The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-09
DR.. KELLY SAYS BIBLE
PROPHESIED RADIUM



Radium. he said. has transformed physics
and chemistry. and In medicine II 10
building IN a new therapy. He asserted
confidently that radium will bring relief
to some cancer sufferers whom surgery
has not been able TO reach and when
rightfully used that the rays DO no harm
to the normal cells.
"Radium," continued the doctor, docs
not answer the whole cancer problem
That will not be answered until we have
discovered the causes and the exact
nature Of cancer. The causes, to my
mind, lie in the moral realm. used
the word morality In It's broad sense.
II 10 immortality to give persons hlthy
water to drink. It u immortality to let
yourself be bitten by poisonous bugs. It
Is q gross wrong to put men on wages
that compel them to live on improper
food and live In tenements where they
cannot get pure air and finally are seized
with tuberculosis.
while do not mean to inveigh against
smoking It IL wrong for a man to smoke a
pipe 30 that the stem gets hot and cor.
stantly burns his lip until cancer develops.
We do know that smokers develop
cancer OF the lin and only women that
have smoked a pipe have developed cancer
OF the lip. Chimney sweepers have caught
cancer through Nth. am convinced
that the causes Of cancer are rooted in
immortality"
Metal Found Through Faith.
What has radium to do with religion?
What has the gift to do with the Giver?
There Is too much lack Of the spirit OF
thankfulness and the 1rst thing We should
do Is to give thanks for the discovery OF
this substance which has always been In
found through faith. for Nine. Curie rea-
lixed its effects before she discovered
radium and she found 4, only by being
obedent to Its laws.
"Radium always retains its character.
Is different from anything else In the
world--just as n Christian ought to be.
because OF the mystery within. It is the
gentlest Of all things In the world and
requires faith on the part OF one wi
uses II. Patients who take It as treat
ment See only q tube in a piece OF white
gauze. They feel no immediate effect
from It's treatment They take the treat
ment on faith--lke Gods word
"Radium-just as Christianity drives
back the evil and brushes it--forces back
the cancer cells and cancer s more akin
to sin than anything We have TO deal with.
Yet radium, this healing radium. is cap
able of most destructive effects II is a
blessing that may he wrongly used and
when wrongly used 1, burns out the nor
mai tissues and destroys them
After telling how radium gives out rays
to other substances which reflect it for
time. Or Kelly said what "a les
son radium ought to he to us Chris
tianity is Gods radium that we can carry
around with us
After his lecture DIR. Kelly told OF many
fake radum tubes that are being sold
"A friend of mine" ne said. sent me "A
tube that was supposed to contain n large
quantity Of radium. analysed It and
round IL contained only one-flfth of n
miliigran. a NTH OF milligram is
worth about $50 whereas 10 to 10 mil.
grams are required to toe snecti,e.T In
another instance | found only one tenth
OF miliigram. Persons should be care
ful about buying radum."
Asked about the condition OF Congress
man Br.mner Dr. Kelly said HE is
much better and Is resting easier. He
can move his head slightly now. But
what ] want is more radium for my treat
ment OF him and l also want THIS new
N-ray machine that gives "A more pow
erful ray than the old machine"
In discussing the new x-ray machine
Dr. Kelly said he believed thoroughly in
it; tina, it would prove just as effective
as radium.
Or. Kelly said he was Meas IN road