Show Inv Inventor of Deadly Radium Pa Paint t i I II Victim of Own Discovery Report NEW Y YORK nI June June- 8 AP The AP-The The New York Times says today that Dr Dr S. S A. A Von on Inventor of the radium paint which is t said ald to ha e doomed five flye New Jersey women worn worn- en to a slow death Is a Victim of his own Invention Although the doctor was reticent to Lo talk about himself marks of the Inroads o of ot f Illness 1 were plainly evident evi evl- d dent nt llis HIli front teeth are irp lOne gone and I his lingers fingers u up to the second knuckle are black the re result t of radium ne ne- ne rolls A count of white corpuscles of oi his hid blood taken within the last lait two months disclosed s d only to the cubic millimeter ter while a a. normal person has to an effect produced by ra radium poison poisoning na among other things thing The radium first took effect on Dr Dr Von in la 1020 1920 and only b e of his use ability to act keep a an ac accurate c- c curate scientific ch check ck on himself has he lie been able to withstand th the disease Several times Umes ho he has been forced to go to higher altitudes to recuperate Th The doctor ha has frequently risked his life in recent years rears to treat friends with radium Dr Von several years ears ago became an official of the United Uni Uni- ted led States Radium corporation in whose whose- plant the tho five New J Jersey wom women n are said ald to have acquired the radium poison polson They recently made a a. a settlement with the c company for h. gat-h. h at-h a 1 lifetime annuity of or 6 O each and insurance e. e for Cor their relatives when they o die I |