The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-08
SCIENCE AND DISCOVERY.

S$4ENSG AND DkSSS *
NEW CURES BY E~LECTSICTTY A
wonderful advance has been made in
the new sciences Of electro therapy.
Electricity has been used for many
purposes By physicians fer the last few
years, and with signal success, and the
discovery which has now been made
will certainly tend to bring itinto more
favor than ever as a curative agent.
ID d'Arsonval, g distinguished member
Of the French institute, has for some
years been making experiments with
electricity, his obj5ct being to fad out
10 what extent it could be successfully
used IN cases Of diabetes, govt, rheun1a
tlsm, obesity and similar ailments, and
now at LAST has communicated 50 the
French Academy OF Sciences the result
OF his Investigations. According to
Prof. B0uchard, these ailments are due
to a general weakening OF the organs
OF nutrition, and it follows that the
way to eradicate them is to properly
strengthen these organs Now we are
told that if a patient is placed in the
interior or within the influence Of a
high current his nutritive organs will
gradually become stronger and more
active and his health will IN all respects
be improved. The application of the
remedy is very eimple. One of the
electric poles is in communication with
the water in a email bath, into which
the patients feet are plunged, while
the other pole is connected with his
hands by Conductors, which are fur
nisheG with metallic handles. It will
be seen that the current passes through
the entire body from the feet to the
hands. Those who have tried this
method Of treatment describe it as ex
Cellent. After q short time the weak
ened organism RECEIVERS its former
strength, the muscular energy seems
as though born again. the poisonous
elements lose much of their force in
the case of diabetic patients, sleep
comes back, and all pains in the limbs
disappear. These are some of the bene
fits which, we r told, a be gained
by means of this electrical treatment,
which ia known as the method of auto
inc uction, or ''electrisatiOn a haute fire.
quence." One merit it certainlyhes-
that of simplicity Me- York Herald.
NICKEL PLATING WOODEN ARTICLES
Hitherto it has been only metals that
were electroplated with silver, gold
and nickel, and the operation was per
formed primarily to beautify the OBJ
j9cts thus treated. But within a few
months the practice of nickel plating
wood has developed into an important
industry. The process permits the use
Of a lighter material for many purposes
than would otherwise be employed,
and at the same time gives a harder
surface than wood, PAPER mache or
plaster processes. Articles of this de,
scription, therefore, would be better
protected against wear, tear, denting
and breaking aud breakage. Instead
of having the shell entirely of nickel,
one mag use a heavy plating of copper
first and then a thinner one of nickel.
The operation requires the immersion
Of the wOod into various chemical solu-
tions in order to secure the deposit of
an exceedingly thin layer of gold or
silver on the surface. Afterward the
ordinary electro plating methods are
followed in the main. Foreign techni,
cal papers have recently published the
formula for the various baths.
The K RAY A TEST FOR DEATH -
Many people have a haunting fear of
being buried alive, and it's existence is
attested by the oft noted legacy to q
local hospital or medical practitioner.
! which has been left under the proviso