The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-06-04
Ayers Hair Vigor.
Practical Use of the X-Ray.

DR.. III. d. Barnes, a former Cecil
county boy, son of Edwin Barnes OF
Woodlawn, recently demonstrated
the practical use of the X-rays in
connection with his profession. DR..
Barnes is located at York, Pa, and
on last Thursday evening gave an
exhibition of the X-rays. At the
conclusion of the exhibition Michael
Gardner, a resident of York, pre-
sented himself for examination.
Mr.. Gardner is a native of Balti-
more, but has resided in York for a
number of years. On the 10th of
September, 1879, when a lad of Is,
he attended at Ford's Opera House,
Baltimore, presentation of a
border drama by Col. VIM. T.
Cody, at that time better known as
" Buffalo Bill" During the prog
ress of the play rifle, supposed to
have blank charge in it, but
which, through a blunder of a prop.
erty man, contained a 80 calibre
ball, was discharged in the air by
Col. Cody. The ball struck the
procenium and glancing entered
the left shoulder of young Gardner,
who occupied seat in the gallery
near the stage. After the shooting,
physicians probed twice for the
ball, but were unable to locate it.
Though the wound was at first
thought to be a serious one, the
young man was only confined to
his bed for three days, on the third
night again attending the "Buffalo
Bill" performance. The wound
healed rapidly and although it has
caused him no trouble since his re-
covery, he has always had a. desire
to learn the exact location of the
ball. With this view in end,
accompanied by a representative of
the York Age, he presented him
self to DIR. Barnes to submit to a
test of the X-rays. Mr.. Gardner
stood before the Crookes tube
about 80 minutes, the doctor first
placed him with his back to the
light the Horoscope was placed over
the left side Of the thorax, where
the ball had entered about two
inches below the clavicle. That
bone was brought to view together
with the ribs and the scapula, the
light being powerful enough to en-
able the operator to distinctly dis
Germ the articulation of the bones.
No foreign objects being discovered,
the doctor requested Mr.. Gardner
to face the light. The Horoscope
was then placed against the left
side of the back, several inches
below the scapula, but this devel-
oped nothing beyond view of the
bones as before. Finally, after
changing the position Of the fiuro-
scope q number of times, a small
object, which appeared like the
head of a nail, and which gradually
grew HlOIC ulSllnCl ttS tllC ODSClN d.
ton was prolonged, was discovered
in the region of the ninth rib, about
four or five inches to the left of the
spine, in that portion of the body
antomically termed the lumbar
region. When the doctor placed
his finger over the exact spot where
the object appeared, Mr.. Gardner
said: "That is where I feel sore
ness after violent eXertion, and l
have always thought that the bull
let was there" When the Age
man looked he, too, was able to see
what the doctor had seen. Mr.,
Gardner was highly elated over the
result of the examination and DIR.
Barnes also felt much satisfaction
to know that the first practical
application of the N-rays by him
was q complete success.