The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-13
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LISH GOLD-THE REMARKABLE
WORK OF RADIuM IN LONDON
HOSPITALS

that came to England during and aftel
| the civil war are far from exhausted
| but it is seldom that anyone is asked
to cash $4,000 worth of them
This occurred a few days ago to ar
| official of the American embassy. Two
members of a family, the head OF
which had recently died, called TO ask
| whether the embassy would not give
! them English money for ten FIVE hun
dred-dollar Confederate bills, which
had been found among the effects OF
the deceased and which the family
thought were of the value indicated on
their face. Great was the disappoint-
ment when the official pointed out that
the bills were of no value, except as
curiosity.
Petty swindlers often attempt to
pass Confederate bills of small denom-
ination on unsuspecting tradespeople,
and the police of London have fire.
quently to deal with them. 1t is very
seldom, however, that this old money
turns up in such large amoutns as $5.-
600 at time.
Thanks to the present Industrial
prosperity and old age pensions, pau
perism is at a lower ebb in Great Bril-
tain today then it has been for some
wears past. Early this year the total
Wales was under 500 900, as compared
with $40, 600 four years ago. The num-
Der of paupers per thousand of the
population which was " four years
ago, is now less than %.
j. Herbert Lewis, parliamentary sec
Rotary to the local government board,
who gave these figures in his presi-
dental address to the Poor Law Con-
ference. said there were many inf1u-
ences which had brought about the
reduction, but he gave first place 10
old age pensions, which had reduced
old-age pauperism among the outdoor
poor to a very small figure.
One of the great aims at present was
that children should be removed from
the poorhouses. Already something
has been done in this direction, and in
England and Wales for every two chill
dren in these institutions there were
about five children receiving relief
from the municipality while boarded
out in families.
Remarkable Radum Cures.
MiddleseX hospital reports remark
able improvement" in several cases of
cancer treated by radium. One of the
surgical staff. describing the results
obtained. said: I'VE do not maintain
that we have cured these cases by
radium What we have done is to
cause growths proved microscopicaIIy
to be cancerOus to disappear in a truly
astonishing way under the radium
rays"
The records Of three cases are given.
In the first a man with a large cancer
up the back of the nose and
throat had lost all sense of smell;
could not breathe through the nose,
q n n was IN ha ri OH 4 LAT
inunp tube containing eighty-two mill
ligrams of radium was embedded in
the tumor and left in position for
twelve hours. Five days later the
growth had shrunk perCeptibly and the |
sense of smell and ability to breathe |
through the nose were regained. After |
three weeks treatment no trace of the |
growth could be found, the man re-
gained his hearing, and he was dis |
charged apparently cured.
Another patient, a woman suffering |
from a large abdominal cancer, is still |
under treatment, but. has also improved |
In this case the platin- |
1m tube containing LA milligrams of
radium was embedded in the tumor
and left for twenty four hours. In
twelve days the woman had gained |
twenty-three pounds and the cancer
had shrunl> to half its former size.
The THIRD patient, a man suffering
from cancer on the back Of the
tongue, was similarly treated and three
weeks later no signs OF the growth |
could be observed and the man was |
discharged apparently cured except for
he presence of two or three secondar-
ly involved glands about the collar
bone.
a great drawback to the work is the
ack Of fadium. of which the hospital
has but LA milligrams.
Many surgeons IN London treat these
reports from Middlesex with polite
skepticisn They cite cases where the
have disappeared by them
only as a last resort, since it almost
always fails to do any permanent
rood.
John Bull Builds Airships.
Slow to take up the aeroplane and
lirship as a weapon OF defense and Of
ense. the British admiralty is now
making up for lost time. In addition
O buying, building and experimenting
With every kind of air craft. 1t is to-
lay constructing a network Of naval
md military air stations around the
cast.
AS in all matters of national defense
he northeast coast, where Germany
would be expected to strike in case OF
gar, is receiving first attention and
lready the east coast OF Scotland,
whence the approach of hostile fleet
rom across the North Sea could best
'e observed, is fully equipped. A sta
ion has just been completed at Dun
lee, which helps to bridge the space
'etween the twin station on the Forth
nd that at Fort George on the Moray
firth Other stations have been COM
'leted or are in course of construction
{ Stonehafven, Montrose and Scapa
How, and these will be linked by one
T two more in between them.
At the present time three British
eronlaue factories are turning ol1t