The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-10-04
For the Benefit of the Suffering
Humanity
THE 1ERALD'S GREAT OFFER
The Finest Apparatus ia the Country
Secured
50 Week for the Benefit of
the Physicians.


the accidental discovery of Mr.. w S.
Abbot that soft rubber is as impermea-
BILE to the new light as metal, glass or
bone. A soft rubber eraser was enclosed
in box of hard rubber or gutta percha,
and as plainly seen through the box as
bone in hand of flesh or nail in a
board. The soft rubber was then placed
between two boards, between the leaves
of q book, behind the hand, and plainly
seen through all Of them. ,.,..-..
The great practical Importance OF,
this discovery will occur in connection
with soft rubber tubing used in medi-
eating or draining ulcers of the throat
or other ducts and channels in deep
wounds and diseased bones. III.
A sheet OF aluminium metal BECAME
transparent in the new light. f'5 lDhe
Among those who witnessed the test
was Mr. E. c. Seymour lately returned
from visits to the laboratories of Edi-
son and Tesla. He expressed surprise
and interest in the vast progress shown
in so short time. lrtst
In accordance with the determine
ton of The Herald, recently announced,
free public clinic will be opened at its
editorial rooms on Fourth street Tues
day. October 9Th. from o to IL a. M, and
continue daily for two weeks there
after.
The Herald in its desire to accomplish
in this clinic the best results obtainable,
has spared no expense. and the very
best machine manufactured has been
secured.
DIR. Armand N. Ravold of st. Louis,
who has just returned from trip
through Europe in the investigation OF
this wonderful discovery of Professor
Roentgen. writes of the machine or
dered by The Herald, that it is 'supe-
rior to any in Europe"
DR.. Heber Roberts of st. Louis, for
merly surgeon to the Illinois Central
railroad and the Northern Pacific rail
road, has at his laboratory the dupli-
cate of this machine, and with 1t has
accomplished better results than has
been hitherto obtained by this mystic
rious force, and he writes that 1T Is the
best in the world"
The apparatus was described in detail
in yesterdays Herald, but the fact that
besides the Ruhmkorff coil, containing
some twenty-five miles of wire, the cur
rent Is also passed through the inn
proved Tesla coil, coil of but few coils
of wire and without the soft iron core,
was unintentionally omitted.
An x-ray laboratory will be opened
at The Herald editorial rooms on East
FOuTLH SLTect anu ltCS SOAiutStSSt
by DR.. FINS e. Yoakum. Two days in
the week will be set apart for physicians
resident in the city, while examinations
for the patients of nonresident physi-
clans will be accorded at any time by
appointment.
This will be the only Limitation set
upon applications for examination.
On all other days the free clinic will
be held for the benefit OF the public,
and any sufferer accorded free ex
animation. Professional ethics will be
strictly observed by The Herald, and
no case given publication without the
full consent of the person examined or
his or her physician, If there be one In
charge.
The Herald extends cordial invita-
ton to all physicians to avail them
selves of the benefit to their patients
to be derived from this free clinic.
In order that this may be done sys-
tematically and thereby avoid misun-
derstandings, and these examinations
be held in the order of the applications
as they are made. physicians are in
vited to confer with Dr. Yoakum, at his
Office in the Bradbury block, in order
that day and hour may be set for the
examination of the patients.
No x-ray photography will be en-
ployed in making these examinations,
as 1t would consume too much time,
and many physicians and sufferers
would necessarily be disappointed in
not securing an examination.
In this way it will only consume one
tenth the time in making examinations,
and physicians having their patients
in charge can instantly and plainly see
the character and extent of the ailment
and know just how to treat the same;
and in this way it is hoped all sufferers
from mysterious ailments of the sys-
tenn may derive the great benefit of a
free examination.
Applicants are requested to confine
themselves as nearly as possible to the
following cases:
Fractures of bones. .+..in.t
Necrosis decay of the bones a.
Imperfect settings of fractures.
Abnormal growths-tumors and the
like. rlr
Enlarged and stiffened joints from
rheumatism or injuries. y
Sprains that have resisted treatment
Foreign bodies in the flesh. such as
| needles, bullets, metallic fragments,
glass. etc. an, {
Injuries to the skull "a. 2u.Dljse /
Examinations of the brain. II
Examinations of the heart.
DR. .Heber hobart of st. Louis, who
with his improved Tesla machine has
been conducting most elaborate inves-
legations recently, declares thatGiWith
the new apparatus and microscope
every part of the interior of the body
can be seen; internal tumors and dis
eased organs come into view, and tine
heart Is observed in it's movements, and
the ease of diagnosing medical and sur
gical diseases has advanced thereby
more in the past six months than in any
previous hundred years.
-- NiHiUth Il