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THE SUN, SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1915.
BURNLESS X-RAY CLAIM OF INVENTOR IN WAR ON DISEASE
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Charles H. Stanley Says
His Apparatus Over
comes Vital Objection
to Roentgen Treat -.merit
of Cancer
Ml HUB than a year ago Ir How.
art A. Kelly, the noted sur
geon (if the Jo Hopkins
Hospital of Baltimore, as
serted that the X-ruy apparatus
would pn iiahiy mpplMI radium In
the treatment (if certain disease?. At
that time lr. Kelly had achieved
throng i the agency of radium cures
that the - alpel could not effect, hut
despite hie enthusiasm that eminent
specialist freely proclaimed greater
possiblUlles for the Itocntgcn tube
when perfected.
About the .same limn Dr. Kelly ex
plained to h 'ongresslonal committee
JJuet how radium probably wrought
Its marvellous cures. He .mid: "Kiidlum
goes further than surgery, an e
surgery only treats that which la visi
ble, and the jur : on Is under the con
stant Impulse and desire to tave the
face of the patient. He does not want
to mutilate the patient, and so he
thinks that taking out Just so much
will do. He falls, and there Is a recur
rence. Hut the radium, like the blessed
light from heaven above, bathes the
part throws Its gamma rays, which
are Its active rays. Into the part,
Ctlng on all the myriad microscopic
cells, not only the manifest, gross,
surgical lesions, hut all those little
cells through the surrounding tissues,
and it acts like millions of microscopic
knives to destroy them, or like a lash
to drive them hack. In other words,
radium will not only do what surgery
does, but it goc beyond and takes a
class of cases which arc utterly be
yond surgery."
Hut the manipulation or control of
this radioactive substance has well
defined limits, and for . ertaln Internal
applications this curative medium has
not leen successfully employed for
that reason. As Dr. Kelly expressed
It, an X-ray tube Misccptthle of nice
control will make It possible to deal
with abdominal cancer, to cover a
larger area needing this method of
sm.i k and. at the same time, will
afford cheaper treatment for the suf
fering multitude. Until recently, how
ever, the X-ray was something of a
te'o edged weaiain In the assault upon
disease: the patient wa likely to be
burned while undergoing; exposure to
tlte penetrating rays, and the oiera
tor, to safeguard himself, had to stand
behind a metal screen and watch his
subject from afar through a lead glass
panel.
When "burns" are spoken of In con
nection with the X-ray they should
not be confused with superficial burns
due to excessive heat. The X-ray burn
manifests itself slowly and sometimes
only after many days, because the In
Jury is fairly decpsented. the tissues
re destroyed by th t chemical effects
of the piercing rays and the patient
does not feel the hurt instantly as he
would if subjected to a painfully hot
body. Indeed, these actinic burns are
apt to be malignant in their character
and very stubborn in their persistence
Now the patient la I sirs of a New
Yorker have discovered and appar
ently pwtlCted a hurnksa X-ray that
retains all of the beneficial qualities
While free from baneful ones.
Charles H. Stanley belle VM he has
evolved a burnless or harmless X-ray,
or, to be more exact, produced an ap
paratus by which he can generate
X-rays that will not injure bodily tis
sues, but at the same time WM do the
corrective work of the gamma rays of
radium, described by Dr. Kelly, This
Invention, he believes, will work thera
peutic wonders, and if BO It unques
tionably marks one of the big ad
vances Of science in its tireless battle
with disease. Mr. Stanley is not a
physician, but his electrical researches
KN been inspired alone by n desire to
wse that agency for the relief of suf
ferers. Fourteen yean ago be began his ex
periments. He believed cancer could
le cured or checked by means of an
X-ray tube energized by an alternating
current of more than ordinarily high
TO MOVE
WHEN rtysdyk's Hambleionian.
the stallion that founded the
present great race of Ameri
can light harness horses, died in 1S76
the American Museum f Natural His
tory expressed a desire to have the
bones of the famous horse for exhibi
tion in the museum. The late John
H. Wallace, founder of the American
Reoiater. offered to defray the ex
penses of removing Hambletonian's
remains from their burial place at
Cheater, N. Y., to the museum, making
the proposition through Guy Miller
of Chester, the first man who ever
drew a rein over the horse, who was
authorised to arrange with the two
remaining heirs to the Rysdyk estate
tar the removal. One of the heirs re
fused to consent to the disturbing of
the remains and the negotiations came
to an end.
