National Republican., 1885-04-18
ELECTRICITY
AND
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It's Physical Effects.
AND

Next to heat It is one Of the most powerful
agents known. Asa remedial agent all intelli-
gent physiclans now regard II as one of the most
lmHotthnl known to the medical profession, The
eminent BENEFITS conferred on mankind by its
Introduction Into therapeutlcals are 50 evident
advances TO the gradual exclusion Of many other
remedies The advance In the application of
Of t6e a% O RGvrrnns m n' s sm sn pnn e
ment In diseases lB constantly increasing, but
that the limits OF its applicability have been
greatly enlarged. embracing IN Its range almost
all known diseases Not Only has lis employ
ment In medicine long since oversteppcd the
palsy, insomnia, nervous debility. neuralgia, &c.
where acute cases txcepted) II is almost uni.
ordinary influence also In diseases that seeming
y lie beyond It's scope, such as rheumatism. In.
ders, dyspepsia, feeble circulation, gout. kidney
diseases, oalarrh prolapsn5 this Is one OF the
most annoying ana formidable arrangements to
which woman is liable, an I any means which
are available and reliable M a acufe must he real
Ssss arg % So SSeS L, Ghs 6as lfS that cause
means to that end, Is unparalleled, leucOrrhpa
Impotence, constipation, turn RS, spinal curva.
mercury and other minerals from the system.
Until recently II was applied by having the pa.
thus trRverslng the whole body. no regard being
taken TO tho seat Of disease, the. nature or
strength, or the duration OF the application.
Persons frequently content themselves with
battery fS,,nF 4 to WORK and
Capitol and taken shocks OF offrctionaf electricity,
and afterwnrd were surprised that cure did not
follow. This Ia the more TO be regretted In that
notonlyis no relief obtained but THAT el lectrcity is
condemned when II the proper application had
lowed.
The preludlces which here and there are still
many persons do not know there are Various
Kinds Of electric currents not all OF which are
patients are cOgnizant OF but o1e~frlctionai eec.
triclty-and many have afforded themselves the
dopoifnl pleasure Sf taking q shock from the 50.
electric apparatus us ono that dlspenses shocks
and believe the entire treatment tobe succession
they have TO subject themselves BY way OF pen.
nance for some sin or other, and 70 WHICH they
grOundless II Is not frlctlonni, but galvSnic and
employed in medicine, and 1t is matter of course
that every physlclan who Is familiar with the
act only in such manner that the patient can
bear the treatment without the least lnConVeni-
ence. We al least have never had to contend
against any opposition 10 electricity on the part
OF patients amer tholr first treatment, Even
children lose oil dread aher the first application,
The idea entertained by some OF electricity ia
thatlt gives temporary relief but doCs not cure
diseasei or that IN condition Of debility, for ex-
ample, transient stimu alton Is obtained which
Is followed by a propOrtiOnately greater degree
of relaSatioil. Both these views are entirely
imaginary Modern pathology traces back to
the nervous system gr at number Of diseases
aud there In scarcely 10 be found O single remedy
tnht hclS more ulIeClly on tue nervous Ayhtem
TO this flct IL due the sh cess (Ofen bordering on
the mlraculous) that In so large number OF
cases Is obtained by its application. IL starts
torpid organs into life and aCtivlty, rtstOrlng
them 10 their natural fllnctio $; Il st mulates
those that are partly paralyzed Into renewed
centers, restoring to activity those branches OF
| nerves which have been inactive or palsled; It
when they become obstru ted or torpiii 1t aids
In the distribution of the blood equally through
| all parts Of the system, by promoting con. rae.
tiOn In Capilla les too much relANedOr expanded,
| and by expanding those that are too much con.
| trActed; itrpmoves pain, qulets the nerves. pro-
| NOTES sleep, and Improves nutrition. There are
| but fOw chronic diseases that are not cured or
| benefited by electricity. The personal attention
| Of Dr. IA. l.. BOvee is given, whose lonf experl
ence and suCc ss In the treatment OF inYAlids in
sures comfortable and eihcent treatment