The herald., 1896-02-23

doctor, IL you can spare me few
moments this morning, our readers are
interested in this new instrument for
photographing the brain and organs of
the body, and anything you may say
will be of interest to them"
swell, sir, have just this moment
received the assurance of our eastern
representative that the fret cathode
instrument will be sent direct to US on
it's completion. During the past year
we have been in close correspondence
with an eminent German investigator,
who is working along the same chan
mel, but If our own Wizard, antedates
the foreigner, we are only too glad to
present you with the American pro-
duct. The possibilities of electricity
in medicine are beyond our widest
dreams, and yet the most lamentable
fact of all is the indiscriminate use Of
electricity by every medical Tom,
Dick and Harry. II should tell you
that we have almost hundred differ
ent forms of electrical modification
and application you would hardly
bslieve it, but it is fact, and today
some of the most remarkable cures are
due to a skillful application of this
natural remedy, We are all enthusi-
astic over this latest invention. just
imagine the enormous strides that the
practice of medicine must take from
this grand invention. And yet it is
pity that some of our brilliant medical
workers had not the glory, as we'll as
the fame, of this most important dis
covery. Now we can look into mans
liver and see what part of the organ is
out Of function; scrutinize his lungs,
and, detecting the morbid condition,
note the effect of our remedies"
"But. doctor, wouldn't it be sort OF
give away on some of us?"
"Well, yes, if our wives and swee t.
hearts took peep, they might be able
to compare our midnight excuses with
the contents Of our stomachs, aad that
wouldn't be even little entertaining
for some of Us plausible chaps. But,
tell you, my dear sir, medicine has at
last made q step forward, and it ia
many years since she took her last
step. We have pinned our faith to
many disappointing medical promises,
and the test of practical results has
laid aside such remedies as Koch'5
Tuberculine, Brown Sequard's Elixir
Chian Turpentine, and now Anti-tox.
inc is going the way of the gold cure.
R,,% ho -
may hope to place medicine in the role
of exact sciences. The Endoscope now
enables us to light up the orifices and
even explore the stomach and various
ducts of the body"
"Yes, but how can the ordinary ply
sician afford these costly instruments,
doctor? What physician could hope TO
possess such complete array Of in
struments as you have about you?"
"That is, unfortunately, true, my
dear sir, for our apparatus and instru-
ments cost small fortune, AMI We ara
constantly seeking the latest invan-
tions in order to afford our patients
the best that skill and money can pro-
duce. Here are the Ozoon Manikins,
that cost snug sum in them selv es,
but nothing more perfect was ever con-
structed, and we are the only physi-
CLANS on this coast who possess them.
But let US return to the Cathode ray,
and you may assure your readers that
any device or appliance that promises
relief to the afflicted can be found at
this institute. Our wonderful success
is due to the perfect adaptation of
modern methods to modern disease.
I will be glad to have you call and wit
ness our flrst demonstration with the
new instrument. It is bound to be
grand success, and the newspapers will
not hesitate to applaud the noble ef-
forts of the English and German ex-
pert specialists in the Byrne building.