Telegram-herald., 1890-04-18

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sns Boston Herald. - sessi61e a%ey a.
shs South Ind sol6 ne thai ridiHg In
TIE slecsrie cars Lad egred her Of rheg-
rassisuns and hsd cured another Lazy
also
The ordinary sleotr.rasn. II sos the
ordinary Ran who Is Rot a. electrician.
might sEnils ineredul01kly al ths above
snd say: Pure imagination" Perhaps
II is. and then again perhaps it Is not
To begin vita, the Imagination is nster~
ally excited BY mystery, which Is only
another ssne for lack Of kno~ ledge
for Ignorance, IA fact Nov II we see an
effect sttAeut kzoxing The cause. Nc
might guess for . ye&f without guessing
correctly. Hence The Imagination Is sn-
CITED CAsss have teen known where
bread pulls have ereeted cures Of ston-
seh troubles Why7 No doubt because
the patient believed they contained
soeas potent drug. Indealing with hyp-
nosis easss, French physicians found
that steel magnets seemed 70 have
peculiar effect upon The subjects One
OF tho eIperimenters, more skeptioal
than others Of his brethren. had . mag
net made II wood and fred so "a 70 re-
semblo . steel magnet. and found that
is bad equally - potent effects rs the
stcsl magnet on subjects. A London
physician not long since went 10 France
10 study the practice Of hypnot-
ism for the cure OF diseases From
there he went 10 Amsterdam on the
Same business In his report Of what
be observed ho says: lone is asked
whether treatment by suggestion has
power over AL forms Of disoAse7" Over
sone it has none. II can not recon-
struct what disease has destroyed. nor
stay the course OF smallpox. diphtheria,
or other acute maladies. II frequently
acts like magic on rheumatism. on par
nlysis, or hysteria- Stripped OF scien-
tidc explanation, hypnotism may be
said 10 DO . peculiar abnormal or un-
healthy condition OF tho mind, In which
fsneios OF IDEAS that are suggested be-
como agents for changing ones abnor-
NAL condition las disease is) by substi-
tuting another for 1t (as hypnotism. or
faith in the potency OF the unknown
Isl. How far this may account for the
cures related by the correspondent
above quoted it is not easy TO deter
mine.
IL is notorious tina. many people who
ride In electric cars claim that they can
feel the electric current whenever the
car starts up. Induction is a phenon-
enon in electricity, where a conduct
ing body that is located close TO wire
carrying an electric current becomes
magnetised by that current. This may
be likened 10 the heat that is given Of
by a stove being taken up by piece of
metal near 1t, but not in contact Air is
q very poor conductor OF electricity. and
so are wood, scat cushions, ETC., and
electricians will tell US that even by
a process analogous to Induction no ono
can be affected by tho electric current
in street car. What, then. is 1t that
makes the surface Of the bodies Of peo-
pie In electric cars tingle as IL some dis
turbing influence had taken possession
Of them through the capillary nerves?
These same people Will tell US that they
do not feel this peculiar sensation while
riding in cars drawn by horses. Here
the matter becomes involved-paradox-
ical. Are those unseen Influences. act
ing in tho all-pervading ether. which
mako healing impressions on the body
through the mind? II we admit this,
We must also admit that faith cure,
mesmerism and other things which
We regard as humbugs have basis of
reality. However, rheumatism is an
aflictlon that ought TO have a cheap
and popular remedy, for the reason that
30 many are afflicted by it. II the cleo
trio cars will fill the bill, then the sooner
their use becomes universal tho better
it will be for the afflicted, and II they
will cure rhematism, why not toothache,
earache, neuralgia, headache and all
other aches, including stomach-ashe? II
all this can be realized from the cleo
trio cars, what double blessing they
will be TO humanity, and what boon
70 the stockholders. Truly. we arc en-
tering upon new era in our electrical
industries and--ous therapeutics!