Hamhlet i.i. in was buried on high
ground on the Rysdyk place at Ches
ter, and the grave was in full sight
of the Krie Manned, marked by a
white slab It was for years pointed
out to tourists as one of the noted
eights along the route, Became of
that fact the monument that now
commemorates the "old horse'' a
located away from the course of pub
lic Highway travel, am the grave of
the greatest trotting sire thai ever
lived, and still of worldwide fame, is
practically hidden from sight except
to those who make a detour and visit
It especially, the sight of the monu
ment being obscured even from I he
railroad by encroachments that have
come between, a circumstance that
has led to agitation f r Hie removal
of the monument to a more public
place, as announced in Tug Sr.v re
cently. A memorial of some kind to Ham
bletonlan had been suggested at dif
ferent times, imi no active move
toward It was made until lKKn. nfter
the great horse hud lain thirteen yean
In a practically neglected and un
marked (rave. Rysdyk, who died one
of the richest men q urgnga county,
hlf fortune having been made for him
cqtlrely by Urn gervieeg of lltunbie-
ft
Inventor of Stanley
frequency. He managed to obtain un
usually high frequencies, but unhap
pily his apparatus lacked the neces
sary feature of control. From a labora
tory Milnt of view he had something
of extreme interest then, indeed so
spectacular that it was used later for
exhibition purposes, but that was not
Mr. Stanley's goal.
It Is not of present interest to de
scrilie how he overcame technical ob
stacles one nfter another by tlrel ssly
sticking to a task that would have
discouraged most men. Happily be
has the disposition of the Isirn re
searcher, and what he believed his
slble he has attained.
At present the trigtlOOt frequencies
used therapeutically do Not exceed
7-0 alternations a second. Mr Stan
ley has been able to build up these
vibrations or waves until they "run
Into trilllone," as the inventor puts It
Indeed tes" alternations are of such
ama.ing rapidity that the needle of
the meter is apparently at stand
still. In other words, the changing
impulses in the circuit follow- one an
other with such velocity that the cur
rent Is nearly a direct tie. How Is
this accomplished?
Inasmuch as Mr. Stanley has not
yn obtained bus patents he is natu
rally Indisposed to go into details, but
he asserts that the results are in
disputable. He says he can produce
an electric pressure of quae a million
volts, and by rOCOUrse tO a series Ot
tra nef ormers he takes the current
delivered from the street mains and,
rtep by step, Jumps it up to this limit.
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SHAFT TO OLD HORSE
toniun. left no provision In his will
for the care of ihe horse while he
lived or for disposition of him after
he died. There was division in his
family over the will he left, and afier
Hambletonla n died he was hurled and
left io forgetfulnesa. in isso the Na
tional Association of Trotting Horst
Breeder! to k up the matter of erect
ing a miniorlul to the horse to which
the race of trotters In this country
owed its origin. The result was that
a fund Of upward "f $2,0n was sub
scribed and paid in for the purpose,
and a m aiument was decided upon.
Among the sutiecrlbera was ex
Senator l.elnnd Stanford, who gave
f600; the National Association of Trot
ting llor.se Breeders gave $LTfl. and
John H. Wallace 100. William Rocke
feller contributed K,o, as did Edwin
Thome, the New Jersey Association of
Trotting Horse Breeders, Charles Hack
man, founder of the Stony Kord stock
farm, and A. J. Alexander The bal
ance of the fund was In subscriptions
of smaller amounts hy well known
New York city. Kentucky and Orange
COtlRty norsetnen A granite monu
ment 2" feet high and 6 feet square
a: the bnse wn ready for putting In
p ace early In 1H08. The local com
mit tee in charge of erecting H era!
luy Miller, Charles Hackman ami
James C, Rowland, others on the com
mittee Is-lng II W T Mall and W. p.
