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TEN  LECTURES,
ON
MEDICAL  ELECTRICITY.
EMBRACING THE SYSTEM OF
ELECTROPATHIC  TREATMENT,
AS TAUGHT BY DRV^VAIGE, OF BOSTON, TOGETHER WITH EXTRACTS
    FROM VARlbNB«\VORKS./GlVING THE VIEWS OF
      DR. GOLDI>«kJ!nRU, OF LONDON,
        DR. CHAyNlNG>OF BOSTON,
           LND OTHERS.
BY P. J. BECKER,
\bcrt
AUBURN:
  1862.
 
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AS TAUGHT BY DR. I'AIGE, OF BOSTON, TOGETHER WITH EXTRACTS
     FROM VARIOUS WORKS, GIVING THE VIEWS OF
        DR. GOLDING BIRD, OF LONDON,
          DR. CHANNINO, OF BOSTON,
             AND OTHERS.
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           BY P. J. BK('KKi;;

        MEDICAL ELECTRICIAN.
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      Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year 1862, by




                   P .  J .  15KCKEK,





In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Northern District of New York. 
PREFACE.
   These Lectures were originally designed for those who had atten-
ded a course of Demonstrative Lectures by  the  Author ;  but as it
was frequently found that many  »vere desirous of making use of
Electropathy for individual or family use, who had no opportunity of
attending said classes, it was deemed advisable to make them availa-
ble to all who feel interested in a proper understanding and applica-
tion of  Electricity as a curative agent.   They are  intended strictly
as a practical guide, and are given in the most condensed foim, and
were followed, each, by experimental application of the principles
taught in the Lectures.   Some are quite brief and  these were fol-
lowed by more extended experiments in the examination of patients
before the class.
   The Principles of Electropathy as taught by Dr. Paige of Boston,
are considered  in advance of most  lecturers and writers on  this sub-
ject, and therefore his  general system  of treatment and instruction
have been adopted ;  where the authority of other writers are given,
it is mostly to corroborate the position taken, by eminent writers and
is often,  therefore, a repetition of what has been before advanced.
   Much repetition of principles will be found throughout the work,
which is considered a matter of necessity, in order to impress  them
indcllibly upon the mind.
   Electricity as herein taught, has been used in the cure of  disease
with the greatest success : not that it cures every patient that is ex-
amined, for some arc beyond cure : others are not willing to take time
to be cured : but in all curable cases, where the patient is willing to
observe  certain  regulations, and give it a- fair trial, its success has
been nioht eminent.                                     p. J. B, 
 
