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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1263, 14 May 1896, Page 13

Mr Ivhson prof ■• v. < to lu-ve <b coverc-l a chemical substance nut of ISOO which ho tried - which, enables the iiontgen shadows to bo seen directly by the naked eye, with ihe result that the physician may soon lie able to study his patient alive as he now docs at an autopsy. In practice the patient would stand between the apparatus and a screen, out of sight of the physician so tar as tho ordinary light is concerned, but his skeleton would be revealed on the crystal side of the screen, and tho fat and muscles would lie indicated by variations in the densityof the shadows. Physicians will, Mr Ldison asserts, be aide even to trace the presence of consumption, because of the difference in solidity shown by the diseased and healtypaits of the lungs. He declines to divulge tho nature of his chemical. The Hospital Saturday collection in Sydney realised over jC3700.

The " X " rays practically decided a recent caso at Nottingham. Miss Ffolliotl, a burlesque and comedy actress, whilst, carrying out an engagement at a Nottingham theatre, fell on the staircase leading to the dressingroom and injured her foot. By the advice of Br Frankisli, she was sent to University College Hospital, where both her feet were photographed by the "X " rays. The negatives taken were shown in Court, and tho difference between the two was convincingly demonstrated to the judge and jury. There was a definite displacement of the cuboid bono of the left foot, which showed at once both the nature and the measure of the injury. No further argument on the point was required on ftithor_j»idfi ,