Ogden Sun | 1905-10-17 | Page 3 | Cancer Can Now be Cured

five cases successfully treated by radium vow york oct 13 that five persons have been cured of cancer at tho flower hospital by the use of radium coatings on celluloid rods inserted into the diseased parts was the substance of a paper read last night by dr william H Dl effenbach united states delegate to the international medical congress at the hague before the homeopathic medical society of tho county of new york in only one of six cases which he treated dr dieffenbach said hia effort met with defeat in that cgee the disease was tar advanced dr bach described hla method of treat mant in detail it consists in dipping celluloid or hard rubber rods into solution of salts of radium these rode arc then inserted into incisions made in tumors the effect of the radio activity ho said was to destroy the diseased tissue there are some hopeless cases where the growths have spread over largo areas prof hugo lieber of this city hab been experimenting in injecting radium into the tissues without the use of rods or sheets 0 celluloid he said that three cases of tumor and cancer had been treated with remarkable suc cabs this marked a distinct advance in medical knowledge though at present the subject was vague they hoped soon to have more light