Show ROENTGEN IS DEAD millions of people have had gooi booi cause to rise up and call this name blessed tor for william C roentgen was the owner of the brain saw what the xray X ray might tie be to suffering humanity hertz and lenard had already shown that the familiar cathode ray could penetrate metals and other opaque substances it remained tor for roentgen to make use of the discovery to see the shadow thrown by a bone upon a fluorescent screen when mum illum bated by X rays has made ion long strides since that day thirty years ago when lie he discovery was first flashed to a startled and incredulous corli today to day no hospital of any pretensions is without an xray X ray apparatus no surgeon operates without an xray X ray picture to guide him it if it is possible to make one no dentist undertakes any large operation upon the mouth or teeth without the magic picture first points the way we have new methods of making X rays new and better methods of us ing them and we have added tile the name of coolidge immediately below that of roentgen collidge Colo idge who made ductile tungsten and so the coolidge tube possible but no name can stand beside that of roentgen a statement which dr coolidge would be the first to agree roentgen stands among the great benefactors of he saved countless lives and kept from unnecessary torture countless more it la Is a source of great pleasure plea cure to all who use or have benefited by his discovery that he lived to a ripe old age and to see his work universally fused by all the world I 1 |