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...only hopeless but unmentionable. Memorial Hospital was the first institution in the U. S. to devote itself solely to the study and treatment of cancer. In 1926 Edward S. Harkness donated $250,000 for cancer research. The hospital was able to introduce treatment by large amounts of radium at a distance (tele-radium therapy). "Up to that time," says Dr. James Ewing, Memorial's grand old man of oncology, "the hospital had enjoyed the studied neglect of the public, while the medical profession had let us severely alone...
...more difficult branches of physical therapy, such as artificial fever, radium and X-ray treatment, are practiced by physicians assisted by technicians. The 1,500 members of the American Physiotherapy Association, mostly women, are qualified to give special exercises, massages, baths. Their most important work is re-education of muscles after operation and paralyzing diseases. To get a diploma or certificate from most of the 16 recognized physiotherapy schools in the U. S.*, a student must be a registered nurse or physical-education teacher, must spend one to four years in anatomy, physiology, scientific massage and exercise courses...
...partial answer to the question "Why smash atoms?" is obvious from this fact. Radium has long been used in the treatment of cancerous diseases, its chief disadvantage being its often prohibitive expense. The cyclotron can make a simple substance radio-active at comparatively small cost...
...Harvard cyclotron has a power of 37 kilowatts, more than is used in most radio stations. A similar machine in California is capable of producing as much radiation as 700 grams of radium, which would cost tens of millions of dollars...
...many cases the particles shot forth by artificially radioactive substances are more suited to the treatment of certain diseases than radium. Another advantage of these artificial substances is that they are not as dangerous as radium because of their comparatively short period of activity...