The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-01-10


Iears-Medicin- Played out-Germ
OF old Age MAY lie Discovered.
Thomas A. Edison, the great invent
or. makes the following statement In
the New York World
The great problems u the year are
the problems of lighting bactcria, Of
getting electricity direct from coal, Of
getting power from the elements cheap
ly and IN applying the many us1s u
electricity To- manufactures
Il look for II wonderful year There
is more activity in science than til r.
has ever been before, more men are
working on zig problems and great Gls
covcrIcs would be only natural.
For myself, my storage battery. On
which / have worked four years. VIII
be put Oh the market ia january. II
solves the traction problem. aud its IN
PRODUCTION means that the hors" will
have TO 60.
II expect TO give up practical inven-
ton for two years. | Am going 10 cX'
pertinent going 10 delye IN some prob
lens that | have put 10y for al lille
time and for once am going 10 work
without having the production Of a
commercial commodity in view. | am
going into the byways Of scieucr.
prefer not to say what my experiments
VIII he Yes trying To get electricity
direct from coal Is one Of them.
The wireless tClegraphy | asSurcdly
expect to see perfected for commercial
purposes. If not fully So in 1909 at least
advanced toward that end. The right
Kind of man Is working ut II, prac.
teal man. an earnest man, and | hay"
confidence in him As to the objection
that messages may be tapped, that's ms
far us the obicctnrs can see now. That
may be true tonight tomorrow It may
he different
I'm not interested In the flying ma
chine could never see any CONNER
clul us" FOR IT, | have never had time
TO read much about IT,
Il expect to see electricity supplmI
steam as motive power In Hltcrn
Years electricity viii he the railway
motive power Nineteen hundred ana
three viii advance IL in that direction
Nineteen hundred and three Will
bring great advances in surgery. in the
study OF bacteria. In the knowledge of
the cause and prevention of disease
Medicine IL played out Every new
discovery of bacteria shows us all the
more conyinclngly that We have been
wrong and that the million tons of stun
we have taken was all useless They
may even discover the germ of old ngc.
don't predict IL. but II might be that 10y
the sacrifice of animal life human HE
could be prolonged The doctor OF the
future will give no medicine, but will
instruct his patient In the care OF the
human frame. IN diet and In the cause
and prevention of diseases.
surgery diet. ants. IS these three
are the vital things of the future I'm the
preservation OF the health OF human
ity. There were never so many nhlv
active minds nt work on the problems
OF disease ms now and all their disvoN
cries are tending To the simple truth
that YOU cant improve on nature,
The newspapers are among tn,
great agents that VIII grow better II
1903 and In the years TO come. They
are the great school \ man who doc'
not read the newspapers might rs wei
be dead. They ARE powerful inhu
ence for Advancement They are get
ting better, they are printing more sci
ence and paying more attention 10 iii,
things that benefit and improve hu
manity.
There will bc few more wars. Tn
world seems to he tending 20 peace
We should have n great navy, one three
times as large rs the present not 4
fight. but to have ready in case Their
should be n fight \ great navy is on
OF the greatest stimulants TO science.
we are only in the Infancy of clcC
tricity. It's possibilities no man en-
dream any more than a man nifty year
ago could have forctuld what we hay
today Litrc discoveries like the Rocn'
lar things will lead to great things
what. cannot lac told Just now
AS 10 books. the books Of today ar
more 10 my liking than the old book
Ii is go with painting. Il Is a groa
time Great things are being done am
II is impossible to prophesy BETTE
health. greater enlightenment bette
facilities OF living. are being placed j
our reach with every day | look for
wonderful year OF progress
Hand. Across the Sea.
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