Redmond, representing the National
Association of Trotting Horse
Breeders.
Recognizing the fact that the place
where Hambietonriii was hurled
would lie an obecure one for the plac
ing of a memorial, (luy Miller offered
to donute a site on an eminence In the
village of Cheater, rear where
Richard Delafleld'i summer rest-
, dence and half mile track are now,
trom winch the monument could be
seen for miles around and from every
public road. Committeeman How
land approved of the site, but Charles
Rao km an, having a peculiar senti
ment In Ihe m itier, which was thai
the site where Hambletonian was
burled, being In sin-h fine view from
j the Kne Railroad gave him up.
I port unity to gags on the grave us
, lie pegged 111 the cars on his fre.
' quent trips to and fro. begged thai llie
Invuiumeni bn put up there, and sub.
muting to his feelings, Mr. Miller und
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X-ray with tubes of odd sizes.
mentioned.
With these characteristics under
the nicest son of control, the inventor
is able to give to his X-ray tulie Its
unusual qualities. Just l.ke radium,
the Roentgen tube gives off alpha,
b, ta and gamma rays. anJ each of1
rheee, as has been so well estab
lished by Dr. Iloliert Abbe of this city
haa its own peculiar effect upon vital
By throwing in successive switches
Mr. Stanley is able to produce eech
Of those rays In turn, and at the same
t me he can regulate their "dosage"
and their powers of penetration. In
electrii-al parlance voltage corre-
sponda to
am parage
for flow,
amperage
rs it were
pressure in hjsjsrauHcc snd
la the electrical equivalent
Hy Jockeying voltage and
Stanley Is able to produce,
an invisible knife f what-
i v . r fineness and depth of reach he I
may desire. In this way he cun either
broaden or narrow exquisitely the
liath of his r..ys and temper them so
that they will get at and ilea; frith
the trouble in the most appropriate
manner.
I leretofore electro-therapeutists,
lining Roentgen tubes, have desired
"hard" ravs. believing that the so
called "soft" rays lacked the vigor
ami the searching power needful
Curloualy, the present inventor pref
erably employ! "soft" rays, and he
Mr. Howland withdrew the offer of
the other site and the monument wan
reeled where it is to-day.
It is not over the old horse's grave,
as v'isitois suppose. Ti c grave is be
neath a maple tree some distance
from the shaft, but In the same en
Cioeure, for which, by the way. tho
heirs of Rysdyk not of his kin. how
ever, but kin of his second wife who
succeeded to the estate demanded
and were paid $!0.
An Inscription on the bas8 of the
monument reads:
"Born May 6, 1848. Died March 25,
1876.".
BelOW this Is a blank space which
shows that at some time something
Inscribed there had been chiselled
away. That elimination has always
excited the curiosity of strangerH vis
iting the spot, but no one has ever
seemed able or willing to answer their
queries regarding It, and only here
and there Is one in Chester who recalls
now what the Inscription wns. It read
thus:
"His greatness was the act of In
herited power."
The vagueness of its phrasing and
Its application were so much criticised
thai the National Association of Trot
ting Horse Breeders ordered It cut
away, and It was. On a panel he
neath the blank space is the word:
"Hambletonian," NO one of the name
of Ryadyki or of an heir to the
Ryedyk fortune that Hambletonian
founded, had aught to do with Ihe
placing of this monument to the mar
vellous old horse.
The agitation for the removal of the
monument to a more public place in
Chester was renewed a short time ago,
bill no positive action has as yet been
taken toward making tin- change, The
memorial and the sue are lii the mime
of tlic National Association of Trotting
Horse Breeders, and Its consent would
be necessary before the removal could
be made,
(luy Miller of Chester, who was the
earliest actual caretaker of Hamhle-
Ionian, drew the first rein over him
and took him to Blmlrs for exhibit ion
at the great horse fair in that place in
18(14, and Sam Wilkin, the village
blacksmith tif Cluster, the only otic
that ever shod Hambletonian, are the
sole survivors of thnas who helped
bury the old horse in 1 876.
