The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-06-16
Great Medical iDisc0yoTV..Mcrcury tax
en IRON the Sy stem BY Electricity.

Great Medical DiscOyOTy ..McTcuTy tax.
en from the System by Electricity.
The following will be received with in.
tense interest in every community where
suffering OF any kind is produced by metallic
substances being introduced into the system
~ the way OF mercury, Of gold, silver, lead
II II rs practically true, as scarcely any one
can doubt under the circumstances, il is
destined to rank among the greatest discoy-
cries that fence has yet brought to light
The article which follows. published in
the Scientific Bulletin Of Paris, is entitled.
''Thc Application Of Chemical Electricity 10
Therapeutics" and has been translated for
this paper. Though not literal, the sub.
stance Of the article is instinct. The Bulle-
tin says:
"Chciniftry is about to drag from an an
tcipatcd death thousands Of msn, who, In
the exercise Of their cruef professions
Ing, looking glass plating, whitehead man
uiacturing, etc, and also those whose sys.
tens have been ruined by mercury in its
variou7 forms; for this science has raised
her rlgh. arm and arrests their misery and
destruction. This discovery extracts from
their bodies, atom by atom, every particle Of
metallic substance, from every part Of the
human system Where do we get this great
hope' Ina memoir presented to the French
Academy Of Sciences by NJ Dumas, which
has iorits authors men, whose names will
strike thecar Of the public for the first time to-
day. But If they prove whatthcy promise to-
they will soon take rank among the greatest
bcneiactors Of humanity. These authors
are Andre Poly, Of Havana, and Maurice
Nergncs The invention consits of an ap.
plicatlon Of chemical electricity to accom-
pIish the above purpose, and Of all the mar.
yellous things that electricity has achieved
this is the boldcst and most triumphant
The modus operandi is as follows:
4 metallic bath is insulated from every.
thing, and partly filled with acciduatcd
water, TO convey more readily the electrical
currents. The patient lies upon a seat in
the tub insulated entirely from the bath
When gold, silver, or mercury i, in the sys.
ten, nitric or hydroch'oric acids are en-
ployed. When lcad is suspected, the acid
used is sulphuric. This done, the negative
pole OF a battery is put in connection with
the bath, while the positive pole is in the
hand, Of the patient. Now the work o: pu-
riiication commences. The electricity pre-.
cipltntes itself; hunts, digs, searches, and
discovers every particle of metallic sub.
'''''~N 'plI'N"'' IIi NtIN must ITOlOuUu us
sues, bones, joints, and nerves Of the patient,
resolves them into their primary FORMS and,
extracting them entire from the human or.
gan'sm, deposltes them upon the sides Of the
bath, where they can DC seen with the max.
ed eye.
After the end Of one Of these operations, a
chemist OF Havana, N. Mossand, having an
atyzcd 9l2 drachs of the liquid in the bath,
he saw forming metallic globuc Of the
diameter OF nne.tcnths Of a millmetrc and
this was mercury. At another time the
same chemist saw very light white precip.
/ itatcd substance, which gave two giobulrs
ol metallic lead, perfectly visible to the naked
eye, and NJ Poly announced that he had
taken from the tibia and thigh bone Of pa.
tent a quantity Of mercury that had been
there, creating intense suffering, for fifteen
years
/ Providence has had its usual hand in this
1,ss q ss ~ 1-,., =: =:
/ trio gliding, silvc,ing, etc, where his hands
{ come IN continual contact with nitrate and
I cyanuret of gold and silver, had them GOV.
cred with ulcers, caused by PARTICLES of the
meta! being introduced into his blood. and
10 medica skill could eradicate theta. One
i ~ N'IINH hln tUG DltD, tth-
ins hold OF ,he positive pole Of the battery.
aud at The end 0! fifteen minutes, to the sur
prise of the bystauierS, a mctalc plate OF
iO3 mil1Imetres in length by 100 in width
placed IN connection with the negative pole
oi the battery, was instantly covered with a
thick coat OF gold and silver extracted from
his hands. The discovery was made. The
event took place April 10, 1852. The invpn.
tors use 30 couples Of batteries OF Buus,n's
and Groves combined, it being found that a
more energetic current viii b. developed by
tins combination than bv the use of cithcl
slngly. Each couple in 40 mllimetres in
diameter by 2lI in height The number o
these couples or batteries used at the com
mcnccm,Et of an application, so as not to
cause too much suffering for the patient. de-
rcnds altogether upon the temperament o
the patient and the nature of the disease
For example, ifa very nervous and delicate
person be submitted to the action Of ten OF
twylys couples at first, the number increased
at tnr mt OF five couples every five minutes
4 person Of sanguine or lymphatic temper
mont can endure more. The same ratio ap
plies to tae quality of acid in forming Ia,
bath for instance it takes less for ncr
vous person than for person Of lymphatit
or sanguine temperament The metalii,
particle extracted from the body OF the pa
tient are deposited on the whole surface o
the bathing tub, although the metal i.
formed in large quantities opposite thos,
parts Of the body in which the metal lay
concealed. As TO the size of the metalli,
spots which are thus formed by the applica
tion OF the discovery, they vary in size from
that of the head of u pin to the size of pea