The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-07-15

OF Medicine.
Professor l. / Blake spoke % 1ne
University Club recently On Inc O
thought 10 which be has given mnen
attention Ia his laboratory al the kan
sas univeisity-electrici fqtuf<
bearing on t.edical science IN tne AsAt
Of the work Of Professor Loeb. ar
Blake has followed the Loeb diecof-
cries very closely and earnestly ana nt
believes they will revoiutlonize tns
medical practice and take II from tAs
smpiricai to the actual and positiFe.
Professos Loeb and some others hold
that all life Is along electrical lines ana
that In a word electricity Is life.
1--WE have been obliged TO change
most Of our ideas within the last nYe
years. said he, land have had 70 build
up a new chemical science. Now
ohveioIorv belongs to electricity, and
! am eager to welcome It: some day we
will reach out and grasp astronomy
This means a new chemistry ana u
will mean new science Of MEDICINE
That is startling. but true, n the hgnl
Of recent discoveries.
Mr.. Blake told Of the PfefIer diseoY-
cry that cell Of sugar. for lnstance,
In solution would swell; IN other
words. there Is 8 pressure from the IN
side. Others experimenting along the
same line found that the pressure bore
relation to the solid In solution. II
was ascertained that the particles
moved as If gaseous and that the laws
Of gases governed hem. That the ex-
ceptions we're, Il was ascertained.
greater than the rule. salt was an ex-
ception; It was ascertalned that 4
when dissolved was charged with elec-
tricIty, each atom having its charge.
These are called ions. Electricity will
pass through water only when these
ions are present. Air or gas breaks up
into ions before the electrical eDarlk
passes through H. and The electricity
slxips along OH them. This makes the
jagged fash or lightning. The discov-
cry Of J. 4. Thompson, Of Cuubridge
who discovered particles l-1.000 Of q
hydrogen atom. till then believed the
smallest thing IL he world, was ee-
scribed.
They exist In all substances, and
are negative electrical particles. we
call them corpuscies. said he. They
are shot out from every nlament in an
electric lamp. and the ultra violet rays
Of the sun produce them. They are in
all nature They ionize the upper lay
ers Of the atmosphere, and Tesla Is
taking advantage OF them In his wire
less experiments. They fall in a moist
atmoaphere and the moisture collects
about them and We have rain. They
are alWays negatively electric; the
999-1 900 Of an atom left is positive.
Mr. Thompson holds that these me- y
tives are in all nhture and are lne
primoids Of beginnings of all things
But don't believe it.
Ccagulptlon of water, Mr.. Blake said,
was caused by ions, and this fact
would change the whole science Of
philosophy
THE delta Of the MlsNssippl is not
causid by the sluggishness of the wa
| ter, but because the silt IN the water is
precIpitated by the salt in the gull
water: the salt produces the ions. The
precipitant must be Of the opposite
electrical pole. The mixture Of SUBJ
stance and liquid which viii not settle
is called = colloid. The curious fact "a
that plant and a1..mal substances .-.'e
made up exactly on the same prlnci-
pies; nearly al Of mans substances
are colloids The discoveries of Pro-
fessor Loeb and Professor Matthews
are on these lines"
The action Of the leaf Of the sensitive
plant. which closes on touch, Is
caused by precipitation Of the colloid.
Salt and water solution has been found
to have peculiar action on muscles and
nerves. The hearts OF certain animals
placed in solutions, have been made to
rDeat CT hours, and experiments have
shown that the nerve action IN every
being Is produced BY negative electric
ity because this acts on the coll1
which every. nerve contains. An anaes-
thetic acts just tn other way: 1t Is
positive and prevents coagulation OF
precipitation. Simply the salts are
! kept in solution. This shows that the
action In a nerve is exactly the same az
| It Is In inanimate nature. The ions Do
| the work; tile nervous impulse is due
| to negative charges on them. The pro-
cess is purely mechanical.
| Mr.. Blake held in brief that negative
electricity was necessary to life; that
positive electricity was poisonous
| Poisons could be neutralized by mega
tive electricity. Medicines are poieonf
given to counteratt lack Of necni''f
electricity. The whole science OF uedi-
cine in the future. he said. would sim
ply be the application Of the study OF
electricity, The rate Of vibration must
be considered In this. as well as the
Size Of the charge-and all Of this Is
yet to be developed.
THE key Of all is that the action Of
the nerves and muscles is just the same
as are the actions Of mechanicals." bic
said. We are learning today that ths
action Of medicine Doisons is simply
electrical and we can study them IN
that line. Then we win study our foods
and learn how to produce them IRON
| the soil just with the rays 81 lIglAs and
we win learn their effect on u.s. Grad
| Naliy we will learn how 10 build up ae
| perfect man. This is the most wonder
ful thing and the newest l. tbs age. -
| Kansas City Journal.