The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-09
God-Given Remedy Will
w ork Wonders in
Many Diseases.
NOT ENOUGH TO
MEET HIS NEEDS
He and Coworkers Will Sacri-
flee Anything and Accept No
Emolunent to Be Faithful
Serva Point to
Danger Of Trust
Being Formed.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.l

Especial TO The Times DiSDatCh.l
New York, January S.-"A very large
percentage of radiun being sold is a
fake" declared Dr. Howard A. Kelly.
the Baltimore cancer expert, to-day. In
an address before the Bible Teachers
Training School. Recently l purchased
two tubes, and found that one con
tained only one-hfth of a milligram,
the other one-tenth of milligram.
Real radium the size of "A pea is valued
at s125.000.' he said.
There is no question in my mind"
he declared. but that radium will cX-
tend surgery into the field of cancer.
1t Will not cure all cases, but it will
cure great many Radium treatment
of cancerous growth, however, cannot
be considered the solution of the prob
lem of the disease. No cure can be
considered n solution. l am working
to get enough radium to test thorough
| l. its possibilities. 1t is my hope that
I may aid in securing radium at a price
that Will be within the means Of all.
! Cancer In many cases is caused by
immortality or filth 1t is immoral for
men to burn their bodies; yet in the
| large majority of cases cancer of the
lip is due to men smoking short pipes
and burning cigars TO the butt. No
man has a right to be an inveterate
smoker. In the case of women who
| have cancer of the lip, II Is invariably
those who smoke cigarettes who are
/ the victims This is all immoral. and
unquestionably cancer is deep rooted
/ in filth
/ Willing to Abide by Fncts.
/ LAS to the fake side, am willing
| their own answer. l know OF cases
| where radium has been palmed off
on the unsuspectins. have been
/ faxed myself. Radium is a God-given
ii.apnng to. sneet}. the, needss of-sInyc$pa- :
lGTtients, L and my coworkers will sac
l'rifce anything and accept no emolu-
ment to be faithful servants.
"Radium will not only work wonders
in the cure of cancer. but will assist
| in the cure of other disea ses. There
lis enough unmined radium in this
country for the treatment of all the
cancer cases in the United States. 1t is
only waiting to be discovered. Give
me 1000 tons OF carbonite, and in one
year 1 will have seven pounds of
radium, which is all we want.
| There is a real danger OF trust
| being formed for the sale of radium.
This is because the radium of the
world is gravitating Into the hands OF
few individuals They are causing
its present prohibitive price This
| should not be, for radium is the direct
gift of God. and should be used ac-
cordinG to the laws OF God to relieve
/ suffering humanity.
The great lesson in all our cancer
therapy, as Cullen and Bloodsood are
SO nobly laboring TO show us is early
recognition, and the report of all
! doubtful conditions. Jumps and chronic
sores and irritated spots at once to n
competent medical authority. Such an
Intelligent co operation on the part of
the lay community with the medical
would go long way toward dealing
with tho present perpleNed cancer
| problem and improve our vital sta
tstics.
Rays Not Similar.
| MANY cases which respond at once
10 radium and recover. have been for
Ilonths and even years under X-ray
| treatment and have sometimes grown
worse with or without intervals of an
I parent Improvement
Ihat The Gamma rays Of radium are
/ ioehtlcal with %-rays, with which We
are all so familiar. is not true. There
Is no identity either in quantity or
| quahty. AS gentle as the rays Of ra
dunn are. they are capable of doing a
great deal of harm in the treatment
| OF cancer Improperly used they will
! burn up the tissues they are intended
! to heal.
Faith is necessary In the application
oi rauium to effect cure of cancer The
patient cannot see the radium with
| which he is being treated He accents
,he word or the surgeon that he is
peihs subjected to the most wonderful
or cures that has been discovered, and
ms assurance is helpful.
The cure of cancer. OF the stomach
is not possible at present Cases with
ueep-seated fresh forf of deposits of
the disease are not now amenable to
radlum therapy. This is because that
L"ulum only acts where 1t is put. and
however mysterious its potency, IL can
not act ut some distant part where n
mas not been applied 1 aiso except
most OF :he massive cases OF cancer
| with deep extensions"
In comparing radium with religion
| DR.. Kelly said:
-Kadium gives out secondary rays
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