The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29
De afness, Diabetes
and Bright's Disease
Other Ailments Said
to Be Benefited bv
New Device

was had to a return wire with IN.
human body placed in tho physical
circuit. The resistance thus inter.
posed, with the higher f~reauencte,
then used-immeasurably lower than
those now made possible by tho New
Workers. apparatus-caused Difficult.
ties that more than offset the c,ra.
tive properties Of the current in IN.
immediate effect upon the diseased
area. That Is to say the surrounding
sound tissues have been hurt ana
natures processes tending to-
ward recovery have been blocked or
rebufed in their Inherent efforts.
But with the current OF extraor.
dinarily high frequencies and seem.
ingly sure death voltage Mr.. Stanley
asserts he Is able 10 deal with "A suf-
ferer without inviting any of the die.
astrous consequences heretofore rlsk.8
with the facilities available. lie en-
ploys only one wire with the mega
tive electrode attached and makes
the entire surrounding air complete
mis- circuit or form the route for tho
return current. the air playing IN.
part Of the positive e~lectrode. n.
says that this arrangement actuallv
permits a current OF enormous volt
age and OF extremely high frequency
to pass readily through the body ana
the physical action IL limited en-.
tirely to effect upon LESSONS, infam-
nation, &c.
All of this Is quite contrary to the
common understanding about the con-
ductivity Of the free air. Indeed. in
a recent issue of the "Proceedlnss Of
the American Institute OF Electrical
Engineers' ]. b. Whitehead has dealt
with the electric strength OF air. ana
among other things said: Air, under
ordinary conditions an excellent in
sulator, has also the remarkable prop
erty OF becoming under certain cir
cumstances a very good conductor,
Air becomes a conductor
when exposed TO Roentgen rays, cath
ode rays. ultraviolet light. radioactive
substances inc other similar lnfu-
ences. In particular Il acquires ex-
ceptional conductivity in the neigh
borhood OF sparks, brush discharge
and the high voltage corona"
1t would seem evident. then. that
Mr.. Stanley has found a way TO i'm
prove the air as "A conductor through
the agency OF his novel X-ray tube
and its peculiar output.
Some idea Of the photographic prop
critics of his tube can he gathered from
the fact that the ether vibrations are
capable of affecting "a scnsitized plate
at IA distance of 80 feet. His apparatus
Ia In a rnnnn about , foot Ions QUA
at one side OF the entrance there IL a
projection. four feet through. that has
blank walls and encases a dumhwaiter
shaft leading TO floors above. In other
words. there are two walls, each prob
ably six or eight inches thick, flank
ing the shaft, between a person stand
ing in the hallway and the X-ray
tube. With the operating room prop
erly darkened a person fourteen or AZ
teen feet away from the tube and
behind the shaft can see the homes
in his hand distinctly by means OF a
Horoscope screen!
Ordinarily in taking photographs OF
the stomach and intestines IL is neces-
sary to give the patient a "hismuth
meal" this chemical serving 20 bring
out the affected parts by showing the
outline or silhouette OF them, but with
out emphasizing shades OF difference
where there is trouble. Mr.. STANLEY
has been able to Photograph. without
recourse TO bismuth, infamed areas.
and what is more, TO show the grada-
tions OF the diseased parts.
The value OF this can readily Re
Grasped both in making ar original