The Washington herald., 1913-12-28
Is Resting Easily.
Visited by Sister.

IN gram, and a gram Is worth SlJo,W1
Visited by Sister.
Il have just returned from Baltimore
and my brother is resting very well
am sure the radium will stop il from
going farther He Is pretty sick from
the treatment because il is very severe,
but he is getting along as well as we
ran expect OF course. it has only been
two days since the operation and we
cannot tell very much as yet. We will
not know for several days just how it
will turn out, but all indications are
that it will be Il success. He is being
kept absolutely quiet. and am the
only one who is allowed to go to his
room
This statement was made last night by
Miss Helen Bremner. sister and private
secretary of Robert Gum Bremnsr, Rep
iesentativc from New Jersey aid per
sonaI friend of President Wilson, who
lies in Dr. Howard A Kelly's Sanato-
rum, Baltimore, i'll with cancer
Miss Bremner is busily engaged in
transactinG her secretarial duties in her
brothers Office in the House Office Build
ing and in answering inquiries as tc his
.onditiOn.
MY brother is man Of very rugged
constitution. and we are hopeful that the
treatment he is receiving at DIR. Kelly :
-aEitorium will result in his cure she
continued He received his first treat
ment at II o'clock on Christmas morn
ing
He went to the sanitorium Thursday
morning in my company. OF course,
am deeply anxious about him. and am
spending as much time as possible with
him.
Miss Bremner and Smiling Bob" as
Sc
paniOns. being almost inseparablr. She
: almost as familiar figure in Congress
SiOnaI circles as he. and is known and
popular everywhere.
Has Kept at Work.
Mr. Bremner has not been forced to
give up his work because of the disease
from which he is suffering. except when
he has been under surgical treatment. He
has continued his duties in Congress de-
spite the great pain and inconvenience he
mas suffered For some time he found it
necessary 20 carry his arm in a sling.
1t was four years ago that Representa-
tive Bremuer first noticed a small hard
SPOT in his arm, according to his siste~.
Today the cancer menaces his life. 50
steadily has it grown, despite numerous
operations bv the Country'S leading sur
geOnS to stay its progress. 1t grew so
ra pidIy at Trst. the sister says, that in
4 short time il paralyZed her brother
arm. Finally il progressed 50 far that il
attacked the flesh of the left shoulder
and now is making straiShtway for the
muscles of the patients neck.
Surgeons who have examined the
Growth declare the use Of the rare mill
nral to he the only chance of halting
the progress OF th' cancer. The opera
ton is one Of the most important per
formed on this side of the Atlantic, the
doctors sIid Yesterday. An improve
nnent or a cure. they explain. will mark
4 decided advance in the treatment of
The. disease hv the radioactive therapeu-
tic method.
DR.. EeIly's experiments i'm the radium
cure for cancer have it is said. attracted
as much attention in the world of medical
science as any surgical feat in recent
wears lie has made the study of the
curious element and its mystical and still
so little known properties carefully
systematizCd specially. During the short
time he has been engaged in this work
he has achieved some astonishing results.
It is considered that Mr.. Bremner's
case is one of the most important from
a scientific standp int that has yet been
recorded in connection with radiotherapy,
A. its results will be watched with the
closest attention in a!I parts of the coun-
try.
pr. Kelly. with several other distin-
Eu:shed authorities, is heading a move
ment for the acquisition of control by
Congress of all radium-producing land in
the United States. He is also deeply in
tereSted in the establishment of a ma
tIonal radium institute, one of the prin-
Cipal functions of which will be the
opening and SUPERVISION of free radium
clinics.
The amount of radium- being used in
the treatment OF Mr.. Bremner is, ac-
cording to the statement OF physicians.
the largest that has ever been applied
in a single case.
Eleven IncisionS Made.
Eleven incisions were made in the
growth, and in each a tube of radium,
guarded so all rays are prevented from
escaping except those that are efficacious
in treating cancer, was placed The
tubes remained in place for twelve hours
when they were removed, and after con-
siderable interval were put back. Be
tween 500 and 900 milligrams of the min
eral are contained in the tubes in the
patients shoulder.
Mr.. Bremner is editor and publisher
OF the Passaic IN. - Daily Herald. He
Is thirty-nine years old. His election to |
Congress in 1912 gave him his first public !
Office. He is a close friend Of President |