The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
lAD|UM FRAUD"
ASSERTS D0YEN
Nils MOST PHYSICIANS WHO
URGE IT'S USE TO CURE
CANCER CHARIlATANS.
CHARGES EXPLOITATION
aARIS PHYSICIAN CHALLENGES
! Rtnfo-THERAp TO PRO
DycE ONE REAL CASE OF
CANCER CURE.

ale about radium as cure ror cam
er. written by III. Paul Decrais. who
pa!d a tribute 10 The American ra-
{iGm experts, Drs. Able and Kelley,
avokod "a response today from Or.
eugene Doycn. who IS regarded as
Frances greatest bscterioloEist since
Eaxteur. and is also a great surgeon
and cancer specialist.
Or D0yeH read The article and
Immediately offered an interview IN
order 10 express his hostility to the
radipn treatment Despite OCCASION
a. criticism by his brother physi-
clans that his methods are unortho-
dox. ATS high position and brilliant
racor3 compel attention 10 him and
his views
DT Daven asserted that radium
WAS absolutely useless FOR the cure
- real cases II malignant cancer,
md tadt where The !adium treat
gaent had produced Improvement, the
case MAS 0aiE d superficial canCroi-
ia lesion capable 81 similar improve
uent Uy "a different treatment at an
atinttessM4 fraction ~ the cost Of
Fadiuw
Hs challenged the -therapistS
10 produce "a single person cured OF
rea# cancer Tie concluded with
The sensational statement that radi-
TIN Was nothing but gigantic fraud,
practtced en- the public and the
med4cat profession by unscrupulous
anancfers.
Dr.. poyen said:
y have established by experiment
that tha effect of radlufn and sim
lar rays Is physiologicaliy identical
with the ordinary burn. IN fact, the
much Wanted emauations. while
partly electrical, are chiefly little
Else than nrdInarY. heat rays How
an heat cure disease of such ma
.iEnauCy az cancerr
Secondly even supposing that II
could, why not employ 1t in some
vast.x cheaper manner?
"On introducing radium tubes In
to the center Of the tumor. some-
times the tamor appears to collapse
and decrease ID size. even partially
cicaifiSins. Sach an effect Is only
due - heat
Never In my experience. either
personally CT otherwise, .naYe ] seen
an authentic case of cancer thus
cured Fully 10000 persons have
been thas treated IN France during
he last ten years. Can you realize
the Importance Of the fact hat not
enc person was actually cured Of d
clearly established and real cancer
by tae radio-1nerapisls?
"Iserf rs ease in Il medical pub
hcatlon Illustrating the radio-thera-
pists melhods They say they cured
goane woman OF genuine cancer
and nave the aTTtT7 itv 10 state that
the fact of the care ~ the cancer
GUS growth was established al the
autopsy-~for Of course the girl died
That is the radjum cured cancer g
result.
Tor, consider the case Of the
American congressman, II. 6. Brem
ner. suffering from unmlstakahle
cancer. He was treated tn vastly
expensive manner by radium, MI
Brsmner died, So ali patients 30
treated must die, and / attn prepared
TO challenge contradiction.
Il am willing to So so far as to
state mat physician. continuing 20
employ radum for a long period, Is
either abusing public confidence or Is
culpabv ignorant, / am willing -
state that the majority of such ply
sicians are nothing but charlatans
--fnnctionaries employed by persons
or societies DESTROYS Of making sor
did financial gains from the exploit
tatinr of radium,
Il have been overwhelmed by Of
fers IT, sell radium from interested
Intermediates My colleague, Pro
fessov Modinsky, OF Moscow had
not been tn Berlin one day before
10 negotiate the sale OF rresothoriam
radio- active substance.
u will state openly that radium ts
an Internal fraud, operated by ig-
norant or dishonest persons and
causing incalcalable harm 10 the suf-
fer.nv--ir IN also the most cruel oi
frauds owing TO the hopes it raises
In persons doomed TO ultimate death
Cancer sufferers. however, need
not despair utterly. system OF
electro~thermic treatment Of cancer
combined with surgical extlrpation by
a competent operator, has produced
genuine cures.
Il can demonstrate the success Of
the System, which ls called electric
coaguia.fon. from the fact that can
cerous cells coagulate under the IN
fsuence of electric heat just as the
white Of an egg coagulates when
heated, hv producing cured patients
with full history Of their cases and
explicit details
II can produce many such, but
defy the radiotherapists 10 produce
one.
LAS regards the American radio
theraplsts, / can make no statement
from direct personal knowledge; but
my opinion Of the futility Of radium
must apply equally 10 them.
II think IL fact that Americans
are accustomed 10 do innumerable
stupid things for the sake of new
thing, but time Will teach them wis
ln,,, 4t9xftFy my words