The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-04-18

cipi'aics i'scli, hunts. digs, scarc,"s,
| aud discovers every particle of me.
tallic substance concealed in the most
profound tissues, bones, joints, and
nerves of the patient, resolves them
into their primitive forms, and OK
tracing them entire from the human
organism, deposilcs them upon the
SIDES of the Eath, where they can he
seen with the naked eye.
! After the end OF one of these opcra.
tons, chemist of Havana. III. Mos.
sand, having analyzcd 9l2 drachms
of the liquid IN the bath, he saw form.
ing Il metallic gl9bulc of the diameter
Of nine.ten,hs' of . mil!i,nctre and this
was mercury. 81 another time the
same chemist saw a very light white
prccipitatcd substance, which gave
TWO globulcs Of metallic lead, perfect.
| ~ visible to the naked eye, and NJ.
Poly announced that Ire had taken
from the tibia ana thigh bone OF Il pa.
tent n quantity Of mercury that had
been there, creating intense suffering
for fifteen years.
Providence has had its usual hand
in this discovery. One of the invcn.
tors, Nj. Maurice Vcrgnes, who was
engaged at times in electric gliding,
! Silrering, &c, where his hands came
cyanuret Of gold and silver, had them
covered with ulcers, caused by parti.
clcs of the metal being introduced
into his blood, and no medical skill
could eradicate them. One day lie
dipped his hands into the bath, taking
hold of the positive pole Of lhe bite.
ry, and ut the end ,f l:t'tec,! ,ninutcs.
IL the surprise OF tic bystnndrrs Il
metallic plate Of lG3 mili metres in
length lIy 100 in width placed IN con.
ncctlon with the negative pole Of the
battery, was Instantly covered with Il
thick coat Of gold and silver extracted
from his hands. The discovery WAS
made. This event took place April
lG, 1859. The inventors use 30 cuu
pies OF batteries of liunsun's and
Groves combined, it beit,.5 found lha,
II more energetic current will be cvolv.
ed by this cnmbuatiun than by the
use Of either singly. Each couple is
10 milli metres in diameter by 3l7
in height. The number of these cnu.
pies or batteries used ut ;hc com.
mcnccmcnt OF an application, SO Il,
Mt to cause too much suffering for
the patient, depends altogether upon
The temperament OF the patient and
the nature of the disease. For cy.
ample, y very nervous and delicate
pcrs"n wCu,d be submitted to tie ac.
'i"n 't ten or twelve couples 1T first,
the number increased ut the rate OF
five couples every five minutes. y
person OF sanGuinc or lymrhatic tenn
perA!n mt can endure more. The
same ratio applies to the quality OF
acid i'll forming The bath; for instance
il takes less for nervous person iha
for per on with lynph,,ic OF san.
gninn temperament. The metallic
PARTICLES extracted from the boIy o;
the patic't arc deposited "n the whole
surface of the bathing tub, although
the lnctal Is formed in larger Guanti.
t'c> opposite those parts OF inc body
III which The metal lay concealed. As
To The size Of the nitl;!lic >pDts which
are thus formed by ;he application OF
this discovery, they vary in size from
that of the head of u pin to the size OF
Il pea, and some are microscopic. 81
have sccn," says NJ. Poly, "altcr The
first bath Of a person who had been
complaining OF terrible pains in his
arm, caused by mercury, the exact
SHAPE Of the arm imprinted on the
negative plate of the hattcry-thc de-.
post being formed cn,ilely of mcrc,l.
ry drawn from the arm" Here ends
tins important a'ticle, which, if true,
IS dc>lImcl t" become rs much IL part
OF the medical practice as vaccination.
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