Miscellaneous Items
' '■ ■"♦ .. A Dr Freund, of Vienna, proposes to cure cancerous patients by reducing the quantity of sugar in their blood, his theory being that cancer is caused by the presence of an abnormal quantity of sugar. It is admitted by foreign electricians tbat the progress made in the United States in the utilisation of electricity is far in advance of that of any other nation. The Electrical Review says medicine can be introduced into the human system by electricity The electrodes of a battery are saturated with the selected remedies and applied locally to the skin. Ex» peri men ts show that .here is actual ab« sorption of. the medicine into the system. Pr Voisin relates the case of a girl, eleven years of age, who was a most mveterateand persistent liar, and whomh*» cured completely; of this reprehensi c habit by means of hypnotism Her i a grand field of usefulness opened before this jouhg science. An inventive German has devised a coffin .for the convenience of those who Jfcave a dread of being buried alive. It is provided with a valve, by means oi which fresh air is admitted in quantity sufficient to sup sort life, and there is an arrangement pf wires, by means of which the least movement of the body sets an electric beU rinsing.
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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 104, 3 April 1888, Page 3
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221Miscellaneous Items Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 104, 3 April 1888, Page 3
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