WONDERFUL DISCOVERY

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 239, 5 January 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY

A discovery which is, to the least o! it. of surpassing intercut to doctors and. indeed, to the world at large—

!■ now on it~, trial in l<Yanrv, writes tho mi die;.' correspond! Nt of the Times. Tliis is not surprising when it is understood that llu' discovery is quite as important as was the finding of X-rays, sine] much more remarkable. With the X-ray in a darkened cham-li'.-r it is possible to obtain a picture of iho bones ami more solid structure--, bill by ine:ms of this discovery it is l>"-iliV in broad daylight to obtain a detailed picture of any organ of tho lody- brain, liver, kidney, spleen—and t; see at. a glance by what cross l<vi n tliev are affected. Tim- it is posible to - <• the bloodvessels in the brain, to observe a bloodclot in that < rgan, to detect abscesses in the live:, nll<J wounds or cuts in any Tn one case a "concretion'' in tho appendix was seen elearlv when the picture complete. The miracle '** lehieved by utilising the ■•urrciits nf »>lu •trieity which the body is believed to \H ii'.'i-i'.te. 1 could not live in peace if 1 put th<s shadow of a wilful sin lieAween myself and (led. —-0«-P! go Eliot.