Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-27
MAY LIVE 1900 YEARS,
\. Y. SCIENTIST SAYS
T. Coleman du Pont a Founder OF
Bank That Lends Radium to
Aid Physicians.

New York, March announcement
of the establishment of the National
Radium Bank, which has 1915 200 worth
Of radium to lend to hospitals and ply
sicians for therapeutic use all over the
country free of charge, was made yes
terday at the opening session OF the an
nuai meeting of the Medical Society OF the
State Of New York at the Waldorf-As-
toria. The bank is at 55 Liberty street.
and the P4st-Graduate Hospital already
has received from IL without charge Sf0,-
600 worth OF the material for use IN its
research work and it's cancer experiments.
DIR. S. A. v Sochocky exhibited the
three grams OF radium which will con-
stitute the National Radium Banks capi-
tai TO the assembled physicians at the
Waldorf. 1t was contained IN two lead
cylinders eight inches in diameter, IN
which holes had been bored for the small
glass tubes which enclosed the pure
rsdlum. II is the largest collection OF
American mined radium in existence, and
represents the most valuable individual
mass OF the precious mineral III the
world. The cylinders were watched
closely by private detectives during the
time they were in view, although it was
declared that the radium would be quite
useless 10 the ordinary thief.
The radium came from Colorado, and
the United States is no longer dependent
rpon outside countries for the supply of
this element The founders of the bank
are T. Coleman du Pont, Allen W. Ev-
arts. Redmond Cross and p. W. Bliss.
Dr. Eugene l.. Fisk of the Life Exten-
sion Institute in paper read before
Joint meeting of the Section on Medicine
and the Section on Public Health,
Hygiene and SanItatIon-that human life
might be prolonged for as much as LOO
wears DIR. Fisk admitted that such a
thing would be terrible" but said that
if the life cycle of men and women was
heightened to the proportionate extent
that science has already stretched the
life Of the fruit fly. it was entirely possible.
DIR. Fisks suggestion regarding the
prolongation of human life came IN a
paper he delivered on Preventative Dis
eases of Adult Life" He declared that
seniliiy was always premature and that
youth is a physical state aud not a
function of time
To postpone middle and old age has
seemed quixotic and fantastic propo
sition. said he But even to double
or treble it is simple thing compared
with communicating with the spirits of
the dead. Some persons believe IL Irrcv-
crent to talk of changing the life cycle
established by God. but old age is al
WAYS premature. just as death from
typhoid or tuberculosis is premature
Physical collapse is result of the cul-
minstive effect of antagonistic copdi-
ticns. We find an analogy in changing
the life cycle of other living organisms
That of the fruit fly has been increased
900 per cent and the same proportion
ate increase would make man capable /
Of living for | 900 years"
1t is possible. DIR. Fisk said. to make !
a category of conditions antagonistic TO !
human life. Included among them are !
hcredity. injection, poison. food def !
cheney, food; excess, fear. grief, emotional |
excess and psychic apathy due to lack of |
life interest.
The life cycle of every organism is !
limited by some fault IN structure, caus- /
ing self-poisoning. went on Dr. Fisk |
The turtle lives TO be 200 years old and
the California redwoods are practically /
immortal. OF course. we have to con-
slider that changed conditions may abol- |
ish all life on the earth, and my mind |
Is open to that extent