Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-08-07
lad ENOUGH OF THEXRAY
Wizard Edison Will Stop Experimenting
With II.
ASSISTANT PRACTICALLY HELPLESS.
Result Of ScH.sacrlflclng Work In Studying
The Possibilities Of the Mysterious Power,
and the Noted Wizard Himself Had His Eye
Put Out Of Focus-ls Dangerous In Many
WaYs.

New York (SpeciaD That loss O
sight, cancerous disease and even deatl
may come to him who is continually
exposed to or inexperienced in the
use OF roentgen rays has been dem.
onstrated by an awful experiment ir
the laboratory Of Thomas A. Edison
Clarence Daily, an assistant to the
Wizard of Menlo Park" has contrib
uted an arm and hand to this dem
onstration, while Mr.. Edison himself
suffers from the disturbed focus Of one
OF his eyes through experiments with
the mysterious light in an endeavor
to find for it some commercial utility
The chief sufferer, Daily, is left to
depend entirely upon the generosity OF
Mr.. Edison, in whose interest, sup
plemented by an enthusiastic desire to
delve deeper in that mysterious force
which brings to view objects conceal
ed in solid matter, he has been inca
pacitated from taking tip the life BUR-
dens and duties that usually fall to a
man.
The story Of Daily is told by DR..
Graves, one OF the leading surgeons
Of New Jersey.
DAILY came to me nearly seven
years ago." said DR.. Graves, "and l
wish to say that regard him a mar
tyr to science. He is so regarded by
the medical profession generally, for
not one cent has ever been charged
him for either surgical or medical SER
vices. lie presents to science a pitia-
Bile object-lesson OF the dangers OF in
experienced or continuous experiments
with X rays, and his sufferings have
done more to bring to professional no.
tice a correct knowledge of things to
be avoided than anything else in the
history OF scientific research upon this
subject. He had been following his
hobby enthusiastically and had been
testing tubes in the Edison laboratory,
exposing himself to the forcible light
with an utter disregard of self.
I'm the beginning his hair began to
fall out and his face began to wrinkle.
The trouble in his left hand finally de-
veloped into a skin cancer, and the
whole arm, away up above the elbow
and well into the bceps, was affected.
There was consultation OF physicians
and it was agreed that he must be OPP
Grated upon at once or the poisonous
lcer would place his life in jeopardy.
years ago his arm was ampu-
d.
then turned my attention to the
arm with a view to saving It.
began to manifest the same dis
on as the amputated arm. and a
time ago | took off four OF
fingers, so that now he has but
nmb on one hand with which to
livelihood"
Ter sufferer from X rays. Mr.
himself, was seen at his home.
.llyn Park, Orange, and asked
the story of the experiment
;abled Daily and came near
m sightless.
ak to me about X rays he
afraid OF them | stopped
ling with them when | came
N my eyesight, and Daily.
OFT, practically lost the use
rahis arms. l am afraid O.
waolonium, too, and / don't
key with them.
into years ago l was deeply
an /. rays. was looking for
dailycrystal and there were
kept that fascinated me and
virtuglued to the Horoscope
II time
when left eye. and one day
closedt OF the dark room and
everytlf eye for mSuent
to all d double. | Nc
was was S IanS,rI s8' 81 a foot out
@is still imperfect, and l
think that it ever will be entirely