iE^rFUST LECTURE.
  Medical Science embraces within its scope and bearing, in
its application to the human system, all the laws of Physical
organization  in the  material universe,  or world  of matter ;
hence a Physician,—to treat skillfully all the various phases
of diseases incident to  the human system, should  become ac-
quainted, as far as possible, with these various laws of phys-
ical organism, and their application in medical practice.
  In our present course of lectures, the limited time will only
allow, and indeed, it is only our design, to attend to but one
special law of physical  organism,—and that one we may well
consider  one  of  the most  important  of  the whole :—viz:
Electricity.
   Electricity pervades the whole universe of matter: the air,
the earth, the sky, is filled  with it : minerals, vegetables and
animals are pervaded by it,—and cannot exist in an organ-
ized  state  without  it: it extends even beyond  (he  atmos-
phere, and through  all space : it holds the planets in their
orbits, and  gives them their  motion.   When darkness was
upon the face of the deep and the earth was  without form
and  void,  Electricity,  as  the  vicegerent of the Almighty,
passed over the face of the waters,  and produced form,  and
light, and heat.
   I might, did time permit, and  our subject  require it, show
how  electricity causes the  rain,  the dew,  the tides of  the
ocean, the waves of the sea, and a thousand  other interesting
phenomena, but it is not essential to our present purpose.
   Formerly,  I carried with me an apparatus which  was ex-
pensive  and weighty,  to show the scientific results of elec-
tricity in vacuo:—for  instance,  in  the air  we  can pass an
electrical spark some 12 or 18 inches :  but if we take a cyl-
inder 20 feet  long, and place it over an air pump and exhaust
the atmosphere, the  spark will  pass the whole 20 feet as rea-
dily as it will the few inches in  the atmosphere. 
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   But these  experiments are of a scientific character,—and
 however interesting they may be,  they are not necessary  to
 the understanding of the application of electricity to disease.
   In order for any  person to use any agent in Medical prac-
 tice, it is all important that  they should understand the na-
 ture and laws of that  agent : and if we are to use electricity
 we must learn its nature,—the source of its production and
 the laws by which  it  is governed :—this is just as important
 as though our agent was from the mineral  or vegetable king-
 dom.
   Electricity is a name given to an imponderable agent which
 pervades the  material  world: it  is the power by which all
 bodies are organized  : and by  reversing its organizing pro-
 cess, disorganization takes place :—by its power all substan-
 ces may be disorganized : even the diamond may be dissolved
 by electricity, and  it  cannot be done by  any other power;
 electricity will force water  through substances the most im-
 pervious :—place the  membrane of a bladder between  two
water-tight apartments of a  glass—place water in  one side
and leave the other  vacant, then by placing the positive pole
of a battery in the water, and the negative in  the other side,
 the water will be forced through the membrane, until the
 water is equal in the two sides,  rather giving an increase in
the original vacant apartment.
   Electricity is  the power which  causes  attraction both of
cohesion  and  gravitation. It exists in two conditions, latent,
 and active or dynamic : by its power all bodies are organized,
 and may also be disorganized ; salt water may be decompos-
ed, and salt  deposited at the negative pole of the  battery ;
 minerals may be extracted from rocks by the same agency.
   This agent is  visible only in its effects;  and although a
powerful current may pass through my body, I am hardly con-
cious of its presence, unless it is interrupted, or broken.  It
is very elastic, and its leading tendency is to produce an equi-
librium, and is unlike  that of any other power known.
   Electricity exists  in two conditions, positive and negative;
which distinction arises from the direction in  which it pass-
es : that passing  from  the machine  to  my body is  Positive ■
that passing from me to  the machine, is Negative  ;  it was
formerly supposed to be two distinct kinds, and was known
as Resinous and Vitreous.   It is the same whether produced
 by friction, or by chemical action of the galvanic battery ;~ 
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its effects, are, however, Very different, when used as a med-
ical agent.   Frictional electricity is spasmodic ;-^Chemical
electricity is continuous and steady.  Franklin showed that
electricity drawn from the clouds was the same as that from
the Electric machine, or Galvanic battery.  Its  simplest form
is seen in the power af attraction and repulsion :  two bodies
positively electrified, ortwo negatively electrified, repel each
other—but one positive and  the other negative, attract each
other.
  Electricity when  excited  by friction,  is  called frictional
electricity i  when  excited by chemical action, it  is called
galvanic electricity, and  when excited by  magnetism, it is
called thermo electricity, or electro magnetism.  "".
  Electro magnetism, or galvanic electricity gives a contin-
ued,'Uninterrupted current,  so long  as the chemical action
continues.   For galvanic  action, three elements are essential
—via. two metals and a fluid.   We  use copper, zinc,  and
blue vitriol dissolved ;  the condition must always be such
that the acid will corrode  or  dissolve one of the metals ;  in
this case it acts upon the zinc.  The wire connected with
the copper is positive,—that with the zinc,  is negative.
  Now,—in  using electricity  upon the  human system,  we
in the first place, must know its effects, and  the manner of
its movements.   First, then, Positive electricity strengthens
the nervous system over which it passes, and Negative wea-
kens it :  and in order to  use  it properly,  we  must be able
to distinguish the Positive from the Negative pole of  the
battery by the sensation produced upon our nervous  systems
without knowing at all  from  which part  of the battery it
proceeds: and  any person who  cannot  thus detect the  dif-
ferent poles, and tell also  what effect each will  produce upon
the system, is unfit to use electricity, as  he may do great  in-
jury instead of producing  a benefit.
  Physicians have occasionally used  Electricity for nervous
affections, and happening, by mere chance,  to use it correctly
they are astonished at its  wonderful effects ;—the cures  are
truly wonderful.   Again they try it,  and apply  the wrong
polo of the battery, .and instead of producing a benefit, they
do real injury, and concluding  that  the agent used is at fault,
the denounce it as a humbug,
   Other Practitioners who attempt to use it, and not under-
standing the matter, get it wrong  from the start : they  do 
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not know how to tell the Positive pole  from the Negative :
neither do they understand the difference in their effects up-1
on the human system, and they  too, pronounce electririty a
humbug  !  while the difficulty is all owing to the ignorance
of the operator.
   We Avill now  test the matter by experiment with the in-
atrument, so that each of you will  be able to  tell in a mo-
ment, when  you take hold of the poles of the battery, which
is positive and which is  negative.
  You will one of you step to the  table, and take these two
handles,  which are  the poles,  in your hands,—grasp  them
firmly, and I will let on only such a charge of electricity as
you can  bear: now do you feel that the  current  of  Elec-
tricity is  stronger in one  hand than the  other ? change  the
handles from one hand to the other; now do you feel a marked
difference ?  Well,  now recollect, the  strongest is the Nega-
tive :  the other, of course is the Positive.   Bear  this always
in mind,---that the handle producing the strongest sensation
is the Negative.
  The reason  of this is, the motion of electricity is from the
battery through  the positive  pole to the body, and its effect
is to strengthen.  It leaves the body  through the  Negative
pole,  and weakens the part by carrying off electricity, and
thus producing the  greater sensation in  the nervous system.
Here  is our starting point, and each must remember the facts.
When We take the  two  poles of the Battery in our hands we
produce  an electrical current  or  circle, and we must always
remember  that  Electricity is evolved  from  the machine
through  the positive wire, (which is attached to the copper)
to the body,—it passes  smoothly  up  the nerves of the arm,
against the  ramification  of  the nerves  in the  arm to the
brain or spinal  column, which is the center of  the system,
and then passes off through the other arm and negative pole,
(which is connected with the zinc,) carrying away electrici-
ty from  the body and  therby  producing the greater selisa*
tion and weakening the limb :  and this, if continued would
paralyze the arm, so that it could not bear its weight.
   The reason why children often  escape contagious diseases
and afterwards take them, is all owing to the different elec-
trical conditions of their bodies.
    When a person feels strong, active, healthy, full of life and
vigor, there is hardly a possibility of their taking any dis- 
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ease, however contagious :  but if the system is weak, feeble,
debilitated,  they are sure to be attacked by the contagious
matter or malaria in  the air,  carried by electrical  currents
from the sick person to an enfeebled system.
  By exerting our  will,—arousing our energy—we put our
system in a positive state  electrically and  we cannot under
such conditions contract disease; and the proper use of Elec-
tricity in  the nervous system or upon the  body is  the only
sure and effectual way of inducing this state of feeling and
action.
  If the class will remember these fundamental principles of
the manner of detecting the  positive  and  negative poles of
the Battery, and also their different effects, they will do as
much as  most classes have done in the course  of two lec-
tures : very many get them mixed up—get them wrong.  I
hope you each understand them and will remember them.
   In  Channing's work p, .55, he says:  As the direction of
 the current is  one of the  important  considerations, it will
 be remembered  that, with the battery,  the pole or handle
 connected with  the copper plate is the positive pole, or the
 entering pole, of the current, as regards the  body of the pa-
 tient, and the handle connected with the zinc plate, the neg-
ative  pole.   With the electro-magnetic  apparatus, the posi-
 tive pole is that which produces the least sensation when ap-
 plied  to an equally sensitive part of the body with the  nega-
 tive.   The handles may be  conveniently distinguished by
 holding them in different hands, when  the most pain and
 contraction will be felt in the wrist of  the hand grasping the
 negative handle. 
jszmaonxriD  leotuhei.
  Before commencing upon the principle subject of the lec-
ture this evening, I will ask the class a few questions in re-
lation to the principles stated in the previous lecture :  those
principles  were fundamental, and are essential to a proper
understanding of the subject that we thoroughly compre-
hend them.
  Q.  In how many conditions does Electricity consist ?
  A. In two conditions, latent and active (or dynamic.)
  Q.  What distinctions are made in regard to its course of
moving ?
  A. Two ; Positive and Negative ;  it always passing from
the positive to the negative :  positive  and negative being rel-
ative terms,—the electricity of both is the same, onl'y differ-
ent in quantity,  positive being more, negative being less, and
the  tendency to equalize  causes  it to pass  from positive to
negative in order to  restore or establish equilibrium ?
  Q.  What effect has  the two kinds upon the human sys-
tem ?
  A.  The Positive strengthens, and the Ntegaftive weak-ens
the  human system.
  Q.  Why is this different effect  ?
  A.  The positive adds electricity to  the human system, and
the  negative carries  off electricity  from the system'.
  Q.  How can we  always know  the positive and negative
poles when in our hands ?
  A.  The negative produces the greater sensasion, which
will be more apparent by once or twice  changing the han-
dles from  one hand  to the other,  after holding them a short
time.
  To  Illustrate :  If a  person should set with  their feet in
water, (which is a very good way to  apply electricity to the
system,) and I  apply the positive  pole to the spine, and the
negative to the water, the current of electricity  is from the
spine down the limbs to the  water, and of course electricity 
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 is carried from the system,  and it is weakened and injured.
   I have said that Electricity  is the power used in the or-
 ganization of bodies.  If we have a solution of silver or gold
 in  nitric acid of the battery connected with the positive pole,
 and place in the opposite a  piate of copper or other metal at-
 tached to the negative pole, the silver or gold will be depos-
 ited on the surface of the article connected with the negative
 pole, forming a perfect  coating, and the deposite is so deli-
 cately  performed,  that,  should you  take a daguerrean plate
 having your likeness upon it, and submit it to this operation,
 and let the coating of  silver become as thick as paper for in-
 stance, then scale  it off carefully, you will find the likeness
 uninjured, and also that  there is another likeness  on the sil-
 ver :—by this and a variety of other experiments that I have
 not time to refer  to, the organizing  power  of electricity is
 demonstrated, for  it shows most conclusively that electricity
 is the power by which the daguerrean picture is taken.
   Electro  Magnetism, is magnetism that is induced by the
 agency of electricity ; when the two poles of the Battery are
 connected it produces  an electrical current from  the copper
 to the zinc,  and from  the zinc to the copper.  From the ef-
 fects of electricity on the  magnetic needle it  was thought
 by  Philosophers that magnetic attraction was caused by elec-
 tricity.   In the year 1819,  Prof. O.  Ersted  of  Copenhagan
 made the grand discovery that  the electric  current induced
 magnetism, thus proving  the  connection of  Magnetism and
 Electricity.   Soon after, Mr. Farada discovered that an elec-
 trical spark  could be  taken from a Magnet; and thus  the
 common source of magnetism and electricity proved.
  In the tropical regions the  amount of electricity is very
 great; trees, plants and vegetables grow  very rapidly, and
 the magnetic  needle of  the largest size, traverses rapidly:
 Electricity is the vegetating power:  you may take a sickly
 Geraneum plant and place it in the midst of  a zinc and cop-
 per  plate connected by a wire in the moist earth in its pot,
 and it will grow in a few hours as much as it would in the
 open air under usual atmospheric influences in weeks;  re-
 move the coppper  and zinc and it will wither and die in a
few hours.
  The farther north or south we go, the weaker the electrical
current seems to be.  Dr. Kane found that in latitude 65 or
70 only the smallest magnetic needles could be used. 
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  Sir Isaac Newton discoverd the law of gravity by the fall-
ing of an apple, but did not tell us  what  that power is that
attracted the apple to  the earth ;  Mechanical  Electricity is
the power of gravity and cohesion ;  this power we may illus-
trate by electro-magnetic induction  of the helix.
  A helix is a spiral line of wire in the form of a cork screw,
and when surrounding a bar of steel or iron, by applying the
poles of the Battery to the two extremities of the helix, the
steel  bar will  immediately become Magnetic,  (the wire of
the helix is copper, and is wound with some non-conductor,
as silk or cotton.) and it may then be used in large coils, and
can be made to exert a cohesive power equal  to hundreds or
thousands  of pounds, as I will show  presently by  the apar^
atus before us.
  Electricity is caloric or elementary fire  ; I will prove this
to you by instantly heating a platina wire  red hot, and  flash-
ing powder or gun cotton by  the same ; merely by connec-
ting the two poles of the Battery to the  wire.
  Place iron filings within  the coil of the helices and they
form into a circle, showing how our earth  was created and by
what force or power.
  All friction  produces Electricity.  Go into any factory
where belts are used for  the machinery,  and you  will see a
vast amount of electricity is evolved or excited.  With your
hat off, standing near  one of those  large belts, it will  make
your hair stand straight : this electrical  power of the friction
of belts is understood  by manufacturers, and they have me-
talic points near by to carry off the  electricity  to the earth or
water,—were it  not for this, the factories  might be blown to
atoms by an electrical explosion.
  Rubbing the  body by the hands or cloths (dry) produces
electricity, and this is the reason of  its beneficial effects.
  Electricity was first  excited from amber,  and  hence its
name, from the  Greek, Electron, the Greek name  of amber,
}t can also be  excited by rubbing glass, sealing wax,  paper,
cotton, wool, silk, hair, feathers, &c.
   The Galvanic Battery was originated by Galvania,  a pro-
fessor of Anatomy in Bologny, in  1790, and took its name
from him.  It was afterwards extended  and improved  by
Prof. Volta, of Pavia,  who constructed the Voltaic Pile, in
the beginning  of the present century.   A voltaic pile is a suc-
cession of alternate plates of copper and zinc, with a piece of 
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woolen cloth between each pair of plates saturated with a so-
lution of salamoniac, or diluted sulphuric acid.
  The Voltaic  or  Galvanic Battery is made by a trough of
some non-conducting  substance, as of wedgwood-ware :—
made in apartments to receive the fluid  or  acid, in which is
immersed the plates of zinc and copper  fastened to a rod or
bar at the top of them so that they  can all be lifted at once.
   Since the beginning of the present century, a great many
diflerent Batteries  have been  constructed, and multitudes of
improvements made, and but few of these improvements have
been patented ; they are mostly common property, and can be
used by any manufacturer of Instruments.
   Smee's Battery  is one of the simplest kind;  It consists of
a glass vessel in which a plate of zinc and copper is immersed
in sulphuric acid (weak) and  united to other similar glasses
by a strip of tin foil or wire.
   Another  is Grove's  Battery,  which is one of the best in
use, and is generally used for  telegraphic purposes: the met-
als are platinum and  zinc: and the acids  are  strong nitric
acid in contact  with platinum, and weak sulphuric acid with
 the zinc: it needs great care in using on account of  the in-
jurious fumes sent forth.
   Galvani discovered the effect of Electricity upon the mus-
 cular system by an accident  ;  his wife being sick, frog soup
 was recommended:  some frogs were procured, the hind legs
 were dressed and  lay  upon the table where the two poles of
 a battery happened to come in contact with them, when they
 began to kick as  though alive:—from this  slight  incident
 great results have followed in regard to the power and effect
  of galvanism and electricity.
    The Galvanic  Battery, in its application to assist as a cur-
  ative agent, is one of the most important discoveries of mod-
  ern science : it has in a degree lifted the veil  that concealed
  the mysterious workings of nature, and  has  opened a field
  for investigation  and discovery, as inviting as it is boundless.
    Electro  Magnetic  Machines like  the one I use have a re-
  volving armiture by which the current is broken at each rev-
  olution, which I  will now explain, and then proceed with a
  few experiments."
     [After which he (Dr. Paige) Juried the effect upon a sub-
  ject, and showed how it formerly was used, by touching the
  pole or handle to  the part  affected, which is always injuri- 
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otis—scorching,  burning—giving pain, instead of  removing
it.
   (Some remarks of the steadiness of  this machine, which
is an important property,)—there should be no jerking, action
of the battery—it should be steady and uniform.]
   "Much of  our further lectures will consist of the experi-
ments and application of electricity to members  of the class,
and showing the  manner of  taking or ascertaining the diag-
nossis of disease."
   [The following is from an abridged work by L. D. Flem-

ing, M.  D., Professor of Anatomy in the New York  Central

 College.]


   HOW TO DETECT TUBERCULOUS DISEASES.


                Press between the joints from 1 to 2, to detect Tubercles of
              I   the head, throat and tongue.
              2  From 2 to 3 to find them of the arms—(rheumatic.)
              3  From 3 to 4 to find them of the lungs and heart.
                From 4 to 5 to find them of the stomach and large intestines.

              5
              _  From 5 to 6 to find them of the liver and spleen.
              6
              7  From 6 to 7 to find them of the small intestines.
              g  From 7 to 8 to find them of the kidneys.
                From 8 to 9 to find them of the uterus.
              9  Below 9 to find them of the genital organs.
  There are seven Cervical Vertebra?, twelve Dorsal, and five
Lumbar, counting from the spinal column downward.
 
