The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05
RADIUM De VEL OPMENT
constantly in the market to increas,
By Frederic j. Haskin.

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constantly in the market to increase
The most important quality Of
radium is its powerful radio activity.
it has not only the power to emit a
continuous pale light but the emana-
tio1s steadily being given of are
| capable of imparting this luminous
appearance to other bodies within It's
range. It also emits continuous
heat Rays. More important than
either Of these are its powerful in
! visible rays which can penetrate WIS.,
ually opaque bodies and impress al
/ Photographic image upon surface
beneath them.
It is these invisible rays, rightly
directed. which POSSESS curative pow
er. They have the peculiar property
OF penetrating healthy tissue without
causing any unpleasant sensations,
but their action upon malignant
4 growth tends to annihilate 1t, turn
! ing its disease cells into healthy or
gantsms.
In a recent lecture. DR.. Able ex-
4 htbited a number Of plaster and wax
models Of cancerous growths over
come. by radium. They included ALL
ages from a ten year old boy to. al
man, OF ninety. The boy had a sar-l
croma or bone tumor Of the worst
form upon his jaw. Radium was APP
piled. The growth stopped and was
gradually absorbed. Now, after near
| " ten years the bow. crown to man
hood, Is perfectly healthy His teeth
i are solid and there Is no difference in,
appearance between the two sides Of
his face.
How Radium is Applied.
| Radium is applied in small glass;
or platinum tubes. After the initial
outlay, its use Is not so expensivel
because the radio active propertiesl
of the metal remain unchanged forl
1000 wears and after that diminish
gradually. The hospital which in
vests in a gram or fraction Of a gram
OF radium. is benefitting future gen
Grafton by adding a perpetual agent
to It's curative equipment.
While seemingly harmless, radiuml
can become a dangerous element in
the hands Of one unfamiliar with itsl
peculiar properties. Under certain
conditions, the rays may injure theI
skin and even start the cancerousI
growths 1t is used to cure. Many OIL
the early experimenters suffered thel
loss OF one or more fingers from can
Ger caused by the misuse Of radiuml
Ilalthough, no pain was felt at the
time of the injury.
Even Professor Becqueral. the we'll
known French scientist, once placed
a tube Of radium in his pocket dur
ing a journey and carried 1t several
hours before reaching the town
where he was to lecture. A few days
later sore appeared upon his body
directly under the place where the
radium had been carried. The skin
sloughed ffand the flesh was for
weeks painfully sore.
1t is claimed that under some cir
cumstances radium may retard nat
ural development in both animal and
plant cells. A Paris student placed
in two tubes the larvae Of small
moth which feeds upon -four in itsI
caterpillar state. Those In one tubet
were left in their natural conditions
while those in the other were exposed
j to radium rays. After several weeks,
the larvae left in their natural con-
d1tion went through their usual met
amorphosis, changing into moths,
which, in their turn, laid and hatch
ed eggs. Most of the larvae exposed
to radium influence died but those
that were alive were still in the state
Of larvae. They lived as grubs about
three times as long as normally.
Eos
The scientist suggests the fortune
In store for the beauty specialist
who becomes sufficiently dextrous in
the use Of radium to treat young wo-
men so that they maintain the APP
Dearance and nature of eighteen az
ter they have grown to three times
that age.
It is now believed that radum ex-
lists in other substances than the ores
now being mined to secure It although
in such minute quantities as not to |
warrant the great expense Of secur-
ing it. Many healing waters have
been found to owe their curative pow
er to radio active properties. Radium
water is now being experimental !
with by the Radium Institute Of Lon
don and is credited with the capable
ity Of curing number OF ailments
including govt, dyspepsia rheuma-
tism and neuritis. This liquid is pre-
pared by permitting radium emana-
Itions to bubble through distilled wat
er. 1t is costly and a continued use
is necessary to produce results. A
single glass Is worth dollar and the
patient using radium water must ex-
pect to drink at least 500 worth be-
fore he can look for improvement.
Radium is also likely to develop
many industrial uses. Agriculture Is
the only one as yet established. It
1t believed that the residue ore left
after the radium has been extracted
will still retain enough OF its prin-
ctple to be OF great value to the farm
er.