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The first article below, and the additional one I found later got my curiosity
up. Who was this Dr. Rae Felt? "Interesting name," I thought. And notice in the second article that the X-ray technology
he demonstrated in April was apparently used to advantage, just a few months later, in his treatment of the
woman who stabbed herself with a needle. So I did some further research, which reaped almost instant rewards.
Read the articles below and then follow the link to find out more about Dr. Rae Felt.
Saw Their Own Bones
Dr. Rae Felt gave an electrical seance with his new electrical apparatus brought
with him from San Francisco. In the fluid generated by it, those present were afforded the novelty of bathing without undressing
or getting wet. While by means of the fluoroscope and the wonderful X-ray, they were enabled to see the bones of their own
and neighbor's anatomies, and for the time being became so shrewd and penetrating that they could see through any man.
The Ferndale Enterprise
(California), April 1, 1898
After reading this article, I tried doing some reseach on Dr. Rae Felt,
and I discovered another article about him.
An X-Ray Operation
Mrs. D. C. Reas of Port Kenyon, who, while cleaning windows ran a needle into
her hand a couple of weeks ago, submitted to an X-Ray operation in Eureka Friday morning at Dr. Rae Felt's office. When the
needle entered the hand it broke off, leaving about a half inch of the needle in the hand, & it seemed impossible to locate
it. Dr. Felt's X-Ray, however, exposed the position of the troublesome piece of steel, & its removal of course followed
in a very few moments.
-The Ferndale Enterprise, August 30, 1898
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