TKI^TD   HjIEOTTTIFUEL
  Before commencing my lecture this evening, I will answer
any question you may  desire, to understand what we have
been over.
  Q. Is the electricity of the body increased by the supply
from the battery ?
  A.  I answer it is not, but merely the electrical current re-
established.
  There is in  healthy organism an electrical current estab-
lished :  when  this is broken or disturbed,  disease ensues ;
weakness of the parts; and if it  be a vital part, of the whole
system ; the supply of electricity restores this electrical cur-
rent and produces healthy action.
  The nerves terminate on the  outer surface of the body ; if
we prick the finger or bruise it,  we break the electrical cur-
lent; the  effect is pain,—if this  continues inflamation en-
sues, but if we supply electricity and restore the current, it
soon ceases to pain us, and heals up, (the life of the blood or
its vitalizing principle is electricty, when this electrical  cur-
rent is broken up, the blood looses its electricity and coagu-
lates, turns black;  supply electricty and it is restored.)
   Q.  Why is  it necessary to break the current of electricity
from the machine before it is received by the patient ?
   A. Because without this it has no  sensible effect upon the
nervous system, let the charge be ever so great: and even if
it did we should not know the  degree of electricity we  are
imparting, without this sensation, and might thereby do great
injury by overcharging the system:  but having the current
broken we know  its strength  and  effects,  and  can control
it just as we please,—after we learn how.
   Nw>, Animal Electricity or Magnetism is  just the  same
as any electricity, whether found in the mineral or vegetable
 kingdom,  only in them it is latent, as an organizing princi-
 ple, while animal electricity is  active or dynamic.
   Electricity exists through nature ; every thing and animal 
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is pervaded  by it, some plus, some minus.  The earth, the air,
the clouds ; when two  electrical currents meet and the  one
is plus and the other minus—electricity is the result.
   When a tree is struck  by electricity, one  current may be
from the sky and the other from  the earth; or  boih may be
from the sky.   Electricity passes either way, from the earth
to the sky, or from the sky to the earth.   Animals  or men
become surcharged,—have more than  their usual quantity ;
they are then  in  a positive state ;  when they have less  they
are in a negative  state.   I can impart electricity  from  my
system to another who has  less, by holding their  hand, or
passing my hand over their head, face, &c.
   Now I wish to show that electricity in  the animal  is  the
same as with  man.  The Gimnotus or  the Electrical Eel,
represented  here, was  one brought to Boston  while I was
lecturing there, and proved a martyr to science ; he was teased
and hectored to death.  From a side view  we see that  near
the head are many nerves, and by an electrical power which
these give, he can produce a tremendous  shock, and  is  his
means of defence and attack.   With this  power he attacks
his prey: the  effect is precisely the  same as that  from the
galvanic battery or electric machine.   The  head is positive
—the tail is negative.  By a sudden jerk or spasmodic action,
he produces the  electrical shock: and after he has given  30
or 40 shocks  he  becomes torpid and lays still to recuperate.
The Torpedo  acts in a similar manner, but is not  as powerful.
   What do we understand by  animal electricity ?   It is the
same agent that  gives electrical power  to the gimnotus and
the torpedo,  and  the same also that pervades our  bodies, and
that we produce  from the electrical machine  and battery.—
In sickness or a  diseased state the electrical current is bro-
ken and the electricity given  off, and  the body looses its
strength and vitality;  in collapsed stages of cholera it is  as-
tonishing to  witness the amount of electricity given off • it
has been drawn off in sparks by the knuckles held at one or
two inches distant,—also  in low stages of fevers, &c.
  When the electrical currents are broken disease is the  re-
sult, and it is to  restore this that we supply electricity and
it is the same  principle which we find as giving vegetable
life as well as animal life.                       5   geiauie
  We will now notice some of the  avenues through which
it passes, remembering all things are surrounded  by it;  some 
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have more and some have less:  a healthy man contains more
electricity than fifty  batteries.
  Our object is for permanent  cures,—and it depends  upon
the patient  whether it shall be only partial or permanent, and
not upon the Doctor.
   Electricity supplies  the  vital forces of the  body, as it is
evolved through the  various avenues, and according to that
supply :  1st through the stomach ;  the latent electricity of
meat, bread, &c. are  set free and appropiiated  to vitalize  the
system :  making blood, bone, sinew, &c.
   Water when warm is one step towards evaporation, and of
course gives off its  electricity  ; also the food  gives out its
latent electricity  which is taken up or appropriated by the
animal functions, and it becomes animal electricity, the same
principle or power that  was exerted in  the organization of
the potatoe, the apple,  the peach, &c, when eaten it becomes
disorganized and gives off that power, or in other  words sets
free its latent electricity, which formerly held it in organized
condition.   All this  when taken  up by the animal, becomes
animal electricity.
   Now if this avenue  the stomach becomes weak, it does not
properly disorganize or digest  its food, and therefore  does
not send out a sufficient quantity of electricity :  you must
therefore keep  the stomach-in order—not place improper
food in it,—if you would enjoy health.
   Pure air is mostly oxygen, and  when  breathing pure air
the lungs retain the oxygen which holds electricity, it  comes
in contact with the blood which has been carried through
 the system and restores to it the bright red it has partially
 lost while sending off its electrifying and energising  power
 through the body ;  carbonic acid gas is thrown off from the
 lungs in exhaling the breath and this carries the poisonous
 refuse of breathing  out of our systems into the atmosphere,
 and we must be careful  and have our houses and. especially
.our sleeping rooms well ventilated, that the air may be again
 charged with oxygen  before, we breathe it again.
    The life of the  blood is electricity.  To  show this, take a
 drop and let it coagulate and turn dark—now pass electricity
 through it and it restores  it to a liquid form and its  bright
 red color.
    Arterial  blood near the lungs is several degrees warmer
•than at the extremities.   The lungs are avenues and act as a 
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 fine screen or seive to throw off impure matter,—they should
 be allowed room to act free, and not be squeezed and pinched
 up so that the/ are crippled in their movements. Give them
 room—expand the chest—throw back the arms—give full
 play to these sentinels at the gates of life.
   We are all the time taking up electricity and using it thro'
 the organs of life :—perhaps that I am  now using, came a
 moment ago  from some other plannet.
   The nervous system is another avenue through which We
 receive electricity.  The  nervous system is connected with
 the spine or  brain, (for the spine is the brain continued;) the
 nerves are good conductors: the brain retains electricity, and
 is the great  reservoir  of the  system—so does  gangloins,
 which are enlarged nerves or bundles  of nerves.  Nerves are
 distributing pipes to carry electricity to all parts of the body.
 I compare it  to the water pipes at the Fairmount water works,
 near Philadelphia,—glangloins also, according to  Draper hold
 spasmodic influence,  even after the  electricity is removed,
 whereas the  nerves relax  their tension when electricity  is
 removed.
   T he  object of sleep is to gain a supplv of electricity which
 we loose  through the day,  and it is important that we have
 it; nothing else will supply its place,—we may eat and drink
 as much as  we please,  but it does not answer the  require-
 ments of our  nature.  If it takes four  engines to  supply wa-
 ter to all the  p.pes at Fairmont,  and we stop one, there  will
 be a lack of supplying some  of the pipes with water, and so
 it  we shut of! one of the avenues of receiving electricity  the
 body must suffer a lack and debility in consequence ; if two
 avenues are shut up the result  will be  of course still  worse •
 we want all the avenues of electricity open all the time.  Oil
 and  Varnish will not transmit electricity-they are non-con-
 ductors so you must not let the skin get oiled; or varnished
 or filled up with anything,  if  you e/pect it t • act ~£

