The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-13
lMEDICAbi EIBCTRICITY.
Wonderful Scientific Discovery.
DIR. S. w, BBCKWITH'S Is
ELECTRICAL INSTITUTE,
No. 1920 WALNUT STREET,
For the Treatment OF Acate ana Chronic
.r .ru .. Diseases. rIIlH .u.

Electrical investigation has proved that the buman
body acts the principle Of the galvanic battery.
The brain, mucous and serous membranes the skin,
tissues and fluids constitute the negative and positive
forces Every actlon, whether mental physical is
the result Of these antagonistc foTces. DigesuoD
respiration, circulation, secretion, and excreon are
due solely to Electrical influence. Thee is polar
action estab shed throughout the system which
connects with every part Of the body, establishing and
preserving pre- per balance OF the electrical element,
which constitutes health, and disturbance OF which
causes disease. There are strictly bat conditions of
dsease-One of inflammation, positive; the other
weak, deblitated negavei and Electricity contains
these two conditions in the action Of the positive and
negative currents, all we have TO do b to neuraliEe
the disease and restore proper healthy action
We do not wish TO convey the impression that we
cure all diseases all conditions. We cannot cure
consumption after the lungs all destroyed yet we
do assert and prepared to practically demonstrate
that hundre ds OF of almost every lorm OF chronic
diseases, pronounced incurable by the best medical
practitioners Of the country, have been radically
CpRED, some OF them in an incredibly short time by
Electrical treatment Its great superiority over
other practice in the cure of disease attested in
the fact that within the past years over FoURrEEN
THOUSAND patients have been treated at this office
suffering from almost every form and condition
Of disease common to humanity and in nearly all
benefit perfect has been effected. Pasy deaf.
ness, blindness rheumatism, dyspepsia, cancer and
all the old knotty diseases hat physici ans curse
as it proves his inability to eradicate By sccn
tihc method comparatively easy of cure. Specimens Of
tumOrs OF large growth extracted by of Eec-
tricity alone, without pain, without the Of the
knife, ligatures, any other meaDs may be at
our office by those interested Therefore with these
FACTS 10 prove theory and treatment OF disease
we are willing to undertake any of the following
eases, with aud prospect of success witn
very many others not here enumerated:-
| l. DISEASES OF THE BRAIN AND NERy oUs SYSTEM
| Epilepsy. Cnorea, or bt Nhus' Dance Paralys is
Hemp egia, Neuralgia, Hyster,a, Nervousness PslIi-
| tation OF the Hear LOck-Jaw etc
| IReAEs AND ISSUES CONNECTED WITH THE DIGEs-
seniery, Obstinate Cors ipatiSn Hsmorrhoides :" or
thrs iious Flatulent anu Painters Cole, and ali
! g. REsrmAToRY ORGANS ICaLar h Cough, influenza,
h att, BTCnchs PleGdsy PlearodynIa. Or Rhsun @ a
usm u me hest consumption ,n the early stages
| G9ut Lumbago SUN Neck spinai curvature. Hip
/ s. URINARY AND GENITAL oRGAss.-Grayel Diabetes.
| and kidney Complaints, Impotence and seminar Weak
ness The la ter complains never all to yield rapid
| 8 DISEASES PECULIAR TO. .FEMALEs.--,Uterus Com
plants involving a mai OOsitioD Prolapsus Antro-
version, RetroyeIslon Inflammation. liberation and
TO ISDit we can recommend TINS I sreatment as one
| o; UNVARIkD SUCCESS Almost innumerabIe cases
G%i saS dSss
%so ena T 20 hes es
In female diseases ss mentioned IN the above list
| Iience, and can confidently promise the most gratD
10 THE AFFLICTED The treatment is mild aud
| gentle, producing Shock UNI, easant sensation
| whatever Our professional intercourse with the
afflicted viii be characterized by perect candOr
honesty, and those whose complaints ncuraDle
do not admit OF ameloration Will be frankly told
| and not accepted for treatment 1t matters wnai
may be com plant how long you may have
tered, or how much, or what course treatment you
| may have been subjected what dIsHppointments
you may have experienced, II the system is worn
out- sucien vitalt remains Tor reacton-there ia
| laIr prospect OF recovery.
| REFEREN CkS-The diseased and all interested are
re erred to the TO lowiI gnamed gent emen, who
been treated ana witnessed treatm others,
| No. 1920 WANEUr Street.
| A.J. rlessonton. Brigader-Gen No. 96 Spruce
street; W Il. smith, iron FOUNDER, No. 1U22 Hanoyec
street; George Douglass, Local 5Xpre's Company
Filth street above Chesnut; j. w Bradley, puo Usher
DO &c Fourth street; Robert Work No. 81 N. Third
street, Coonel T. W. Sweeney Asse 'sor Second Dis
trlct Philadelphia Walnut street, bsew Eighth; George
Eyans Evans &liassall military goods, Arch street
| below Fifth; Mr. Pc ouze bpe founder, Third and
| Chestnut sire Is; Ed. AicLane, manufacturer cotton
ra ST. Louis, Mo Jacob Vandegrlh Odessa Del r. A
| with very many others
Physicians or students desiring to have instruction ia
the correct application Elec rcty for the dis
| app at the office.
| Consultation free Descriptive circulars of cures
effected. witt numerous references, Can be had by
| plicatlon at the Office.
| All letters addressed to
| DR.. W BECKWITH,
No. 1920 WALNUT Street,
| ala thsm 2mSp Philadelphla.