The story of Pittsburgh: Radium

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623226

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-239786

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Radium

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 7

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1921

Scope:: [ca. 18] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Radium

Collection:: Economics Books

the International Standard or of some certified duplicate of it. In 1914, the United States Bureau of Standards at Washington, obtained a certified duplicate of the Inter- national Radium Standard and since then practically all quantities of Radium in this country have been measured by comparison with it. For use by the medical profession, Radium is measured and sold by the Gram, i. e., a small thimbleful. The price of a Gram is $120,000. The gram is divided into a thousand parts, each of which is called a milligram. These sell for $120 each. The average physician who has Radium has from 50 to 250 milligrams. When each preparation has been made up in the special form designated by the physi- cian, the purity of the Radium and the accuracy of detail of the container, is certified to by the Head of the Radium Research Laboratories of the Company. The preparation is then transmitted to the Bureau of Standards at Wash- ington for comparison with the Government’s duplicate of the International Radium Standard. With the official certificate of the Bureau of Standards, the preparation is then sent to the purchaser with the request that he examine and note that the seals of the United States Government are unbroken. This gives him the best of guarantees as to the Radium he has purchased from the Company. Therapeutically, there has been a gradual and steady increase in the use of Radium since 1912. With this increased demand, the production of Radium has kept pace. The earlier, over enthusiastic statements of the value of Radium in the treatment of Cancer, have not been wholly confirmed and Radium is far from being the panacea in the treatment of diseases. Nevertheless, in the use of Radium, in certain types of advanced, inoperable cancer, gives palliation by the relief of pain and freeing from foul smelling discharges. This degree of palliation can be attained by no other treatment, and if used for this alone, Radium would be considered invaluable. In other types of cancerous growths, Radium has produced cures, and surgeons throughout the world are gradually admitting that Radium is a necessary adjunct in the treatment of

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