The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
tn Is LITTLE TOO MUCH
Tesla, the Electrician, has Cure That is
Marvellous.

Tesla, the Electrician, has a Cure That Is
Marvellous.
New York, Jan. 20.-Scientific men are
greatly interested in the apparatus for
the treatment OF organic diseases in
vented by Nicola Tesla, the young gent
us Of electricity. Few are skeptical,
though many believe that Tesla may be
TOO enthusiastic over his discovery. As
a matter of fact the young electrician
makes no claim for his invention that
1t is a cuEe-aA. He simply says that
in many cases he has been able TO i'm
prove the health of hts friends, and
that he viii wait for some competent
physician to give his invention series
of practical tests.
His theory is that the proper exercise
for the body is that which viii reach
the atoms and give strength TO every
pOTeion of the body. Physical exercise
such as walking or horseback riding,
he believes to be of great benefit 10
the system, but for complete exercise
each atom of the body should be reach
ed. Acting upon this theory he has
made il possible to give TO the system
by means OF electricity the much needed
exercise. He goes further and de-
clares that by varying his apparatus
he can give special treatment to any
portion of the body that may need
strengthening.
When person 8 aflment, for instance
is caused by tOrpidity of the liver. Mr..
Tesla says. the physicians order the
patient TO take much and violent eXer-
else. such as riding. Now, according
To Mr.. Tesla, if the patient will just
take a seat on his apparatus he will get
in half a minute the equivalent OF a
whole days ride. And, best Of all. he
Will not be subjected 10 any jOlting
such as he gets on horseback. nor does
he experience any of the fatigue incl
dent TO riding. But. notwithstanding
the absence of these characteristic,
the patient win have received as
thorough a shaking UP as IL he had been
trotting for dear life all day long.
The apparatus accomplishes this by
means Of tiny, but none the less power
ful, electric shocks at the rate Of 100
per second, and distributed so evenly
through the system that one scarcely
preceiveS any alteration OF his condi-
ton.
Ex-Mayor Abram s. Hewitt recently
visited Mr. Tesla's laboratory IN East
Houston street and complained that he
was troubled with his liver.
Il have been taking something for Il
for soma time" said Mr.. Hewitt, but
1 don't seem TO be getting any better"
Il think can fix that; just sit down
here and excuse me a minute" replied
Mr.. Tesla. pointing 20 a chair and
handing Mr.. Hewitt a newspaper.
Then Tesla went out, ostensibly IN
search OF some nostrum he had tried,
but IN reality 20 turn on the electric
current. When he returned, IN a minute
or 50. Mr.. Hewitt seemed an entirely
changed man. He said after Tesla
had explained thar the chair wherein
Mr.. Hewitt had been sitting was loaded
with electricity, that he had felt a SOFT
OF creeping sensation. but OF a rather
pleasant nature and not at all associar-
cd with the ordinary notion q the way
in which electricity nanifests Itself.
And. as 70 his Illness, Mr. Hewitt ac-
knowledgei that L seemed % have en-
tiTely vanished
Unless Mr.. TesIa's hopes are vision
ary-and there seems 20 be no reason
why they should 70 considered so-per-
sons VINO ned exercise and have no
time 20 take Il need only step upon the
new apparatus and take a hundred
mile spin. 50 70 speak. II a minute or
TWO. Should anybody suffer from
on account q lack % ex-
erclse. he can ST. down. light a pipe. and
read a paper Until ne has taken the squl
valeut Of a run around the track and
then sieep as soundiy as Z ne had ac-
tUalAy performed that feat