The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-01

which is inert without fovcs action attraction or re
puison, and independent o. power, has none Of the
characteristics ascribe to T. Electricity, on power
is active but independent of matter has OF the
characteristics by which t distinguished Power, or
electricity has repelng force for itself II has no
attraction for itself indep endent of matter IL has
powerful attraction for ITSELF which, however, depends
entirely on its attraction for matter 10 has powerful
attraction for itself when acting from matter
adheres or attracts matter only from contact IL hss
arepeing force for matter only when acting from it
The electricity which forms the current Of Battery IL
derived principally from the decomposition Of tho me
tails and fluids forming the battery. When piece OF
aneis placed in water electric changes take Psce new
currents are formed between the atoms OF ENC snd the
atoms OF oxygen which develop the s1ctrfcity that
maintained their former attractions Of atous OF zinc to
ne nns ,ns atoms Of hydIsgsn to oAygn and ses
electricity, and portion IL set free which passos
with the negative element 10 she negative plate OF
battery The yoltac battery bss compound action 0f
electrical forces arising from tbpss yoltaic cir etwo
small ones composed Of atoms AMI PARTICLES, the other
large, composed OF metals and fluids The smaller
are IN contact-one with the positive, the Other with
the negative plate The larger circle includes the ,mi
eSones to great extent and tends increase their
action and likewise to remeyp the electricity as fast
ss 1t is liberated. The lager vofaic circle con.
ssS ssI q a,. four % po!e.--s~o metallic, and two
battery depend principally tho polar arranCr.
ment Of the larger ci-ce, but the quantity the
give force TO electricity derived frora thar
the decomposition of the me,a exciting uii. The
distant action OF an electrified body, by wieh its
charge sin no desree lessenei distinguished by the
term incuction, implying that the electrified body
ia The unelectred independent
ducton But the tact that iniu,tion is ssmply elec
trical transfer by conducton with the varying effects
produced by the conductors operated on. The great
queston on what the positive and cona ions of
nater depencs has received that attention which
ia Importance demands. DuFay advanced tho theory
tha re positive and negative effects ars. from two dis
tinct kinds OF electricity viz vitreos and resinous We
are indebted 10 Frsn lin for the hypothes the post
tive and negative conditions depend on bodies having
more or less electricity than ia natural state. The re
ceyed opinion OF the present day H. that there two
distinct kinds of electricity which dsconpose and neu
That Inaue pnn
ditcns do not depend two kinda OF electricity.
merely on quantity They arise trom the attraction
electricity Tor matter, and the repulsop OF tse when
50 attracted, and they depend not only differences in
quantity but in intensity and also difference in po
arty and direction. Having advanced new theo-
ry OF electricity and matter and discussed their general
principles, now proceed to the application Of them,
the basis of n new, natural and effective Tystem
Of medicine founded the laws of nature Ia supy.
ing this desceratum know thai run the risk OF being
thought visionary, but as ! have already practised il
successfully in London both in the hospitals and In pri
vate and am confident OF its truth, as Il science, |
now wish to make IT public in this country.
The prejudices against anything new or different from
what we have long been taught TO think right makes
my task the NOR. difficult asI have not only to pro
mulgae the docr Of my system bat to
lha OF Others THIS only be done By laying
before the TRUTH that yol may judge for yourselves
The method which am introducing IL new in this coun
try, and original with myself 1t da.rs from other sys
TENS principally In being based the laws of nature
ard practically In the direct Of the forces Of nature
In the cure of disease Electricity, remark able as
physical agent Is no less a remedial power TO the
cure Of diseases generally but the wan, of kno Wedge
raj proposes totally useless Electricity being the grea!
