Word: radiumator
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...another august convention in Atlantic City-that of the American Bronchoscopic Society - Dr. Sidney Yankhauer, of Manhattan, described how cancer can be relieved by means of a chain made of three links, preferably platinum, with a capsule containing radium in each link, which, in a rubber casing and weighted with a gold ball, is swallowed by the patient and kept in the intestines several hours a day. Other cancer treatments were outlined by the learned members. All agreed that there was no cure...
...millionths of an inch long. On the "ultra" side of this spectrum, occur the ultraviolet rays with waves 1 millionth of an inch; then a range of little-known shorter vibrations; then the famed X-rays; then, shortest of all known rays, the gamma rays given off by radium. On the infra or long wave side of visible light come infrared, then longer heat waves (16 mil- lionths to 12 thousandths of an inch), then Hertzian or radio waves, measuring from a few metres to several miles in length. The longest waves in the spectrum are the slow pulsations...
...degree was swiftly conferred. Female doctors of science are by no means common at the Sorbonne, but this particular one had elaborated upon an important discovery made by her mother. It was Mlle. Irene Curie, of Paris, continuing the radiological research of her mother, Mme. Curie, joint discoverer of radium. Mlle. Irene's thesis was on the alpha rays of polonium...
Polish doctors advised radium treatment, said he would have to go to Paris for it. She threw up her work to accompany her sweetheart to the French capital; she nursed him tenderly ; she gave her own blood in a transfusion operation. It was all to no purpose; he grew worse and worse...
...fact, so many ideas from the Triangle shows have been incorporated in Broadway performances that it has been found necessary to patent these innovations. Notable among the contributions to the world of stage have been "Radium Ballet" from "The Man from Earth," and the picturesque opening scene of the second act of "Drake's Drum," in which unusual effects of cloud and water drawing were obtained. Both were subsequently to be seen on Broadway...