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Show FINDS ELECTRICITY CMCESTO HEALTH Swedish Scientist Obtains Remarkable Re-markable Results From Experiments. Special (":ble to The Tribune. PARIS. April 20. The Swedish doctor. Sv&nte ArrhenluHi his concluded some Interesting experiments at Stockholm, to test th- effects of electricity hi the growth of human orpnnisms. According to the Matin, two groups of fifty children, roughly corresponding In nee. health, weight, height und Intelligence, Intel-ligence, were chosen from nniong the pupils of the Swedish communal schools. One of these groups of fifty children was set to work In a room whl h was filled wljth an electric installation which passed !iltrli currents Into tbr- atmosphere from wires in the walls, floor and celling. The Other group was set to work In :ui ordinary olassrooni. Xelthr group of Children n' the teachers were aware that tho experiment was being made. At the, end of six months the children who had lived in the electrified atmosphere atmos-phere were found to have grown on an BjVerage three-quarters of an inch in height mme than the other group Thlr Intelligence had also increased In the most marked manner, and they completely com-pletely outclassed the noneleotiifled children chil-dren In a competitive, examination. The elect rilled teachers declared that their own powers of resistance to fatigue hud been increased by the treatment. |