 ^^7^XT PaUemS th™^> varnished

ti.it .I!?Ct0r°,nCeCalled with aIadv' a»dsaid to me "Doctor
this lady wishes you to treat her for deafness • now I und«r
stand a   about electncitv hut  a,Q uc"mess > n°w 1 under-
her."  The firs day I  Jet her  air ^ h" h   ** Y°U "**
ductor   The nt£? a    1herh™, as dry hair is a non-con-
auctor.   1 he next day the Doctor wanted  to  know if I 
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could'nt oil the hair just  as well ?   This showed just how
much he knew of the nature of electricity.
  There must not be any oil on'the hand, or electricity will
not pass,—sometimes this occurs to operators, and they think
the trouble is in the Battery :  but the trouble is in their own
brain.
  All friction  evolves electricity.   Muscular motion is fric-
tion,  and hence the great benefit,—it supplies  electricity to
the system, the skin is supplied on the outside  with an alka-
li, and internally  with an acid, forming  with the nerves a
regular battery, and when rubbed gives off electricity  which
is carried to the spine or brain.
  We will for instance, say I am  positive  to  this gent:  he
being negative to  me.   It then flows from me to him.  The
hand of a well person passed  upon the head imparts electri-
city, and may stop  headache : passes on the face may stop
toothache by  supplying electricity.  Use  your will,  it has
electrical power, and let the patient use his or  her will pow-
er.—send out the  vitalizing force and  desire to be helped,—
not brace against it, and determine you won't  be helped :  do
not shrink up yourself as though  in fear—you draw  all the
electricity of the system back into  its reservoir, the brain.
   The way a Clairvoyant tells disease is by establishing an
electrical current with the patient;  then he feels just  as the
patient does, and  often can tell his very thoughts :   this  is
animal magnetism and  is strictly philosophical.
   A man with a broken  leg, had it  cut  off,—it was placed
down cellar,—soon afterwards the man complained that some
one was cutting and hurting his  leg, and upon  going into the
cellar they found a person dissecting it; showing that the
current between  the body and leg was not broken. 
^OTJJFVjjJ^L  lecture.
  I am this evening to speak of the  physiological  relations
of electricity, and electropathic diagnosis.
  Many physicians have spent much time on the subject of
the relations of electricity  to the physiology of  the human
System, without  making any advancement or discoveries  of
value to themselves or to mankind.   I take new and distinct
grounds in this matter, and claim, under Godj to be  the orig-
inator of a new and valuable system,—for it was never pro-
mulgated nor published to the world till I  published it in my
book.
  Nature has established laws for all its elements in the ma.
terial world,  as well as for all organized matter ; and  every
thing shows a wise adaptation in its relations and surround-
ings, and in  the laws that govern it in these relations.
  We none of us doubt the existence of these laws in the veg-
etable or mineral kingdom ; the plant has its life-cells for the
life-giving fluid ; its roots,  fibres, leaves,  limbs, &c.  are all
adapted to its surroundings, and governed by fixed  laws.—
Go  to the Great Kentucky Cave, and you will find in it ponds
and lakes, and in them are fish with no eyes : they have no
need of them in total darkness.
  On the  Andes mountains are men whose lungs are twice
as large as ours,—the air is so light in that high region they
need twice as much air to give vigor and health.
  In the dark narrow  streets and lanes of  cities,  we  find
children partly blind—eyes  variously affected ; the light is
not healthy:  the people are affected by  the  surrounding cir-
cumstances.   In a cold damp valley persons may have  pul-
monary complaints,—let them move to a mountainous region
and they  will be cured.  And persons accustomed to live on
a mountain  or high region  and enjoying  good health,—let
them go to a low and damp region and they will have lung
complaint  : we see thus by turning to nature, that all  things
are  governed by laws of adaptation. 
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  Man could not have lived before the atmosphere was crea*
ted, for it is necessary for his existence:  nor could vegetables
have existed until after minerals and gases, on which  they
subsist, were in being ; all this shows the relation of things in
their adaptation to their surrounding circumstances.   Let us
remember this law. and it will help us  understand the laws
of our physical organization.
  All the organs of the body are designed  to carry on  their
various functions, in order for its growth and healthy being.
Thus all the solids and fluids, from their passing the lips to
the stomach,—their digestion, inducing circulation, secretion,
absorption, and  assimulation, which is the  highest degree of
affinity, is all to supply food to the body : the hardest articles
are converted into teeth and  bones,—others  make muscles,
nerves, sinews, &c.  Our bones are all renewed once in sev-
en years,—our teeth once in about twenty years, or much
less now, for Dentists do not make them that last so  long.
  Now look beyond the solids to the fluids: the atmosphere
is adapted to the lungs and  the lungs to the atmosphere,—
Drs. do not understand this matter.  ' I'  said Dr. Page, 'claim
its discovery as original.'
  In  the gases  of  the air, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen,
there is another element on which it depends for its healthy
action, which  never mixes with them : that is electricity :—•
deprive the air of this element, and it becomes a deadly poi-
son ; it is no part of the gases yet must always surround and
combine them.
  What is the adaptation and office of electricity to the lungs?
It is to produce a healthy circulation.
  The anatomy for its reception is the brain and the nerves
—it is received from the air by  the  lungs,—by  assimulation
of food  to blood, chyle, &c,  vivifying and giving energy to
the whole nervous system.
  The study of the brain  and of electricity were carried for-
ward  together, in different parts  of the world, and  the  re-
searches were adapted to each other,—the discoveries of each
was just in time for the other,—and perhaps a sympathetic
chord reached from  one brain to the  other.  Did you  ever
think that a new thought to you, may come  from a brain in
Europe, or elsewhere ?  Are  not various inventions made in
several places at the same  time ? Electrical sympathy knows
no space ; it passes 28000 miles in a second. 
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   Dr. Bell made valuable discoveries on the brain,—showed
 it to be  very minute Nerves. Gaul and Spurzheim continued
 the investigation for other purposes, and showed it to be the
 seat of the mind.   Through the  brain and nerves, the mind
 by its power of will, causes  the  body  to act.   Many have
 dissected the brain and they find it to be very minute bun-
 dles of nerves, and these connected with nerves proper, reach
 Our  entire system,  everywhere  through the  body, outside
 and in,—no place  where we can put the point of a pin but
 we touch  a nerve.
 ■ One office of the nerves is to give sensation or feeling ; all
 other parts of the body are  under the con troll of the nerves,
 and without them, fail to perform  their office.   Sever  the
 nerves of the eye and  we are blind,—of the ear  and we are
 deaf,—of the tongue and we cannot taste,—of the  nose and
 we cannot  smell,—of the limbs and they cease to move,—of
 the stomach and it ceases to act.   The nervous system is
 like the wires of the telegraph,  and electricity the operator
 ready to give the alarm at the approach of danger ; or perhaps
 better,—a self-acting telegraph ;  it sends its messages  right
 to head  quarters, the brain.
  'Mind,' said Dr. Page, 'is  in the brain ; not a  thing, shut
 up there; it is an element and exists in all space, and hence
 the sympathy of mind in all parts of the world.' Is this theo-
ry correct ? In  various parts of the world there are about so
many inventions yearly ; about the same number of cases of
insanity, &c. is this not caused by mental sympathy?
  The nervous system connects the mind and body ; separate
the nerves and bodily organs,  and there is  no mind.  Phi-
losophers tell us that we  get all our  knowledge  through the
five senses; but the eye does not see ; it is only like a tele-
scope.   So of  the other organs of touch,  taste, smell, &c.
This shows us that the soul and body are connected by  the
nerves.  Now I assert that electricity is the element that con-
nects mind and body ;  if we break up this electrical current
we are dead in  a moment.   When a person is struck with a
thunderbolt, this current is broken up and the active electrici-
ty swept out of the system instantly, and they die instantly :
not a muscle moves,—if  the mouth  is open it remains  so,__
if a smile is on the countenance it remains there ; and the ve-
nous and arterial blood  are black in a moment.
  We can live logger without solids than fluids: longer  with- 
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Out fluids than air :  longer without air than electricity.  We
cannot live an instant without electricity.
  In taking the diagnosis, the first  thing is to ascertain the'
electrical  condition  of the  patient,  as persons differ  very
much in the degree of electricity they will bear comfortably:
often a young miss  of  12 years  old  will bear  more than a
large man.
  To learn  the condition of a person I  take the  electrical
pulse.   We shall  find that a weak electrical pulse shows ir-
regular circulation.   Men in health have  a great variety of
pulses.   Bonaparte controlled his and  kept  it at 40 :  others
have a natural pulse at 50, at 60, at 70, and some as high as
90.; how can a doctor tell any thing by shch a guide ?  they
can only guess.   We must know the  condition of the stom-
ach, heart, liver, etc. ; how ?  by the nerves ;  their electrical
state will show it ;   the pulse will not.  A liver ever so tor4
pid will not be shown by the blood.   I will make a compare
ison to show the  force of what I mean : we go in to a cotton
factory and see the machinery running,'—we go to the flume
and see the water pouring on  to the big wheel, and as it
moves it puts in motion a great number of smaller wheels by
means of shafts and  belting,—thus keeping all the machine*
ry in motion : the water, like the blood in the human system,
keeps the wheels  in motion.   But we come to a spinning jen-
ny in one part of the factory that runs very slow,—hardly
moves. What is the matter ? We go and see if the water  is
still running as fast  as usual;   yes,—that is all right.   But
we look near the machine, and  we find  a  belt very loose ;
that is the  difficulty ; it needs tightening.
   So with the human system, there  are  local diseases that
the blood will not indicate ; but there is no difficulty however
'deeply seated, but an electrical diagnosis will find it.   This
discovery,  Dr. Page claimed as original with him,  and  it  is
One of importance.
   Among  those  examined, I find  the greatest difference ;
"some have very weak  nervous systems, and such are always
in danger in a thunder storm : they shrink back with instict-
ive dread.   Others are fearless,—full of health and vigor, and
are never hurt in such a  storm, while the very nervous are
often killed.   There is  also a  great difference in the same
body caused by disease : thus we can tell  with a certainty 
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Where the seat of disease is ; it is no guess work ; and  1 cafl
teach you all to ascertain this as I do.
  '1 have had,' said Dr. Page, 'more than a thousand cases
to test my plan, and never  failed in a single instance.   In-all
places where I have lectured, I have invited tests to be made
—committees have been appointed  from  the audience,  and
they have selected such cases as they thought most intricate,
and I have always  told the seat of disease, and the difficulty
in every instance.'
  A doctor may feel the pulse and look at the  tongue,  and
what does it all amount to ? they are not reliable.  Some, as
I before remarked,  have a  natural  pulse at 40, some  at 50,
and so on up to 90; what can a stranger tell by the pulse ? it
is wholly unreliable.  So of the tongue ; some have a coated
tongue all the time ; I have  not been free from a coated tongue
in five years, and I am well.   Others  are sick with certain?
local ailments, and yet the tongue is all right.
  The Old School M. D.  comes to  see a patient, and  how
does he proceed ?   He, with wonderful gravity feels the pulse
and  examines the  tongue, and forthwith makes out a pre-
scription : go, says  he with all possible haste to the druggist,
and he'll make up  12 pills for you: give  2 every hour for
three hours ; if they produce no effect, give three every two
hours; if these do  no good send for me.   Well, the  doctor
is sent for, and he prescribes six powders  to be taken in  like
manner, and Often  with like effect; the patient perhaps, all
the time growing worse.
  Now look at it;  he  guesses from the  beginning ; he guess«-
es at the disease,—guesses at the remedy,—guesses at the ef-
fects, and all the time makes provision for failure : if it don't
operate, send for me.   There is no confidence in his remedy;
but he is a regular doctor,—all others  are quacks and hum-
bugs !   And yet people will submit to be gulled in this way
and  say nothing about it.   A yankee  that knew nothing of
medicine would guess right oftener than once in twelve times.
   The first thing we ascertain, is the  electrical condition of
the patient: see how much he or she can  bear without pain
oh the Well parts of the body:—then  by passing  the hand
carefully over the  body,—when it comes over the nerves of
thepart affected, they will be  very  tender and sensitive.
   The patient must hold  the  Negative handle between the
palnis of his or her hands, and the Dr. hold  the Positive in 
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the left hand, and pass the right  over the patient, carefully.
  Six of you may  take hold of hands and I will  see how
much electricity you can bear: the two outside may take the
the handles :—-four of your bear it  without flinching,—but
two of you fairly writhe in pain,—this shows you  that you
must always begin with the lightest degree.
  £t3=Be sure to have the Rod or charger nearly withdrawn
from the instrument, when  you commence, and enter it grad-
ually, to increase the electricity, as the patient can bear it.
  Never touch  the handles or poles to the part  affected, as
it may produce a severe shock and do great injury.
  Never press the hand or the ends of the fingers upon the
affected parts, as it produces a painful, burning sensation,—
Use the flat  hand, smoothly and  carefully,—or a moistened
0ne sponge, .attached to the wire or pole. 
ZE^IIE^TEt  LECTUFLB.
  My subject for this evening is the  cause and treatment of
disease.
  The anatomy of the  brain and nervous system was partly
presented last  evening.   The  Brain consists of two lobes,
and we may bear in mind here that most of the organs of the
body are made in pairs  : we have  two eyes,—if one fail we
can use the other: two ears, two hands, two feet, &c.   AH
the nerves are also in pairs.   A wise provision of nature, giv-
ing us a double chance for life and its enjoyments.
  These lobes of the brain, the Cerebrum and Cerebellum
are surrounded by or enclosed in three membranes,  the Dura
mater, the  Pia-mater and the Anachroid membrane ; the lat-
ter surrounds the brain  and passes between the lobes or hem-
ispheres.  The Medulla-oblongata is  below the Cerebellum
and connects with the spinal column.
  The spine is divided into three parts, Cervical, Dorsal and
Lumbar, which with the Sacrum and Os-coccyx, constitute
the spinal  column.  This column consists of 24  distinct
bones  called vertebras,  besides the sacrum ; viz : 7 cervical,
yi dorsal, and 5 lumbar.
   From  each vertebrae proceed  nerves on each side, from the
intercostal nerve, and extend to  all parts of the body, thus
connecting  the whole system with the brain.
   Now I assume that the nervous influence is electricity.
   In  the middle  region of the cerebrum is the registering
membrane upon  which all thoughts are stored up, through
 succeeding  years,  until  early  impressions  seem crowded
 back out of sight, (so  to speak) but  that these  impressions
 are not obliterated  or  erased, is  proved beyond a doubt by
 the fact that in old age these early thoughts and impressions
 are vivid and clear,—often when  memory becomes  so poor
 as not to remember the acts of yesterday.
   All the functions of the body are carried on through the
 neives,  and electricity is the  moving agent:  of this I am 
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thoroughly  convinced.  I shall  first speak  of the diseases
of the nerves and brain.
  Now  of the diseases of the Nerves and Brain :
  1st, Irritability, sensitiveness, nervousness.
  2nd,  Paralysis,  partial or complete.
  Nervousness or  irritability  prevails very extensively,  and
causes a great amount of  suffering  ; the nervous system is
unstrung—the current disturbed ;  and leads the subject of it
into all  manner of perverse actions,—cross,  peevish,  fretful,
ugly, malicious, and brutal ; restore a healthy nervous action,
and this will be remedied  : the mind  is not changed:   No,
not even by insanity.  The eye may be destroyed,  but the
mind is not  hurt; the  ears may loose their  hearing,  the
tongue  its taste, the fingers the sense of touch, and the nerves
loose the power of sensation, but  the mind or soul is  still
unharmed:—here  is one of the greatest arguments  for the
immortality of the soul.
  When the bodily mechanism is out of order, the derange-
ment is cause of much crime often—our acts and feelings are
unnatural, and unhealthy,  and the degree of electrical power
of a person shows also their power of character,—their  acts
will be  in proportion to their lack of healthy electrical con-
dition :  put  the body in  health and it produces a reform.
  Try to solve a difficult problem, in  which the brain is se-
verely taxed, and  it produces  nervousness—you  can't think
clearly, you get   confused, perplexed,—you have disturbed
the nervous system—overtaxed it; if this were persevered in
for a long time, you  would  produce paralysis or insanity;
you must rest, or  serious difficulty will follow.   I have often
studied so that I  was unconscious  of all going on  around
me.
  A man who is in a positive state, electrically can  take the
thunderbolt, but one negative can bear but  little electricity,
and but little endurance; in electrical disturbances the sheath
of the nerve press upon  the nerve and produce pain.
  Next Paralysis of sensation.  The circulation may be de-
ranged  partially.
   1st, Paralysis partialis, partial palsy of some muscle.
  2nd,  Paralysis hemiplegia;  palsy of one side of the body
longitudinally.
   3rd,  Paralysis  Paraplegia;   one  half across the  body, as
both legs.                                              ' ' 
   Paralysis,is often symptomatic of other diseases ;  it arises
 from excitement, fear, fright, upon distensions, etc.
   Paralysis is loss of nervous power; if the Liver is torpid,
 it is partial paralysis ;  if the leg drags slowly along, it is par-
 tial paralysis of the nerves of the leg ;  if my eye has partial-
 ly lost its sight, it is amarosis, or partial paralysis of the op-
 tic nerve; if my ear has lost its hearing, the auditory nerve
 is paralyzed, and so of other parts.
   We often find the Nerves paralyzed, and in such cases I
 have found them almost insensible  to  electricity, and have
 cured them.
   A lady lost her only child, and grieved  upon  the loss till
 she became morbidly insane ;  in treating her I  found the or-
 gan of philoprogenitiveness was very tender.
   The overtaxing or abuse of any  organ, produces derange-
 ment, and may produce paralysis of the  parts.   The student
 pxertaxes the  brain;  the epicure overtaxes his digestive or-
 gans,- the sensualist his generative organs.
   An undue action of the  mind and energies  of the  body,
 seemingly required by the abuses of civil life, do great injury
 to the health of the people.  Fifty years ago our fathers were
 content with their weekly newspaper; their stage coach; their
 Canal boat ; their lumber  wagon ; with simple and substan-
 tial food and clothing ; they took  things coolly and  enjoyed
 life.  But now, our daily paper, our rail roads and telegraph?
 are hardly fast enough to answer the speed of young America;
 pvexy Xlmsmst go  with  lightning speed, and  even then
 flm> isa manifest impatience.  The people  generally  are

