New Britain herald., 1927-04-23
YOU CANNOT FOOL
 THE X.RAY EXPERT
He Knows the Secrets of Your Heart and Your 'lnnardS'

answers, which seems 10 nave sup . planted the cross word puzzle. the reporter who "covers" the New Brit ain General hospital, yesterday start . cI out 10 ask q tev questions Of his own. Here they are:
 What is a roeutrcnoloEist?
 What is elec,riC-thorapy
 Wha. are physio-th erap peU'ics2 What is an N-ray and why wasn't t' called something else?
 What IS transparent?
 How can you prove it?
 Can you see through wooden block?
 What is diah'ermy'
 Can q thing be seen when it Is out Of sight
 Why did the old time family doc tor of a generation ago discard the so-called static machine" as fake? How does the modern physician know if q patient has hardening of the arteries, gall stones, appendicitis, pneumonia, brain tUnor or an ulcer fin the stomach. wjtho-, m eNplora- tory operation?
 What is th" ne'r theory of the ap- plication Of electric heat?
 Wha. are it's healing possibilities? What is q violet ray? What is an ultra violet ray'
 can disease be cured by a fuor- osropa?
 What is an Alpine lamp?
 Is the N-ray a treatment process, O. merely djaeuostic2
 Now Go Ahead:
 Arod by the array ot questions he asked himself but rould not answer, tha reporter started out 10 learn. H. knew that Dr. Frank Zwick had just completed a course in diather- mics and had installed an imposing array of electric equipment lights. drnamos and other apparatus. He knew that Dr. Robert Buol also had specialized in electrical medics, whatever that is. He called on them. Then he drifted to the hospital. where Dr. \. $. Gran. has charge Of -r- N-ray department. Entering pr. Grants office he pulled up an easy chair and with the strict formali'y of q typical newspaper man. he auoriar: Say Doc. what's an N-ray?' Two and half hours later he left the hospital. armed with inside facts" he never knew before.
 "X-rav is inc means whereby we see you as you really are and not as you think you are said pr, Grant.
 There are no secrets here we can see through everybody he added. Assuming his most scientific attitude pr. Grant carefully explained that the N-rav Is an ether way" similar 10 light rays l. travels at the same speed as lieht-18G,060 miles sec ond. Sound. he said travels only I oGn feet second, being far out distanccd by light
 There was theory one time that the X-ray was q flash Of electrons between two maEn"tized points in q glass globe. Now it is claimed to be aq ether wave Of very short wave Iaar'h.
 The spectrum contains all the t3stc colors from red to violet. N rIy ie a violet beyond the viol"t Of the spectrum. T. is an ultra vio- lot. far beyond the ultra violet ray T. has wave length so short that it can penetrate matter. In plain English it shines through solids.
 Why It's Called X-Ray
 Y Ia called an N-ray bccaus" when it was first discovered by Professor Roantgen. it was a mysterious el"- mont and was labeled N-ray be- cause x represents the algebraic <,f b.a ,.,lsp CIlgr'ttv Tn honor of Professor Rocntgon an X-ray expert is an roentgenolo- is'.
 Having all the characteristics of light rays. but 10 far more in lansifed degree, the N-rav pone- trates less dense solids more easily than the more dense. Thus if is difficult 10 see through some skulls Dr Grant explains.
 Among the lesser dense things through which this mysterious ether wave can penetrate the physician mentioned wood, paper and flesh The more dense things through which it penerrutes only with diff c,.ltv are lead. zine and copper.
 The fact that things Of different flt ftSll l'S btlSNl i.' tIl i'tAt'S7''t va ''' euper-ulrra violet ray known as x ray is what enables physicians tc avail themselves Of the service ot this clement in diagnosing much ill., ness Bone is harder to penetrate than flesh, therefore th" bone stands out as a darker outline than the flesh making it very easy 10 sec organs with liquid inside. such a. inc stomach ar" less dense and can not bc seen so readily in thrir ra. 'ural state. Hollo" organs like tn chest are less dense than any, thcro fore are not so difficult for the x rav 10 penetrate.
 The brain. being cDcas'1 'n z skull of solid bone, is not visible tC the N.rav. except in the case Of q harder growth, such as a cancer brain rumor or growth on the hr1ir 'jse1c which becomes calcidcd iron n surplus or calcium salts thereon This leaves T spot of the conslston. .f o' gall stones. which are calcium deposits in the kidney or gall blad ler This same deposit in th' arteries causes artoriosrl"rosis o hardening Of the arteries
 Has Many Uses
 The first usc to which tho X-rar wa4 put was that Of bone work Fractures. di7loeations and o'hc hone injuries were diognoeed by th' May when in its infancy
 Then it vas used in d3sirnntini bone diseases such as osteomyelitis which again is a surplus o' thos troublesome calcium salts. and o bone tuberculosis etc. Later can cors. 'umors, etc, were revealed h' use of improved and developed x jr1-...s- e.-.r,t.-