Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 219, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1911 — RADIUM AND lODINE TO CURE [ARTICLE]

RADIUM AND lODINE TO CURE

Remarkable Results With Consump* tion 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 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 bariumcbloride, one-tenth of a drop, in a gallon of ether. Experiments on animals were so encouraging that careful experiments on humans were tried. Alter ten injections, in one case, almost all the distressing symptoms ceased. Beraheim and Dieupart detail 75 cases.