A MARTYR TO SCIENCE.
■ The "British Weekly" of July 28 reports the death of a. man who, unknowingly at first, and afterwards consciously, gave', his life to better his fellow-men. This was Mr. I[. W, Cox, of Clapton, England, -who was; one of thfe discoverers of. X-rays,'and one of the 'early experimenters. During : his investigations and experiments, he • contracted that dread disease now. knoiyn as dermititis, but pushed on. with his work . until - the disease had such a hold that there was no possible chance of recovery; He suffered years of. intense agony, which he endured with remarkable fortitude. -. Says the'; "British Weekly": "How calmly he faced death is described by the Kev. Thomas Itippeh, who constantly visited Mr." Cox in his last illiiess; He said to his minister: 'I would gladly,go through it all again, to accomplish what I have been permitted to accomplish in perfecting this apparatus for the benefit of my fdlow-men. In the face of such splendid fortitude, we can but bow the head, and rejoici that, in these days of material ambitions, we have another modern instance of self-sacrifice to remind us of Him 'who gave His life a ransom for many.'"
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 924, 17 September 1910, Page 5
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197A MARTYR TO SCIENCE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 924, 17 September 1910, Page 5
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