HUMAN X-RAYS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1026, 5 August 1911, Page 4

HUMAN X-RAYS.

A MAN’S STARTLING CLAIMS AT INQUEST. Amazing claims by Mr Albert Grant, the self-styled “Human X-Ray Scientist,’’ of Maidstone, were made che other day at the second inquest held within a week on one of his patients. In this case a young woman from a neighbouring village had died from consumption. Mr Grant, In reply to the coroner, said his “science” was practised only by his brother and himself, and, therefore, he could not disclose it. It applied not only to human bodies, but also to animals and trees. Asked how he would apply the “ science ” to trees, Mr Grant retried, “ Just the same way that I should apply it to the human body,” at the same time making a pass with bis right hand. If a tree were decayed could you stop the decay ? —I could if I wished to exert my power. I have even forced poppy seeds and destroyed them afterwards. Can you restore the life of a dead person ? —I have done so. Mr Grant added that he could see through the body of any person, and even through a steel door if necessary. A Juror : You say you have restored a person to life ?—I have. Is that person living in Maidstone ? —He is not alive now. The jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes, it being stated bv the doctors who had previously attended the woman that they regarded her case as hopeless. The Coroner told Mr Grant that he was treading on very thorny ground, and advised him to be careful how he acted.