Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1911 — RADIUM AND lODINE TO CURE [ARTICLE]

RADIUM AND lODINE TO CURE

Remarkable Results With Consumption Are Claimed for Preparation of Hungarian Doctor. Paris. —A new treatment for tuberculosis, for which is claimed unusual efficiency, was described to the International Tuberculosis society and Therapeutic society here by the eminent tuberculosis specialists, Bernhein and DieuparL The specific employed Is a preparation of radio-active menthol and iodine. It was discovered by Doctor Dessendeffy at Budapest. The composition of the preparation is peptonized iodine, 0.06 centigrams, and of radium bariumchlorlde, one-tenth of a drop, in a gallon of ether. Experiments on animals were so encouraging that careful experiments on humans were tried. After ten injections, in one case, almost all the distressing symptoms ceased- Bern* helm and Dieupart detail 75 cases.