800-lb. Magnet Treats Eye Injury (Jun, 1932)
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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1932
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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1932
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800-lb. Magnet Treats Eye Injury
AN EYE magnet so powerful that it will pull a flatiron across a room has recently been installed in a Minneapolis, Minn., hospital to remove steel cinders from patients’ eyes. It is the largest eye magnet in the world and weighs over 800 pounds. One and one-half miles of copper wire are wound in the apparatus, which uses a 220-volt current.
Another informative column by Chris Wanjek about bad medicine- this time the useless application of ‘magnetic therapy’
http://www.livescience.com/hum.....gnets.html
Comment by Stannous — December 20, 2006 @ 12:03 pm
I don’t think that’s what this is about. It seems to me that the magnet is used to attract and remove little bits of steel that have gotten lodged in the eye.
Comment by Charlie — December 20, 2006 @ 12:14 pm
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