The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-03-27
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Thomas \, Edison has progressed 9,
lar IN his experiments with tb,
hoehtgen ray that ii is now possibl,
TO see with the naked oyo through ,
soiid block OF wood eight inches il
uertn: ms marvellous feat was nc
conplishcd by Mr.. Edison Saturda,
IN the presence of reporter for In,
New York Journal Mr.. Edison de
clares that it is simply a question o
luther experiment and more powerful
light when the human eye will be abl,
to see through soil metals, brick walls.
sealed letters and the human body,
Mr. Edison believes that there is ne
reason why physicians may not lool,
INTO our heart, lungs and stomach. Hc
mas been AT his experiments practical.
~ DAY and night since the discovery
OF inc koentgen ray was first an
nounced. To show what an infinite
amount of patience and trouble it re.
qulres IN these experiments, Mr.. Edison
said: Before sealing the tubes we
now heat this stem that you see there.
in order to drive OFF the gases that
havo generated or that may be general
ed. 1t took us week to learn this
one little fact which is of striking i'm
portance, for the gases, as we now
Know, that are generated from the
gas itself when it is headed by the
electric current that generates the
cathode rays are sufficient to spoil
every experiment that is made and to
prevent the best possible results. So
deicately must the conditions BE- adj
lusted that it makes all the difference
IN the world in getting results who
did the glass blowing for tho tubes.
1t the glass blower has been drinking
beer, the effect can be noticed almost
instantly, and conditions arise that
make successful tests impossible until
the gases that remain in the glass
from this beer are driven out.
Mr.. Edison Friday succeeded in
penetrating the human body with the
naked eye. He looked into tho heart
and lungs, and examined the arteries.
the blood vessels and muscles of one
OF his assistants. according to the New
York journal, which has followed
closely the 'wizard's'' experiments
with tho \ ray. 1t is very simple to
Mr. Edison says the Journal With
the powerful cathode light behind his
patient he ga2es through Il screen Of
prepared chemicals and sees every
organ of the body as plainly as he sees
the dishes on his dinner table. If
his subject stands very close to the
light nothing whatever is seen--the
light goes through bones and every
thing lust as sunlight goes through
glass If the patient stepssa foot OF
trr-, fra,,, l,,.I,t
skeleton stands revealed. a step
further from the light, and tho
muscles, tissues and organs of the body
appear as plainly as if there was no
outside covering of flesh. And so on
as the distance from the light and
the focus is changed.
Mr. Edison is now completing Il
fuorescent screen eight feet high, which
will enable him to see all this from
the top of your head to the soles of
your feet. A week ago Mr. Edison
told how he could, with proper arrange
ment, sec through solid block Of
wood eight inches thick.
Last week Mr.. Edison was expert
to find huorescent stream.
when | find that in its most perfect
form | shall see anything l want to
see as soon as the light tubes are per-
fected." The screen has been found.
and Mr.. Edison has made good his
promise.
The huorescent substance used by
Mr.. Edison, and declared by him to be |
the most perfect thing of the kind dis
covered so far, is tuDgstatc of calcium
in other words, tungstate and lime.
The two substances are fused IN a |
furnace, and at a proper degree OF heat !
form little crystals, perhaps one-eighth |
the size of a French pea. These crys- |
tails are glued to a piece of paper by |
means of collodium, a transparent cellu-
loid paint. In the cast Of the huge |
screen that Mr.. Edison is building for
taking at glance the entire internal
of man. the crystals |
would be spread directly on an inch |
plank. /
At three feet from the row of |
Crooke's tubes. let us say, the rays |
are SO powerful that they will pene-
trate everything and show nothing on |
the screen except, q vague shadow
Then at four feet. matters become |
more distinct, the rays are not SO
powerful and show an outline OF tho
bone. AT DNc 1ecl We seE tuC i1onc"
and the internal organs OF tho body.
And SO we proceed until we get the
proper focus II it is desired to cut
off the entire body, except a certain part
which we desire especially TO examine,
nothing is easier We put up Il shut,
.er. Just as We do in a camera, and
shut off everything that is not to come
Inder observation. Ar,
s'What | want Edison says, 'ls
his: 4 man comes to surgeon win
. bullet in his arm; the surgeon takes
lis X ray lamp and his huoroscent
creen then and there and locates the
,ullat. He looks through the arm,
hro, oh the bone. if necessary, and
ees lust where it is. We've got that
ar. already. Now, why should VIC
yant to photograph that; simply Il use
ess waste of time. Again. man
ZONES with a broken arm: II screen Is
itted TO the surgeons eyes, the \ ray
8 turned un and he can work with his
YES opcn. 80 to speak, for he can see
no fracture. He can see how TO set
he bones sec exactly whether they Join
n not: sec Just as clearly as the cabi-
,ct. maker who Clues together pieces
f wood. \ physician may diagnose