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...Kennard Knott, a Seattle physicist and X-ray dealer, began to experiment with the effect of ultraviolet rays on the blood of dogs. In a local veterinary hospital he infected dogs with streptococci and staphylococci, withdrew a large amount of blood from their veins, irradiated it under an ultraviolet lamp, and put it back in circulation. Theoretically, the rays should have killed the germs. Instead, they killed the dogs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Irradiated Blood | 6/24/1940 | See Source »

...will come. I am studying French in school and some day when the world is a better place, perhaps when you are a young man, we can meet and look back at the bad days you have been through. I am in bed and as I switch out my lamp from America, I say, 'God bless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Relief for Refugees | 6/17/1940 | See Source »

...seamless brass tubing, set to work with a hammer, small chisels and punches. At the bottom of the tube he began sculpturing the Three Wise Men. Eight years later he had covered the pipe with 14 spiraling scenes depicting the life of Christ. With trimmings the pipe became a lamp. Figuring his time at 50? an hour, Machinist Fair figures his lamp is worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Spirit Lamp | 5/27/1940 | See Source »

Last week, while Mr. Fair was at work, his bungalow burned down. Mrs. Fair, lame, got out with only her life and the lamp. To the Fairs, those were the most important things. Declared Mrs. Fair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Spirit Lamp | 5/27/1940 | See Source »

...still have the lamp. And somehow I know we'll get along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Spirit Lamp | 5/27/1940 | See Source »

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