The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-10
Man a Storage Battery, In
vestigatOr Now Declares.
VITAL ELECTRICITY" AS CURE
Believes that Human Beings, by In
teIII&entIy Directing Their Natural
Determine Span of Their Respec-
tive Lives to Suit Themselves.

life would have to be rewritten, because
science had been forced TO admit that its
old idea that heat was the foundation
of life was a mistake and that TO cleo
tricity belonged this distinction. But few
persons who were not themselves scien-
lists were deeply impressed. for il did
not make much difference 10 them wheth-
er heat or that mysterious fluid. cleo
triclty. was the basis Of the vital power.
so long as they remained in possession
OF life itself
Now, however. man has come TO
Washington who claims that through this
knowledge life not only may be more
fully lived but may be prolonged by in
telligent use OF the electrical forces In
the body. This is altogether another
story, isn't it?
Andrew Mcconnell. formerly of Birn1-
ingham, Ala, but now a resident OF
Washington. not only makes this claim,
but adds that he has proven IT in his
own person and upon his friends II
must be admitted that he and his friends
have the appearance Of being healthy
specimens OF the human race. Some of
! the men are well known in Washington
and elsewhere, and they are as enthusiast
! tic as their preceptOr Several women.
/ too, add their voices to the testimony.
and they must be placed. by any unpreju-
/ dced observer with good eyesght and
good taste. among the most attractive OF
FNashington's feminine population. OF
! course, Mr. Mcconnell does not claim
that beauty is among the possibilities OF
/ contro Of the human storage battery;
1 il ha &
/ real beauty.
! Relieves Theory DemOnstrabIe.
| Mr. Mcconnell claims that he can sclen-
! tifcally demonstrate the truth of the
things he says regarding vital electricity.
! He has addressed several clerical bodies
/ in this city upon the subject. and the
ministers have evinced more interest in
bis theory than they usually accord to
men who claim to be able 10 make the
| physician unnecessary. And although the
\ leader OF this new movement does threat
en- the prosperity Of the medicos he
would retain the surgeon, and does not
desire 10 do away with all the laws Of by
giene, but rather would extend the exer-
else Of the latter science as an aid to the
! principles which he teaches
His theory. in a nut shell, as II were.
! is this: That life. or the vital powers.
/ is nothing more or less than the electri-
cal forces Inherent in the human organ
! ism: that the man or woman who under
stands these forces and knows how 10
preserve and augment them. can not only
enjoy unalloyed health. but can put of
/ the need for the services Of the under
taker until he or she has lived as long
as any normal human being. looking for
ward to n more congenlal existence here
after than is enjoyed IN the present life.
should care 10 live. lie does not claim
! that any person can postpone the final
dissolution indefinitely. but only that he
can live 10 a ripe old age in the enjoy
ment Of good health. until he is willing
| to enter Charon's black boat. believing
that he has had time 20 live his life
/ thoroughly and prepare himself for the
next.
As the life forces begin TO ebb. he says.
one may, by pressing the button of his
intelligence, SO 10 speak. replenish the
supply. keeping MS reserve battery IN
such condition that he will not be suscep-
tible to the fatigue and physical break
downs which usually accompany a too
strenuous application 10 the duties OF life
as 1t is now lived.
Origin of HIS System.
Mr.. Mcconnell says that his theory,
although he does not call il a theory, but
considers IL a demonstrabIe science-was
evolved as the result Of a long search
for health, as he had broken himself
down by long-continued work ON the lee
ture platform He thus describes how
he found health and what he believes to
be system that will emancipate the
human race from its ancient masters
physical disability and untimely dissolu-
ton:
The basis Of my work is finding that
man can control the amount OF his pro-
duction of power, just as power can be
controlled in an engine. All know that
plenty of vitality maintains health. All
know that low vitality is the cause OF all
functional and chronic disease. All know
that decreasing vitality is tine cause of
death from old age.
why cannot we study the nature of
vitality and find how a man may control
the production Of his vital power. and en-
able an invalid to cure himself and an
old man 10 Teinvigorate| himself thus
getting the length OF his life in his
own hands2 Having broken down
from OverwOrk. ! was forced to think
upon this greatest need of the race. Ii so
weighed upon my mind that science had
brought US palace cars, yet left us in the
same old Indigestion misery of~the stage
coach age. that l gave up all my busl-
ness, deciding to devote my entire life 10
finding working principle
After two years search through all
lines OF science ! have found more than
had dared dream was possible. 1 have
proven. not only in theory. but in actual
demonstration, that any man can cure
himself of any form of chronic disease in
few weeks without any drug or ap-
paratus and still not through mental
methods II is all the amount and con-
troll of the vital electricity in the BODY.
Disease is the result of an abnormally low
state Of vitality. Health and life are the
results Of plenty OF vitality.
"An Diseases CurabIe.y
My tests have proven that all disease
is durable. Medical science regards many
conditions as incurable. This is because
medicine has no way TO Increase the vital
production. The four principles of medi-
cine are: Antitoxins, TO kill germs; purga-
tives, TO take out accumulated waste poi
sons; sedatives. TO allay intense pain. and
stimulation. to draw upon the reserve
forces and increase the action of the vital
organs till one can overcome an acute or
dangerous attack. This stimulation. like
whipping the horse. does not produce
more vital power. but draws upon the re-
serve forces for the immediate need. This.
while necessary in acute disease, is an in
jury in all chronic trouble. as 1t weakens
after the stimulation
For three centuries. and until 6ftv
hfo..llI.,.- A.