When the wireless age arrived – and wireless telephony will soon be added to wireless telegraphy – our air will be so charged with electricity that human beings will feel its influence in a hundred different ways. Already it seems to have attacked our teeth. Tomorrow we may find, that our hair is dropping out from the same cause, and eventually it may deprive us of our senses and even our lives.
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the only course for us to pursue will be to wear insulated garments to protect us. This garment will take the form of a rubber coat, with a helmet of the same material. The entire face will have to be kept covered, goggles being provided for the purpose of sight, and an air valve for breathing purposes.
Rolf Hensingmüller – The Atlanta Constitution, 30. April 1911