The record-union., 1899-04-24

there are over IUU ISndS IN the DdtH,
and when all are turned on the body
of the bather every section, excepting
the head, is subjected to a tremendous
flood of electAic light.
1t is held that when this powerful
light is thrown on the surface Of the
naked body it has an enervating inf1u-
ence on the elasticity of the capillaries.
So the light is used for the treatment
OF people with poor circulation and
weak hearts. The weakening of the
resistance in the walls of the capillaries
or course enables the blood to flow more
freely and the heart also forces the
blood with less difficulty. 1t is also
claimed that the light has a general in
Vlgorating and tonic effect on the sys-
tenn, and further that it is an excellent
substitute for the Turkish bath.
Mechanical massage has of late years
secured many recruits among prominent
business men of sedentary habits. In
one of the largest and best known
downtown office buildings a Well-knoWn
physician has an institution most elab
orately fitted with all kinds of machin-
cry necessary for applying massage to
all parts of the body. Steam furnishes
the power instead of muscle as in hand
massage. Rods, or arms, fitted at the
end with rubber lined ''V' shaped ap-
phances are the mediums by which
much of the rubbing is done When
the power is turned on the rubber
VS. move up and down with any de-
gree OF rapidity desired, the movement
pelng under control of a governor The
patient places his arm. leg or back. OF
Whatever part of his body he wishes
11lassaged, against the flying ''V" and
ne can secure anything he wants, &C.
cofdlng to the speed of the w. from a
mlld rub to almost an electric shock
The foot machine will cure cold feet in
thirty seconds. The foot is placed in
vibrating frame that moves with sufti-
clent speed to start the blood flying
through the arteries and capillaries in
less time than it takes to tell it. Slow
~ revolving balls operated within a de-
pressed circle give massage to the
stomach and lower parts of the body
The mechanical massage, with many
OF its users, is simply adopted in place
Of physical exercise. 1t is claimed the
muscles are benefited just as much as
by voluntary activity and that the cir
culation is equally invigorated as in
outdoor exercise The mechanical
massage, it is unnecessary to say, is
much used in the treatment Of rheumat-
ic troubles.
Quite the opposite of the movement
cures is the rest cure, which has at
tanned more or less popularity with
women afflicted with nervous troubles
Frequently society women, worn out
with a season of social dissipation,
quietly seek a rest cure home in Chi
cago and have it announced in the So
ciety columns that they have gone for
a trip to New York, Europe or some
resort. At the rest cure the patient
is allowed no mental or physical exer-
else whatever. She is placed in bed.
handled as if she We're a baby and fed
on the simplest diet. AS rule it re-
quires from two to six weeks to restore
the patient to her normal condition.
The music cure is one of the newest
and strangest remedies. A music cure
sanitarium is in full blast in one of TIE
suburbs Of Chicago. Every human
body, it is claimed in the music cure,
has a keynote. This note varies in diff
ferent persons, and the note of a pa
tient varies from day to day 1t is taken
for granted that a patient vibrates in
harmoniously, otherwise he would not
present himself for treatment at the
sanitarium.
His note is found in several different
ways. One is by having the patient
close his ears and hum his scale When
he strikes the note that causes all his
air cavities, chest, throat and head, to
yibrate and thrill he has found his key,
and it is noted on the piano Another
method is to have the patient speak or
hum into an instrument called the
phonautOgraph, which is almost the re-
verse of phonograph. After the note
has been found a series of experiments
are begun on the patient. He is made
to practice all kinds of exercises to the
accompaniment of music in another
key, and is required to sound other
notes with his voice as he breathes
Different tones are experimental with
until one is found, the use of which
appears to benefit the patient Thence
forth all exercises of the patient are
conducted in the pitch which has proved
beneficial. In addition to music, cleo
tricity and various colored lights are
used in the treatments at this sani-
tarium
Recently Osteopathy has attracted con-
siderable attention in medical affairs
1t is asserted by osteopathists that
most disorders are caused by the dis
placement of bones nerves and mus
cles In all ailments brought about by
such causes the osteopathic system of
cure is to replace the bone nerve or
muscle in its normal position by ma
nipulation. The layman might apply
the term massage to manipulation,
which would be entirely incorrect. In
manipulation the individual nerve, bone
or muscle is continuously pressed,
pushed and rubbed toward the spot
which it should properly occupy by the
hand of the operator.
The nitrogen cure for consumption
has been so fully exploited within the
last few months that it needs no eX-
PLANTATION The air from the cavity
surrounding the diseased lung is ex-
tracted through hypodermic needle
and nitrogen injected in its place. The
experiments now being conducted at a
county institution to test the efficacy
of the cure are being watched with the
greatest interest not only by the medi-
cal profession but the entire public.
For some years mud baths and me-
dicinal waters have been widely used
in treating rheumatism, diseases of the
blood etc. Scarcely section of the
country can now be found in which
there is not spring or mud bath
with a good flock of followers.
To the Northwest.
oh would ye hear. and would ye hear
OF the windy, wide Northwest?
Faithi It's a land as green as the sea,
That rolls as far and rolls as free,
With drifts Of flowers, so many there be,
Where