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The Stanley X-ray machine, with largest tube in background.
NO VACATIONS FOR HIM
HE is a man whose name would
be recognised by a imsi u
readers if it should be printed
U1 Tiik Si n, for be draws v early as
salary a sum of money that the av
erage man would consider I comfort
able fortune. Moreover, he Is very
prominent In business circles, being
regarded as one having phenomenal
jablllt) and therefore entitled to his
phenomenal pay.
A friend asked him on cue of the
recent davs that were so hot as to
fill the mind With longings for arctic
travel when be was going lo take
his vacation, nnd he looked thought
fui. nlm .st sa,l n fact.
I
I "I would like a vacation,'' he said
I "I don't really know whet i r I need
' one or not. but 1 certainly would
enjoy having one. 1 sha'n't take one
this year, though nnd Very likely
won't take any ni-vi year 1 haven't
felt for g number of years thnt I
ceil i afford the luxury.
"You see," he ,ontiniied when hi!
friend laughed m htm openly, "ll Is
i not a luesiion of what I w uld spend.
i wo iMn't mind the expense of n trip
around the world Of of anything els
1 in reason thai gnyhndy does when
be tains u vacation, but that wouldn't
' begin io ,-,,v er Ihe coal to ine,
, "Th! fact ,s thai ihe miuptany that
tavs me for my services doeg mi In
tl,e belief ihiil I am the unl) man Whi
caa veifogH ) duties uf my posi
la .iMc to take the ordinary commer
cial X-ray tunes and so modify their
Working that a "hard" tube can bo
made la project "soft'' rays of the
greatest penetrative capacity. These
loft rays apparently are ab'e to deal
effectively with diseased tissues wllh
011 1 hurting them in the least. Pos
sibly His can be better understood
by giving verbatim Mr. Stanley's ex-
planatlon Of the phenomena Involved.
"Nerves are the natural conductors
I for the electric currents In the txsly.
When nerve tissue hardens the normal
I control of associate muscles Is Im
paired and bodily processes are dis
turbed more or less seriously. In
Other words, nature's conductor al
the point of hardening has had Its
resistance increased and the current
through Hie nerve filament Is re
duced or stopped, as the case may
he, By means of tile beams projected
from my high frequency X-ray tube
the gamma rays are made to attack
the. troubled nerve and to produce
heat at the affected point. In this
way the resistance due to a patho
logical condition Is broken down, and
the filament is restored to its rightful
state as an electrical conductor. The
recovered nerve then takes up its in
tion. If the directors knew or even
I hough I that they could have thoae
duties equally well attcu.lid to by
a i helper man they wouldn't keep
on paying me as mil h as ihey do.
Thai's about as certain as anything
an be in this world of uncertainty
I nd sin
Now if 1 should go away for
any length Of time what vv uld hap-h-:i?
Why, somelsidy would hava
to look after the things :'iat I dc
Naturally it would be one of my as
slalantl or some man whom the dl
lectors might select temporarily, to
whom they would not think of paying
as much as they pay me. And the
would watch anxiously to si e the re
soli I even fancy that they would
bo pretty nervous about It.
"Then what would happen? Well,
everything would go along Just as it
docs now, The bUSlnesa Would be
jusi as satisfactory and things wou.4
be dot,! Just ga well as if I were here
' inv dl sk I know that, but the
il, rectors don't, and I don't propcae
i, i have litem And it out if I can help
it PI al s the reason w'iv I have
a i uktn a vacation for the 1.1 , iei
;. am aild why I am not likely , .
tdk! bny until they do find It il'it.
Then I'll probably have good long
one. Kill 1 have fooled then ilccc-
fully for a long time now and I ihV
keep it up as long In ihe future as 1
,ni. ,
"Wouldn't I be a ( hump to take a
k'ucatlun?"
In View of what he eg Id it s-eeips
hard!; necessary to explain why Th
Hi doci nut give bis name to ihe
public
tended function In full and the con
sequent physical reflexes become those
of health."
