The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-04
X-Rays for Badness.

The day when bald heads will no longer
monopoize the front row At the theatre,
when shining pates Will no longer take
up half the funny pictures, and when All
hair-erowlns nostrlms will beg for buy
ers, is near ~ hand, for the <-rsy has
been found TO be a cure for badness,
says the Chicago Chronicle.
The N-ray specialists also say that
wounds treated with the X-ray will not
cause a scar. aud that brthmsrks can
readily be removed without any other
implement or medicine than the Crooks
tube BY way OF showing the versatile
habits OF the new cure-al IL Is snid that
superfuous hair can he removed without
any effort at all n the face is once ex-
posed for n sufficient time 90 the green
ish light that penetrates flesh and bone
Experiments with the Nyray 10 deter
mine it's effect on hair papilas have been
going on FOR four years but II was not
until recently that satisfactory proof
was obtained ~ was announced recent
~ by DR. II. r. Pratt that hair could
either be killed or grown by the proper
use OF the Roentgen rays
"I treated n man with X-ray one time,
and the case II interesting. He had
fringe OF brown hair and a crown of the
smoothest shinisst scalp any one ever
saw. IL dazzled ones eyes 20 look al
that bald head. He had been bald for
.5 years. lie came 10 me and tried the
effect Of the Roentgen rays on his head.
The hair he had fell out, and he became
practically bald all over In few weeks
the hair came i'm where It had been be-
fore, and IL was thicker and finer, but
the great surprise was that a goOdly
crop OF halr sprang from that part OF
his scalp which had looked like a billiard
ball before the experiment That man
has today fpe head OF hair.
Another thing the X-ray will do is
TO remove birthmarks Those purpllsh
spots that mar the faces of so many
| girls and men can be removed by the
RoentGen rays as easily as complexion
powder can be washed of with wet
sponge. There is no color left, and no
scar remains In fact, sears may be
prevented IL any wound or cut Is treat
ed by the %-ray while IL is healing.
There is no longer and need OF excuse
for scars or blemishes since the H-ray
is here"
Dr. William Allen Pusey entertains
some fears that people may he led 70
sacrifice their health and lie oy 700 SIN
cere belief In the efficacy OF the N-rsy.
He rays in regard to the cure Of cancer
| by Roentgen rays:
"The Roentgen rays have an efect
upon tissues was proved in very dis
| agreeable way soon after the rays were
| discovered by the production of dreadful
| burns after exposure to the rays. Since
Il
| upon tissues reliable investigators In va
| rious parts OF the world have been study
| ing the ffecets of the N-rays upon cam
| GER This work has been going on now
| for about four years, and II leaves no
| room for doubt that X-rsys properly used
have markedly beneficial effect upon
| cancerous tissues.
| "It il certain that many sufferers from
| cancer will be cruelty disappointed by the
| exaggerated claims or cures which are
| now beng made in the public press, and
| IL IL the duty of medical men 20 issue
! caution against the Elusive promises that
| are being held out TO cancer sufferers.
| Urea tment by the use OF X-rays should
not be undertaken uutil well established
| methods OF treatment have proved futile.
| The patient who has a cancer that Is
| opsrsble and refuses operation because Of
| dread Of the knife, and who relies upon
| the x-rays alone. is abandoning the
| known for the unknown, and is liable to
J paw the penalty of his dread with his
| life"