Medicine: Heart Tickler

Dr. Albert Soloman Hyman did not want to talk last week about the electrified gold needle with which he revives hearts stopped by shock. But a shipment of the needles and accessory generating equipment was coming into Manhattan from Germany, dispatched by Siemens & Halske who made the devices according to Dr. Hyman's instructions. The Press learned of this, asked questions.

The Hyman tickler imitates the action of the heart's "pacemaker." The pacemaker is a spot in the wall of the heart's right auricle. Here originates the stimulus which excites the normal heart to...

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