Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-19

possessing many of the qualities Ol
radium and that when this element
was applied to the backs Of patients
suffering from lccomotor ataxA and
similar diseases It effested quick cures.
He said be was not alone in his ex-
periments, for q chemist attached to
the Smithsonian Institution at Wash
ington had analysed the pitchblende
and found that It contained ten Or
twelve more or loss rare clements.
He then distributed among the mem
bers of the association some of the
"radio-thor," which had the appear
ance Of partially fused metal and
gave out'a phosphorus-like glow.
DR.. p. n Blackmar Of Hahnemann
Medical college at Chicago gave fur
ther details of the discovery OF radio
thor" DR.. Rlackmar was associated
with Or. Bailey In making tests.
zone Of the most curious expert
ments with the new substance" said
DR.. Blackmar, was the taking Of q
photograph through IL stove lid on
which some radio-tlaor had been
spread The powerful rays Of this ele-
ment enabled the light to pass through
the iron plate, thus permitting photo
graph Of number of pennies and
other articles on the opposite side.
''Its basis is pitchblende, but with
this element are mingled others whose
names do not care to disclose at this
time. Some Of them ere so rare that
we keep them In safety deposit vault
The new element, while far from be.
ing inexpensive, viii be within the
reach Of everybody who needs It fol
treatment. Its action Is quite as ct.
fcient as that Of iridium. There Is
not enough radium In the whole world
to treat ali the people who need Its
curative properties.
'eThe therapeutic val1e Of our radio.
thor, or thorad-x, has been establish
ed beyond question in the fourteen
months that we have been using It fol
the treatment Of diseases. It never
has failed to give relief, and In many
cases it has cured. Soma Of the diseases
on which 1t acts successfully are can
Ger, tuberculosis Of tie skin. ulcers
birthmarks and nervous affections. Its
rays are as effective lis those OF ra.
dunn, although it does not act 50
quickly. It's moderate action keeps II
from being harmfuliy caustic, as ra'
dunn ID likely to be when In the hands
of unskilled persons. 1t has the same
selective power as radtunf-that IS, II
seems to act only on Tissues which are
diseased, having no effect on healthy
tissues
81 should not like to suggest that IN
this discovery may at last be found
the means for indefinite prolongation
of human life by arresting the process
Is OF decay, yet it Is 9. fact that e1-
perimsnts we have male indicate an
extraordinary power In the new agent
to prolong life.
Several months ago took two
small boxes Of chrysalids ordinary
moth millers. One Of the boxes
subjected to Z radio-thor exposure.
The other was not exposed. / did
this to demonstrate my theory, now
q recognized fact, that the emana-
lions Of radio-thor were preventive OF
tissue degeneration. The result was
astounding. Those moths in the un-
exposed box developed as usual, lived
their natural term Of life and died.
Those exposed lived three times az
long as the others.
"In perhaps q more remarkable IN
stance treated a Chicago man very
prominently known for tuberculat
pleurisy. injected the fadio-thor in
solution. After three injections the
man was cured. He has remained
well, and there has been no return Of
the tubercular condition. Perhaps !
shall be told that this cure was due to
suggestive therapeutics.
1--WE have found that the waters OF
most Of the principal foreign springs
to which people hock Tor treatment
are radioactive, which explains their
curative quality. For instance, Marien-
bad, the Mecca Of King Edward Of
England, has springs Of great radio
activity. If we succeed in discovering
how to maintain the radioactive prin-
ciple in solution, so that the solution
does not lose its value with time, we
shall have come very close to knowl-
edge Of how to fight of death indea-
nitely.
'The use Of infections to arrest
senility, to degenerate and rejnvenate
the aged, to re-establ.sh balance in dis
ordered functions, will certainly come
as we familiarize ourselves with the
use of the new product"