Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-05-06
fore, in which the pastor will be as
sisted by Rev. J. M. White Of Lancas-
ter, S. c.
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

Electricity In Therapeuties-Moving
Pictures of cIouds-Earthquakes and
Latitude changes-Curious Lightning
Pictures-The New Pain Cure-To-
matoes for Mosquitoes-A Sensitive
| Balance.
| Attention has been drawn Of late to
the curious neglect Of electricity In
medicine. DR.. A. Bruce Of Edinburgh,
points out that this neglect Is leading
to very unscientific use Of valuable
curative agent by quacks and business
concerns and that high frequency cur
rents Of 1000 to 10000 alterations per
second stimulate both nerve and mus
Gle. They act as a general tonic. They
lessen congestive conditions Of the
mucous membrane, relieve neuralgia
and rheumatic pains, and give improve
ment in nervous exhaustion and all
mentary diseases. They do not seem
to be Of benefit, however, in hysteria
or in heart degeneration. The effects
in many diseases seem to be imperfect
ly known, but assurance can be given
that electrical treatment is a field
worthy Of development.
The slow growth Of plants has been
studied by taking successive photo
graphs at considerable intervals and
rapidly reproducing the views in the
kinematograph. The suggestion is now
made that the formation of clouds and
other meteorological phenomena be
observed in like manner, 500 pictures
or more being taken In an hour and
then thrown upon screen In a min
ute or so. Other slow processes in ma
ture can be effectively studied by the
same means.
| World shaking earthquakes seem to
be most numerous in the years when
the earth wobbles most. For example
in 1900 the pole shifted 0.32 second and
there were but seventeen severe earth
quakes, while in 1897 the poles move
ment was 1.07 second and about forty
five great earthquakes were felt.
In test Of the sense Of time, inter-
walls of quarter Of a minute to minute
and a half were estimated As per
cent by Is men students and Ill per
cent by Is women.
Recent remarkable effects Of light
ming on the bridge Of the "Galicia" OF
the Hamburg American line have
opened a new investigation. Immedi-
ately after a brilliant flash the second
officer was surprised to find an i'm
print of his hand on a cabinet on the
bridge, and was further amazed to
see the silhouette persist as much as
five minutes. Experimenting a little
he obtained a shadowgraph Of his OBJ
servation instrument and one Of life
preserver, such details being brought
out on the ships paint as the cross
lines on the instruments objective and
the lettering on the life-preserver. II
was found that only the damp, gray
paint over woodwork was sensitive
and no effect was obtained on the dry
paint or on the paint over iron. The
composition and peculiarities Of the
paint are to be determined, a sugges-
tion being that some ingredients have
phosphorescent properties.
While the therapeutic value Of rad
ium has been questioned, striking
claims of it's powers are still made
DR.. Darier of Paris, has reported can
Ger of the face made painless by ra-
dunn, and has obtained prompt relief
from pain in certain eye-diseases
Even more important were found the
effects on the motor-nerve centres
Weak radium preparations applied to
the temples cured nervous spasms In
two or three days, acute facial paralysis
was cured in one day, and inability of
motion from nervous debility was cured
in three days. In the last named case
the result is attributed to suggestion
The growing Of acid fruits-such as
tomatoes and strawberries among
the means suggested for lessening the
mosquito evil. 1t has been noticed that
when mosquitoes have access to acid
fruits their bites are less poisonous,
and districts of Italy seem to have
been freed from malaria by the culti-
walton of tomatoes, the natural food
Of mosquitoes. It is supposed that the
malarial parasite is destroyed by fruit
acids.
Many European physicians treat al
coholism by hypnotic suggestion, some
practitioners claiming as high as 80
per cent of cures. The suggestion is
usually repeated fifteen or twenty
times within year.
| The delicate microbalance of E. Sal
vioni, consists Of thin thread or rib
bon Of glass or other material, fixed at
one end and placed in a closed case,
with weights Of platinum wire and silk
thread to be manipulated by suitable
handle. The tiexure of the loaded
thread Is noted by an ocular microme-
ter. In the experiments made, a glass
thread four inches long and somewhat
less than one hundreth of an inch in
diameter, with an arrangement to mag
nifty 100 times, weighed to one-thou-
sandth of a milligram-or one sixty
five thousandth of a grain-while cap
able of supporting by flexure a weight
of more than 100 milligrams. With
the apparatus the loss of weight of
musk by volatilization has been dem
onstrated and proven to be proportion
al to the time.
Running animals show marked adap-
tive notifications. Mr.. r. S. Lull
points out that the greatest modifica-
tions are in the limbs, but there is also
an elongation of the head and neck in
long-legged types, and the body is fur