HUMAN BODY TRANSPARENT.

Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1058, 28 March 1873, Page 4

HUMAN BODY TRANSPARENT.

It appears (says tho " San Erancisco Scientific Press") that an accident, as in many discoveries, is about to render an important service in the cause of medicine, by which the eye will be able to locate many diseases whoso source and locality must now be determined by induction or inference rather than sight. It appears that Dr Richardson, of London, whilo experimenting with electricity about two years ago, was surprised to find a portion of his hand so illumimated as to become perfectly transparent. This fact, and also a similar experiment by Dr Priestly, induced Dr Thomas Nicholson, of New Orleans, not long since, to pursue tho subject till he succeeded in completely illuminating tho whole hand. Erom the result of these experiments it seems that, in order to illuminate tho body, it would only bo necessary to increase the vividness of the calcium light, and enlarge the magnifying lenses employed, so as to gain sufficient power. When all the internal organs of the human system are thus inspected by actual sight there will bo no need of diagnosing a case to discover the cause or seat of a disease. In the case of wounds or internal bruises, tho augeon

can determine at once the location of the bullet, or the -condition of the part affected, also tumors, ulcers, or any internal malady, as easily as can a housekeeper the displacement of an article of furniture, or an inkspot on the carpet. It can be readily perceived that the ' discovery may become ah efficient aid tomedical seience,'and an in calculable blessing to mankind.