Radium, and other radio-active substances : polonium, actinium, and thorium. With a consideration of phosphorescent and fluorescent substances, the properties and applications of selenium, and the treatment of disease by the ultra-violet light / by William J. Hammer.

  • Hammer, William Joseph, 1858-1934.
Date:
1903
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Credit: Radium, and other radio-active substances : polonium, actinium, and thorium. With a consideration of phosphorescent and fluorescent substances, the properties and applications of selenium, and the treatment of disease by the ultra-violet light / by William J. Hammer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cannon, lighting incandescent lamps, starting 3 h.p. motor and generator, ringing bells, operating horn, etc., by shielding a Selen- ium cell with the hand. Bidwell’s experiments and important state- ment. Thermit and its applications, protection of safes by Selen- ium cells, Ruhmer’s electrically controlled gas buoy, Ruhmer’s re- markable Photographophone, employment of Photographophone, as a receiver for wireless telephony, seeing at a distance, early experimenters in this art, Crookes’ Selenium and chromic acid Radiometer, Prof. Barnard’s comet detector, Ruhmer’s study of eclipse in a fog with Selenium cell, where Selenium is found, cost of Selenium, Saunder’s paper on Selenium 42-63 THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE BY ULTRA-VIOLET RAYS. The Finsen Institute at Copenhagen, the deadly character of tu- berculosis, Koch’s discovery of the “tubercle bacillus,” the “Blue Glass Craze,” General Pleasanton’s book on “Blue and Sunlight,” the treatment of smallpox, Finsen’s experiments with earthworms and chameleon, the treatment of Lupus Vulgaris by Ultra-Violet light, the aluminum and iron electrode lamps, use of adrenalin chlor- ide for driving blood from diseased parts, use of Rontgen rays for Lupus treatment, Dr. King’s experiment, the Finsen blue lens for sunlight treatment, Finsen’s telescope tube for use with carbon arc, opacity of blood to Ultra-Violet light, the Finsen pressure glass, method and length of treatment, Finsen’s boon to humanity, the founding of the Finsen Institute 63-72