Show THE XRAYS In tho current International Monthly b Dr Williams of Boston is nn articletoy 1Vllnms on The XRaya in Medicine It is most interesting and gives the Idea that the use of tho Xrays has Not only does the doc but JUBt begun substances tor claim that hard metallic stances leo bullets In the body can be located by i but he Insists that the course of tuberculosis can be traced 1 the changes in bones and soft organs and the extent of the progression oc very many diseases Ho treats briefly the help the rays are to surgery by revealing the exact I position of foreign bodies fractures dislocations etc More he declares that racantriakO clear details not obtainable tho rays canmal delals for Instance tamable In any other way as to stance the rays enable the physician distinguish between an enlarged Joint and dl8Unglsh of salts near the joints I The rays detect calculi in the system I when made up mostly of mineral matter mat-ter A motc diseased bone IS often revealed I by the rays by showing that Its outline I I I In I changed Heart trouble Is detected by the rays The wrll6r says I o can watch on Iho screen the movement move-ment em the diaphragm see the lungs expand ex-pand and contract In breathing und then PIIl tho other with by comparing oc lung I I uncurtain whether one lung Is deficient In I Its function wo can also lollbw the pulsations I pul-sations of tho hciiru und note how much SlltonK what direction thin organ clinupefl II directon Its position sctwccn expiration and full Inspiration There Is much more of the same kind i which is all very wonderful to the unprofessional un-professional reader not only from what I I is stated but for the possibilities that rise in ones thoughts of what may be I when this wonderful Invention shall bo I more studied i When a book with a coin placed between I be-tween the leaves Is put under the rays I the covers and the Inner material of j tho book do not count but the shadow of the coin is distinctly seen I seems it Is the same way with a human being I In lighter or darker shadows the Inner man Is revealed his heartboats are I easily counted and the changes I made upon the organs by disease are all brought forth II I Iri altogether wonderful l and the t enthusiastic physician must welcome this new thing Which has cpme to broaden his vision and supplement such examinations as he can make of the body through his science and in calling over the triumphs of the last century and recounting the blessings I brought to mankind tho Xrays should be given a prominent place I I a |