The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-18
REMARKABLE CURES
MADE WITH RAD|UM
New York Legislature Will Be
Asked to Take Steps to
Secure Supply.
SHOULD CONSERVE SUPPLY
Federal Law Urged to Prohibit
Expectation Of Ores Con-
tanning Deposit.
SHOULD CONSERVE SUPPLY
Especial to The Times -Dispatch.I

l.>DtCIUI To me NnCS
buffalo. ~ y, December 17.--That
radium will accomplish all OF the,
things promised for 1t by DR.. Howard
\. Kelly. gynccolosist of tho Johns
lIoplsins Hospital. was the statement
this evening By Dr. Harvey X. Gay
lord director OF tho state Laboratory
for the Study OF malignant Disease in
this city. Or. Kelly is coming TO Buff
tulo on January 3 and 4. and VIII bring
$3.50 worth of radium hero to test
on cases selected by the state labora-
tory experts. The state laboratory has
no radium now, but tho Legislature
VIII be asked to take steps at once 10
secure q supply.
DR.. Gaylord was in Baltimore last
Thursday and saw tho Photographic
record OF tho cases OF superficial cam
Ger which DR. Kelly has cured by ra-
dum. Before making his announce
mont DR.. Kelly waited long enough
10 be sausned that permanent cures
had resulted. That the results arc re-
markable Dr. Gaylord attests. What
may be- accomplished by rad!u,n In ad-
ranced and internal casos is. DR.. Gay
lord says, matter for further expert
nentetion
"Bui IT Is the importance CT the re-
suits already attained" DR.. Gaylord
said to-day, which should rouse the
state OF New York and tho Federal
government 10 a remarkable condition.
Tho United States mag shortly find 1T
-elf in position that II has no radiu1n
and nose 70 be obtained
There Is need OF q Federal law pro
hibiting tho expectation of any Ameri-
can ores containing radium. Australia,
which has Ia It's Bohemia mines the
only other important deposits, has
PASSED such a law
VIII Eject Cure. Claimed.
There is no fiOfIb- that rndt,,po will
effect the cures claimed The Gamma
rays, or the soft rays from the salt
dcvitaliZe the cancer";:s tissue rs far
- they reach. and do not inturc the
normal tissue II properly used Radium
liz dangerous. We DO not yet know as
10 its ultimate efficiency. II will not
cure ell cancer
"Radlum by application Will posi-
lively remove scars of operations,
birthmarks, such - face covering. vino
spots and all facial blcmishes The
Redium Institute OF England has
proved that water in which radium has
been held for number OF hours will
when taken internally. cure 80 per cent
81 Joint diseases and help 30 per cent
more
'The percentage 0, cancer In tho
United states ana Europe is about tho
same. II has Increased about % per
cent Ia tho last few years. There ARE
to-day In the state OF New York 5000
cases on supcrNctal ana accessible can
cor
Their chance Of life in the FIRST year
or two VIII be determined by whether
or not radium * accessible TO them.
That - why the State should have a
snpply In the laboratory here, using
Il for the people of The state. and pre-
vent II from getting into the hands
az private corporations or Individuals
who plan only 10 build fortunes from
tis use. There are in the United states
bout 100000 cancer cases. There are
My 200 grams OF radium to he had In
the nest twenty years
The utility OF radium depends on
low much you have. Institutions
such as this should have at least two
grams II is not q cure-all Internal
cases have been treated. but there viii
always be cases which are not accessi-
hlc. because they are in vital regions.
Aadium is like surgery Where the
!tnife cannot DO used, il may do the
work But Il is dangerous thing to
handle. Too little applied may he
worse than the cure; too 'rnuch would
probably be very. destructive