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THE DES MCRADIUM, NEW MYSTERYCURE AND ITS WONDERSFamous Dr. Frederick Treves, King Ed's Physician, Says Its Possibilities Are Limitless—U. S. Has One-Fifth World’s Supply.RADIUM KILLS GERMS.A colony of bacteria as partly destroyed by the emanations of •radium. The , mlddel of the plate, where the emanations have been,I is clear of bacteria. • •\ • *Special Correspondence.LONDON. Eng., Feb.120.—With-.the establishment of a Royal Radium in* stltutc at London, under charge of Sir Frederick Treves, King Edward’s personal physician, the use for, medical purposes of . the great discorerey made in 3002 by M. Cure and his wife, French chemists, takes a big step forward.Institutes have already been placed in Paris and Vienna, and the .movement will probably be taken up shortly in the United States, which country contains about one-fifth of all the radium there Is In.the-world.Radium, at first only the wonderof'the laboratory, is to be used forthe c.ure of disease. “Its properties and possibilities are limitless,” said Sir Frederick Treves, “even if mysterious.”As used -jy Sir Frederick Treves at London hospital, radium effected the removal of a remarkable growth ou a woman’s face, after many of the usual operations had failed. He used it on a ebiid of 12, who bad a cancerous growth, and cured her in a month. Eczema itching had beenSIR FREDERICK TREVES.cured entirely by it. the physician stated, and the most stubborn kinds of ulcers have been successfully removed after all, other treatments had been found futile.Most, if not all, forms of birthmark can be cured by this marvelous “Dr.” Radium.Radium wil be useful, too, in aiding the blind to see. By its light the surgeon can dtermine whether the outeror inner eye is affected. If only theA nurse, acting under Dr. Treves’ directions, applying radium to an eczema tortured child in London hospital.tlt;outer. Die radium ray can be used as a healing medium.At the 'new London hospital, which is founded under royal charter, rich and poor will be admitted. Those able to pay their way will be expected to. Those who cannot afford the treatment will he given it without costOne use made of radium by Dr. Treves, which will be of the greatest use in the future, is the. discovery that emanations of radium have a power similar to the metal itself. A tiny quantity of radium can be placed in a sealed glass of water with a copper coin at the bottom of the vessel, and at the end of 24 hours, glass and coin will be radio-active—that Is, will possess the powers of radium. In view of the very limited amount of radium there is in the world, this discovery is of the utmost importance.
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Des Moines News
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Sun, Feb 21, 1909
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