National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-05-09
ELECTRICITY
AND
Its Physical Effects.

Next to heat It Is ono Of the most powerful
agents known. ASA remedial agent all lnteli-
gent physicians now regard II rs one OF the most
Important known TO the medical profession The
en- nent benefits conferred on mank Ind by its
Introduction Into therapeuticals are 70 evident
that this branch of treatment Is making rapid
advances to the gradual eX Ia sion Of many other
electricity consists not only In the iact that tho
knowledge of the laws governing Its employ
that that the f's limits Of rs appcablIty % hsvs been ecu
greatly enlarged. embracing in It's range almost
all known diseases; Not only has Us employ.
ment In medicine long slnce overstepped the
limits of nervous disorders. such as paralysis,
palsy, insomnia, nervous debility. neuralgia, &c,
ordinary Influence also in Diseases that seem
iniiam nations and sweiIings Of Joints, liver dis.
orders, dyspepsia, feeble circulation, Bout, Kid.
y @ G
TO which woman Is liable, apd any means which
areayailable and reliable ~ cure must be real
We are bold to affirm that eloetropathy, as u
means to that end is nnparalleled)i leueorrhoea,
lures, lumbago, sciaiica. and the extraction Of
mercury and other minerals from the system,
en RoS of hsnae the yeecrS sna
thus traverslng tho whole body, no regard being
the current whether galvanc or iaradIc), its
strength, or the duration of the application.
PersGas igeauSSnlg e1n9ht lntiIng hemsSiNss WIZ
'olectrfying away Many have gone TO the
Capitol and taken shocks Of frrtonnl electricity.
and afterward were surprised that n cure did not
follow. This Is the more to be regretted In that
not only Is no relief obtained, hut that electricity
~ cqndcmnedi when " the proper application
had been made, the happiest results would have
The prejudlces which here and there are stlil
current are fast disappearing, In the first place,
many PERSONS do not know there are various
SnneSbIe In medioine ihe urenter al nnnnbey ~
patients n cognizant ofhut Que -frlctionRl cleo
| triclty-and mahy have afforded themselves the
doubt ul pleasure OF taking shock nom the go
called electric machines such look upon every
electric apppTatua as one that dspenses shocks
ofsuch shocks; sort of electTo-h -hoggng TO which
| they have TO subject themselves BY way OF pen-
look forward with more or iess dread, We give
| ihe assurance That these ApprehenBions are
HTSdie eeccty that st th I pTesSnt day are are
employed In medicine, and II is matter OF course
thai every PRyslclHIp n VINO % = iamnaT nIi %tl the
| only In such manner that the patient can bear
| the treatment without the least Inconvenience
iitihtsr ssfter their first treatment Even chill
dpen lose all dreRd amer the first application.
The idea entertained by some Of electricity Is
that II gives temporary relief but does not cure
ample n transient stimulation 10 obtained which
isiolowed By apr9portlpnately greater degree
imasinary. Modern patRolSsy traces buck %
| the nervous system great number OF diseases,
and there II SCARCELY 10 DC found asinslo rGmedy
10 this fact is due the success (olten bordering on
the miraculOns) that IN 30 large number OF
| torpid organs Into life and activity, restoring
| them TO their natural functions, II stimulates
those that are partly pArayzed into renewed
actloni II sends II new impulse TO the nervous
| C0nters restoring to activity those branches OF
nerves which have been inaCtiye or pulsled IL
aTOuses the liver, Kidneys, and spleen 10 action
| when they become obstructed or torpid II alos
the astGppoG SS tn blood eSSapy thTSggh
| tlonin capillaries too much relax ed or expanded
and by expanding thos, that are too much con
| notes sleep, and Improves nutrition. There are
| but few chronic senses that are not cured or
| benefited by electricity. The personal attention
| OF Dr. III. J.. Bovee Ia given, whose long expert
enCe and success in the treatment OF inYRlids In
| suTes comfortable and eficient treatment