 ^Frn^   ?TT??8*'  ^ iU-health is the  ^sequence.
   From  this style of life arise the organic abuses of the sys-
 h^L't J»?V*\    stomach.to° mucb, dyspepsia ensues,-
 ti^tiT   ' r^Cann0t  th:nk dearly-he feels sleepy ; he
 *hat thinks much has not a desire to eat  much.   And intense
 mental labor may produce dyspepsia.
   Physical excitement for mere gratification.  Many  ladies






^ralyzed,  and ,hey  cannot f me,U, at' So ^anToZ 
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gratification and abuse, the organs suffer paralysis, and are
inactive ;  then electricity steps in for their cure.  These are
partial paralysis, and are cured* permanently.   A young lady
hurts her eyes by reading late—even in bed,  overtaxing the
eye  and partial  blindness  is the consequence;  this can be
cured ; but if total blindness occur, I cannot  reach the diffi-
culty ; if some sight remains, I expect to cure.
  My cures in this city will support my theory as truthful.
  I explain to you one of a class of diseases, and you under-
stand the  whole in the class,  for all  are  treated  alike ;  tic-
doloreau, sciataca, or paralysis in any  other part of the body,
it is  all the same, and treated in like manner.
  Experimental.—I will now examine this person for  Am-
arosis :  I take a sponge and bowl of water and wet the hair
thoroughly and evenly, male or female, for dry hair will not
pass electricity; and in nearly all  cases we have  to examine
the head.    The patient takes  the  negative pole,  holding it
between the palms  of his two hands ;  I the positive.   Now
I pass my  flat hand smoothly and carefully  over the  head
and  face ;  I first take the rod  out of the Battery, then enter
it  gradually little  by little, till I see what can  be  borne
without pain, and  use  this strength  in the examination;  I
pass my hand over  the  side of the face upon the eyebrows—
dip the end of one finger carefully toward the eyeball, throw-
ing electricity into the eye, and it gives a sensation  like dash-
ing cold water through it; it is a little sensitive ;  upon the
top  of the head I discover  a sensitiveness in the nerves from
the eyes;  I rest my hand on the nose and  examine the left
eye ;—oh! that is  very tender and  sensitive !—here is the
difficulty:  the left eye?  "Yes, it has troubled me several
years."   Last, lay down the poles, and make  passes from the
center of the head each way.  to equalize the circulation. 
si^siTia:  lectur:ej.
   Our subject for this evening is the Bony and Muscular sys-
 tem.
   The Bony system is the frame work of the human struc-
 ture; it is like the  frame of a building, and consists of 312
 distinct pieces : and gives form  and symetry to  the entire
 structure.
   If we look at the Pelvis, we see  that it is connected with
 the spinal column,  which keeps the whole frame upright ;
 there are in  the spine 24 vertebrae, each distinct and separate,
 to which are connected by cords, ligaments and muscles all
 other parts of the  system.
   The muscular system is to keep the frame work together;
 it is like the nails  and boards enclosing the building, and ad-
 ding beauty to its finish, and securing the comfort and well-
 being of the dwellers within : there are membranes contain-
 ing oil for the hinges or joints;  there are  muscles  to fill out
 the form with a solid  foundation, with an overlay of fat in
 certain parts, adding beauty and symetry ; the difference be-
 tween muscle and fat must be borne in mind,—the lean meat
 of  animals is their muscle: the fat is deposited  upon the
 muscle.
   There is a different muscle for each motion of the various
 limbs of the body,—a muscle to  raise the arm, and to lower
 it, and another to  turn it to the right, another to the left,—
 and the same may be said of  all other movable parts of the
 system; on  the back, running up  on each shoulder is the
 cape muscle, being in the form of a cape, covering the shoul-
 der blade, and giving strength to  the shoulder and  arms.
   Muscles consist of a great number of minute fibres,  and
give strength and  form to the various parts they cover, form-
ing a covering and protection to  the trunk and vital organs
within it.
  All the muscles  are under the controll of the Nervous Sys-
 tem, and are  the servants of  the will,  producing  voluntary 
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action.  The circulation of the blood and fluids, and the ac-
tion thereupon, are called involuntary motion.
  The diseases of the Muscular System are very numerous ;
a derangement of the Nervous system may effect the muscles.
We shall find  by experience in Medical  Practice that a large
part of those disorders thought to be in the chest upon the
vital organs, is only in the muscular system.  Many sad mis-
takes are thus made in the treatment of diseases :  there is a
close  connection between the Nervous and Muscular systems
—may they not become diseased  as well as the vitals ?
  If a person has a pain in  the right side, its  "Oh! Doctor
is'nt it  the Liver?"   If through the  shoulders and chest,
"Oh! Doctor  is'nt it Consumption ?   I think  I've got con-
sumption ;" and so of other localities of pain, always attribu-
ting  the pain  to some disease of  the vital parts.—and it is a
very hard matter to convince people  that their troubles and
pains arise from  muscular and nervous contractions, irrita-
tions, &c.   "Oh ! isn't it my heart ?—my lungs ?—my liv-
er?"—"half a dozen doctors told me it was."   No ! it may
be a weakness of the  muscles—a  contraction—a nervous de-
rangement !
  Many folks will have it that they are vitally diseased ; and
you  tell them  it is not so and they are offended at you.
  When a muscle is injured by  a strain  in lifting  a heavy
burden, or bruised by a fall  or blow, it  becomes contracted :
if we attempt to use it, it hurts  and  we desist : injuries of
this  kind  are easily cured by electricity.
  I will mention a case in point;  Leeland Thurston in Lew-
isville,  Ky., came to me with his son, a young man,   who
was  thought to have Consumption,  "the  Doctors had said
so," he had pain in chest, shoulders, short breath, cough, etc.,
was  pale and feeble,—said he did not expect help.  I exam-
ined first  his Lungs, and found them sound, then his Liver,
Heart,  etc., all sound,  but in the abdominal muscles was a
very tender spot;  here  was the disease ;  in six days he was
perfectly cured:  and  seven  years afterwards I saw  him, and
he  was perfectly healthy,  and gave me a certificate of' his
cure.
  A case  here in Auburn, a Mr.  White who works for Mrs.
Fletcher,  had a muscular contraction of the arm, so that he
could not move it to his head; one application  of electricity
cured it so that he can  use it perfectly free. 
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    The Sternum  or  Breast bone connected to the Ribs in
 front, cover and protect the chest: the collar bone forms a
 brace to keep  the shoulders  arid arms  back in their  proper
 place, and to give strength:  the Ribs and Sternum are cov-
 ered with muscle and ligatures  to  protect the vital parts: if
 these are bent in,  by leaning over forward, the lungs are com-
 pressed and cannot act freely : all the organism  is deranged;
 the  shoulders  are brought forward and the back  bent over
 like  an old building  beginning  to  tumble in.  The  braces
 (shoulder blades)  have got misplaced, and the  whole  frame
 wants righting up, or the inhabitants within will get  crush-
 ed.  It reminds me of a beautiful bonnet in a bandbox, after
 the stage driver has  stowed  it  among trunks and  baggage,
 and it has got all smashed up ; take out the  jewel  of a bon-
 net and what a looking object!  Just as many people's  lungs
 would  look, could we see them.
   Doctors treat all such strictures of the chest for consump-
 tion ; but all their drugs do no good.  They send the patient
 to a warm climate, but it does no good. All that is wanted is
 to relieve the  muscular  contraction ;  throw  the  shoulders
 back ; give room for the lungs to act; the Casket is  none too
 large for the jewel it contains.   The muscles must  be relax-
 ed, and this can best  be done by electricity.
   Compression of the lungs causes  more consumption than
 damp climates, for if  these contractions  continue  they will
 eventually end in  consumption.
   One of your citizens, Mr. B. has been greatly benefitted by
 a  few applications, and will get well if he continues the  treat-
 ment, although it is one of long standing.
   Many patients think they are  cured of consumption,  but I
 think consumption or  ulceration  of the lungs, cannot be cur-
 fid.   Diseases of the spine can be readily cured if not of too
 long standing.
   Young ladies often  have spinal disease.  Curvitures m»V
 be on either side  or inward  or outward.  Delicate  children
 often have  weak spines and should be fed on food contaiaiug
 lime in some form.                                     °
   A contraction of muscles produces curvitures of the spine.
 *blSn msludy> <» standing, or sitting at a desk al-
IctS  i?°T'etC'L these ^ be <"** remedied by
 «S2    5 l y    aX1?g the mascl*  and straightening up the
 spme, and being careful to keep  a good position.        ? 
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    'Tetanus or Wry neck, caused by  contraction of the mus-
  cles of the neck can be easily cured by relaxing the  muscle,
  —stiff joints, stiff" legs or limbs also.
    Experiments.—The instructions in the use  of the  Battery
  were much like the  previous evening.   Philoprogentiveness
  will bear usually the largest amount of electricity of any part
  of the system.
    In using  electricity we are bathing the parts  with light-
  ning as with a liniment, and we apply it with the hand, care-
  fully and smoothly,—weak eyes are readily cured.
    For Catarrh, pass the  hand  over  the  head and forehead,
  and the thumb and forefinger astride the nose  from  its root,
  between the eyes downard,—it can be cured.
    Tonsil Glands  are often cut off :  they become weak and
  need electricity to strengthen them ;  make passes on the side
  of the neck, under the ear and near the throat; it sometimes
  causes deafness.   1 cured Dr. Warren in eight days of a most
  difficult case.
    I never guarantee a cure, even if I konw 1 could  produce
  a cure in 24 hours : experience has shown me the folly of it:
  a cure depends upon the patient.
    I might tell you multitudes of  cases.   Some 25 years ago
  I went to New Orleans, and as a Dr. N----had just made
  $100,000 in this  way, I thought to follow his plan.   A man
  came to me who suffered terribly with Dyspepsia;  I agreed
  to cure him for $40.  When I had nearly cured him, and he
  felt remarkably well, he attended a party and spent the night
  in gormandizing  ; the next day he came to  me full of  pain
  and  distress,  as might have been  expected.  I told him I
  should not treat him any longer, and of eourse lost my fee.
     'Another,' said Dr. Page, for these cases are from his nar-
  ration, 'came to  be cured  and I entered into a written agree-
  ment, binding him  to observe certain rules of living : when
  he got to feeling pretty well, he gave loose rein to his appe-
  tite, and undid in a day what 1 had spent weeks to  gain.  I
  told him he had  broken his  contract; that I should give up
  treatment, and required my fee.  He refused it, but  I gained
  it, by arbitration.
     Another  case wsft that of an old man with heart disease ; he
'  considered  himself liable  to  drop dead  at any moment.  I
  agreed to cure him  in six weeks, for $500.   In three weeks
  he pronounced himself well and offered to pay me ; but I re- 
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lused to  receive it until the  «ix  weeks were up. •  He was
taken with the cholera that night and died before eight next
morning. His heart was examined and found perfectly sound.
But I lost my $50Q.
   Mr. John Granham, in a work published in England some
years ago, says that the galvanic influence  will be most ac*
tive in a paralized limb when passed along the spine.  It re-
stores diminished temperature,  decreased circulation, and lost
muscular action.  It is assisted by immersion of the affected
limb in warm  water, into which the positive pole should be
placed.

