A course of Cystogen-Lithia is indicated Wherever Uric Acid is a possible Etiological Factor. is an effervescent tablet containing Cystogen and Lithium Tar- Samples and Literature on Request CYSTOGEN CHEMICAL CO. XXXVIII. "Keep the Home Fires Burning" The Medical Herald Incorporating The Kansas City Medical Index-Lancet An Independent Monthly Magazine JANUARY, 1919 Organized at Council Bluffs, Iowa. September 27, 1888. Objects: "The objects of this society shall be to foster, advance and disseminate medical knowledge; to uphold and maintain the dignity of the profession; and to encourage social and harmonious relations within its ranks."-Constitution. No. 1 Original Contributions [EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE MEDICAL HERALD.] DIUM AND THE X-RAY IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER* NK H. BLACKMARR, B. S., M. D., Chicago. Radium Therapy the progress of knowledge each generaas a double labor-to escape from intelI thralls of the one from which it has ed and to forge anew its own fetters." athy, conservatism and satisfaction with g methods have retarded progress in therapy, hence it often is difficult to perthe busy practitioner to enter new paths entific research. To forsake the beaten e must have faith that the great source of rgy that activates the functions of our contain also phases of energy that are in their influence. ou, gentlemen of the medical profession, n to any other class of scientists, belongs tead, by invitation, before the Medical Society uri Valley, September 19, 1918. the opportunity of personally developing identical clinical evidence such as special workers in the field of radiology and roentgenology have developed. In the preparation of this paper, it occurs to me, that you will be more interested in the scientific data underlying the methods which I use in the internal and local treatment of cancer and in various diseases in which abnormal metabolism may be a causative factor than in clinical observations, technique, dosage, etc. These data also may be regarded as of basic value in the treatment of pathologic conditions in general as well as in those produced by abnormal metabolism. The Administration of the Energies of Radium My motive for discussing the therapeutics of radium is to intensify your interest and enthusiasm in the source of phases of energy which are closely associated with the phenomena of life. The incineration of the organs of the human body by Professor Caan of Heidelburg and the determination by himself and by other scientists of relative degrees of radio-activity in them, is evidence that we are endowed with, and assimilate infinitesimal quantities of radium, and we cannot doubt that the energies radiated therefrom play an important part in normal tissue activities. |