ABSTRACT
In December ’95 the scientific world was startled by the news of a discovery made by Professor Roentgen of Wurzburg. A great number of scientific men all over the civilised world experimented at once with the X rays, and it was soon evident that this discovery would be of great importance for surgical purposes, as malformations and diseases of the bones, foreign bodies, etc., could be detected by its help. Static electricity is now used very frequently for nervous and hysterical diseases, sleeplessness, etc., in America, Austria, Germany, and especially in France, but in Great Britain it is yet seldom used. Static machines are turned either with the hand, or else, and this is much more convenient, with small motors. In towns where the electric light is laid on, these will mostly be electro-motors, but in other places they may be small water motors, gas motors, etc., or else electro-motors which are driven by batteries.
