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Electricity at Germ Killer and Realty Boom in Old New York
A New York Health and Longevity Club talk by Dr. Samuel T. Tracy describes electrical diathermy as a method to sterilize disease germs inside the body. The piece also notes a surge in real estate values on Seventh Avenue at Thirteenth Street, where an 80 by 39 foot lot rose from 30 000 to over 700 000 in ten years, with annual rents of 40 000.
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Health and Longevity Club
Samuel T. Tracy
Hotchkiss
State Department
Insurance Commissioners
Seventh Avenue
Thirteenth St
Pennsylvania Railroad