Evening star., 1909-02-27
.THO-RAO-X P[ASTERS
New Discovery to Be Made
Into Pads for Patients.
ALL-POWERFUL TO HEAL
Harmless and Within Reach of the
Most Meager Purse.
CURES NEUROTIC TROUBLES
Carries Violet Rays Into Tissues.
Composition of Thorium and
Radium and Unknown K.
TO HEAL
CURES NEUROTIC TROUBLES

CHICAGO. February 27.-Tho rad-X
held a reception in the Office of Drs. E.
Stillman Bailey and F. H Blackmar yes
terday.
Tho-rad-X is saffron kind of rock
which is destined to attract the atten-
tion of physicians in all parts of the
civilized world. 1t isn't much to look
at. this coated yellow substance. SEEM
ingly half rock and half sand. but through
it the medical world may he revolution
lied.
BY its use. combined with other chem
icals, DR.. Bailey and DR. b'ackmar have
perfected substitute for radum that is
fully as effective, far more adapted to
practical purposes and costs so little that
it will be within the reach OF every
man.
DR.. Bailey is still in the south, where
he made his discovery known. Physi
clans crowded the Offices all day.
Secrecy as to Composition.
1t is called Tho-rad-X by Or. Bailey
and his colleague. Although DR.. Black
mar declined to tell of what it is made
he admitted that pitchblende and the
yellow substance which is now on ex-
hihition at his office played an important
part in the manufacture
The yellowish rock which has made the
manufacture of Tho-rad-X possible is said
by DR.. Blackmar to be mined.
We are just beginning" remarked the
physician. "A little later we may have
something to tell that will cause sur
prise. but just now we prefer to wait.
This yellow rock, of which there is
large abundance, makes the manufac-
ture of the new substance, tho-rad-X. pos
sible, although it is combined with other
materials The cost of manufacture will
I No
| tho-rad-x on the market at a reasonable
figure.
TESTS have shown it to be the equal
of radium in all respects and it is absp-
lutely safe. Its action may not be
rapid as radium, but lit is just as sure
and does not burn
A marked feature of the new discovery
Is that pads filled with tho-rad-x are to
be manufactured. and may be worn by
persons suffering from cancer. locomotor
ataXia. rheumatism and neurOtic troubles.
So intense is the action of the tho-rad-X
rays that a preparation may be applied
over a heavy bandage and yet the patient
will feel it's full strength.
DIR. Bailey Tells of Tho-Rad-X.
NEW ORLEANS. February 26.-"My
experiments with the radioactive discov-
cry which I have named tho-rad-X have
been confined to a rock found by men,
ber of the Chicago Board of Trade near
Colorado mine,' said DR.. E. StillmaR Bal
ley Of the Hahnemann Medical College of
Chicago. when asked to give corre-
spondent lucid statement as to the ex-
act properties of the new substitute for
radium.
This rock is pitchblende and was as
sayed by Prof. w. F. Hilderbrandt of
the Smithsonian Institution. The rock
contains, among other things, radium
uranium. thorium and other important
init lhcf mt aiYc lff-a
violet or purple ray to an unusual degree,
and it is not diminished by time
The first object was to eliminate GER
tain chemicals in the rock which had a
harmful tendency. Finally l reached the
substance which 1 think meets all re-
quirements. This is a tough, thin, pliable
material resembling kid leather, which
can be sterilized. A blow pipe can be
used on it without in any way damaging
it or affecting its properties.
Carries Violet Rays Into Tissues.
THE substance can be burned to ashes
if sufficient heat be applied and enough
light remains in the ashes to make pho
tograph. This substance carries the violet
ray right into the tissue, just as it carries
it through metal or any other substance.
lone of the curious experiments was the
taking of a photograph through stove
lid on which tho-rad-X had been spread
The main factor in the application of my
discovery is extending the light over a
| large surface. which in effect means the
| homeopathic idea of attenuated treat
ment rather than treatment with mass
| DR.. Bailey said that handling these
great forces so intimately had in meas
| ure made him radio active and, while he
acknowledged this to witness he said
that it was simply the result OF the high
| tension under which he had labored so
| long.
| The name tho-had-x was chosen be-
cause of the derivation of the substance
Or combination of thorium and radium
which produces the unknown quantity X
as seen in it's effects, the ultra violet ray.
| There are twenty tons of the rock avail
| able for immediate use in Colorado. with
| farther down. AS to the whereabouts OF
the mineral find DIR. Bailey refused to
| talk