motive power OF the material world Of tho mineral
mal and vegetable kingdom II follows, OF course, that
II Is the motive power of the human system. Every
moy Mt we make every step ana every thought burn
a given quantity Of carbon An the varied phenomsna
OF life, whether of mini or matter, arises m nedathy
from these forces add the Of the sysm such
growth, nutrition, a,smilaton, thought, memory,
and reason, are produced by the action Of cec-
trcity On inert matter and they obed'eat
only to the laws Of electrical organization
sni change, laws which are simple, but always
beht psychologists have described the human system
electrical machine Evsry organ is, In the full aud
complete OF the word, perfect galvanc batteries
they have their solid and nud parts their positive and
negative plates their conductors and their poles aud
exciting fluid TO keep up the supply Of electricity
and tie functions Of the organs depend their being
kept in proper operation. Elsctrcity effect. every
change In the system, whether produced by medicine
otherwise, though II has yet been recognized All
changes produced by medicine 10 the rcsiora
about without any OF the Injurious effects which often
attend the use Of drugs Every symptom o. disease ia
based proceeded by an electrical change, ami
knowledge Of the laws on which IL depends Is essen at
To the diagnosis and treatment. With the discovery Of
them. have inyoStei he means Of applynx thom
successfully In the Of inflammation levers, acute
and malignant They form the basis Of medicinal
action on the system and the power OF medicine may be
increased, decreased entirely controlled indeed the
power to elect changes in the system s surprising anl
far beyond sbat could be expected. Medicine
powerful in proportion 20 a strength but To the elec
tre condition OF the nerves organs on which " as
knowicdge Of these aws teaches the physician
tine himself to realities aud facts and TO employ
dies, not because tradition has taught him that they
are good this that dise"e, but because he knows
what changes they will proiuci he can form correct
diagnosis of the dseasts knows wha. electrical condi
tcns TO establish and with what me iicinss 20 effect
thtm, (Which can often BE- brought about without
The aid OF any apparatus ami thus he ~ enabled
to prescribe with the certainty Of scientific truth,
This system OF electrical medicine shows It's exraor
nary power in the most forms Of disease and IN
all cases in which has been tried ha. proved IT. supe
roriy to the ordinary systems As long as tho laws
which govern the material world are dsregardei so long
viii medicine be- cnselopcl in doubt and uncertainty
and every viii involve system of experiments, 10
whith doctors will disagree, but whom based on these
laws, IL will become science of certainty AMI all the
phenomenon Of disease will be Investigated In accor.
dante with them. In all diseases the electrical
equilibrium Is destroyed but IL easily controlled BY
ducing ftrorger electrical condition than the existing
one. The same occurs Ia oeirum tremens, ani the
treatment cepends entirely restoring the electrical
condition. therefore, 10 understand the state that shows
that condition i Of great importance In cases Of IN
the part affected reached and brought uneer control
and found and tranquil sleep prolueed wh:h = gene
cord and nerves, cured with certainty, II
there is no great organic change. Conva.sion
knowing the electrical conditions of the brain and
organs Tho secretons Of the skin, liver and kcnsys
easily controlled and readily restored 10 heAthJ
state have dissolved stone In the bladder, and, What
il more important, changed the diaiaess which pro
duced It, The power 70 dissolve ubercles and heal al
ceratoss gives 1t precedence all other methods IN
sore throat bronchitis and lang anecAons For the
eye and ear have treated patients innumerAbe many
~ hEh'sh
IL Ia tie electrical changes and their effects matter
which produce the difference between health and diseas
All kincs 0 ulcers, including cancer have been healed,
and the virus removed from the system, by atomic ie
composition IL arrests gangrens and sryspel" BY -.
storing the vitality Of hernia have been cured ~
Inducing adhesive Inflammation. Violent pAlpat. 10
diseases Of the heart readily controlled sod -on'a'
sious direases rendered much more mid and man.
ageable than by any other mode ~ treatment.
Finally, 10 not unserstsnd saying that ]
have Invented a .ips. machine, ana tts' TIE
same elrctrikaton would be beneficial in all cases
That would be much nEe uslng remedy for
all diseases. But What g. that hnousdve of The
principles ~ electricity enables - rec,gniH" the
rous electric condioua of the system AMI employ
ried, different and opposte powers 70 produce al ths
electrCa and physical effects ss.nta AMI appropriate
tie pf All classrs Of disease should b. glad y
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