The Tiptonian . ndred milligrams at two hundred dollarsfor a days use. Londons Radium Institute, a place wherepeople are treated with radium, has beenopened recently. This institute owns moreradium than any other instiution in the world. It possesses about half a teaspoonful,valued at about two hundred and fifty thous-and dollars. It is probable that the properties anduses of radiumare only beginning to be un-derstood. It is known that it has threekinds of rays, alpha, beta and gamma, asthey are termed, n the cancer case, treatedin Baltimore, the gamma rays only wereused, the other two having
The Tiptonian . ndred milligrams at two hundred dollarsfor a days use. Londons Radium Institute, a place wherepeople are treated with radium, has beenopened recently. This institute owns moreradium than any other instiution in the world. It possesses about half a teaspoonful,valued at about two hundred and fifty thous-and dollars. It is probable that the properties anduses of radiumare only beginning to be un-derstood. It is known that it has threekinds of rays, alpha, beta and gamma, asthey are termed, n the cancer case, treatedin Baltimore, the gamma rays only wereused, the other two having no effect on thedisease. The practical use of the otherrays are not yet known, beyond the factthat the alpha rays have a velocity of eight-een thousand miles a second, while the betarays have a velocity of one hundred andeighty miles a second. Only a few grains ofradium are yet available. Scientists are con-tinually making new discoveries concerningit and further marvels may yet be devel-oped. —Octa Eller, To the Gentle Reader: The title of this picture is History in a Modern Picture has positively nothing to do with Rariium. —Ed. THE TIPTONIAN 37 Q. a 5 H?5o 3X o v> 3O
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