Show t Radium Fatal to Small Animals It has been demonstrated by Prof Curie Curle that the emanations given off f by radium cause caule the death of the ther r. r t. t smaller animals wh when n breathed by byr y r l C. C them Experiments were conducted on guinea pigs in glass jars After 1 the animal h had d breathed the air I charged with the emanations emanation for a certain time from one hour L r to several hours the respiration became became be be- fJ t came short and abrupt He rolled h w l himself up In a ball with his hair h standing on end Then he fell feU into t a profound torpor and his body be became came cold An examination of the animal showed an intense pulmonary congestion The rhe composition of the 4 I 1 Mood blood was modified especially as u re- re yards garde the white corpuscles and nd their number diminished The tissues of the Ule animal were wore found to be radio radio- active When the body of ot the guinea pig pie was placed on a photographic tl plate late wrapped in black paper it gave l an a image in which the hairs haira were very clearly defined A j F t rf t st |