Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-03
A Physician Who Claims to
Give Artificial Sight.
RAYSFOCUSSED ON BRAIN
He Is Also Planning 10 make the Deaf
Hear by Electricity.
Or. stiens Is a Russian Scientist and
He Has Done Some Wonderful
Things, Yet His Experiments Are
Not Completed.

Mention has been made in the cables (
from London Of an invention by which |
DR.. Peter Sticns q Russian scientist. |
claims 20 be ablc TO make the blind |
see According 70 several OF the Eng /
lish papers 70 hand. Or. Stiens has APP |
piled his invention 60 a number OF |
blind persons, who have thereby been
able to see light and the shape of OBJ
jects around them.
Understand rue clearly said the
inventor 20 correspondent OF the
Daily News. OF London. II do not
claim and do not attempt to restore
sight. as restoration IS understood. I
give artificial sight. and 1t makes no
difference whether the person was
born without eyes whether the eyes
have wholly or partially been de-
stroyod since berth, or how the sight
has gone. My experiments are not
completed. / have yet much 10 do, but
the results are all that / have anti l.
pated SO far Greater things viii come,
but the sight IS already given"
Mr.. STEMS principle is that nc sup
piles a substitute FOR the lens Of the
eye by the aid Of electricity Immediate
~ his apparatus is brought into con-
tact with the body OF the individual.
my apparatus willr he said "as In
The cainera. focus the rays of light
from the object to the brain. and sight
Is given. the objects being clearly seen,
not inverted but in their proper FORM
My apparatus constitutes a substitute
/ FOR the lens"
Mr.. Stiens asked the reporter wheth-
or he would like 20 test his apparatus.
Naturally the answer was yes" ami
this g. what foiowed.-Thc reporter
was taken by the inventor into a small
ROOM and then biindfolded effectuaily.
u could.r he writes. "see absolutely
nothing. Matches and candles were
lighted before me, but / could not see
them. Then ] was connected with his
apparatus. I felt n slight sensation OF
electrical current passing through my
body. Then quickly the darkness
passed away. a dun gray took its
place and was succeeded by light
clear and bright. 7 saw fingers held up
before me. and disc that looked like
coin. And when ! was disconnected
from the apparatus ] found I was
standing just where ] was when my
eyes were bandaged. Mr.. Stiens had
been by nay side on the time. and there
was no one else present Mr.. Stiens APP
peared 70 be as delighted as ] was sur
priHed at the result.
Let It be borne in mind that my
eyesight IS perfect. At any rate. be-
lieve so. But my eyes had beLE com.
. pletely biindfolded, and an was ALSO.
} lutte blackness till the connection with
the apparatus took place.
Z 1.-THE inventor would not permit ms
! to examine the apparatus, patents FOL
which have not yet been applied FOR
Neither would Mr.. Suens. explain III,
precise character Of his invention Oh
the means employed TO achieve such
results.
Here is my invention said Mr.
Sti0ns. It does not matter what
have done in the past, and / need moi
: now describe the electrical invention.
Of mine which are now being used
largely, especially IN Germany, Rus.
sia and other Continental countries.
7, say I can DO what / assert. The thini
is can / do Il or not? I make IN,
I, claim. ana II is Tor me TO give IN,
proof You can judge from what 70,
= have seen to-day something OF the ma
= ture OF my assertions
IN reply TO questions, Mr.. Stiens SAT,
: the complete apparatus would b.
: made IN such form as 20 make it cas-,
= for a person 10 carry it about so ar
to place this artihcially given sigh
> at the individuals disposition for IN
ordinary practical purposes of iiff
n Spectacles, he added, would b. quit
unnecessary $50 long as the receivm
part-the brain-is there. my appara
9 tus." he smilingly added. "will 10 Ia
y rest The rays OF light strike my ap
paratus instead Of the eyes and pas
y thence e. the BRAIN the real camera
And the apparatus viii be- offecuv
carried anywhere. SO Ions as it is con
nected with the body the nearer tn
brain the better.
with a Central News reporter III
stems performed this novel expert
,e ment;-
r, stand before this wooden partition,
N said MT Stiens. The reporter did 81
y staring a a blank expansc of wood, hi
N eyes about six inches from it. NJ
IN Stiens Embodied him and applied IN
~ electrical apparatus. The reportC
,e could see the white light in front
os him as before.
hi There" observed Mr.. stiens. whe
Ia he had unbandagod the reporters eye
"a 9You didn't see that light through N
wood with your eyes-you saw IL 4
he rectly with your brain"
as SIR. Stiens is also engaged on q
No electrical apparatus Dy means or Wi1C
IN he declares that deaf persons will I
pt made TO hear perfectly. He explain
~ his plan in this way
"a You know that II the drum. or tyn
"a panic membrane. Is at fault. and Il
IN small bones-viz.. the incus, mailer
ist and stapos-are present, people are q
n abled 70 hear By means OF plugs pl
h. into the ears Ia fact, the plug
~ called a false drum. Now with my n
paratus (,ghen the membrane and Il
ZEE bones are az fauit) hearing will be gi
~ en- by the application Of the appar
NJ tus TO tho surface Of the body m
body Is a good conductor Of the ele
trio current, and when the apparat
is in use at one end the perron wis
ing TO speak TO the deaf speaks In
re- the apparatus the vibrations are ca
IL ried through to the person being spo
b. IN TO, and thence by nerves TO q
-et resonating chamber, and so along q
lre austaphlan tube to the auditory nerN
.gs Which conveys the sound 10 the cent
IN II hearine In the brain"
ley Asked If the auditory nerve was
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