Show VIOLET RAYS FAILURE DECLARES DR FORBES Actinolite Apparatus Does Not Produce Desired ReS Results Results Re Re- S suits in Cases of Cancer I S 9 S NEW YORK Dec 9 The The an on apparatus for the treatment tre of 01 canter can- can ter tuberculosis and similar diseases b by means of powerfully concentrated violet violet vio yb- let rays which was vas Installed in one of ot the apartments of ot Flower Flo hospital last May does o s encouraging results according to Dr Forbes The actinolite apparatus resembles a powerful searchlight in appearance and is used to produce produce produce pro pro- duce a light which It was hoped would ess all nil the curative properties of ot the rays X-rays without their objectionable features But while It does not as the X X- X rays raya do burn the cuticle and cause lo loss of ot hair from fron the face tace and scalp It appears ap ap- pears also alfo to lack their power of ot combating the germs or parasites which are supposed to b be th the cause enuse of cancer and tuberculosis S S Dr Forbes s said ld that although the actinolite had b been n somewhat beneficial In a ff few fe W cases of t skin tuberculosis It had proved pro totally Ineffective against cancer and he gave I It as ns hl his opinion that it was practically a failure allure He said that th the hospital had turned to the u use ue e of oC the X rays in the treatment of ot practical practically pr-ac- pr all diseases |