DOCTOR AND PATIENT.
DIAGNOSIS BY WIRELESS. REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCES. Australian and N.Z. Press Arnocintion. BERLIN, Sept. 26. Wireless photography and wireless telephony wero employed in- a remarkable* consultation between two doctors, one of whom was in Berlin and the other at Buenos Aires.
Dr. Pavia, of Argentina, \who is at present in Berlin, had a photograph taken of a patient's eye. This was wirelessed to Professor Castcx, of Buenos Aires, . a specialist, to whom was telephoned an account of the patient's symptoms.
The photograph was received clearly and Professor Castcx diagnosed the patient's disease as incurable, and said it would bo fatal. The patient is not aware that a specialist 8000 miles away has read his death-warrant.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20372, 28 September 1929, Page 11
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