WIRELESS AND HEALTH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18585, 18 December 1923, Page 11

WIRELESS AND HEALTH.

LISTENING-IN BENEFITS. CHILDREN MORE HEALTHY. Is • listening-in beneficial to the general health ? Mr. Ford Lloyd, a London wireless expert, asserts that it is. "It wonld be •interesting to know," he writes, "'why many of the children who 'listen-in' »re now free from many of the little complaints to which they were previously subject. "The generality of them are healthier, more contented, and more robust. v "One particular instance that has come under mv notice is that of a child who six months ago suffered from general debility and nervousness. Since she has taken up 'listening-in' she has become robust and healthy. "Is there anything in wireless which affects the health of the community in general ? Is there a new curative agent at work in which atomic electricity acts on mind aud body, picking up some unknown force in its transmission on the ether waves and delivering it to the recipients ?" A medical electrician when questioned c n the subject said:—"When you are in contact with the conducting wire attached to the headpiece you are bound to be drawing to yourself some of the current. r 'A certain amount of that current would be residual. Any child with nervous deficiency would benefit. "The motor system would receive a stimulus, and there would be a certain percentage of electrolytic value to the nerves."