Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-04
ANDERsoNIANs AND RADIUM,
Mrs. s. Bleckley and Thos. &. Wal
ton Have Been Treated.
(Anderson Intelligencer.D

Wnlle the entlrS country Is taking
of the wonderful results that are be-
ing obtained from the use Of radium
in the treatment Of a number of skin
diseases, it will be interesting in this
people from Anderson who have
been to Baltimore and who have had
the treatment administered.
Mrs. S. BleCkley, one Of Ander-
sons most lovable women, is just
back from her third trip to Balti-
more where she took the radium
treatment for the disease Of her face.
This was the third time that Mrs.
Bleckley had undergone the applica-
ton OF the radium, and it is said by
her physicians and members Of her
family that there seems to be a de-
cided improvement in her condition.
1t is, however, difficult to say in just
what measure she has been i'm
proved, since the patient is always
very weak for some time after the
treatment is administered, and so it
will hardly be possible to tell just
what the effect>of the last treatment
administered will be.
When Mrs. Bleckley first entered
Dr. Kelly's sanitarium in Baltimore
for the radium treatment she was
given a 24-hOur application, which
left her very weak. 1t seemed that
the substance had almost sapped her
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recovering from the effects Of this.
The second time she was treated for
fourteen hours, and on the third trip
the application was only for one hou"
and half.
Radum is mineral substance.
coming in small grains like sand. AS
readers of the newspapers know, it
is very rare substance, and the cost
OF it is hardly less than fabulous.
In administering the treatment
the physicians first palce the precious
grains in a small tubing, then in a
lead-covered tubing, andN then a
small bundle, like pillow, is made
OF cotton and the tube is wrapped up.
This is then applied to the portion
of the body affected and which is to
be treated. The results obtained are
due to the violet rays emenated from
the substance. One feature of the
radiUm treatment is the fact that af-
ter a patient has been treated the
same tubing will suffice for countless
others, since its efficacy by repeated
use is not lost.
The application Of the radium at
the time is not painful, but after the
patient has finished with the actual
application the pain experienced
from the burns and blsters is sal
to be most acute, and many suffer
terribly from the after-effects.
Mrs. Bleckley, who is IA years O.
age, is one OF the two Oldest patients
ever subjected to the radium treat
ment. She and a gentleman FROM
Iowa, considerably older than the
Anderson lady, hold the record fOr
older people being treated, hospital
authorities saying that for the most
par the patients who come to be
treated are younger people. PIC
turc Of Mrs. Bleckley hangs in the
Baltimore institution to show what
has been accomplished by the use Of
radium.
Some time is necessary to build mp
the system after the treatment is
given, and it is, therefore, still un-
certain as to what benefit Mrs. Bleck-
ley will derive from her last visit to
DR.. Kelly's institution.
Another Anderson patient who has
also been undergoing the treatment