Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-05-07
SUCCESSFUL X RAYS.
AN EXPERIMENT AT DENVER.
A Bullet Located In j. D. NcsIyA BODY
After tho Surgeons Had Probsd In
Vain. = Tremendous Electric Rower
Used.


Denver, April 2.-The most successful
experiment with the Roentgen rays Of
which there Is record In this country
was performed mt the works Of the Noun
tain Electric company last night, when
bullet embedded In n mans body was
very clearly photographed, says the Re-
publican.
For days and days surgeons had been
probing In vain for the ball, but after
the plate had been developed 1t did not
take them two minutes to reach 1t and
II will be removed to-day.
Some ten days ago J. d. Nealy had
difficulty with IN ex-partner at Gillett,
and on running up hill received bull
let wound in the back. He was con-
veyed to the Tabernacle homeopathic free
dispensary In this city and the members
of the visiting stafr of the dispensary and
of the homeopathic department OF the
state university took quite an active In
tcrest In the case. All efforts to locate the
bullet We're futile, although the probe had
reached some ten inches.
II was decided to endeavor to have the
cathode rays used, and c. +. Lacomb'
manager of the Mountain Electric COM
pany. and +. J. Haffner Of the Williams
Haffner Engraving company. together
with several scientists interested, under
took the experiment with the latest
achievements In the apparatus used Tor
such work at hand.
The wounded man was conveyed to the
company's rooms In the Sheridan block
where the necessary power and other re-
quIrcmcnts were ready for use. a col
had been prepared for him. for II was
the intention. because Of the dih1cuines
that might surround the case. to give the
plate long exposure to the rays. Inc
plate used was large enough to make
sure that should the rays penetrate the
body they would disclose the bullet.
The Crookc tube was hung over tho
mans body near where 1t was thousnt
the bullet was lodged, and the light
turned on. The rays are dim and OF
blush color and agreeable to the eyes.
This was the first thing that struck the
people who had been unacquninted WIN
the wonder In science. II looked - II Il
would not penetrate u wafer.
An enormous voltage was brought to
bear on the lamp. This Is where the
demonstrate tions-for they cannot be called
experiments any longer Mt this place
are 50 successful An induction tube hnv-
Ing nineteen miles of wire coiled In II was
used. A motor somewhat larger thnn the
ordinary was employed. and II marked
10 volts. but when the current had
passed through the nineteen miles OF wire
is was given at 10000 volts and the
glass bulb. the rays from which were
penetrating the mans body. was TO tue
naked eye. twinkllng In haze.
A new prccauiion not believed TO oe
necessary In former experiments was
brought to bear last night. A small ar
pump was used TO pour cold current
on the lamp and keep the glass moder
nteIy cool. There was an exposure Oh
one hour and half. the longest TINT
has been tried here. Mr.. 1acomb states
tbut with the power ut command II Is
now simply n question OF time to pene-
tratc any part Of an ordinary human
body. There might be cases OF unusual
formation that might prove an obstacle.
When the time set for the exposure had
clapsed the man was raised and the plate.
which had been under him. guarded by
| n strong box. wood or the wearing apparel
afror,iing SO slight obstruction to the
rays that they are not bo'herd with. was
removed. and Mr.. Hammer took possession
| of II. and after between fifteen and twenty
| minutes development by the ordinary
.,..,.,...s ,h, l,nn,. beyun to show out very
distinctly in the photograph. One could
almost see the grain. Just below the
sixth rib. TO the right OF the spinal column.
the fa,tened bullet was clearly shown.
! much blackcr than the bones. 1t had
been thought from the manner In which
the wound at the entrance showed that
It had ranged upwards. but such was not
-. L. .,Ill L1 r.,mnycd To-day.