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Show $3,000,000 AN OUNCE Radium So Scarce Tbat Experiments With It Are at a Standstill. NEW TORK. May 22. The marvelous marvel-ous curative properties of radium in cancer and skin diseases, as developed by recent experiments, Has sent the price soaring in London ti13.000.000 aji ounce offered with no takers. The price is purely speculative, as only about a half ounce has been manufactured since radium's discovery in 1808. There is hardly a milligram to be purchased at any price. I As a result of the scarcity of radium the research work involving its use is almost at a standstill. |