The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-01-30
RADIUM CURE USEO !.
/ on LOCAL PATIENTS
MFe. S. BIeclkley and DR.. Thos. c.
Walton Were Treated by
DR.. Kelly

While the entire cuontry is talking
| OF the wonderful results that are be-
ing obtained form the use of radium
| IN the treatment Of number of skin
diseases. il will be Interesting in this
section to know of the experience of
people from Anderson who have been
TO Baltimore and who have had the
treatment administered.
Mrs. S. Bleckley, one of Anderson's
most lovable women, is just back
from her third trip to Baltimore,
where she took the radium treatment
| {or the disease Of her face. This
vas the third time that Mrs. Bleckley
had. undergone the application of The
Clans. and members Of her family
that there seems TO be decided inn
| pEQ1ement in her condition. It is,
however, difficult to say in lust what
measure she has been improved,
since the patient is always very
weak for some time after the treat.
bnant is administered, and SO it will
hardly be possible to tell Just what
the effect Of the last treatment al.
ministeTed Mrs. Bleckley will be. 8,
When Mrs. Bleckley first entered
Or. Kellyis sanitariun in baltimore
for the radium treatment, she was
given . 2A-hour application, which
lett her very weak. 1t seemed that
the substance had almost sapped her
vitality and she was some time in re-
covering from the effects Of this.
The second time that she went to the
Baltimore hospital, she was treated
f5t fourteen. hours, and on this last
trip the application was only for one
and 5fs9-haif hours.
RadiuIn is mineral substance,
coming in small grains like sand; as
readers OF Tine fntelligenesr know, e
IS q very rare substance and the cost
OF it Is hardly less than fabulous.
In administering the treatment,
the phy5icians first place the pre-
cious grains in q small tubing, then
IN lead+eoyered tubing and then a
small bundle, like q pillow, Is made
of cotton and the tube is wrapped nm
This IS the applied to tive portion .Sf
the body affected and which is to be
treated. The results obtained are
aiE:ss 70 the violet rays which are
ernenated from the substance. One
feature of the radium treatment is
the fact that after patient has been
treated, the same tubing will suffice
for countless others, since its eff
cacy by repeated use, is not lost.
The application Of the radium. at
the IimRy IS not painful but after the
patient has finished with. the actual
application, the pain experienced
from the burns and blisters is said
70 be most acute and many of them
terribly from the after effects.
MRS. BIeckley, who is "a years of
age, is one OF the two oldest patients
ever subjected TO the radium treat
ntent. Sfie and q gentleman from
Iowa. considerably older than the
Anderson lady, hold. the record for
older people being treated, hospital
authorities saying that FOR tie mont
part the patients who come to Be
treated are younger people. Al pic.
,ture OF Mrs. Bleekley hangs In the
Baltimore institution to show what
has ben accomplished by the use Of
radium.
It is said that some time is neces.
sary to build up the sytem after the
treatment Is 9iven, and it Is there.
fore, still uncertain as 70 what hene-
&c Mrs. Bleclsley fwiIlS derive from her
lest: visit TO Or. Kelly's wofld-famous
institution. 90 ~ =
). Another Anderson patient who has
also beei undergoing the Treatment
Is Thos G. Walton, who was for
years the sltpeFint tegasAas OF sha pub
nc schools Of nders6n. Mr. Walton
has beensto ARltirnora and has tal.z.z
the same Ereatinsnt that Mrs. BIeeIr-
ley did and has last returned. Ha II
stu very ill las the rAanIk sf khas .. s,
dipIn application and Is necssanrilS
In q weakened condition. He Is siIf-
fering more pain than Mrs. Biaskieyl
and requires quite q eotd deal OF at
tepkion. g q - I,
ginning TO mend 4 listle and fFiaIlSis
Of his win hope that he may, soon Sc
st least parSirlIy restored to good