The evening times., 1897-08-28
MARVELLOUS K-RAY WORK
Great Discovery Claimed by q
Physician Of Baltimore.
SKELETONS IN PHOTOGRAPHS
Pictu res May BE Put Through a
Course of Development That Will
Show to Medical Practitioners ALI
meuts That Affect the Body-A
Wonder Of Science.

baltimore, Aug. 2s.-A rema rka bic dis
covery by means Of the Roentgen rays is
claimed by DIR. Robert Xavier Giering. Of
this city.
DR.. Giering states that by means OF the
| x-ray he can develop any ordinary photo
graph of a human being, showing plainly
all the internal organs and the bony struc-
ture OF the body of the original of the
photograph. In other words, the doctor
maintains that an ordinary photograph Is
not only likeness OF the outward appear
ance of the individual. but that it contains
reproduction of everything in the body,
and that all that is necessary TO maxi all
visible TO the naked eye is To put the
photographs through series Of develop
ments under the x-ray. In speaking OF his
Investigations, DR.. Giering Says:
'Of course, cannot disclose the process
which, employ, but do not min relating
howl made the discovery. Six months ago
Twas employed al a lecturer by the Edison
| Company, of New York, TO give illustrated
lectures on the ROentg tgen rays. went 10
! most OF the Southern and Middle states in
my work, and have been constantly en-
gagged in experimenting with the x-rays.
A bout two weeks ago was testing new
apparatusin my office, and made an x-ray
photograph OF my hand. l placed plate
on the table directly under my apparatus.
It was necessar III order tG produce clear
picture TO place some article between my
hand aud the plate. For this purpose
generally used piece OF cardboard, but on
this occasion l was unable to find it, and
instead picked up photograph from a pile
of Pictur es that lay on the table. While de-
veloping the photograph later on ! was in
terrupted and went away from myOffioe for
several hours.
When 1 returned proceeded with the
development of the picture of my hand.
, and to my astonishment found that across
it wa. the picture OF mans body. 1t
never occurred to ne that hadreproduce'i
the picture Dn the photugraph which had
used in place of the piece OF cardboard.
and as my curiosity wasthOroughly ar roused.
proceeded anxiously with the develop.
ment OF the picture. To my further aston
ishu,ent found that ne picture OF the form
on my hand was being revealed perfectly
naked. In tie course Of half an hour had
To see every rib ia the body.
Il lad not up to that time considered
whose phJtograph had used, but this was
made cIecr to me when l noticed bullet
wound in the right arm. | saw at once
that | had used one OF my own pictures.
and was aStonished to find that the mega
tive thus produced was my own body, ab
solutely naked. l made another negative
from this. and the secapd negative showed
all the outer TISSUES of the body. Con
tin uing / III ade Il third negative, and this
showed plainly the heart, lungs, liver aud
kidneys. In this negative was also plainly
shown the bullet lodged in my right arm.
where I hal already seen the mark
More than this, even the small arteries
were '-isible. When | had succeeded thus
far L concluded that ! had made great
discovery by mere accident, discovery
which establishes a great fact hitherto
unknown to scientific men, namely, that
a Photograph Is q thorough and through
likeness OF the body nf the individual, aud
that all thai is needed to display every
portion and organ to the naked eye is To
put the picture through series Of devel-
upnIents under "A powerful light.
lit must be considered that the x-ray il
immeasurably stronger than any othek
light We know Of Ihave no doubt that the
result OF my experiment will lead others
to nlake further Investigations, W bich
may lead to greater and more startling
Developments The benefits of this dis
covery TO the medical fraternity and to
men Of science generally can be readily
appreciated. man residing far from u
physician can now send his photograph.
have it put through the course Of develop
ment, and when the last negative is
reached, showing the internal organs, the
physician can proceed to develop each
organ separately and can finally ascertain
whether they are diseased or not