The X Rays.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7722, 26 January 1905, Page 4

The X Rays.

t A CTHE FOR ULCEII.1 Mr A. 11. Shury, an ex-bank mana . ger, and a well-known tigure in ant l lmg and acclimatisation circles, gi' t es tha Christchurch Press some ( - his experiences with the X-ravs as ; eurefor rodent ulcer and epithelk 1 niji, from which he has suffered fc: , la or 16 years. "During the pa.' . eleven .\eurg," says the writer, •' I havc ''Cell operated on live time i and the ulcers have always returnw t This year the ulcer was very malif . nant behind m.v right ear, and I wu . advised to try the X-rays, whic , were said to be a cure. Two med - cal friends said : ■ We d„ not kno much of the action of the rays, In - as J»u have already been operate* L , on live times in the last elevt _ y ears, it would do no harm to li s the Cay's, 'say for a month, and . no relief is experienced we can tht > ' a " back on the knife.' I came dou „ to town and was exposed to the ray: s After the third operation, althouf. e the wounds showed very little <li ference outwardly, they were improing. At the end of the second mont the ulcer behind tile left ear was al - solutely healed, and has shown r i- sign of returning ; but the right et - held out until the present time, ar i it is now absolutely healed."-