Arizona republican., 1921-10-27

to confirm his deduction that she was married. To his surprise she wore no rings. He told her about his little experiments and explained that she was a very unusual type She laughed and said that she was an artist. She knew what he wanted. because she was used to posing mod els.
 There is only one amusing thing about having an X-ray picture taken of a stomach, and thant is the pen ny. In taking such a picture it is necessary to locate and mark the individuals stomach exactly before the plate can be made. The position of the stomach varies in different persons. and for a guide a penny is sometimes fastened on the body with a bit of adhesive Occasionally the doctor will forget to remove this apparatus and there are some inter esting reactions.
 The Mysterious Penny
 One man wrotS back to the doc tor to say that the penny had come off. He added that he had worn 1t two weeks and it had done him no good whatever. Another patient, a woman. returned the coin in some embarrassment, believing that she had somehow taken coin that did not belong to her. She explained that the doctor would no doubt be as surprised as she was to know that a penny had in some mysterious way got attached to her. She supposed it must have happened at the hos pital, and as she was sure it did not belong to her she wished to re- turn it.
 X-rays are now recognized as a successful means of removing ton sils and of treating soiter and dis eased tissues in the nose and throat Before this method was put into use there was always difficulty in get ting the immigrant mother to have her child operated upon for diseased tonsils.
 Understanding no English. and alarmed by the explanations of in- terpreters. the mother was fearful that her child's throat was to be cut. The promise that her sons health was to be improved by an op- eration performed at the expense of the city did not reassure her.
 With the X-ray such cases are be- ing handled easily. The rays are painless. In fact, anyone who did not see the aparatus would not know treatment was being given. The child can be brought to the hospital and it's mother assured tht he is not to be touched by a knife. The child is laid on a table and the rays strike up from under the table on through place especially prepared. The mother sits by the patient and holds his hand and in less than half an hour the treatment is over. After several treatments the tonsils are gone.
 One of the latest experiments with X-rays is in connection with diph- theria carriers. The diphtheria car rier goes about, unconscious that his tonsils, nose and ear passages reek with germs and that he is giving the disease to his more susceptible friends. There are a great many of these carriers and they are a serious menace to the health of a community though they are not responsible for the danger they carry.
 In one city, Detroit, a doctor is making q series of tests to determine whether X-ray treatments will rid these persons of the diphtheria germs permanently. We are told that eleven out of fifteen tonsil cases, two out of four ear cases. and four out of five nasal cases were cured by K ray treatments
 The doctor is continuing his treat ments, but he is chiefly interesting in knowing how long the immeunlty is going t. last