   A  great number of deeply interesting cases,  of  treatment
and cure will be found in Channing's work, to  which the
reader is referred ;  but I would wholly  discountenance the
use  of acu-puncture needles and moxa, together with all
other old methods of needlessly torturing a patient.   So lohg
as we  can pass electricity  directly  through any  part, why
is  there any need of  puncture needles ?  Or why  is there
any need of the cuaterizing moxa as recommended by Dr<
Golding Bird ?  It should be dispensed with.
    KIDDER'S ELECTRO MAGNETIC MACHINE,

 Which is advertised in the last part of the book, is  an  in-
strument giving six currents,  including the to-and-fro  and
the direct current: it is an instrument of much power, and
will be seen by the certificates, to be in high  repute among
medical practitioners and Professors.  This machine was pat>
ented September 18th, 1860.  [See advertisement at the end
of the lectures.]
* 
s3E"v^]isrT^3:  LimoTTjnFLiEi
   The subject for, this evening is the circulation and deges-
 tion : subjects of great importance ; for to regulate the blood
 and stomach  are generally  considered of more  importance
 than almost any other subject which the doctor has to attend
 to.  1  consider other parts of the human system of fully as
 much importance as these, if not more so.
   The digestive organs are designed to  convert solids and
 fluids into such  a condition that  they may be taken up by
 other  organs and assimulated into bone, muscle, nerve, blood,
 etc.   All the food  that passes the lips and finds its way into
 the stomach is acted upon by the various organs and gastric
 juice, and is thus prepared to supply  the natural waste of the
 system.
   The quantity of blood in the system is from 26 to 32 lbs.,
 averaging 28 lbs.   There are 248 bones,  and 207 muscles.
   The circulation of  the blood is carried  on through  the
 veins, arteries, heart and lungs.
   The lungs are situated one on each side of the chest, and
 separated from each other by a membrane called the medias-
 tinum.   Each is divied into two  lobes.   The right lung is
 larger than the other,  to give room  for the heart on the left
 side.
   The Lungs are  composed of the ramifications of the Bron-
 chial  Tubes, which terminate in Bronchial cells, (air cells)
 of the ramifications of the pulmonary artery and veins, bron-
 chial  arteries and veins, lymphatics  and nerves;  all  held to-
 gether by cellular  tissues.
   The  Pulmonary artery, conveying the  dark and impure
 venous  blood to  the  lungs, terminates   in   capilary vessels
 which form a minute  net- work, the parietes of the bronchial
 cells  and then converge to form  the  pulmonary veins  by
 which the arterial blood, purified by its passage through the
. capillaries is returned to the left auricle of the heart.
   The Bronchial Arteries, which are branches of the thora- 
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cic orata, ramify upon the Bronchial tubes,  and in the tis-
sues of the lungs, and supply them with nutrition, while the
venous blood is returned by the bronchial  veins  to  the vena
azygos.
  The Lympatics, commencing upon the surface and in the
substance of  the lungs, terminate in  the bronchial glands,—;
we thus see how closely connected are the nervous, muscu-
lar and circulating systems.
  Some Doctors frighten patients by telling them their blood
is all turning  to water :  it  is nine-tenths water at best, and it
would not require much change to separate the Coloring mat-
ter—supply electricity and it will be  all right.
  It is the generally received opinion that  the heart  acts like
a force pump, and propels the blood through  the veins and
arteries.  Now I object  to this  theory : if it has power to
force 28 lbs. of blood through the system, where does it get
that  power; if it has that  power  why does it not force blood
through a paralyzed arm or leg,  or side ?—its poWer is the
same, if the power is in it.
  I have read mahy standard works in  regard to the Circular
tion of the blood, but they do not explain it at all: they only
confuse with  learned nonsense.
  Doctors have seen the effects of a  Power,—but could not
tell its origin  or manner of action.
  If the  nerves connected with  the heart are severed, the
heart ceases to pulsate : if the  power  is in  the heart, why
should it stop ?  I think it does not hold the power nor act
like a force pump.   I think the arteries and veins act or pul-
sate with the  heart and they get their power fiom the nervous
system.
  Nervous excitement  induces   congestion and paralysis:
fright often causes insensibility;  stops the blood—stops the
pulse ; the nerves seem  to control or govern the  circulation.
As a proof of my position : my  right side, say is  palsied,
the circulation is lost; if the nerves of the head  or brain are
overtaxed,  engorgement of blood ensues,—the vessels are
clogged and cannot act,—become weak—nerves are weak;
apply electricity, and strength, and the blood flows again.
  A  bruised limb produces an engorgement of the blood ves-
sels ; it becomes black by  standing inactive, and not coming
in contact with the electricity of the air in the  lungs : apply 
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electricity and the circulation is restored ; the blood becomes
active, and its color bright again.
  Enlargement of Liver is engorgement, and may be relieved
in the same way.
  Tumors,  Ulcers, etc. are absorbed and cured by electrical
action.
  In  Ulcers, Scrofula, etc., Doctors like to charge it upon our
ancestors, making it hereditary : but this is unnecessary  and
wrong—the cause is nearer by—m ourselves—it is caused by
improper food and over eating.
  When we take substances into the stomach that cannot be
assimulated—cannot be made  muscle, bone, etc., it may
lodge in and clog some vessel, and  produce tumors, scrofula,
etc.   Spices cannot be assimulated, and the less we use the
better.
  Eating too much is the trouble ;  we should eat nutricious
food,  but  eat sparingly: unassimulants are like drift wood,
they stop the stream or  throw it through a new and  wrong
channel.
  Rich living and little exercise produces gout, rheumatism,
swellings, etc.
  Dr. Twitchell of New Hampshire, had a tumor on the eye
ball,—went  to Boston to a convention of Doctors and Sur-
geons, intending to have his eye  operated upon.  The Doc-
tors examined the eye,  and advised him not to  have an ope-
ration.  He  returned home :  but  first visited  New  York,
where he consulted an Astrologer:  so  you see that the most
learned and scientific, when everything else fails, will resort
to "Humbugs for help" :   The Astrologer  put on airs, look-
ed wise, appeared mysterious,  consulted the stars, painted on
his walls, looked into the philosopher's stone, and fully car-
ried  out  in spirit  the  advice  of  some college Professors,
who say to their graduating class: "young men, if you  would
succeed in business, you must put on airs of wisdom, and al-
ways carry about you an air of mystery."  After the Astrol-
oger had manouvered long enough, he said:  Sir, you  live in
the country, and near your residence is a stream of water—go
to that stream three times a day and wash your head and eye,
carefully and thoroughly;  for your diet observe the follow-
ing rules strictly :  for breakfast eat crackers and milk—eat
sparingly : for dinner, reverse  it, eat milk and crackers—eat
sparingly : for supper, eat crackers and milk, and eat but lit- 
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tie ; and in six months you will be well.  Dr. T.  paid  luiti
his fee, and left for home; and followed the prescription—
only substituting rain water for river water,  and in less than
six  months the tumor  disappeared, and  he was perfectly
cured.
  This  Astrologer was no fool; he had hit upon certain fun-
damental laws of Physiology, and  used them in his prescrip-
tions.  The tumor was caused by  excess of  nutrition—high
living ; and low living or plain living cured him.
  The Catholic's forty days of Lent is a most excellent and
sanitory provision, and if I were a  Religionist,  would almost
induce me to be one,—but I am not a christian, do not pro-
fess to be, but am  only a naturalist; but if every church had
a season of forty days in which all  its members were required
to eat only milk and  crackers,  sparingly, it would be mosit
blessed in its results,—it would produce a revival of healthy
and open the way  for a revival  of heartfelt religion.
  If a person with tumors, ulcers, scrofula, etc.,  eats rnuef*r
it must  make him worse.  A boy in  Bangor, with a tumorr
was stuffed on beef steak and  rich food, by  Doctors, and he
constantly  grew  worse—they  utterly failed to eure him,—
thus violating all physical laws; this must all be reversed or
you cannot eure.
  In Experiments—-first dravj out  the rod.  Put the negative-
wire in a sponge and  place it under  the  oscoccyx—end of
spine ; the Dr. takes the positive and examines with his hand
lightly first—all up and down the  spine, upon the shoulders,
under the shoulder blades, sides, etc., in front over the ster-
num, chest, abdomen, abdominal muscles, over heart, lungs,
etc., very light over the heart.
  In curvitures, bear  your weight on the spine, and bend it
back while or after applying electricity ;  operate all over the
spine,  and then crowd  it to its place ; use great  strength, if
necessary.
  In making examinations where the parts are sensitive, pass
lightly over the spine, and over the chest, etc.; if the mus-
cles do not respond to the movement of the hand,  take the
sponge  and bear on a little ;  if there is no feeling it shows
paralysis.
  In a general examination,  put the wire of the negative in
a sponge ; put a folded napkin or towel under the sponge, and
put it under the oscoccyx and let the  patient sit upon it; the 
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Operator then holds the  positive handle in his left hand, and
examines with the right hand, or he takes the sponge in the
right hand, with positive wire inside of the sponge, and pass-
es it over the patient.  Pass over  the region of the heart ve-
ry lightly, and carefully.
   For Glottis or Bronchitis, pass under the throat and earsv
and around the neck.
                    INSTRUMENTS.

