Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-12

WHATS q meteorological We'll. he
isn't one OF that collection Of ''fabu.
lous animals" mentioned by Mr.. Wei
lcr Of Pickwickian memory but .
cmooth faced. kindly person In .
white Jacket who. looking from the
outside in. might bs anything from .
chef to dentist or q surgeon. BY
tho way. looking from tho outside In
IL his business or profession for tho
rontgcnolosist Is an x-ray photogra-
pher who takcs pictures OF your
works when you beGin 70 lose time
inside or the hairserinE gets tangled
or something seems to be wrong With
the Jewels. It's rather interesting 20
the subject not only thru the method
and procedure but by reason OF
very active personal interest In what
tho picture Is going to relate when
the plate Is developed
You wait In o reception room Just
or the studio. The pleasant person
with tho long professional description
comes smilingly out and says he'll
be ready for you IN twenty minutes'
The twenty minutes string out into
q half hour or more. Meanwhile you
pick up some medical journals ana
read coldbiooded descriptions OF IN.
tsrnal surgery. The brisk. yet calm
fashion in which the authors treat
cancer of the stomach and sallstonss
and other painful and disagrseable
ways by nature to rid tho earth OF
surplus population strikes you AZ
utterly lacking in that a!truism which
should weep when YOU weep ana
cramp when you cramp on the right
side q little east OF your floating RIPS.
Still, II has its fascination and you
stick to the toxt somewhat as people
crowd to view horrid accidents or AZ
your great grandmother used to en-
Joy a funeral. And right at the eli
max. where the patient was making
fine recovery and died suddenly Of
embolism. the pleasant person sticks
his head out of the secret chamber.
whence hissings and buzzing have
been coming for the past thirty min
utes, and smilingly says with beck
oning finger, Now I'm ready for
you" Ready for YOU" huh.
Preparing For the "Look-ln."
Inside the door that opens to re-
ceive you are cabinets and instru-
ments whence copper wires run here
and there 10 switches. A bright light
shines from the ceiling. There In
the center of the larger room stands
twin bed which might have been
one OF Il pair when the Spanish in
QUESTION was running three shifts
and doing over time, a bed of steel
and wood and levers and cogs. Above
it are two swinging contraptions
wherein the tubes that do the busi-
ness of peeking into your most Sc
cret places glow with a peculiarly
strong and piercing light.
"Just take off your shirt and I'M
derwear." commands the rontgenol-
ogisr You do while he is mixing
something in glass in cubby hole
just off the room. Somehow you hope
up at the tinkle of the glass as the
thought strikes you that maybe they
stimulation before undergoing the
test. He comes out with long glass
filed with fine quality Of white
wash and requests that you drink
this. You do. He explains that this
is barium, a metal, and that 1t will
kalsomine your insides, preventing
the rays from going on thru and thus
giving road map of the route thru
your intestinal tract"
Under the x-Ray.
Meantime he has been mixing more
and says "have another" You do.
Then he guides you to the twin bed
and places you PROSTATE on the rack.
Beneath your stomach Is the alumni
mum plate holder, smooth and cold.
He brings the swinging light close
to your back. He steps over to
switch.
Now hold your breath" You com.