Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-04


of school children to powerful, but impereep-
tible, high-frequency, alternating electric cur
rents to make them bigger and brighter. The
experiment covered a period of six months,
and at the end Of that time it found that
the development Of these children just
twice that Of the children in an adjoining
classroom not so equipped Here the electric
waves are shown passing through the school
room and the children from the apparatus be.
hind the walls.
full Indeed, what is left over-the waste
products would prove fatal very quickly
but for the fact that in various ways it
is eliminated from the body. When these
waste products come into contact with
oxygenladen blood they are consumed,
converted into carbonic acid gas and
given off in that form. That is what Is
known as oxidation, and it is that process
which Arrhenius has perfected in his
electrically-grown children.
Actual experiments performed by Pro-
fessor DArsonval of the College Of
France, have demonstrated that the
amount of carbonic acid gas given off is
Increased 80 per cent under the influence
of high frequency currents. Uric acid is
transformed by oxidation into urea,
harmless substance, and many other
poisonous products are similarly dis
DOEp0
oxidation, Arrhenius argued that many OF
he diseases caused by unexpected waste
matter might be eliminated.
Whether or not this increase of oxida-
+ion may not have harmful reactiona-y
effects has STILL however. to be settled.
The stimulus obtained from alcohol and
other drugs provides energy and enables
one to make greater efforts temporarily,
but the reaction often workE more harm
than the stimulant did good.
Thus, too it has been found that while
athletes can perform when oxygen is adj
ministered to them, they suffer greatly
when the reaction sets in. In other
words. there are limits beyond which the
machinery Of the body can rot be salts
factorily vorkeds and it may very we'll be
that the increased oxidation resulting
from the high frequency current treat
ment may in the long run prove harmful,
although many excellent scientists appre-
bend no sucn unfavorable result.
They point out that the benefits one
derives from a visit to the seashore are
due entirely to the increased oxidation
which takes place under the combined in.
fuence of exercise and plenty of oxygen
bearing air The vacationist comes back
to the city feeling like a new man." be-
cause his system has been thoroughly
relieved Of the mass of poisonous waste
matters which under ordinary conditions
J6HQ 10 cog IT,
Professor Arrhenius's experiment has
shown, it is contended, that by means of
the alternating current all the benefits
of the seashore may be obtained right In
the crowded city. Instead of spending a
few weeks at the seashore every summer,
one may derive all the benefits of the
seeshore in his own home all the yea
round by means of the alternating current
A remarkable thing about the alternat-
ing current used by Arrhenius is that the
ltient receives absolutely no sensation
while the current is passing through him
At Sing Sing the electric chair sends 1900
volts through the body of the murderer
and kills him almost instantaneously
Arrhenius sends a million volts through
school-child and the child, entirely un-
aware of it. thriyes What is the explana.
ton?
High voltage doesn't kill. It is the
voltage multiplied by the amperage, o.
capacity of the conductor, which makes
electricity destructive. AT Sing Sing the
current is sent through a conductor OF
cry large capacity. or amperage, at a
low voltage, or pressure, whereas the al.
te~nating current used by Arrhenius, al
though of tremendous voltage, Is of in
significant amperage