Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-08-23
ROBBERS
EVIDENCE ACCUMULArING EVERY
HOUR.
The PEOPLE BECOMING EXCITED!
The Perpetrators Have No Time to
Conceal Their Act.

Wherever a grave is despoiled and some
sacred remains that have been laid TO
eternal rest have been disturbed or stolen.
the finer sensibilities of the entire COM
munity are aroused against such a profana-
tion of the dead and no effort is spared TO
and punish the perpetrator.
Every neighborhood has in some period OF
its existence been stirred to deepest indig-
nation by the devilsh work of the ''ghoul.
and even this fair city is not exempt from
the depreciation of the grave robber. but
there are different ways of grave robbing.
and one is to rob the hungry receptacle
of its prey. This puts another phase on
the matter and makes this class of grave
robbing the most exalted that ever engaged
the energies of man. Grave robbing is
daily avocation of the famous German
American staff Of Physicians and Surgeons.
permanently located at rooms 23-G Ridge
building, 9l2 Walnut street, opposite post
office. and their success has SO astonished
the people that 1t is said of them, They
rob the sick room of its suffering and cheat
the coffin Of its prey" and in this way rob
thousands of graves every year of would-be
victims
Hundreds of people who few weeks ago
were candidates for an early grave now re-
joice with exceedingly great joy that they
have been rescued from the jaws Of death
by these celebrated physicians. On staff
or crutch, or borne by the loving arms of
friends. they come dragging their weary.
emaciated and shrunken limbs. and among
these sufferers may be seen many careworn
faces whose owners are suffering from
rheumatism. catarrh. dyspepsia. kidney dis
ease and many other chronic ailments for
the relief and cure Of which they have for
many years sought In vain, and with de-
spair depicted upon their faces. daring to
the seeming impossible might be accom-
plished. Among the hundreds Of people who
aI ment H are many any who have x Exhausted @ every every
method known to regular practice and
have been pronounced hopelessly beyond re-
with these progressive physicians but has
expressed relief, and 80 per cent are speedily
and permanently cured. Even consumption.
its way into the vitals of its thousands OF
victims every year, irretrievably destroying
the constitution before Its presence Is mo-
ticed. sending them to early graves, has
found a conqueror in the advanced treat
ment Of these celebrated physicians. They
positively cure insipien. consumption. and
many sufferers from the malady who be-
lieved their footsteps numbered In the sands
of time have been snatched from the portals
'es Of s Metbod os
These eminent specialists have the finest
| equipment Of medical and surgical appli..
1 Sl,
X rays. It is certainly great invention
| and Is Indispensable to any physician and
surgeon who desires to be up with the
| times.
| 1t is a simple machine with q Crook 8
tube or glass bulb. In which is a vacuum.
| through which the current is passed.
to be be seen % has Il been %% largely %% displaced by a q
| screen arrangement. which Is the invention
of Edison, and which is fastened into a
thTeusS in seeing a veWs TSs
| screen, as 1t Is sometimes called. takes the
| place of the glass in the stereoscope. The
screen and between it and the light which
| is made by the Crooks tube.
| In general way 1t may be stated that
the X ray will penetrate any animal or veg
| etable substance. and 1t makes no differ
| ence how thick 1t Is. A mans arm Is as
easily penetrated as his finger; box two
The reporter was permitted to look at the
bones in his own hand and wrist through
this scientific wonder
distinct. All the small bones in the wrist
could be easily seen and especially did two
bones in the arm show. A ring on the
A metal hook held behind a bunch Of news
papers six inches thick showed as though
no papers were there.
Its Value.
The value Of such an apparatus in sur
gerry is plainly obvious. II there is a bullet
needle. fragment of iron or other metallic
substance lodged in the body Its presence
is easily detected and its exact position 10
Gated. Not only that but If a bone is dis
eased, decayed. has an unnatural growth
or is dislocated or broken,
There II No Guesswork
In treating 1t. for every defect is visible.
The Cauteri.inE Apparatus.
But X rays machines are not by an!
means the only interesting apparatus In TN
rooms of the doctors. Operating chairs
light for some delicate operations Is fuf
nished by a little headlight Of wire fed b.
the same battery to use for cauterizatiol
instead of the old method with silver nj
trate.
Another rare instrument the doctors hav
in their room Is microscope that magni
: fies 900 diameters. The reporter was show
> an animal taken from glass of hydran
: water. 1t made no one thirsty or eve
| hungry Under the microscope 1t had tn
| appearance Of a Chinese devil, at any rat
5 it appeared to be provided with horns. hoo
and tail.
J. elaborate There are about dozen gla--
a retorts containing different mixtures an
| preparations and large generator force
chemical compound into any one de
sired which produces the fumes Of inhala
/ The doctors seem to have different ide
/ | of treating catarrh from the usual one
treating all kinds alike. They say thei
are two separate. exactly opposite. kind
of catarrh: the atropic and the hypertrt
| pic The former. as its name implies,
a wasting away and diminishing OF N
tissues and membrane of the head. Will
the latter consists OF an increased or al
| normal growth Of something like fungi
| matter in the air passages of the head an
! throat, sometimes extending to the roo
:, | OF the mouth. Remedies. they say, tht
. will stimulate the growth and developmer
!, in atropic catarrh. and thus effect cur r
will in hypertropic catarrh stimulate II
: creased growth and make bad matte
\ | worse.
o Surely their equipments are superb an
: adequate to any sort of operation The
| laboratory is also extensive
: Professor ]. T. r. Clark, director chi'
s OF the staff, will deliver private illustra
r ed lecture. to ladies only. at Music hal
. Broadway. near Ninth, next Sunday eveI
!. | ing at S:l5. Admission free.