The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17
HUMAN HEART REVEALED.
With the Ala of a FIOurescent
Screen NiI1oIa Tesla Can See 1t in
a Living Subject.
From the New York Herald.

Living Subject.
From the New York Herald.
Nikola Tesla's latest experiments with
the cathode rays have enabled him to
reach and reveal to human eyes.ght the
human heart in a living subject.
This IS an extraordinary fact. To cur
ancestors it would have seemed a mira
Gle that could be ascribed only TO some
supernatural agency-preferably to that
of the devil, for, in the gloomy mood
which they carefully cultivated, the devil
appeared to be a more potent agent IN
mundane affairs than divinity itself. Even
to us of the present who have carefully
eliminated the supernatural, either in the
form of God or devil and who have been
callOused to the marvels Of the natural
world by the thick coming sensations
which, day by day and even hour by
hour, crowd upon our senses, this is an
event altogether out of the common. But
we still preserve some OF the failings
of our devil haunted progenitors. After
the first stunning effect of announcement
of this sort, we rebound into an unreal
sonable state of expectancy. We are not
content with the marvel of the moment
We would anticipate the future We
would outstrip nature and plunge into
the supernatural. We eXaggerate, we au-
CUR the utmost. We are disappointed if
our fondest anticipations are not imme-
diately realized.
There are people who imagine at once
that the human heart would be revealed
as utterly and Clearly as though it
pei. Perhaps some go so far as to hope
to see that living heart inscribed legibly
with its secrets. Queen Mary said that
when she was dead the word Calais would
be found indelbly engraved on her heart
Some folk would not be satisfied unless
Nikola Tesla revealed to them the very
letters of such an inscription
Mr.. Tesla himself is sensible of this over
weening expectation. So for the moment
he has determined to make no further
revelations. He will wait patiently until
no aIaf i'm
expected in the present have been approx
imately realized. He knows how unrea-
sonable are the demands of the public
after the first burst of startled Incredibly
is over. Belief will succeed that increduli-
ty If the facts warrant belief, but that be-
reasonable.
IF tell people," complained Mr.. Tesla
when saw him in his laboratory yester-
day. that science has gone so far and no
further they are disappointed. Because
they expect everything they do not realize
that even a very little is an immense ad-
vance BY the AID Of the Roentgen rays [
have, it is true, been able to examine much
better than before the interior of the body
I have been able to locate by ocular in
spectons the region of the heart. But
when 1 explain that 1t is dim adumbra-
ton and not clear vision people turn
away disappointed. Therefore, at present
1 deem it best not to add anything to the
article just published in the Electrical Re
view. / shall wait until / have something
to report that will approximately meet
lie"
The revelations of that article are as
founding enough, in all conscience. Tesla
demonstrates that what are known as the
Roentgen rays are not an isolated phe-
nomenpn, but are emitted everywhere. All
conductors emit streams similar to those
discovered by Roentgen. The sun itself
and other sources Of radiant energies pour
forth rays similar to those emitted by an
electrode in a highly exhausted enclosure.
His present conviction is that ROentgen
shadow picture should, with very long
exposure, be obtained from all sources OF
radiant energy, provided the radiations
are permitted first to impinge upon a
metal or other body. Hence he has been
led to increase the efficiency Of refiectors