Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

20 women when in the stage where it can
be operated ON, but tits even producing cures
in Those who hitherto have been beyond Ill
sbenehE from operation. This cure is obtained
without much discomfort to the patient and
with only a few days In the hospital This
perhaps would be achievement enough, but the
end is not yet for Prof. Regaud, from his
institute in the same little backyard of Paris
where Nine. Curie's laboratory is, is report
ing remarkable series of cures of other
types Of concer in men and women following
the application Of radium by methods which
he has devised Not every sufferer IS cured,
far from it, but some patients who hitherto have
been regarded as perfectly hopeless have now
been shown to be cured for five or six years,
and the probability is that cure IS permanent.
He has also shown that by the suitable de-
velopment Of x-ray apparatus initiate
and in some ways do better with X-ray than
with radium. Here, again, it is true that
the number Of cases cured Is small, but this
is Just the beginning. It was only in 1888
that radfum was discovered.
Pierre Curies life was snuifed cut IN an
accident IN 1906 Since that time his wifz
and of late his oldest daughter have carried
on the work which the two began in the shed
in Paris, missing always the stimulus of his
remarkable mind. for. rs Nine. Curie says:
I'VE lived very simple life, interested
in common as we were in laboratory ex-
periments and the preparation of lectures and
-
scarcely ever separated. We spent our holids Is
in the country near Paris or by the sea or
IN the mountains My husband WIS SO en-
crossed IN his researches, however, that it was
difficult for him to remain for any length Of
time in place where he lacked facilities for
work. After q few days h. Epui1 say, IT seems
to me very long time since VIC have ac-
ccrpiished anything"
OUCH absolute devotion to scientific investi-
cation is to certain type Of mind the most
wonderful and stimulating of mental activities
Always struggling forward in some new field,
always developing new theories to explain the
facts which arise in the course OF experimental
researches, this fitting Of facts into a great
puzzle and seeing the whole make beauti-
full creation is often reward enough
But Mime. Cur3e has never been wholly satis-
fed to remain merely an abstract investigator
Her heart was wrung during the war by the
suuerings OF the soldiers who needed her SKIN
in taking X-ray pictures She thinks always
OF the human suffering which her discoveries
may relieve, and she has besn working for
years. passionately and uninterruptedly, to help
the practical workers with radium extend the
field OF It's usefulness
Trance Is now wen equipped With institutes.
scattered throughout the country, where the
cancer patient may receive such form of treat
nlenc as viii cure or prolong life or alleviate
suffering. or late years Nine. Curies heart
has turned toward her native state of Warsaw.
hoping to bring to her own cozIntrymen who
suffer from cancer the benefits which her
adopted country offers to its people And
when she steps from the steamer in a few DAYS
Siae can be told that now Poland can have
gram OF radtlm to help the suffering