Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-08-23
From the Sunday Courier.


~G, From the Sunday Courier.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES FROM THE HUI
MAN SYSTEM.
We recently paid a visit to M. Verpnes,
!" Sixth avenue, to witness the extracting
"e'sI' from The living bodies Of human be-
ings, and give the result, Of our observations
Tor the benef, Of the public.
We found M. Verenes Of his post, super
Intending, with the sid ofan American ply
stefan, DR.. Hswkinson, the prsc,ich sppli.
cation Of The new principle. The modus
opersnd: supposes q bath impregnsted with
nitric scid-eusrsn,sed The customary inso-
ls,i"n required in electric experimen,s-snd
then sc,ed upon, the pa,ien, being Of course
immersed, BY gslvsnic battery Of consid.
ersble force. The negative pole is made to
communicate with the bath By means Of q
'msll vice, and the inms.e holds The posi-
tive with one or the other Of his hands
the part held presenting the form Of SUBJ
s,sn.isl iron handle, covered with cloths to
prevent sny csu,erizing action from The ex-
nsordinsry power Of the electric current,
which is thus brought to bear upon the eys-
tenn.
The first person presented 10 US emery.
ing from this treatment, was the celebrated
Blue Man Of our streets, the vendor of the
mos. ilIus.rious example Of on epis,olsry
much "sdo abou. no,hlng," our spe has fur
ni.hed. Blu, we hardly recognized him !;
he 10 evidently doomed, with so many more
<>fn
smoore is nearly washed white. The baths
had extracted the nitrate of silver which
had penetrated his system, and produced
the phenomenon of the ''blue man," The
altered cutaneous texture, Of course, remain
ed, bu. no longer fed by the customary sup
ply Of the mineral, its hue had already be-
gun 10 pale. Flakes Of silver, tina, . mo-
menl before had been bone of the blue mans
bone, and flesh Of the blue mans flesh, lev
m the copper plate .hs, had been tested
The Frenchmsn, thought we, was right
Automatic plscers, we have now founG the
secre, Of digging ourselves out.
In another room, az ailing bath, was o
house painter in the most horrible agony
we have ever seen expressed in any mortal
face. He was under one of the dread crs-
es known q. the dry collie Of painters, end
we observed, amid his contor,ions, that in
cipient paralysis was already setting in on
some Of his members. A few minutes later
he was in the hath, under The sclon Of The
electric curren. The pain had vanished as
. charm and on testing the wafer q glass
sufficed TO encrusl a copper plste with
dark, dull looking coating, evidently Of lead
81 sy i, irh r.
before-oceupying The poor msn's interior
had produced the dreadful spasms which
bad been exciting our sympathy.
1.-THE man Of science was right" though,
we. "This is. indeed, "a step in the pro.
gress Of humanity"
But what means this group in the o:her
Toom-,he laborsiory-hesded BY one Of
the smstesi Americans we have met tbes'
many months, and scarcely ever, this side |
If Boston He is fresh from his second
bath under the new plan, end is presenting,
with calm bu, inquisi,ive dignity, glass Of
wafer, which he had brought with him from
his bath for Mr.. Vergnes' essay.
All watch with interest the experiment.
The small copper plate plunged into the
fluid is attached TO one pole of the gaivsnlc
battery, while the other pole is KEEP. in
communication with the glass. The foil
time ie psssed-,he plate is Withdrawn, and
presents no metallic incrus,stions. M.
Vergnes is surprised-almos, COMPOUNDED
cen only explain the fec, BY supposing
that the frs, bath had suf1iced to exuac, the
colonel with which the ba,her had been
saturated owning. however, that he had
no, been prepared for so complete a sue
cess.
"Nor was J." said the experimental visi.
ter, ."snd perhaps with this glass you will
have better success" producing . second
from i.s place Of concea1ment.
The second was accordingly -esssyed,
and in few minutes the plate looke ed near.
" as silvered as the back Of our looking
glasses. The first glass contained The wa
ter before his entry into the bsth-the Sc
cond sfer his emerging from it. While the
inventor wss testing for quicksilver, the
cute Yankee was testing for humbug.
Blu, he was now ssiisfed-ss,is6ed for
others rather than bimseH-for be owned
GU, .ha, the effec. Of the frs. bath had been
lille less than miraculous. Before, he had
been unable TO walk two miles without in
.uf1ersbIe fatigue; after, twenty would
scarcely give him any trouble. His rhu-
ms,ism, ,hs. had been overpoweri"g, now
ecsrcely give him sign Of its presence,
and he wae. in one word. an altered man.
1.-THE physician" though. we, ives "righL"
This i., indeed, powerful adjunct TO our
command Of The mineral kingdom % . re-
medisl sgency. The ls.es. inven'ion Amer
ics gives the world 10 no, The leas. impor.
,anl!