The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-05
HAD ENOUGH OF THEXRAY
Wizard Edison Will Stop Experimenting
With II.
ASSISTANT PRACTICALLY HELPLESS.
Result Of Self.saerlieiug Work In Studying
the Possibilities Of the Mysterious Power,
and the Noted Wizard Himself Had His Eye
Pat Out Of Focus-Is Dangerous Ia Many
WAYS.

New York (SpeciaD That loss oil
sight, cancerous disease and even death
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 in
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 up 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 |
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. He 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 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
In the beginning his hair began to
fall out and his face began to wrinkle
The trouble in his left hand finally de-
veioped into a skin cancer, and the
whole arm. away up above the elbow
and well into the biceps, was affected
There was consultation OF physicians
and 1t was agreed that he must be op-
cancer would place his life in jeopardy.
Two years ago his arm was ampu-
tated
Il then turned my attention to the
right arm with a view to saving it,
but it began to manifest the same dis
position as the amputated arm. and a
short time ago / took off four OF
Dally's fingers, so that now he has but
one thumb on one hand with which to
earn his livelihood.
Another sufferer from Y rays, Mr.
Edison himself, was seen at his home.
in Llewellyn Park, Orange, and asked
TO tell the story OF the experiment
which disabled Daily and came near
making him sightess.
Don't talk to me about X rays" he
said, Il am afraid OF them. ! stopped
experimenting with them when | came
near losing my eyesight, and Daily.
my assistant practically lost the use
OF both OF his arms. | am afraid OF
radium and poloniun, too, and don't
want TO monkey with them.
up to two years ago | was deeply
interested in X rays. was looking for
an improved crystal and there were
daily results that fascinated me and
kept my eye glued to the Horoscope
virtually all the time.
81 used my left eye, and one day
when came out OF the dark room and
closed my right eye for a moment
everything looked double. | hastened
10 an oculist, who said that my eye
was something over a foot out OF TO-
Gus. II is still imperfect, and | do not
think that it ever will be entirely we'll"