Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 214, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1911 — RADIUM AND IODINE TO CURE [ARTICLE]

RADIUM AND IODINE TO CURE

Remarkable Results With Consumption Are Claimed for Preparation of Hungarian Doctor. Paris.—A new treatment for tuberculosis, for which 1b claimed unusual efficiency, was described to the International Tuberculosis society and Therapeutic society here by the eminent tuberculosis specialists, Bernheln and Dieupart 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 bariumchloride, 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 ail the distressing symptoms ceased. Bernhelm and Dieupart detail 75 cases.