MARTYR TO SCIENCE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 327, 12 April 1928, Page 1

MARTYR TO SCIENCE

DR. C. W. WILLIAMS DEAD THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian P.A. —United Service) LONDON, Tuesday. The death is announced of Dr. Chisholm Waldemar Williams, a pioneer in the study of the X-ray. During the 30 years of research he underwent eight amputations. He contracted dermatitis and lost his entire right hand and a portion of the left. He received a Civil List and also a Carnegie Fund pension.

Dr. C. W. Williams his research into thf X-ray in 1895. and continued his investigations until last year, when he was obliged to discontinue. H« lost his right hand and two fingers of his left hand, and was obliged to give up all hope of a cure, and to retire from professional work. He had very small means, and in addition to the Civil List pension of £SO a year, he was granted an allowance of £l2O a year by the trustees of the Carnegie Hero Fund. He had served throughout the war in the ! Army. As early as 1907 lie, in conjunction with the late Dr. Blacker, oivi of . the pioneers of the investigation of »he { X-rays for clinical use and th** earliest I victim to its dangers, had written on th* 1 measures necessary for the protection of j doctors. Dr. Williams wrote "X-rays in the Treatment of Cancer” 20 years ago.