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tissues. The electric probe is cutting from hours to mere min- 

 utes the time of searching for imbedded bits of metal in battle 

 wounds, and saving many lives. 



Perhaps the most outstanding recent electronic develop- 

 ment, from the medical point of view, is the electron micro- 

 scope. It is revealing to our scientists a world that was too 

 minute for us to see, even with the aid of the finest optical 

 microscope. The electron microscope will be the new hand- 

 maiden of medicine penetrating the hitherto unknown se- 

 crets of diseases we have not yet conquered, such as infantile 

 paralysis and influenza. 



Some of the greatest developments which will safeguard 

 health tomorrow will be preventive measures. Electronic 

 controls will make possible germ-free air, to guard against 

 disease; electronic devices will preserve food, guarding against 

 contamination. Electronic irradiation of food will store more 

 and more sunshine into what we eat. 



There are countless other ways in which electronic devices 

 save time, man power, and materials in the world of industry. 

 Under the urgency of our present need, these electronic de- 

 vices are being used in ever-increasing quantities. After peace 

 has come, we, as consumers, will reap the benefits of these 

 speed-ups of production. 



The American standard of living has been raised to its high 

 level by mass production, with its slogan of "better, faster, 

 cheaper." Many of us can remember back far enough to 

 compare the prices of the first automobiles, radios, and elec- 

 tric refrigerators with those of today. Time was when only 

 the town's richest man had any one of them, and when he got 

 it the neighbors gathered to view his treasure. But the slogan 

 of "better, faster, cheaper" has put them all within the reach 

 of the average man. 



