California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences, Volume 22, Number 14, 28 October 1864 — Electricity. [ARTICLE]

Electricity.

Tu* great aim of our Beit Mechanics, in their in. vention of valunblo Machinery, is to avoid trie iion, as much as possible, aud thus save the wear and tear of the machinery.

For ceuturies the world bas been agitated with discussions relative to tbe discovery of Perpetual Motion, and when thousands upon thousands of dollars have been expended, lo I tho wear of tho machinery of this great invention soon revealed the fact that its motion was changing, and that by reason of the friction of tbe machinery It waa utterly impossible to obtain that long sought for wonder, Perpetual Motion I

Man is a Machine, and were it not for the wear and tear of the various parts of his mortal machinery, perhapt he might be a specimen of Perpetual Motion, and instead of having hit joint! squeak, and his muscles give out, and his body decay, at 30, 40, 50, or even 70 years—the allotted "three score and ten"—man would move on, a piece of perfect machinery, such as no mortal could imitate in material iubstauce. But mortal machinery will give out, for tbe simple reason that not one man iv a thousand ever studies the wants of his own machinery. Men, ord marly, will take better care of their horse, their cow, their reaper or their plow, Ihnn they do of their own body, and yet the human frame is tbe most delicately constructed, and requires tbe greatest care to secure to it tbe greatest amount of labor and enjoyment. For centuries the human body has hud its working-gear greased with all manner of substances, it has been literally Drugged to death, and when the body has become weary, its machinery languid and faint, it bas been stimulated to further action by some subtle poison instead of the true life-giving power which would easily and quickly restore the body again to a healthy action, and bring it back again to its natural conditions.

Light is breaking I Of recent Tears a new and valuable discovery bas been made to tbe world, by which the human frame can be rescued from many diseases heretolore supposed incurable, and all the working powers of man rejuvenated and restored to its almost pristine glory. That discovery, as applied to man, is, Electricity.

All Nature appears to be pervaded by a mysterious affection, wbich has tbe name of Electricity. In its ordinary state, it is invisible, but excited it assumes the appearace of a bright and subtle (lame. We see it, sometimes, in very tremendous forms in the atmosphere, in tbe storm, where tbe vivid flash of the forked lightning is followed by the heavy pealing thunder, we see aud feel the power of Electricity. These workings of Nature are but the appropriate medicine to restore the nlmosphere to a healthy condition to put it in the proper condition for man.

But Electricity can be produced by mechanical means also, and Science has devolped that if it ig necessary for Nature to use Electricity tor tha natural world to keep it in health, it is alto, and even more important to use and to apply it to the mortality tbat is dwelling in the natural world.

Of recent date the application of Electricity to the human body as a curative for disease, bas produced the most astonishing results, nnd, within a few years, cases of chronic rheumatism, nervous diseases, neuralgia, and even consumption, heart disease, and bad cases of St. Vitus dance have been thoroughly cured, and men, women and children, some diseased by hereditary descent, have been greatly relieved, and in a brief time wholly cured.

Many cases in point can bo referred to, and the history of their cases can be learned by reference to the office ol tbe Electropathic Institute, 645 Washington street, under the charge of Dr. J. 11. Josselyn, Resident Physician, where tbe newly improved electrical machinery is now in use and performing remarkable cures.

Among the many cases of relief and cure performed at the Institute, 645 VVash ; ngton street, a banker of our city has received vast benefit from the application of electricity, in a severe case ol tbe gout. Such Is the favor In which electricity is now held, that hundreds of our citizens are using electrical machines in their families, but there is no other machine of the size and power of that at tbe Electropathic Institute on Washington street, as directed by the resident Physician.