In reference to the above it has been proved by various physicists that the natural electrical nerve current is strengthened by the positive charge, and weakened by the negative--and hence it would seem to be established that Dr. Radcliffe’s contention is the right one; and that these two charges are literally “wide as their poles asunder” not only physically, but _therapeutically_, and this divergence is more important when we recall to mind that when a patient is insulated, not only does the electricity accumulate upon the surface of the skin but that the whole body is saturated with it as a sponge may be with water. [SN: _Franklinization in Conditions of Debility._] In my own experience the positive charge has been of great good as a most potent restorer when the organism from any cause has become enfeebled. In the general weakness of old age it would seem to have been beneficial upon several occasions in resuscitating vital action and in imparting new force and energy. I have also used it with the best results in conditions of debility following acute diseases, as for example in convalescence from fevers; in cases of general prostration from overwork or anxiety--and in some cases of phthisis and other wasting diseases. In certain varieties of mental disease--notably melancholia--it is often of service, and in cerebral anæmia, in asthma, in inveterate insomnia, and in all functional uterine irregularities it should be employed _before, not after_, all other therapeutic agencies have been exhausted. [15] See “Duchenne on Localized Electrization,” English Edition, page 4. Churchill.