The layman will very properly Ms
How can these high frequency cur
rents be used when ordinarily a fur
lower order would do harm if of the
same voltage? This Is explained on
the basis that a bullet of low velocity
will cause a graver wound under some
conditions than one speeding through
the body at a much faster rate.
The first combats the resistance of a
bigger area, which has had time to
muster Its forces of opposition, and
therefore tears or hurts a larger sec
tion, while the speedier bullet attacks
so rapidly that only a very small area
has a chance to Interpose and the
penetration or perforation Is like the
lightning mov ment of a fine and very
sharp needle. In the case of the
X-ray, however, this fineness and
sharpness are Increased beyond the
descriptive power of words.
The high frequency X-ray of the
Stanley sort passes with Incredible
swiftness through healthy body sub
stance without effect, while it Is de
signed to work curative wonders In
dealing with affected or diseased tissues.
These piercing "soft" rays were
used in one Instance to combat and
to arrest pulmonary '. uberculosls In
which the lower lobe of one lung was
a very had condition. I'or four
hours the patient was subjected to
an X-ray bnth at the point In ques
tion, and during the administration
one of Mr. Stanley's ban Is was di
rectly In the path of that light. The
treatment was heroic and is lielieved
10 have benefited the sufferer, while
the operator's hunil was absolutely
CHAPERON
PATIORSON. N. J.( mllltOWn, baa
an official chaperon for its
lfi.COn girl workers. Mrs QraC!
B, lleadifln. who Officially looks out for
their welfare, does not wear g big
badge, uniform or carry a olub. bul
she does do effective work and Is ready
at any time to horsewhip any of the
youths who prey on the young and in
nocent. As part of her reforms she
already has had the sale of IntOXlOanti
barred In the dance halls.
"I am the official ohaperon of be
tween la.OOfl and 1C.II00 girls who work
In our mills," she said. "Their ages
vary from 16 to IT, and they are drawn
from a cosmopolitan population, most
Of them with volatile temperaments
and disposed to allow their emotions
to overcome them If they became ex
cited. I hnve to protect these girls
from those who would take advantage
cf them under certain conditions It
Is a man's Job, but they have tboughi
best to assign I woman to do it. The
Jul, fell to me and I am doing It. but I
confess that 1 would like to escape
from the conventional methods and
utillw something new which might be
even more effective than the old Way!,
"For example, bow would a man like
to see me chasing him down the street
and wielding a horsewhip as we went J
Wouldn't he feel somewhat chagrined
if we chanced to meat one of bis
friends? I have pictured to myself
the really cxcltuv,- moments ho would
have and how he would enjoy rilll
Ring right Into U crowd of Ills cronies
of course he wouldn't have time to
explain, i would attend to m.v end of
the drama. I have thought thnt this
would be a very effective way of deal
ing With a certain class of Individuals.
1 may try It some night, too, just b
way of experiment, oh, no, thli is no
Joke. 1 mean it. I wouhln'1 hesitate
touseahcraewhlpand i am convinced
from what I know of the characteris
tics of these men lliul a horsewhip
Unharmed! With the ordinary X-ray
this WOUld naV bean out Of the ques
tion. Inside of three weeks or even
less burns of an exceedingly grave
Charaetef would undoubtedly have ap
peared. Mr. Stanley says thnt his burnless
X-rav has had notable results In cases
of deafness; It b is proved extremely
beneficial In dealing with diabetes and
Brlght's disease; and he asserts that
there Is no doubt about the treatment
being well nigh uniformly successful
In the reduction of glandular swelling
due to tuberculosis.
The applications cf Mils particular
ray have been comparative! r limited
Up to date, but the medical fraternity
have evinced great interest In the in
dention, and (iovernment officials and
Roentgenologist! Of some Of the lead
ing hospitals are investigating the
Stanley apparatus.
One of Germany's foremost sur
geons. Prof. Carl LudWlf Schlelch, a
man who has acquired Ins preemi
nence because of the marvellous things
he his done With the knife, has eald:
"I look forward to the day when the
o..i,i ,,r o..rative surgery must give
way to the more natural and to the so
much more humane process of healing
from within.