  Among the Electro Magnetic  Machines advertised in  our
work, and to which  we would call attention,  is that of Dkv
S. B. Smith's, which is manufactured and for sale by Amos
Brown, Agent,  364  1-2 Canal-st., New York.  See  adver-
tisement on  3rd page of cover. 
EIGr-ZHZTIEi   ILEQTTTZFLE.
  The subject this evening is female diseases, and they have
always  formed a  large share of my practice.  A very large
portion of females are diseased in various ways, and they are
cured by the general methods of treatment.
  There are some thirty diseases peculiar to females, which
affect them after they arrive at the age of puberty.  At this
time, unless natural menstruation takes place, disease ensues;
one of the most common  of  which is chlorosis ; the patient
becomes weak and languid, but does not suffer pain,;  often
does not loose  flesh, but is usually very pale.
  When electricity is  applied to  such patients, they at first
do not seem to feel the effects of it, so  prostrated has the
nervous  system become.  I have  seen  a young miss  of
twelve years old that would bear a great deal more electricity
than many a large  muscular man.   The period of puberty
varies in different individuals from the age of 8 to 12  years.
Electricity restores  tone and gives strength  to the nervous
system and thereby brings on a natural flow of the menses.
After menstruation has been  once established and has ceased
from action, it produces Menorrhea.   This is often caused
by the action of the mind as  well as other causes : the  action
of the mind may produce and also check them.  The voice
has been known to  be stopped by the influence of the mind.
A young lady got mad at some reprimand of her mother and
declared she would never speak again,  and she exerted her
will  to  such an extent that  she  finally  lost her voice and
could not speak.
  The menstrual discharge will always be brought on unless
there is some  mechanical or  organic obstruction, by  electri-
city.
   Across the lower part  of  the  abdomen we shall find the
muscles and  ligaments which  support  the womb.   When
these ligaments become weak, there occurs displacement  of
,the  womb.  From  child-bearing, and  from tying on heavy 
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skirts just above the hips, and other causes, produce weak-
ness of the  parts, and  induces  prolapsus uteri,—the womb
falls down, or turns partly over, or to  one side or the other ;
sometimes turns diagonally, pressing  against the bladder at
one end and against the rectum at the  other.
  In Leucorrhea or Whites, fhere is discharged an acrid, ir-
ritating mucous, that  produces sores  upon  the thighs  and
other parts  upon which  it lodges.  This discharge renders
a person weak ;  it affects the nervous system as  much as
four times the amount, in loss of blood would; all these can
be reached and cured by electricity, assisted by a local wash
which I will name hereafter: in this disease and others of a
similar kind, the os-tincaeor mouth of the womb is often in-
jured, and needs medicated treatment by use  of  this wash
from a syringe.   'I have had' said Dr. Page, 'more than eight
thousand females under treatment in the last eighteen years.
  Wash,—For the wash  take 2 oz. super cab. Soda,  and
1 oz. sulphate Zinc,  pulverize at the druggists,  and put a
tea-spoon full into a pint of water.
  This wash is  used in parts affected ; it is injected into the
Vagina.   It is good to  wash ulcers with, in conection with
the use of electricity.
  Many physicians use a speculum for making examinations
and then apply  lunar  costic ; but  they do not cure, and al-
ways produce much pain and irritation of the parts.
  In all these and similar  diseases,  we use electricity With
the best results: such  as diseases of  the  ovaries, when in-
flamed slightly,  or dropsical.
  In case of local inflammation,  wring  out a towel Wet in
cold water and put on the part affected, and put a dry flannel
cloth over the towel.   Use the same around the! throat fdr
hoarseness and croup,  wetting  the towel afresh  every  15 or
20  minutes, according to the necessities of the case.
  In dropsy of the ovaries, clots of blood pass away from the
vagina; tumors, also,  sometimes affect  the ovaries,  all of
which will  be cured by absorption.   'I have cured,' said Dr.
Page, Humors that weighed eight pounds in 8 or 10 days.*
  Cancer of the womb cannot  be cured.   Sir Astley Cooper
mentions 28 cases, all  of which died under treatment.
  Cauliflower, a bloody fungous excresence, cannot be cured.
  Polypus  at the  os-tincae, can be  cured  by ligature, but
should always be attended to at the beginning.   Some  reach 
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;to the floor when the patient is sitting, and weigh over one
hundred pounds.   Hydrats, or floating tumors, may by cured.
   In restoring menstruation, care should be used not to pro-
duce infanticide ; I set my face against this unnatural  and in-
human  practice, so prevalent  in some places, of producing
abortions.  In the city of Boston, there are every year more
than five thousand cases of this inhuman butchery !   If there
is immortality in the soul, how  many little immortals, who
were  strangled in the embrio of existence,  will  appear in
judgment against  those  who  deprived them of life ? It is a
fearful thought!   A  gentleman called yesterday  with his
wife, for advice in a case of menstrual stoppage.   I  told  him
if he had any reason to believe that his  wife was  encient, I
would have nothing to do with the case, but if it was some
organical obstruction, I could soon produce an action ; he as-
sured me he thought it was the latter.   I made one applica-
tion of electricity over the region of the womb, and within
jthe next twenty-four hours the menstrual discharges came on
healthy and fine.
   There are  women all around us who are naturally healthy
and robust, that have completely  destroyed their health by
this unnatural practice ;  it is the cause of most  of the diseas-
es of females.  In our  Papers, even christian papers, are ad-
vertisements of Female Pills,  and  they  are sure to  caution
all not to take  them  in  pregnancy, as they will surely pro-
duce miscarriage.  That is just what they  want,—and have
them they will. They  use their pin^moey, or even sell rags to
raise the dollar or two.
   Obstetrics,—-In  all cases  of protracted labor, where the
pains cease, by applying  electricity to the muscles each side
of the  womb, contraction is produced and the labor proceeds
healthful and well.  The attendants often  tell  the patient to
bear down, and this exhausts her ; then electricity comes in
to her help most gratefully,  and produces a happy deivery.
   After  delivery, apply  electricity to  the  parts and it con-
tracts  the ligatures and muscles of the womb  and stops he
 after-pains, and the patient will gain more  in one week than
she would in four under the common treatment.    Electri-
city may be used with the  utmost  safety, and also duping
pregnancy, it is safe and good.
   Use the sponge or hand lightly over the lower part of the
abdomen, each side of the hips and surrounding parts. 
nxmxrTiEa:   lecture.
   I shall  speak briefly this evening of urinary diseases,  as
 much of our time is to  be devoted to examinations.   I shall
 only have time to refer to classes of diseases, and those of the
 same class or kind are treated in a similar manner.
   Diseases of the kidneys are often cured ; but the old treat-
 ment of active diuretics, is the worst thing that can be done
 —it only aggravates the disease and tortures the patient.
   Diabetes,  is very difficult to cure.   Stone or calculus can-
 not be cured by electricity, except by use of complicated in-
 struments to enter the bladder and dissolve the calculi or stone
 —I have suffered dreadfully, and  have been cured by other
 means.  'Lithontriptic,' has cured some persons.
   Ulceration or inflammation or the  bladder can be cured by
 electricity ; some of the most aggravated cases of this kind
 have been thoroughly cured by it.
   Incontinence of urine, even from childhood, can be  cured ;
 when children are  weak, water  passes  without producing
 any feeling at  the mouth of the  bladder, and therefore it
 passes involuntarily.  The same is the case where much wa-
 ter is discharged,—it has little or  no acrid matter, and pro-
 duces no contraction or feeling at the mouth of  the bladder,
 and will be passed  when asleep, and sometimes  without
 knowing it when awake.
   Genital diseases are all of a nervous character.  I cannot
 go into detail,—those of you who have heard my lecture to
 men can glean from it most on  this matter you need in re-
 ration thereto.   The excitement of the genital organs  has its
 origin in the cerebellum, and where the excitement is great,
 and long continued, it produces  in some cases lock-jaw, and
 various other  diseases, such as weak and  sore eyes, dyspep-
sia, etc.
   Spermatorrhea, produces nocturnal emissions.  Restore the
action of the brain,  by the application  of electricity,  and
keep the mind  off from  such matters, and a cure can be ef- 
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fected.  Sometimes  paralysis  of the genital  organs  ettstle
from protracted cases,—they become cold and inactive.
  Gonorrhea, and Sphillis,  1 do not speak of,  as I will not
meddle with such diseases.
  Lust, or Desire, when  dwelt  upon and  harbored  in the
mind,—dreampt upon, is sometimes worse in its effects than
actual adultery : 'he that looketh upon a woman to lust after
her, hath committed  adultery with her in his own heart,' so
says the Bible, and it is on account of  its evil  effects that it
is so emphatically denounced.  The evil is caused by a nerv-
ous and unhealthy condition of the patient.
  Now as to treatment:  begin  with the cerebellum, where
the excitement is found, for so long as the mind  runs upon
that subject, there can be no cure.  The mathematician may
become insane on figures, and his mind must be taken off the
subject before  he can get well.   The mind, in a great degree
controlls the body, and often is  the cause of disease.   Ope-
rate upon  the  whole  head, the  spine, and pelvis   Thorough
and continued treatment, with  the  full co-operation of the
patient, will work a  cure.
  To affect the Glottis, apply the sponge on the back of the
neck;  a  little lower, and we  reach the Bronchial tubes.—
Nerves at  the  first  Dorsal Vertebrae,  reach the  Lungs ? those
at the 2nd or  3d, between  the shoulders,  reach  the Liver ;
a little lower, coming over the  shoulder blade  and under the
arm an inch  below the nipple  on the left side, reach the
Heart.  When the Lungs are ulcerated and you pass electri-
ty through the region of them,  the pain is felt  deeply  ; act
with the hand, over  the  shoulder and  around  the region of
the parts, and if much affected, the patient  becomes faint,
sick,—feels a  sinking sensation,  and the operation  must be
immediately stopped.
   The nerves a little below those of the heart reach the stom-
ach.   The Diaphragm is reached at  about the middle of the
spine; when it is weak and inactive, it stops the breath and
produces  low  feelings,  hypo,  hysteria, etc.  Just below the
diaphragm  we reach the  intestines.  Below the os-coccyx
the nerves reach the genital organs.  Just above the Pelvis
in the female  is the womb.  Just under the lower ribs, you
reach  the liver: the  diaphragm follows the lower ribs around.
   For Urinary disease, apply around the region  of the kid-
neys and bladder ; press on the os-pubis to throw it in deep. 
45
  The idea of stimulating the contraction of  the womb by
electricity is so obvious to those who understand its nature,
that it has been used in Europe for' many years passed,  and
with the greatest success*
  Dr. Golding Bird,  says with regard to it for Amenorrhea,
'In  electricity we possess the only really direct emmenagogue
which the experience of our profession has furnished us with.
I do not think we have ever known it to fail to excite men-
struation where the uterus was capable of performing  this
function.
   A general application for a few  times, to give strength to
the system, is desirable : a few days before the usual  time for
the monthly turns, an application  should be made over  and
around  the pubis.  In cases caused by chlorosis, that disease
must first be removed.
   Electricity is now commanding such general attention in
Europe, and is passing so rapidly into use as a curative agent
in  this country, that it is a matter of importance that  its prin-
ciples of action should become more generally understood.
           HALL'S  CONSTANT BATTERY,

