Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-10-10
ELECTRICITY AS
A FUTURE FOOD
Surprising Results Of Expert
Il0niS In France.
BODILY ENERGY is SAVED.

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That eating 10 Not Necessary TO Life
Patients Show Great improvement nj
Under observation-disclosures Due to
Mainutrltlon May BE eanished.
To speak Of using electricity nv a
food may seem most absurd al the
present time. but experiments recently
conducted IN France Indicate that such
IL possibility ~ the future
For long time scientists have been
looking for "A cure which VIII DO away
With some of the multiple ailments OF
4 tie human body aud hnve been unlver-
sally Of tie opinion That II food could
be IA more condensed form Il would
be absorbed with less fatigue aud dis
comfort The principle Of electricity
acting as n food value Is that II adds
70 the heat energy Of the stomach 80
that much less food has to be taken
into the body.
Currents Applied TO Body.
His method Is called "diathermy,"
and he applies frequent currents TO the
human body 80 that. instead of heat
having to be produced from food ma
terinls which need to be consumed and
burned In the system aud thus give
rise 10 much oyerwork OF the organs.
the artificial method produces the same
heat at much less injurious cost to the
general condition OF health.
These electric currents. be says. pass
through the body without the least
feeling. The current II Of two OF three
amperes strength and voltage Of 900
10 $500 volts an hour, and this amount
OF electricity equals one-thrd Of the
daily food yalne which should be con
sumed by one person.
He applied the flrst test to man
who WIS In bad physical condition
The patient nj the time was eating too
much animal food. but was unable TO
work. was sensitive to heat and cold
ana could NOT walk thirty feet without
aid Ills height was five feet ten inch
es, ana be weighed 10 pounds.
After series OF treatments he be-
gan 70 improve rapidly and In a short
line gained thirty pounds. was able to
walk for hours without much weari-
lcss aud had ia fact regained all OF
bis normal vigor.
Bergonle has also made many other
iimilar tests aud finds that the results
IRE universally good and that as soon
IL the amount OF food taken into the
ystem il reduced and the current OF
lcctrlcity substituted the Improvement
> immediate.
He considers ihnt the time will come
when all ailments due to insufficient
utrition and nlalnutrition win disap-
ear under a series of electric treat
lcnts OF high frequency currents.
Electricity For Plants
Another exau Pile OF the strange uses :
, which experts are putting electricity !
! the method OF growing plants by In !
cor electrical apparatus. This device !,
osts but a small sum TO build and can
e operated Ia ny room which Is light +,
7 by electrlcit |
II consists OF two small coils of wire
to a lighting circuit and also c
) another col OF larger wire which
irrouuds the wooden frame In which
he plants are 20 be kept
Within this frame are mounted sew
al shelves. upon which are placed G.
lxes holding the seeds and plants to o.
! forced Then. when the current Is d
rued on. tie space inside Is silently c
ciatcl by the electrical discharge Of A
gh frequency &C
This action causes the seed and plant W
grow with great rapidity aud 70 10
ach size larger than ordinary The
are given several times re
~ and last about half an hour each hs
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