Petersbrgh, which we have
recently noticed, affords . griking confirmation
of the views expressed BY nr. Hawthorne, Of
the pathological nature Of ilolera, in his very
valuable pamphlet. 1t is sated in the report
that scientific men have, froi The outbreak and
during the continuance Of tn alsease, noted the
remarkable fact Of Tie alpst total absence of
electricity from the atmo4afe, and the almost
total deprivation of electric P"er In those bodies
which, ordinarily, are posses OF it in a con.
dcnsed degree. Amagnf, PFlnStance, of forty
pounds sustaining capacity was found, while
the disease was at its he'll b e be incapable of
sustaining more than fou1orV i've pounds and il
was further observed that w uise Use seem
ed to abatc, the power OIL te m4gnet improved
Now, DR.. Hawthorne basbs Y views of the pa
tholOgy aAd treatment Jf Y disease upon the
alleged fact that the body =, by the exciting
cause OF the disease, notsoy oeen deprived Of
its present stock of electrt;ts aud further that
it's electro producing tiIncu h4vn tar tine time
been suspended, degree " FVons prostraton
being thus produced, which swlthout a p,rallel
III alY other known disease. The correctness of
I>>:sse views is fully borne ats BY these newly
observed facts from St. Peter5urgh. This post
.tacto confirmation Of the utness of DR.. Haw
thornes doctrine Of the naare of the disease,
accords with the successful esult of the reduc.
ton OF his views to the pratical treatment of
the dlrease, results which, tthose who are ia
Inlllar with its otherwise rcorded fatalities,
were seemingly as incredibles they were unde.
nlaoIe and nprecedented.- Lipcpool Mercury.
Another very remarkable ting has been noted
to me, and | have observed myself, that there
Is very marked dmuntior in the number of
fileS' 1t would seem from tbs that it should be
found that such is generallyhe case where the
cno'eFa prevails, that the electric deficiency in
the air which induces cholen, Is inimca to the
vitality of the fly.
lherc Is no longer any doubt but that insect
NE and all animal life, depands FOR its first i'm
pulse, as well as continuation, on the electric
power We may form some idea of the wonder
iu' V'ai'zlng power of the electric fluid from
experiments made by Cross, tho author of " Yes
uges OF the Natural History of Creation."-
Ills PnSlologlst has produced, by means of a
SLOW galvanic action, on solution of silica,e of
!, po'aSS' an insect which has been named after
nim the '4ca'w CrOssii The same insect has
Oeen produced by him In larger numbers in the
: ,'',Ocya"ate OF potass. The process is detailed
N iens'" IN the British and Foreign Medical
d Review, Vol. XIX, p. 10
1T is not to be supposed that these insects arc
oa'ly generated by this process, although such
'', ~ Oe Tue insInuaton Of the author. The
i experiment shows, however tho astonishing y;,
u Tying power of the electro galvnnic fluid, The
. o;.. '"V'o "caFl are, no doubt floating in the
'''0O'"a'noient air, and, Notwithstanding the
pu'nS @H'n BY Cross to exclude the air, and ever
" sunni the whole process to boiling heat i
must still be supposed that Some NJ, n,as ns;9,'
s. aled during the process, or th,, ,,a -
- themsol,,o, ,L. ' vi tlat the materials
: themselves which were used contained I'll, rndi
menus OF the insect; and thlt, notwitbstand,O,
}" 'ne neat to which the process was smho,;,,oi
$ 'hese ova were unaffected b,it
l have adduced this case f. o
d show how great and wonder,, ., l ~ O'O"''
le the electro galvanle fluid $50 mus "
Or man beings. Had not this S '''''''S u III
he brought to bear upon these oh"S '"' Oo0'
I'd tons of the potass, those ms ' At p'ep''a
IS been ushered into life. Tnu , %O"'u ho' ,'aI'
r said that the electro gavauic,owa. "AS :.
I'd agent used by the Creator WI, l.. = ,rN
n the world Of animated beino '''' ''''' -
From the above facts, | tlht :,
ut able to suppose that the dali uso oe ,L r,aa,.
W magnetic Machine, during no .ho,as. .na,,,
10 probably, be an effectual anAo,o ar.;na' :,
y. l hope, also, that the effeet Of ,h;s aon, ,,,
" :, 1''u =" .iO'o WIN nave %eady been attack
~ " t'' u''eaSe' IL may Nve, in corjunetio
y, with other applications, an efpctnal remedy
KOssUTH AND CHANNINe Tho pos,o,, r,,or