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Saw Their Old Bones

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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