ELECTRICITY AS A TUBERCULOSIS CURE.
Mr^Nikola Tesla, whose astonishing electrical discoveries have made him famous throughout the world, has made a new and startling proposal, whichis destined to arouse widespread interest. Mr Tesla, in a paper recently read before the Electro-Therapeutical Society, 'claimed- to have discovered a, means of safely applying an electrical current of millions of volts to the human body, thereby destroying the bacilli of all diseases, including that of tuberculosis.' Mr Tesla's theory (says the New York correspondent of the Daily Mail) apparently is that each cell of the human organism is a tiny electrical battery. This powerful current stimulates its action and cau§es oxidisation of the tissue, which kills the bacilli. The current is not sent through the body, but runs along the surface. It not only destroys the bacilli, but renews the energy of the body.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 3835, 17 April 1899, Page 2
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