The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-02

Dr FRANK close teleCtroSCOpe' en-
abling takers to see each other face to
face, though separated by hundreds
of miles; and the italian phonendo-
scope. to detect the presence of dis
ease by sound. This last Is of such eX-
ceeding deltGacy that it makes wink
as audible as a cannon shot.
INVENTIONS FOR SLAUGHTER.
These piping times of peace are pro-
life in inventions for wholesale slaugh-
ter in time of war. During the year.
in the struggle for supremacy between
big guns and armor plate, the tide of
victory has once more turned toward
the guns, through increased power and
improved projectiles. Moreover, two
types of submarine torpedo boats.
which are now being perfected, the
Gathmann and the Holland, threaten
to make the most powerful battleship
as defenseless as tub.
1t would lengthen the article too
much to even mention all of the inven-
tions of the year, but it wouldn't do
to slight few of the most important,
such as the Hawkins method of MAX
| ing steel, u substitute for the Besse-
mer process, the invention of a saw
manufacturer Of Saginaw, Mich. A BIZ
cycle passenger car, which may be pro-
PEELED by its own occupants, or else
attached to a train, and a submarine
bicycle for the use of deep sea divers,
are new variations for the benefit of
Wheelmen. Then there is tn attempt
of Mr. Emmens, of Emmensite explo-
siVe fame, to revive alchemy, claiming
his ability to transmute silver into
gold.
The progress of the healing art has
kept pace with the march of invention.
The biggest stride in advance, if it
| succeeds, is the supposed discovery by
| DR.. Edison, of New York, who thinks
he has found method of killing in the
blood all disease germs. This he seeks
to accomplish by hypodermic injection
of asepsin, relieving the stomach of
the task of assimilating drugs. The
| immensely of such an innovation Will be
realized if it can be proved that, eXclud-
| ing violence and accident from the cal
culation, the new remedy would ward
off any but q purely natural death, at
the end of mans allotted time on earth.
That is, no intrusive diseases, like pneu-
monia or fever which cut off it's victim
| in the prime of life, could withstand
the attack of the germ killer.
PRINCIPLES OF INOCULATION EX-
TENDED.
During the year the principle of in
| oculation, which had already proved
| effective against smallpox, hydrophobia
! now awaiting a more propitious sea-
! and diphtheria, has been extended to
| the cure of lockjaw, snake-bite and in
| sanity. Pneumonia is treated by DR..
| Moran, of Elyria, o., who draws off the
| poisonous matter by producing artiti-
cial abscesses where they can easily be
removed by the knife.
The first epileptic sanitarium in the
world has been established at Mt. Nor
ris, N. Y, under the name, the Craig
Epileptic Colony"
The sphygmograph an instrument to
measure heart beats, is an 1896 inven-
ton. Massage by water power which
has been introduced into the New York
Orthopedic hospital, is also an achieve
ment of the year.
The effect of various foods upon the
human system has been the subject of
experiment in the Wesleyan university
of Connecticut. In a specially prepared
air-tisht room, partitioned off by glass,
and into which air is pumped, several
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selves, one at a time, subsisting upon
diets scientifically prepared for them.
Attempts have been made during the
year to explore the shadowy border
land which lies between body and spirit
The unheard of things which photo
graphy has essayed in this line 1 have
already mentioned; but there are two
mechanical inventions which trench
| IA,
lent chronoscope now in use in the Uni
versity of New York is designed tc
measure the brain of living man, tC
determine his mental capacity. Julius
Emmer, inventor of the long-distance
telephone, has contrived what he calls
thought machine" You can think
in the presence of q delicately con-
structed cylinder, and the apparatus
by means of chemical and electrical
forces, will bottle your ideas, as it We're
just as Edisons phonograph stores
away ones voice and words.
MAKING A OUNCE QUICKWITTED
In the city of Washington there are
two laboratories where scientists are
devoting their lives to experimenting
upon the shadowland 1 have mentioned
spirit of one He is studying the physi
cal side of mental action, and his ain
is to build up the BRAIN just as by care
full dieting the body of an invalid may
be built up. one fruit of his researche!
is the electrostat, which, by directing
stream of electricity upon the brain
will enable the owner of the organ t.
concentrate his mental powers upon t
l,rnb1an1 he could NOT do WitlOu
artificial aid. By using the electrosta
the stupidest Ounce may become quick
Witted-so claims Professor Gates.
The other institution is n part o
Uncle Sans own bureau Of education
and has founded the new science o
psyche neurology." Dr.. Macdonald
its chief, is making q study Of th
physical emotions-how love and hate
for instance, affect the blood, brain
: and nerves. His apparatus is said t.
test the power of the will and measure
the Quci>ness and quality of an idea.
J There remains very few spots on tn
, earth yet to be explored, though GU
f knowledge Of geography has received
some additions during the year. Th
= poles remain undiscovered, in spite o
2 several attempts in 1896 to find them
Lieutenant Peary, United States Navy
= failed because he lost a cache of pro
! visions. NansCn, the SWede, who uL
; dcrtooli to float ON drifting ice to tn
North Pole, didn't succeed, though h
scored a higher notch in altitude thar
any predecessor. Andree, the Belgian
balloonist, couldn't even get his elab
orately prepared airship to start, and i
son.