TREATMENT OF CANCER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 164, 10 January 1914, Page 5

TREATMENT OF CANCER.

CURES WITH RADIUM. ARTIFICIAL PRICES OF THE REMEDY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, January 8. Sir Thomas Barlow reports that twenty-four cases of cancer beyond surgical aid were admitted to the Middlesex Hospital from June to September. 1912, and all died. Sixty-eight were admitted during the same period in I!) 1 and treated by means of Vadium. Thirtysix patients died, and the remainder had been discharged ami were able to attend to their daily duties. Such a result was unprecedented. There were one or two eases of recurrence, but Sir Thomas Barlow is hopeful that with fuller knowledge of radium recurrences will he prevented.

lie acids that if IoOU milligrammes of radium wen. buried in a cancerous tumor it simply withered up and disappeared. The few cells left, unbilled afterwards caused the recurrence. Time was required to substantiate the re™:.ir!<nhlc results achieved, nevertheless there was no longer any doubt as to the immediate effect of radium, h was a matter of urgency that the State should control the sources of radium and prevent the ridiculous inflation of prices artificially engineered. • Brussels, January S. Doctors Ronffart and Jambs submitted to the Society of Gynaecology the cases of two women, whom they claim have been definitely cuied of cancer in the womb by means of radium. The value of the radium applied in both cases was £IO,OOO.