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| File Name : HVBODY.ASC | Online Date : 12/17/94 |
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| Contributed by : Walter Mohn | Dir Category : BIOLOGY |
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HIGH-VOLTAGE HUMANS (PART 1)
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An article from the Annals of Electricity, Magnetism, and Chemistry, Vol. II,
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1838, cited in R.A. Ford's book, Homemade Lightning, published by Tab Books,
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Blue Ridge Summit, PA, 1991.
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A lady of great respectability, during the evening of the 25th of January,
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1837, the time when the aurora occurred, became suddenly and unconciously
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charged with electricity, and she gave the first exhibition of this power in
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passing her hand over the face of her brother, when, to the astonishment of
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both, vivid electrical sparks passed to it from the end of each finger.
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The fact was immediately mentioned, but the company were so sceptical that
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each in succession required for conviction, both to see and feel the spark.
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On entering the room soon afterward, the combined testimony of the company was
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insufficient to convince me of the fact until a spark, three fourths of in
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inch long, passed from the lady's knuckle to my nose causing an involuntary
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recoil. This power continued with augmented force from the 25th of January to
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the last of February, when it began to decline, and became extinct by the
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middle of May.
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The quantity of electricity manifested during some days was much more than on
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others, and different hours were often marked by a like variableness; but it
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is believed, that under favorable circumstances, from the 25th of January to
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the 1st of the following April, there was no time when the lady was incapable
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of yielding electrical sparks.
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The most prominent circumstances which appeared to add to her electrical power
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were an atmosphere of about 80 degrees F, moderate exercise, tranquility of
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mind, and social enjoyment; these, severally or combined, added to her
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productive power, while the reverse diminished it precisely in the same ratio.
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Of these, a high temperature evidently had the greatest effect, while the
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excitement diminished as the mercury sunk, and disappeared before it reached
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zero. The lady thinks fear alone would produce the same effect by its check
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on the vital action. We had no evidence that the barometrical condition
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of the atmosphere exerted any influence, and the result was precisely the same
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whether it were humid or arid.
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It is not strange that the lady suffered a severe mental perturbation from the
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visitation of a power so unexpected and undesired, in addition to the vexation
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arising from her involuntarily giving sparks to every conducting body that
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came within the sphere of her electrical influence; for whatever of the iron
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stove or its appurtenances, or the metallic utensils of her work box (such as
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needles, scissors, knife, pencil, etc.) that she had occasion to lay her hands
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upon, first received a spark, producing a consequent twinge at the point of
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contact.
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The imperfection of her insulator is to be regretted, as it was only the
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common Turkey carpet of her parlor, and it could sustain an electrical
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intensity only equal to giving sparks one and a half inches long; these were,
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however, amply sufficient to satisfy the most sceptical observer, of the
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existence in or about her system, of an active power that furnished an
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uninterrupted flow of the electrical fluid, of the amount of which, perhaps
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the reader may obtain a very definite idea by reflecting upon the following
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experiments.
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When her finger was brought within one sixteenth of an inch of a metallic
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body, a spark that was heard, seen, and felt passed every second. When she
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was seated with her feet on the stove-hearth (of iron) engaged with her books,
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with no motion but that of breathing and turning the leaves, then three or
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more sparks per minute would pass to the stove, notwithstanding the insulation
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of her shoes and silk hosiery.
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Indeed, her easy chair was no protection from these inconveniences, for this
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subtle agent would often find its way through the stuffing and covering of its
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arms to its steel frame work. In a few moments she could charge other persons
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insulated like herself, thus enabling the first individual to pass it on to a
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second, and the second to a third.
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When most favorably circumstanced, four sparks per minute, of one inch and a
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half, would pass from the end of her finger to a brass ball on the stove;
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these were quite brilliant, distinctly seen and heard in any part of a large
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room, and sharply felt when they passed to another person. In order to
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further test the strength of this measure, it was passed to the balls by four
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persons forming a line; this, however, evidently diminished its intensity, yet
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the spark was bright.
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The foregoing experiments, and others of a similar kind, were indefinitely
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repeated, we safely say hundreds of times, and to those who witnessed the
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exhibitions they were perfectly satisfactory, as much so as if they had been
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produced by an electrical machine and the electricity accumulated in a
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battery.
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The lady had no internal evidence of this faculty, a faculty sui generis; it
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was manifest to her only in the phenomena of its leaving her by sparks, and
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its dissipation was imperceptible, while walking in her room or seated in a
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common chair, even after the intensity had previously arrived at the point, of
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affording one and a half inch sparks.
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Neither the lady's hair or silk, so far as was noticed, was ever in a state of
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divergence; but without doubt this was owing to her dress being thick and
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heavy, and to her hair having been laid smooth at her toilet and firmly fixed
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before she appeared upon her insulator.
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As this case advanced, and supposing the electricity to have resulted from the
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friction of her silk, I directed (after a few days) an entire change of my
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patient's apparel, believing that the substitution of one of cotton, flannel,
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etc., would relieve her from her electrical inconveniences, and at the same
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time a sister, then staying with her, by my request, assumed her dress or a
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precisely similar one; but in both instances the experiment was an entire
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failure, for it neither abated the intensity of the electrical excitement in
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the former instance, or produced it in the latter.
