Show find pneumonia cure in electric treatment WaR washington hington A revolutionary medical discovery was naas roade made known hero here recently when authorities at st elizabeths hospital announced an electrical treatment for lobar and bronchial so overwhelmingly dosithe to in JUO tests that it Is virtually a specific medical authorities expressed the opinion that the discovery ranks with that of smallpox vaccination and pointed out that thousands of lives can be saed annually annun lly hy by its use in lobar pneumonia cases discovered within twelve hours after infection a cure was effected in virtually every case in cases discovered after twelve hours the percentage perce percentage niage was slig slightly glibly lower but still very high the treatment worked out by scientists at the famous government hospital for the insane here consists in passing through the chest a very high frequency current of about 1 alternations a second using as electrodes two tinfoil plates one on the chest and the other on the back the passage of the current through the body heats tile the interior organs as current heats a resistance wire and the heat effects tile the cure |