New-York tribune., 1909-02-26
A RADIUM SUBSTITUTE
R4DIO-THOR DISCOVERED.
Made from PitckbIende and SAID To
Be ChedDer and Better.

New Orleans Feb. 2-At last nights session Of
the Southern Homeopathic Medical AssoclatIoiI ~
E. S. Bailey. of the Hahnemann Medlcal Coti1e. :,
Chicago. announced the discovery OF Ia'iiO -
declared to have ali the properties OF radlum WIN
its baneful effects and to be moderate III p'o
It was described being made from a CERTAIN ~ 9t
cies of pitchbIende of which twenty ions nave 80
discovered near a Colorado mine, with much more
in sight DIR Bailey declared that it generates the
purple ray the same which Finsen used so sue
cessfully in the treatment of lupus ~
At to-dav's session of the association Dr- BalleE
went into details in explaining his discovery. he
said he vas recentIv requested by the Chicago
Board of Trade to make analysis or the Nolo
RADIO pitchblend= He found that TINS oehoe con
tanned an element possessing many OF the quail'ies
of raduni and that when this element was aP-
plied to the backs Of patients suffering from l't
motor ataxia and similar diseases it erected qulCh
cures He said he not alone in his eNperlieu
for chemist attached to the Smithsonian ilsIi'"-
ton at Washington had analyzed the pitchhlende
and found that it contained ten or t"eINe more %
less rare elements.
He then distributed among the members OF the
association some of the radiothor," which had the
appearance of partially fused metal and gave out
a phusphorouslike glow
Chicago. Feb. 25-Dr. r H. Blackmar, of Hahne-
mann Medical College. gave further details to-da!
of the discovery of ''radio-thor." Dr. Blackinaf
was associated with Dr. Bailey in making expert
ments.
zone OF the most curious experiments with the'
new subst ance," said Dr. BIackmar, was the tax
ing of a photograph through stove, lid on which
some rado-thor had been spread The powerful
rays of this element enabled the light to pass
through the iron plate thus permitting photo
graph of a number of pennies and other articles
on the opposite side.
Its basis is pitchbende, but with this element
are mingled Others whose names ! do not care to
disclose at this time. Some Of them are SO rare
that we keep them a safety deposit vault The
new element. while from being inexpensive. will
be within the reach of everybody who needs it for
treatment Its action quite efficient as that
Of radium. There is not enough radium in the
whole world to treat all the people who need its
curative properties.
The therapeutic value of radio-thoT or tho
rad-X has been established beyond question in
the fourteen months that have been using il
for the treatment Of diseases. II never has failed
to give relief, and in many cases it has cured
Some Of the diseases en- which it acts successfully
are cancer tuberculosis of the skin, ulcers birth
marks and nervous affections. Its
effective as those of radium, although it does
act so quickly. Its moderate action keeps il from
being harmfully caustc. radum IS likely TO be
when in the bands OF unskilled persons. 1t has the
same selective power radium-thst is. it seems
only tissues which diseased. having
no effect healthy tissues. This power, which
has been wei described by Sir Frederick Treves in
recent article. nobody is able &c explain.
Denver. Feb 25.-Pitchblende from which radio
thor made is found in several parts Of Colorado
in considerable quantities. 1t is that is
mined the same as other minerals Boulder County,
rbe SIC If tat