The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-12
CORVALLIS, OREGON. AUGUST L.. 1908
putated. The amputation was
about three inches below the shoul-
der, all above that being healthy.

1
der, all above that being healthy.
Il then turned my attention to
the right arm. with view to saw
ing il, but it began to manifest the
same disposition as the amputated
arm. and short time ago [ took
off four of Dally's fingers, 60 that
now he has but one thumb on one
hand with which 10 earn his liveli-
hood. 1t is impossible for him to
work. and be must live on the boun-
ty of Mr.. Edison or starve.
''Dally's case has told science
that the continuous exposure of any
part Of the human anatomy to the
influence of the X.rays is deadly to
the parts SO exposed. OF course it
does not interfere with the use Of
the light tor medical purposes when
it is handled by experienced per-
sons, but it is not a thing to be tri-
fed with. Under proper care it is
of great use.
Daily made hobby of X-rays.
When Edison set up his machines
in the Crystal Palace, Daily did
the mechanical work. And then
he put his head up in front of the
light in order that people might
look through it. The result was
that his hair and mustache fell out.
i Another sufferer from the use OF
lX-rays, Mr.. Edison, himself, was
seen at his home in Lleweilyn Park,
Orange. by World reporter and
aeked to tell the story of the expert.
ment which disabled Daily and
Gamer ear making Mr.. Edison sight.
| less:
/. "Dont talk to me about X-rays,"
he said. 81 am afraid of them. ]
stopped experimenting with them
two years ago, when I came neal
:. losing my eyesight, and Daily, my
assistant, practically lost the use o1
both of his arms. I am afraid o
radium and polenium too, and
don't want to monkey with them
Cup to two years ago I was deep
ly interested in X-rays. I used
Horoscope which I invented
pyramidal box with one open end
the smaller, and larger closed end
the covering being a chemical shee
againstswh the object to be ex
, amined is placed, the rays being 70
: cussed upon it. was making ex
perimenis in dark room that
! had constructed in one end of tn
! laboratory. I was looking for al
:. improved crystal. and there wer'
= daily results that fascinated NJ
and kept my eye glued to the flu
> oroscope virtually all the time.
"I used my left eye, and one da,
when I came out of the dark room
and closed my right eye for mo
. ment everything looked double.
at once repaired to an oculist, wh
said that my eye was something
q over a foot out of focus. 1t is stil
+ imperfect, and / do not think tina
g it will ever be entirely well.
q when I noticed the effect upol
$ my eye l cautioned Daily. I toll
] him that there was danger in tn
! continuous use of the tubes, but b
9 persisted because he was so enthu
9 siastic upon the subject. The onl
: thing hatsaved my eyesight wa
: that I used very weak tube, whil
Daily insisted in using the mos
/ powerful one he could find.
Q 1.-THE box of the Horoscope on1,
! partially covered his face, so tha
the light fell upon his hsir an
o made it fall out-that is, what wa
Q left of it after exposing his head t
J, the light in reckless way to illus
q trate its power. Part of his ham
Q and arm were also exposed to tn
e action of the light.
u Il am keeping him on the pay
: roll, although he is not able to d
r any work, and I expect to take car
+ of him as long as he lives.
Is MY researches. might as we
70 tell you now that I have abandon
e ed them, were in the direction {
y making a fuorescent lamp. 1 obtair
n ed results which brought me eac
n day nearer to the object Of my ds
le sire. I found a crystal that wa
y fuorescing $4,000 times, and
= thought I had my lamp. The
!! came the question of practical uss
II / could make the lamp all righ
/ but when / did SO I found that
s. would kill everybody who woul
le use it continuously.
u No, do not want to know any
s. more about X-rays. In the hano
of experimental operators they al
ie valuable adjunct to surgery, Il
K eating as they do objects conceale
s. from view, and making for il
IS stance, the operation for append
IL citis almost sure. But they al
le dangerous, deadly, in the hands I
e. theinexperienced, or even in tt
hands of thu man who is usin
a. them continuously for experimen