A New Kind of Life

In 1930, a Cuban woman named Elena de Hoyos went to the hospital in
Key West, Florida. She had a bad cough, and her family was afraid
she had Tuberculosis. She met a German x-ray technician named Carl
Von Cosel who claimed he could save her, using unusual methods he’d
invented himself. But on October 25, 1931, Elena de Hoyos died.
“Count Von Cosel,” as he called himself, wrote that a strange new
kind of life began for him. For more, check out Ben Harrison’s
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