X-ray of
The largest tube is
benign Influence la c, rtalnly a means
toward i.at end. Without fear of
hurt theaa rays can pass through
the human body The healthy tissues
offer no obstacle, they are unaffected
by the Invisible beam! In their pas
sage, but th afflicted parts are awak
ened from their morbid state and
stimulated to return to nature's nor
mal. Mr Stanley tayi thai the practice
of electrotherapy has heretofore been
along the wrong path when recourse
FOR 16,000 GIRLS
ping COWhldlng I believe they call It
would be more effective than a fine
or a term In prison.
'It all comes about through the
combination of the saloon and the
dance hall. Previous to last yrar
connection between them was allowed
and as soon as the dances ended the
beer and stronger drink! flowed freely.
(Ilrls vvei" given whatever they asked
for and many things they did not
want. The result was disastrous nnd
the consequence! in numerous In
stances too frightful to describe.
"I incing is perfectly harmless, but
when these excitable girls were given
drink nt the end of the dances I need
not suv what happened, And they
didn't want It. Wo have put every
dance hall In I'atcrsoii on the water
wagon and every proprietor hns to
furnish Ice Water. Do the girls go out
and drink? Not so thai any one could
notice ii They remain in the hall
afier the dances close and drink Ice
water.
"Would I arrest n mnn' Just try
me nnd see And wouldn't need any
club or revolver either, Look at that
arm Do you think C e average man
about such a place could get by that?
If you think s,, bring him on and let
him try It, 1 would soon show him
that ihe power In me veiled will be
maintained regardless of the Conse
quences But i don't mind confiding
to you thnt 1 dnn'l have to make ar
rets They have constables at each
dance and all I need do is to point
out to those strong-arms thnt tins or
that man is violating the ordinance.
He 1 l ives I lie information that his
room vv,,ii!, l. better than his com
pany an suddenly and so emphatically
that lie Immediately vacates the prem
ises, In the few instances where this
drastic treatment has been nccessary
Ihoy huvo never returned In any of
the dunces tn trouble nie again.
"Of tin fifteen thousand or more
working giris in Pateraon sixty-
five in ea.h otlg hundred live
away fr m Ihelr homes, or from near
friend! and relatives Their only
amuaemi nt, after their days of monot
onous Work, is the dunce. Yes, I
know, n few git to (he movies, some
no ii, Ihe I'lie.'ip vaudeville places, but
the gl'Olil III.,. I, ,'IV of them go to the
dance n (e winter dances are In
progress In the public balls alt the
tune. In summer the dances are bt
Deafness, Diabetes
and Bright s Disease
Other Ailments Said
to Be Benefited hy
New Device
was had to a return wire wiih tha
human body plax-ett In tho physical
circuit. Tho resistance thug Inter
posed, with the higher frequonotsg
then used Immonsurnlily lower hag
those now mado possible by the ,.w
Yorker's apparatus caused dinVui.
tiea that more than ftffset the rurs
five properties of the current in
immediate effect upon the diseased
area. That is to say the lUITOUndlng
sound tissues have been hurt and
nature's own processes tending to
ward recovery have been blocked or
rebuffed in their Inherent effort!,
But with the current Of eMrsor
dinarlly high frequencies and seem
Ingly sure death Voltage Mr Stanley
asserts he Is able to deal With a s if.
ferer without Inviting .viy of Ihe dig
astrou consequences heretofore rlsk
with the facilities available. He em
ploys only one wire with the nega
tlve electrode attached and makes
the entire surrounding air complete
his circuit or form the route f,,r tds
return current, the air playing the
part of the positive electrode, Hs
says that this arrangement actually
permits a current of rnormoui volt
age and of extremely high frequency
to -pasa readily through the h,iy nn
the physlcsl action Is limited en
tirely to effect upon lesions, Inflam
mation, Ac.