  Which is designed  especially for the use of  Physicians,
Was patented in 1859.  Dr. Hall  is extensively engaged in
the manufacture of all kinds of electrical machines and other
apparatus, for medical and  scientific purposes.   See his ad-
vertisement on the last page of the cover. 
TEnsrTia:   lectur.b.
   My remarks this evening will be on Symptomatic diseases,
 and I shall be brief, as I have already gone over nearly the
 whole ground of my usual course of Lectures.
   One part of the human  system always sympathises with
 the other parts : yet, two different organs are not often affect-
 ed by the same disease.  If one part is weak, the other parts
 suffer pain or lassitude, through  sympathy ;  if one part is
 overtaxed, the rest of the body sympathises with it.
   Many patients  complain of a pain  in the head, when the
 cause of the  pain is in some other part of the system ; the
 pain in  the head  is only sympathetic : the  disease may be in
 the stomach, or  some other part of the body: if a  woman
 has profuse menses, it decreases the secretion  of milk ;  the
 breasts sympathise with the other parts.   In Leucorrhea the
 breasts are flabby and weak.
   In making a  diagnosis of disease, this  law  of  sympathy
 must be borne in  mind, and allowances made for it.  Uterine
 diseases often affect other parts of the system ;  even  Asthma
 may sometimes be caused by it.  Counter irritants act upon
 this law of sympathy.
   Sympathy creates disease.   'Only cure my head,' says the
 patient,  'and I can bear all my other pains.'  But we  must
 remove  the cause ; if it be the stomach,  we must set that all
 right and the headache will cease: if it be uterine weakness,
 we must strengthen those parts,—and so of any other part of
 the system ;  we must remove the cause.
   Epileptic fits can be cured  by electricity.   'I have,' said
 Dr. Page, 'had many cases, and never failed to  cure them.—
 They are often caused by uterine troubles, and  are therefore
 strictly sympathetic.   The causes  are so various,  that an
 examination of  the  whole  body  is necessary  to  find it.__
 Asthma is often  sympathetic:  caused by weakness  in  the
 Bronchial tubes,  glottis, or nerves and muscles  of the throat
and breast. 
47
  Three men once came for examination,  and 1 examined
Jwo of them thoroughly and found no disease.  I then ex-
amined the third in all parts of the body  till I came to the
head and throat, and began to think  they were all sound
and well, and had come to hoax me.—but on touching the
muscles of the neck connected  with the  Bronchial tubes, he
began to choke  and cough : I had 'struck a  vein,' as  the say-
in is.   I soon saw the difficulty to be Asthma,  and  told the
patient he  had it very badly ; he said  he had not laid down
to sleep for twelve years,—he  had to be bolstered up in bed.
I told him I could cure him.   Many  that were acquainted
with the case thought it an impossibility, but in less than
six weeks  I cured him by electricity, though his case was ve-
ry  bad and of long standing.
   Fevers.—In fevers, mechanical electricity is not favorable ;
 the best remedy is Cold Water;  by wet bandages or  com-
press, with a dry flannel laid over it ;  sponging or  washing
 with a linnen cloth; and the  same may be said of  all  cases
of Inflammation, use cold water and rubbing gently with the
 hands.
   In Fever and Ague, use Electricity after the fever is gone,
just as the chill is coming on, and it will stop the chill ; make
 a general and thorough application over the head and spine;
 keep up this till it is time for  the fever, and it will not come
 on.  Never use electricity when the fever is on.
    Ulcers and Tumors are cured by absorption—except  inces-
 tuous tumors, which have a  deposit like cheese curd, that
 cannot be absorbed.
    Stiff Joints can be cured :  apply to the surrounding parts
 and through the joint.
    To  reach the Ovaries, apply around the pelvis bone :  to
 reach  the womb apply each side of the os-pubis, and to all
 the surrounding parts.
    For  Tumor, put the negative to the spine, and positive on
 and around the  tumor,  as strong as patient can bear it.
    For  Ulcers and Old Sores, apply Electricity to arouse a
 vital action of  the parts.
    In Asthma, apply Electricty to the respiratory organs.
    In Sprained Ankle, pass electricity through  the ankle : put
 the negative to the spine, and hold the positive in the left
 hand, and bathe or rub the leg with the hand, or put the pos-
 itive wire in the sponge, and bath with that. 
48
  Also for Milk Leg, pass all over the leg, and the same for
stiff cord in  the leg.
  In  flowing,  put negative to spine, and positive  over the
womb to contract it.
  In hemhorage of  lurtgs, or ulceration, do not use electri-
city.
  In  contracting  or  relaxing a muscle,  use  electricity with
negative on spine, and positive wire in the  wet sponge, pass
over the part affected.
  Involuntary erections sometimes cause epileptic fits, as well
as self abuse, carried to extent in  either sex ;  apply electri-
city generally to  the head, and all over the body, particularly
to the back of the head and over the region of the pelvis, and
surrounding parts.

  I have now gone  over all  the  various classes of  diseases
that I consider essential,  w>ith their treatment and cure : of
course those of you who  intend to  pursue the  subject as a
calling, will  make yourselves familiar with Physiology and
Anatomy, and  whatever else may contribute to  your under-
standing well, the Human System.   But you must not ex-
pect to  cure everything,  nor every body ; experience will
teach you much you can learn no where else.  But the prop-
er,  continued use of Electricity,  will cure a large  share of
the ailments of mankind. 
         DR.  JEROME  KIDDER'S
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 ELECTRO-HAGRETIC     MACHINE.
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As a Superior Electro-Medical Apparatus, for a great variety
            of Nervous and Chronic Disorders.

      PATENTED   SEPT.  18TH,  1860.
  The following diagram represents the combinations.
  The Currents differ in the degree in which they are conducted by
the nerves of motion, with  or without, the nerves of sensation,  dis-
tinguished by their degrees of concentraiiveness or diffusivenes.  They
differ also in regard  to  electrolysis, containing the primary influ-
ence in various degrees with the sensational.
  A work will soon  be  issued, giving facts in  regard  to the direct
(electrolytic) currents, and the induced currents of the helix, con-
cerning which there seems to be many popular errors.



  As we have Letters Patent for the three currents ; the public is
Jbereby cautioned in regard to all pretenders to having these com-
binations.
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T-ESTIMONIALS.
  "Kidder's Electro-Magnetic Machine is one of the most useful
inventions  of the kind  with  which we are acquainted.   It has six
currents, differing in their magnetic, electrolytic,  and sensational ef-
fects.  It is very portable, and very easily kept  in good condition.
We have witnessed  its frequent employment in various medical  ca-
ses, and the results have convinced us that, in the hands of the judi-
cious, scientific physician, a large class of diseases are  more amena-
ble to such treament than to any therapeutical  means."—American
Medical Times, Jan. 18lh. i 862.

   "One of the best instruments made for applying Electro-Magnet-
ism in the  treatment of disease."—Fancher &• Miller, Proprietors
of Hygienic Institute, 15 Laight Street.

   "They need only to be known to be appreciated.  It would give
me pleasure to see them in general use."—Charles Avery, Profes-
sor of  Chemistry in Hamilton College.

   "Thirty  years practical experience in the use of the various kinds
of Magneto-Electric  and Galvanic Apparatus, justify me in asserting
the superiority of yours over all others of its kind."—Dr.  Humbert,
22 Bible House, cor. Astor Place and Fourth Avenue.
  "I take pleasure in recommending them as a decided improvement
upon those I have heretofore examined."—James R. Chilton, M. D.
(the ChemUl.)
  ICi^Those who wish to  obtain the genuine, should  look for my
name in full, and also the  patent label on each instrument.

         Address             JEROME  KIDDER,
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  This Machine is distinguished from all others by its giving a Di-
rect, as well as a To and Fro current;  hence for Medical Purposes it
surpasses all other kinds   Dr. Smith is the only inventor of this
great improvement in the United States.  It is run at a trifling cost,
and is not liable to get out of order   The Battery is an improve-
ment on the Smee Battery, and requires no cleaning.  It has had
awarded to it the Medal by the World's Fair, and the American In-
stitute of New York ;  and by the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia,
over all other Machines in competition   The whole enclosed in a
small  Black Waluut Case.
  Says Dr. Campbell of Cincinnati :  '•[ consider Dr. S.  B. Smith's
Machines the best in  use.  There are  many diseases for which the
Direct current  is useful, and some in which  it is indispensable.—
There are other Electro Magnetic Machines with to and fro currents,
but none in which the two  currents are united iu  the same Machine
that I know of. except Dr  Smith's  ; others claim  it, but  I have not
found them to be such on examination."
  Dr. Campbell is well known throughout the West as a succesful
Medical Electrician, and uses Smith's  Machines.  Hundreds of cor-
roborative  testimonials could be offered,  but it is believed that the
reputation  of these Machines is so far above all others as to render it
unnecessary.
  £3=Extra Instruments for the application of  Electricity are fur-
nished when desired ;  these consist of Eye  and Ear tubes, Tongue
piece, Rectum, Uterine, and Conductor.  As these Instruments are
not required by  every one  buying a Machine, they form a separate
charge, which will be  reasonable.
  n^A copy of Dr.  Smith's Book of Instructions furnished with
each Machine.
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         PATENTED   JUNE  31,   1859.
  EXPRESSLY  DESIGNED  FOR  PHYSICIANS'  USE.

                                             NOTICE.
                                      The wonderful efficacy and increas-
                                    ing  success of Hall's Constant
                                    Battery, has induced a desire to
                                    place them within the reach of every
                                    Physician, and the proprietor respect-
                                    fully announces that in consequence
                                    of late improvements and increased
                                    facilities,  he  has  been  enabled to
place the price of each Instrument, complete in every  respect, including Flexible
Cords, Sponge Handles, and a Book of Instructions ut

     12  JDOTJI-jJ±JFU& EACH.
 They can be sent to any part of the world perfectly  Mife  by Express, and each
instrument is warranted.
             Manufactured and Sold Wholesale and Retail by

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      No. 13 IS too infield St., Boston, Muss.,  U. S. A.
 All orders addressed as above aeoon.pauied by the fault, will be promptly and
carefully fulfilled ; or t lie amount cau be collected by  Express on delivery of the
goods.
 Each Instrument is enclosed in a beautiful highly polished Black Walnut Case,
nine inches long, six high, and six wide; accompanying each is a work of two-hun-
dred and forty pages, on the application of Electricity to various diseases in which
it is recommended.
 g^*Any person of ordinary intelligence can successfully use this Instrument, as
everything regarding it is perfectly simple and intelligible.
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fulfillment of orders.


 Thejust celebrity and success of HALL'S PATENT CONSTANT BATTERY,
has induced several persons to manufacture inferior articles, and in many cases are
a direct infringement on this Battery ; the public are respectfully cautioned against
the imitations, as they will be found comparatively wortnless and ineffectual.
  Hall's Patent Battekies are used with positive and permanent success, in all
cases of Rheumatism, acute or chronic, seated either in the head, j lii.ts or limbs,
Gout, Tic Doloureux, Nervous and Sick Hradache, Paralysis, Paly, Fits, Epilep-
sy, Palpitation of the Heart, Spinal and Hip Complaints,  Stijf'ne's i/f the Joints,
Lumbago, Neuralgia, Nervous Tremors,  General Debility, Deficiency of Kcrvous
and Physical Energy, and all Nervous Diseases.  As apreventitive.of Apoplexy,
the  instrument is confidently recommended, and in the most confirmed cases of
Scrofula, Dropsy, hrysipelas, Deafness, Curvature of the Spine, aud  all similar
complaints its effects are equally successful
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of Postage Stamps.