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itants of the human body—living entities of a chemical nature or 
composition. 
Under the universal microscope disease organisms such as those of 
tuberculosis, cancer, sarcoma, streptococcus, typhoid, staphylococcus, 
leprosy, hoof and mouth disease, and others may be observed to suc- 
cumb when exposed to certain lethal frequencies, coordinated with the 
particular frequencies peculiar to each individual organism, and di- 
rected upon them by rays covering a wide range of waves. By means 
of a camera attachment and a motion-picture camera not built into 
the instrument, many “still” micrographs as well as hundreds of feet 
of motion-picture film bear witness to the complete life cycles of 
numerous organisms. It should be emphasized, perhaps, that invari- 
ably the same organisms refract the same colors when stained by 
means of the monochromatic beam of illumination on the universal 
microscope, regardless of the media upon which they are grown. The 
virus of the Bacillus typhosus is always a turquoise blue, the Bacillus 
coli always mahogany colored, the Mycobacterium leprae always a 
ruby shade, the filter-passing form or virus of tuberculosis always an 
emerald green, the virus of cancer always a purplish red, and so on. 
Thus, with the aid of this microscope, it is possible to reveal the 
typhoid organism, for instance, in the blood of a suspected typhoid 
patient 4 and 5 days before a Widal is positive. When it is desired 
to observe the flagella of the typhoid organism, Hg salts are used 
as the medium to see at a magnification of 10,000 diameters. 
In the light of the amazing results obtainable with this universal 
microscope and its smaller brother scopes, there can be no doubt of 
the ability of these instruments to actually reveal any and all micro- 
organisms according to their individual structure and chemical con- 
stituents. 
With the aid of its new eyes—the new microscopes, all of which are 
continually being improved—science has at last penetrated beyond 
the boundary of accepted theory and into the world of the viruses with 
the result that we can look forward to discovering new treatments 
and methods of combating the deadly organisms—for science does 
not rest. 
To Dr. Karl K. Darrow, Dr. John A. Kolmer, Dr. William P. Lang, 
Dr. L. Marton, Dr. J. H. Renner, Dr. Royal R. Rife, Dr. Edward C. 
Rosenow, Dr. Arthur W. Yale, and Dr. V. K. Zworykin, we wish to 
express our appreciation for the help and information so kindly given 
us and to express our gratitude, also, for the interest shown in this 
effort of bringing to the attention of more of the medical profession 
the possibilities offered by the new microscopes. 
