New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-14

A Sharp Distinction Between It's EhecTs
and Those Of the X-Ray.

To the Editor ~ The Tribune.
Sir: Your issue of to-day contains an
article dated London. quoting from an ar
| ticle that appeared in Popular Science
| sftings" and from an editorial on inc
same subject by Hyatt Woolf, editor OF
Popular Science Siftings." The statements
contained I'm both article and editorial are
so far from the real facts and so mislead-
ing on a subject Of popular interest that
l cannot refrain from refuting in toto the
whole gst Of the quotations. l would IKE
10 see the complete articles In question:
but a copy OF the "Siftings' Is not aVali-
able. l presume that Or. Hensgmuller ana
the editor are correctly quoted
In the first place. X-rays are no more
electricity than is the light from an mean
descent globe, or from candle Inc
X-ray IS produced by electricity as are the
arc and incandescent lights and as what
ever effects these latter lights produce are
sctinic and not electric. 80 whatever eHec's
the X-rays produce are also actinlc' ou'
of a different nature and not electric
Without the X-ray tube we could not nave
X-rays or their effects any more than We
could have light from an incandesceH'
lamp without the film and the properly
exhausted bulb.
To make any comparison as 10 effects ne
tween the X-ray and the electricity emanat-
ing from wireless apparatus is ridiculous
for one is light and the other is electricity
but II comparisons are TO be MADE let US
approach the matter in rational manner
Aside from its uses in photography ana
this is the chief use of the H-ray To-Day
our effects are due solely TO Its destructive
action, as in the destruction OF cancerous
and other growths. With the hlgn ire
ouencv current which Is Identical with the
current used for wireless work, the only
difference being in matters OF detail TO
allow of finer adjustment, we are produc-
ing results both locally and OF the whole
body due to the action OF tho high ire
ouency current which favors ana assis'S
those processes OF the body which make
for perfect health, namely. constructive
meta boism.
In n word whereas the therapeutic action
of the X-ray is altogether dependent on Its
destructive action, the effects of the high
Frequency (or wireless) current IS depend
ent on its constructive action. and | could
tb,nl, Of nothing better for mankind than
that we should be contnually-or ut least
frenuentlv-bathed I'm a stream OF high fire.
ouency electricity AS matter OF fact 1t
has already been successfully utilized to
force the growth OF plants. seemingly hav-
ing similar effects on both plant and ami
NAL life. The effects of high frequency
(wireless) electricity Independently are all
for the good, not that we are enabled there
by 10 cure all cases by any means, but for
whatever purpose this current is used, we
note an Improvement in the patients gen.
eral condition.
To make my argument complete | want
10 note that when the bare high frequency
(wireless) spark is brought in contact with
the living tissue more than an instant a
blister is raised. and II the contact Ia OF
longer duration destruction OF tissue takes
place This may happen accidentally or
for the destruction OF small pathOoglc
growths The effects are altogether local
and bear no comparison TO X-ray burns,
which are slow to heal and often lead 10
degenerative changes, whereas burns from
contact with the high frequency spark heal
more quickly than any other wound that |
have even seen. WILLIAM G.. LEVI
Albany, June II, 1911