But he claimed to have
discovered a new and effective way of dealing with gun-shot
wounds: first, by means of electric illumination, he discovered
the precise situation of the bullet; next, by means of
magnetism, he proposed to extract the bullet, provided always
that the bullet contained some portion of steel. Against leaden
bullets his system is powerless, and he therefore intended to
represent to the International Committee, which met at Geneva,
the desirability of recommending an admixture of steel in the
manufacture of all future bullets. Dr. Milio's experiments with
bullets containing only a slight admixture of steel are said to
have been thoroughly successful."
DEAR THOMAS:
Your letter is very interesting.
It has long been known that it is possible to see through matter if we
only knew just how. The X-ray has shown us the way.
THE EDITOR.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE GREAT ROUND WORLD:
In your edition of Jan. 21st, 1897, you wrote of the swallowing
up by the sea of Robinson Crusoe's Island, or the island of Juan
Fernandez. Now I have always heard this island called "Robinson
Crusoe's Island," and I think the reason is, that Alexander
Selkirk was cast away there, and on his adventures the story of
Robinson Crusoe was written by Daniel Defoe.
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