The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-29
Kill Germs and Are Not
DangerOus-Their Dis
cOvery Accidental
CALL THE NEW DAY
GODS OWN LIGHT"
Limbs Which Soldiers Feared Were
Lost Have Been Saved, Cripples Have
Had Suppleness Restored and Other
Wonder Cures Made.


LONDON. Nov. 29.-''Take S-ravs
and keep young for hundred years"
said William Simpson, Scottish discov-
erer of Simpson 5 light, drawing for
ward a wheeled standard from which
4 spluttering electric are gave out faint
white smoke.
"You are suffering from bronchial
hoarseness; let the light cure it while
we talk. 1t has no danger ray. causes
no burns, makes no martyrs. and il
kills every germ within 10 seconds.
"Pasteur and Mitchinotf taught that
to kill germs is to create a new world.
Without germs there can be no epidem-
lie Diseases Also, the Stray softeps
hardened arteries and loosens adhes
| ions. That stops age, prolongs matur-
| ity and increases efficiency.
1--WE will yet be able to keep voGng
for a century. Already the Royal Ned
| zeal society insists that the Stray IS
the greatest thing in the medical world!
| Your hoarseness, nova
| ! spoke and my voice was entirely
clear.
The handsome old inventor smiled at
| a marble bust of Bobby Burns.
Il call the new dav God 5 own
! light it has already done SO much
! good. This is he beginning OF an age
of marvels, - he confessed. To ex-
! pertinent ON armor plate ! was seeking
an intense, pure heat. Ny handy man.
Il drunken, diSsolute fellow. was handi-
capped by a bad burn. suddenly the
open wound began to heal. That puz-
| lied me: to prove a possibility, l gave
my hand an ugly cut with a knife edge
of dirty brass, and treated the wound
with a dose OF light Three DAYS later
the cut was healed. leaving no scar.
Then / knew that | had discovered
something greater than foundry pro
cess,
"Thus military. surgery was proTid-
ed with a safe way which could stop
discharges, cure stiffness or swelling,
absorb scar tissue and relieve the tor
ment of septic wounds. Only a short
exposure is required. although there is
no bad result from long exposure, the
electrodes being held j. to p inches
from the skin.
climbs which our soldiers feared
were lost have been saved, cupples
have supplcncss restored, face wounds
which made brave men look monstrous
have been stimulated to clean healing
Since the sea battle of Jutland, hun
dreds Of British sailors have been cured
by Stray of gangrene. Killing all
germs, the Simpson light creates a thin
infniteSimal skin which obviates the
necessity of messy dressings.
Invisible Ultraviolet Rays.
Five feet distant, electrodes of wolf
ram discharged invisible streams Of ul
tra-violet rays a subtle sense Of rest
/, Iulness and well being filled the atmos
phere. ,
Prof. Simpson S white head nodded
emphaticallv.
| "If You please" piped a voice from
the door, - want to say thank you t
| my professor"
| Then she came in, a very little girl
II shy but determined. Last month
| had eczema cried the young yoice
"and now | have not got it any more. ;
II Beyond the laboratory door a Sigh
| girl in gray serge and a scarlet cap
IEpaused efficiently, bouquet of whit
| heather filing her hands.
| Inventor s Reward
"sMv mother sent this to you, profes
sor," she said softly. Like you. sh
is Scottish. For two years I have bee
a war nurse. Last month the hospita
| authorities ordered me home, invalid
| ed from varicose veins Doctors fol-
I babe me to walk or to stand. The wa
office wants trained nurses, I have m
living to earn, and years invalidisI
| Just now would break my heart. Blu
every Scottish physician in England ha
! heard of the Simpson light. There al
: Stray installations in scores of militar
Y hospitals. I urged an application; tire
\ treatments cured me. Tonight | retur
to my post back of the front.
Frecklcd face smiling the thanks sh