All of this Is quite contrary to the
common understanding alxjut the con
ductivity of the free air. Indeed, In
a recent Issue of the "lYoc, edings of
fine American Institute of Kieotrtcal
Knglneers" J. B, Whlteheo.1 has dealt
with "the electric strength of air" and
among other things said: "Air. under
ordinary conditions an excellent in
stilator, has also tho remarkable prop
erty of becoming under certain r
cumelances a very good Conduct Of,
Air becomes a conduct ot
whem exposed to Roentgen rays, cath
ode rays, ultraviolet light, radioactive
substances and other similar 'nflu
encee. In particular it acquire! e.
cepilonal conductivity In the neigh
borhood of sparks, brush discharge
and, the high voltage C0TO1 i
It would seem evident, then, thnt
Mr. Stanley has found u way to Im
prove the air as a Conductor I lir,
the agency of his novel X-ray. tuie
and its peculiar output.
Some idea of the radiographic prop
erties of bis tuiie can ho gathered from
the fact that Ihe ether vibrations are
capable of affecting a sensitised I
at a distance of 3!' feci. Mis apparatus
Is In a room about IS feel long, and
at one side of the entrance there is a
projection, four feet through, that has
blank walls and encases a dumbwaiter
shaft leading to floor! above In other
words, there are two walla, each prob
ably six or eight inches thick, Hank
lug the shaft, between a person stand
Ing In the hallway and the X-ray
tube. With the operating room prop
erly darkened a person fourteen or fif
teen feet away from the tuba and
behind the shaft can seo the lores
In his hand distinctly by means of a
fluoroscope screen '.
Ordinarily In taking radiographs of
the stomach and Intestines it Is neces
sary to give the patient a "hism II
meal." this chemical serving to bring
out the affected parts by showing th
outline or silhouette of them, bul will
out emphasizing shades of difference
where there Is trouble Mr Stanle-.
bag been able to radiograph, w:" ..
recourse to bismuth Inflamed areas
and what is more, to sle w- the gr.i 1
Hons of the diseased parts.
The value of th Is can readily be
grasped both In making an orur'r
diagnosis and In following the
history of the complaint, rurthern
because the operator can expose i
self without fear of harm, i W I
possible hereafter to admit st I
treatment with more d.rectni 1
greater manipulative h ii ti haa
been practicable in tin i
the social parks The II It c ccmes t-
the same in the end. No matter where
they are, If drink Is sold to them r
given to them they will cet dr
No matter how much we mlgl t
disguise that word ii is true. Tin
drunk and it Is appalllni the number
who have K en seen helpleeely Int
fated In the streets after one of tl
dances.
"I do not think Petersen ii my
worse than any other city. Qtl Is 1 -contrary.
I gues you could fin I
of the same thing In the 1" ist S de '
New York if you took the troul It to
look. It ts confined to no one rltv
Where a cosmopolitan population
stitutes the bulk of the Inhnl I
you will find these unpleasai things
and it Is no matter whether it Is New
York or Pateraon "r some other
When liquor Is used under the
ment and stimulus of the d'inci ,
greater or less degree of int, ileal
w ill result pateraon has no reasot t
feel ashamed She is no a'orss tl e
the others. And let me add this -
Is infinitely better than some '
they haven't tried to prev. '
trouble which flows from thll r -ditlon.
"Many of the young men have e-,m
to me and have thanked ine for
T have done to improve rondit ops t it
existed at these dance balls Tl
that they do not want to drink snd
they do not. Nothing prevent! '
going out to gel a drink hut then 1
not. They stay and drink cs a'atet
Strange, I know, yet It Is a fact ivl lei
I can substantiate nt any time iu
choose to go wltli me,
"Then It helps m the mill! W
girls went to their work with the i
brains befogged from l eer or
taken the night before their eflli I in
was cut down and tleo w . i . often
prey to accidents winch Ihey could
have avoided had tln-v been ,1, it Tl
same observation applies to r
men. Thus the mniuil ictiiri r lamer! a
The manufacturer nri i w 1
that condlt ems should remit i
are."
Mrs Head III 11 Is a mol nrlj
woman w ho has a , million, e d
of her own and stir liiklsls i h , t
doing for these workings girls
what she would bk, pi hnve sop
do for her daughter umli r sniul u i
cuitutanci
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