Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-19

The problem of prolonging human life
far beyond The usual limits has always
been fascinating t1 certain class OF
thinkers a few have claimed Co have
solved DO. Others have lived happy iu
the hope OF finding the solution some
day
only recently aU English biologist as
serted that there is no reason why man
should not attain TO the age Of 500
years he had an acid by which he
Thought thIs could be accompl shed.
Others have found in music curative
OF aU uls This was the assertion OF "A
Boston lady some time ago. She re-
gardod different kinds OF music as RENE
edies agaus, various diseases
The latest iu this direction is the as
s,rtion that electricity viii proloug life.
Andrew Mcconnell, now resident OF
Washington. d. CO. makes this claim,
and adds that he has proved it ia hs
own person and upon his friends.
AS explained by the Washington Her.
aid, the theory Of MI Mcconnell is that
life Is nothing more OF less than the
electrical forces inherent On the human
organism that the man OF woman who
understands these forces and knows
how to preserve and augment them, can
not only enjoy health. but can put on
dissolution for many years. AZ the
liic forces begin to ebb Dee says ono
may by pressing the button of his in
telliEeuce replenish the supply. keeping
his reserve battery n such condition
that b. viii not Doe susceptible 20 tho
fatigue and physical brcakdowns which
usually accompany too strenuous APP
plloation 20 the duties of life as It Is
now lived
The gentleman is quoted as follows.
MY tests have proven that an dis
case is durable. Medical science regards
many conditions as incurable This Is
because medicine has no way 20 In
crease the vital production. The four
principles OF medicine are: Antltox No.
TO kill germs. purgatives, 20 take ont
accumulated Waste poisons sedatves,
20 allay intense pain. and stimula ion,
crease the action OF the vital organs
tul one can overcome an acute or dan
gorous attack. This stimulation, like
whipping tho horse. does not produce
more vital power but draws upon the
reserve forces for the immediate need.
This. while necessary On acute disease,
Is am injury in an chronic trouble, as -
Weakens after the stimulation.
Having arrived at this conclusion, DE
set about 90 discover the yiai force
and finally ho found IL. he Says. 600 o.ac-
r.ciy. Pie continues
~ found that the body has eyclly
principle of the Voltaic battery that
every NE produces electricity. that taD
muscular movement is from fhc cone
traction Of electricity. that OBJ" brain
and nerves arc ara electrical SYSTEM
and u uumberltss udisput1bIH ways
3 can show TINT the vital power % mau,
a.aut and animal is elccuiDItE. My
.us estiFations 300 human electricity ma.
poe described as re- new correlation of the
things $50 have known. system az
.auncsslug the forces accepted into
practical results For ten years / was
tu invalid. though 7 know 900 cine prin-
.I.Iaa Involved simply because ] lll
.nf have them haruessed IUtn "a u'ap-
H...I v1rking basis n D bad bad my
.r...nt knowledge 0f huu tu .1rrU.at..
A. could have cured myself iu u.n datf
Hnr No only requires Nitn 'Iu"o-
r.uu and trilnIug for one io F.i inD D n-
..U| af DIS IIfe forces sufficient fl .ur.
nIms.If .r ,eugthen bis i1g.
Do mav boz thought perhaps. that Pc
search n tH. neId ~ life and death Is