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"The possibility of reading the contents of documents inclosed in a sealed envelope," he replied, still studying the shadowgraph closely, "has already been established by the well-known English scientist, Dr. Hall Edwards.
That the man whose shadow was projected upon the window-shade was Rankin Hallock, he could not doubt. The bearded chin, the puffy lips, the prominent nose were all faithfully outlined in the exaggerated shadowgraph. But the hat was worn at an unfamiliar angle, and there was something in the erect, bulking figure that was still more unfamiliar.
The very unfortunate name "shadowgraph" has been suggested and largely used in the newspapers, and even in medical journals. It has only the merit of clearness as to its meaning to English-speaking persons. It is, however, an abominable linguistic crime, being an unnatural compound of English and Greek. "Radiograph" and its derivatives are equally objectionable as compounds of Latin and Greek.
In these last few days, however, I have seen the lad's nose flat and eager on the window, and I know that he is convalescent. At another set of windows now that the days are growing short and there is need of lights I see in shadowgraph against the curtains an occasional domestic drama.
I asked, a few minutes later, when I had rejoined him, after returning the letter. He was poring intently over what looked like a negative. "The possibility of reading the contents of documents inclosed in a sealed envelope," he replied, still studying the shadowgraph closely, "has already been established by the well-known English scientist, Doctor Hall Edwards.
The Greek word for shadow is "skia," and the proper rendering, therefore, of shadowgraph is "skiagraph," corresponding to photograph. The first question that meets us in the use of the method in medicine is what normal constituents of the body are permeable or impermeable to the X rays.
Woman's demand for political equality is but a shadowgraph as it were of the real demand which is the demand of the Divine Feminine throughout all manifested life, for recognition of equality, in the plan of creation.
Not so in a moving picture. For instance, here I have a picture which will show you a living body in all its moving details." On the screen before us was projected a huge shadowgraph of a chest and abdomen. We could see the vertebrae of the spinal column, the ribs, and the various organs. "It is difficult to get a series of photographs directly from a fluorescent screen," Kennedy went on.
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