Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-05


I could find in the laboratories and
stores. With this equipment I estsh-
lished in August and September. 1914,
several stations Of radiology. the opera
ton Of which was assured by volunteer
helpers to whom I gave instruction.
"These stations rendered great service
during the battle of the Marne- But as
ne stations we're not sufficient for all the
hospitals Of the Paris region. I fitted up,
with tho help Of the Red Cross.
radiologic car. This was simply tour
ing motor-car fitted TO transport com
plete radioIogic apparatus, together with
q DYNAMO that vas worked by the
engine of the car and that furnished the
electric current necessary for the radio
ap0ararus. This car was accessible 10
all Of the hospitals near Paris, which at
this time were caring for all the wounded
Who could not be transported TO more
distant hospitals"
ESTABLISHES 200
INSTALLATIONS.
Madame Curlie says that about two
hundred radiologic installations were
established through her efforts in the
French and Belgian armies and that she
was able to equip in her laboratory and
give TO the army twenty radiolOgic ears.
Later the military developed such
service OF its own
To perfect her work she made several
trips 70 the army zones and visited many
ambulance stations. on these trips she
instructed persons in handling the ap
paratus Frequently she was accompanied
By her daughter Irene, then seventeen
years old.
since chauneurs were scare, learned
to drive a car" said Madame Curie.
Thus does Madame Curie dismiss with
Il sentence one of her greatest labors-
II another sentence she tells Of a great
difficulty she experienced in dndin2 per-
sons capable OF operating the apparatus
she used. Ultimately she found it
necessary to train women for the work,
and to this end induced tire health ser
vice to add a department OF radiology
10 the nurses school which had just
opened at the Edith Cavell Hospital
Speaking Of the part radiuTa played in
the war Madame Curie says that she
turned over carnations T, IN her own
supply TO the Government 1t is the
carnations of rays which ere used 10
cure the disease and not the radium it
self These carnations were confined
in bulbs and were very carefully used
for the treatment OF wounded and sick
soldiers.
During the bombardment of Paris"
SAYS the scientist. the health service
took special measures TO protect from
shells the laboratory in which they were
prenared. Since the handling of radium
IS far from being free from danger (Sev-
eral times I have felt a discomfort which
I consider results from that causel,
measures were taken 10 try to prevent
harmful effects on the persons preparing
emanations."
MADE TRIP
In 1918. after the failure OF the Ger
man offensive. Madame Curie went TO
Italy on invitation Of the Government
10 study the question Of Italy's natural
resources in radioactive materials. She
remained a month and was able to OBJ
tain most gratifying results. In closing,
the scientist says:
My husband always refused to draw
from our disc very any material profit,
and I have f. lowed his plan. We pub
lished since tine beginning, without reti-
come. the process that we used to pre-
pare the radium. We took ont no patents
and We did not reserve any advantage
in any industrial exploitation.
"No detail was kept secret, and Il is
due 10 the Information that we gave in
our publications that the industry Of
rsdium has been rapidly developed. Or
10 the present time this industry has
hardly used any methods except those
We established.
AMERICAN RADIVM
PLANTS GREATEST
Several manufacturers Of radium exist
in the world. The first were founded in
France but the greatest are now in
America, whore there are available i'm
pOrtant quantities of an ore Of radium
named carnotite. The price of radium is
very high, since this substance is found
in the minerals in very small quantity.
Before the war it was worth about 10000
francs (s37. J00l a gram. But the price
was greatly increased, ard the profits on
the manufacture of radium have be-
come very important since this SUBJ
ESance is the object OF a very active de-
mand on the Part of doctors. who now
use it in the cure of number OF dis
eases. Important results have been OBJ
tanned. in particular in the treatment Of
cancer. Institutes have been formed for
the application Of the new method of
treatment called ium-therapy or
curietherapy.
so it IS a fortune that we have sacri-
feed in renouncing the exploitation of
our discovery-a fortune that could. after
Us. have gone to our children. Many
times I have had to defend our concep-
ton to friends who have argued, not
without reason, that II we had guaranteed
our rights We could have had the financial
means of founding the cherished insti-
tute Of radium.
Yet I still believe today that we have
done right. Humanity. surely, needs
practical men who make the best of their
work for the sake OF their own interests
without necessarily forgetting the gen
eral interest
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Place in saucepan.
Three quarters cup Of New Orleans mo-
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One cup OF milk.
One half cup of brown sugar.
-Four tablespoons Of cornstareh
Stir 70 dissolve the sugar and starch
and bring TO a boil Cook for five min
utes. Remove from the fire and add
Two teaspoons Of vanilla.
Four tablespoons Of butter,
Nolks Of two eggs.
Beat well 70 mix and turn in a deem
pie plate that has been lined with plain
pastry and bake in q slow oven for
twenty-five minutes. Cool and place on
the pie meringue made with the whites
OF two eggs