Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1916 — Noted Woman Scientist Works In Hospitals [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Noted Woman Scientist Works In Hospitals

Since the war broke out Mine. Marie Curie, famous with her husband as the discoverer of the power of radium, has been doing splendid work in French field hospitals. She travels about in a big motorcar fitted with h complete X ray equipment, and her energy is amazing. Many improvements in the field hospitals have been made follow-

ing her suggestions. Mme. Curie is a native of Warsaw, Russian Poland, but has lived In France many years and fe thoroughly French in her sympathies. She is the only woman ever appointed to a professor’s chair in the Sorbonne. Sweden awarded the Nobel prize to husband and wife about twelve years ago. M. Pierre Curie was killed in a street accident in 1907.

MME. MARIE CURIE.