The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-21

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nd At the end Of that time i was found thai
\. DEVELOPMENT Of these children was Juse
that Of the children in an adjoining
I,ssroom mot so equipped. Here the electric
waves are shown passing through the sehcot-
DOM and the children from the apparatus -
lind the waIis.
fui. Indeed, what IL left over-the waste
products-would prove fatal very quickly
but for the fact that In various ways u
is eliminated from the body. When these
waste products come into contact with
o~xygenladen blood they are consumed.
converted into carbonic acid gas and
given of In that fo-m. That 10 what y
known az oxidation, and 1t 10 that process
which Arrhenius has perfected IN ne
ele1trically-grown children.
Actual experiments performed by Pro.
lessor D'Arsonval. Of the College q
France. have demonstrated that thu
amount OF carbonic acid gas given on u
tncreased 30 per cent. under the influence
ri high frequency currents. Uric acid u
transformed by oxidation into urea. .
harmless substance. and many Other
noisonous products are similarly die
nosed OF. BY perfecting this process Of
oxidation, Arrhenius argued that many a
ne diseases caused by unexpected waists
matter might be eliminated.
EN0J0EE VI u0t AL tA< ~ Ab0
+;on 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
Int the reaction often works more =
than the stimulant did good.
Thus, too. 1t has been found that while
athletes can perform when oxygen Is -
ministered to them. they suffer greatly
when the reaction sets In. In other
words. there. are limits heyand which tbs
machinery OF the body can rot be satio
factorily worked. and 1t nay ve:y well b
that the increased oxidation resulting
from the high frequency current treat
ment may in the long run prove harmful
although many excellent scientists appro
bend no such unfa result
They point out that the dement's one
derives from q visit to the seashore m
due entirely to the increased oxidatio1
which takes place under the combined IN
s-fuencc OF exercise and plenty Ut Oxygen
bearing air. The vacationist comes bach
to the city feeling like . new man." -
cause his system has been thoroughly
relieved Of the mass Of poisonous wasta
matters which un~derNordinary conditions
tend TO clog II.
Professor Arrhenius's experiment haa
shown. II Ii commended, that by means d
the alternating current all the benefits
of the seashore may be obtained right U
the crowded city. Instead Of spending .
few weeks at the seashore every hummer
one may derive all the dement's Of b
SEE shore In his own home al the yoaS
round by means Of the alternating currsnk
A remarkable thing about the alternAt
ing current used by Arrhenius h that the
ltient receives abs ,lu ely no sensgtion
while the cu-rent Is passing through him.
AT Sing Sing the electric chair sends 1.soe
volts through the body Of the murderer
and kills him almost t-nstantaneously.
Arrhenius sends Z million volts through :
school-child and the child, entirely -
aware Of II. thlives- What II the explanap
ton?
High voltage Doesn't kil. Il y -
voltage multiplied BY the eampera4es ~
capacity Of the conductor, which mAk04
electricity destructive. AZ Sing Sing ~
current II sent through Z oen1ueeog1o
cry large capacity. q ampsragas n !
low voltage. o. p-essurA whereas =
te-nating current ueed ~ ArrhenluA r.
though Of tremendous voltage y -
significant aznDerAoA