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My next conjecture was that the electricity resulted from the friction of her
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flannels on the surface, but this suggestion was soon destroyed when at my
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next visit I found my patient, although in a free perspiration, still highly
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charged with the electrical excitement. And now if it is difficult to believe
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that this is a product of the animal system, it is hoped that the sceptics
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will tell us from whence it came.
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HIGH-VOLTAGE HUMANS (PART 2)
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An article from the NEW YORK TIMES, April 5, 1920, as cited in R.A. Ford's
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book, HOMEMADE LIGHTNING, published by TAB Books, Blue Ridge Summit, PA 1991.
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ELECTRIC CONVICTS
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As per schedule, the case of the thirty-four convicts at Clinton Prison,
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Dannemora, N.Y., who became poisoned by eating canned salmon, and thereafter
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developed remarkable electrified propensities, was fed to us for several days
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by the ever-busy newspapers, under the captions of "human magnets" and what
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not. The facts in the glaring case are here presented for the first time.
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The following details relative to botulinus poisoning, which took place at
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this institution on February 20, 1920, are cited in a letter which we have
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received from the chief physician at Clinton Prison, Dr. Julius B. Ransom.
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Dr. Ransom says:
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"Dr. Rosneau, of Harvard University, did not make any investigations of the
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electric phenomena and only came into the case with reference to the
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botulinus poison, as it was a rather large group of cases and
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opportunities for study were unusually good.
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Of course the newspaper reports were garbled and exaggerated as they
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usually are when they attempt to report scientific matters. The newspaper
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accounts were taken from a report made by myself to the Superintendent of
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Prisons, setting forth the history and development of 34 cases of
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botulinus poisoning, due to the eating of canned salmon."
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"During the course of these cases, it was discovered by accident that
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peculiar static electric power had developed in the patients. It was
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discovered in this manner: One of the patients who was convalescing
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crumpled up a piece of paper, I imagine in both hands, and attempted to
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throw it in a waste basket; it absolutely refused to leave his hand.
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From this time on, experiments were made, and the matter was reported to
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me, and I found that every case of botulinus poisoning developed this
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strange power, and that neither the attendants nor nurses associated with
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them had any such power.
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All sorts of experiments have been tried and it was found to be a constant
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condition; that is, that this peculiar power of creating a magnetized
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(electrified) field by rubbing the hands together, which puts them in a
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circuit, will electrify different objects, so that they will retain that
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electrification for many hours.
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For instance, forms of paper, such as newspapers, and ordinary
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correspondence paper when electrified by these patients and thrown against
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the wall adhered and clung to any object for many hours. By again rubbing
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the hands together and rubbing the electric light bulb the filament will
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begin to vibrate very rapidly and follow the motions of the hands and
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attach themselves to the side of the bulb with a good deal of sparking at
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the base of the filament.
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The compass needle of a surveyor's instrument can be rotated with any
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piece of paper electrified by these patients. A steel tape suspended will
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feel the magnetic field in a remarkable manner and sway from side to
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side."
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"What relation there can be between the botulinus toxin and this phenomena
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of course is difficult to identify; it has been suggested that it is the
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dryness of the skin which prevents the ordinary passing out or dissipation
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of the electric currents from the body; but the patient submerged in bath
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tub performs the same phenomena as when clothed!
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The ability to electrify is proportioned to the severity of the disease;
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as the patient convalesces, he gradually loses this power and when quite
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well loses it altogether."
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"I might mention further that all these cases were ataxic and developed
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pecular reflexes. Many of them were almost entirely blind and had
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paralysis of the upper lid "Ptosis."
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Of course, in botulinus poisoning, the nervous system is about the first
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to suffer; one thing is quite clear, therefore, the static manifestation
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is closely linked with the disturbance of the central nervous system and
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represents, no doubt, simply a much higher degree of static storage in
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the body than is usual."
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FIGURE CAPTIONS
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FIRST FIGURE: One of the first of the phenomena, noted in the case of
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"botulinus poisoning," caused by eating decayed canned salmon,
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was that the body of the patient had become highly electrified.
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He was unable, for example, to throw a piece of paper in the
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waste basket, the high electric charge in his body attracting
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the paper to his hand.
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SECOND FIGURE: Among other things, the electrified patient was able to move a
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suspended steel tape measure and also to attract the filament
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of an incandescent lamp towards the side of the globe.
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THIRD FIGURE: Another phase of the electrified paper phenomenon, due to the
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patient's high potential electric charge occasioned by botulinus
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poisoning. A sheet of paper electrified by the patient would
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remain against the wall for hours. He was also able to move the
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compass needle of a surveyor's instrument.
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FOURTH FIGURE: Electricians argued that if the patient was placed in a tub
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full of water, that the charge would disappear; but strangest
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of all, it did no such thing - and the patient was still able
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to attract a steel tape measure or other object by electro-
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static attraction.
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