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...still remained a bluff, kindly farm doctor. He spoke of tumors "large as turnips," of goiters like ears of corn shedding their husks. On his fertile farm "Mayowood" he delighted to show guests his hothouses, which were roofed not with window panes, but with old X-ray plates taken from the Clinic. At night, instead of stars, curious visitors saw bones and intestines outlined against the heavens...
...practical application of these findings," concluded the scientists, "nothing can be said at this time. If human tumors react in the same way to the combined X-ray and distilled water treatment . . . the range of successful application of X-rays in the treatment of cancer will be materially increased. For, at present, good results cannot be obtained in many cases because the tumor is so insensitive to X-rays that the large dose required to kill it will cause too much damage in adjoining normal tissue...
...week was that of Harwa, an agricultural official who was attached, some 2,800 years ago, to one of the God Amon's temples. Harwa was exhumed in Egypt some time ago and now belongs to Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History. Recently the General Electric X-Ray Corp. arranged to borrow him so that he could be fluoroscoped full length for the edification of visitors to the New York World's Fair. X-rays will penetrate the wrappings and dried flesh, pass on to create an image on a fluorescent screen, revealing to visitors...
...week Harwa journeyed to Manhattan by plane and his publicity-wise handlers saw to it that he got into a good deal of trouble. He was first evicted from a hotel, then from a performance of the mad musicomedy Hellzapoppin, and finally, while being taken to a General Electric X-Ray Corp. office, got caught in a revolving door...
...Full-length X-ray photographs of living adults have been made for medical demonstration purposes...