RADIUM AND CANCER.
"THE WORLD GONE MAD." Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, April 13. Doctors complain that the world has gone mad over radium, causing the price to rise to a prohibitive extent for small hospitals. Dr.. Caerny, cancer specialist, stati-f that 400 cases treated with radium only gave fairly good results. He strongly discourages the abandonment of surgical treatment, because .the rays are ineffective at a depth of five centimetres. .He suggests the removal of the affected part when it is excisable and the use of radium as an after-cure. '
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 270, 15 April 1914, Page 5
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92RADIUM AND CANCER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 270, 15 April 1914, Page 5
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