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On the public announcement of Rontgen's Discovery, in 

 January, 1896, the Lecturer commenced work. In April, 1896, 

 he first noticed the beneficial action of the Rays, plus the Brush 

 Discharge, in alleviating Rheumatic pains, and a curious 

 growth. Being impressed with the constant suggestions of the 

 late Mr. T. Moore, F.R.C.S., to shorten the exposure for Skia- 

 graphic purposes, he turned his attention to the Electro- 

 Mollecular Tension of the discharge in the tube. 



Lecturing in 1896 for the Royal Artillery Institute at 

 several centres, Mr. Webster was able to show, for the first time 

 in public, the beating heart ; and suggested diagnosis of disease 

 by means of the Fluorescent Screen. In December, 1896, he 

 was able to take Skiagraphs in a fraction of a second, which 

 the following January was perfected by the discovery of the 

 Sun Condition of the tube due to tuning the vibrations, i.e., 

 getting at the exact point of vacuo discharge which produced 

 the most penetrative Rays. This was done by means of heating 

 the cathode end of the Tube with a spirit lamp at intervals. 

 During the experiments it was noticed that the discharges 

 would assume the different colours of the Spectrum in turn, 

 ultimately settling down to the green tint. 



From 1896-1900, he worked on the curative action of the 

 Rays on various diseases, chiefly Lupus, Consumption, Cancer, 

 Ichthyosis and Rodent Ulcer ; in every case alleviation followed, 

 and in some cases, cures, so far as could be judged ; time only 

 would prove if they were permanent. 



It is absolutely necessary, when the Tube is used, that no 

 blue-coloured discharge is present, as it tends to produce 

 Dermatitis, or in other words, chronic inflammation of the skin. 

 There was also noticeable from the earliest work, the apparently 

 more rapid healing of fractures under the influence of the Rays 

 than under normal conditions. 



The ancients evidently knew more about the Laws of 

 Nature and Electrical Phenomena than we gave them credit 

 for ; if the Laws of Moses, evolutionised from Ancient Egyptian, 

 and still older laws, were drastically carried out, disease, due to 

 ignorance and sin of mankind, would not exist. 



The recently discovered Radium — or more correctly speak- 

 ing — Bromide of Radium, seems to point to a condition of 



