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Radium Laboratories
WM. J. A. BAILEY, Director
June 20, 1935
Research
Laboratories and Office
Consulting
336 M a i n SPreet
Production
RADIUM DEATHS
East U.S.A.
STATES
To the Editor:-
RADIUM OORP,
Considerable publicity has appeared the past few days
in the papers with regard to so-called #Radium Deaths* at a plant in
Orange, N. J., where the women use luminous paint on watch dials. As
there is no basis for these statements we wish to present the faots to
you with respect to the use of radium internally. That several women
have died in the course of several years in a plant that has employed
several hundred women is no proof of the harmfulness of radium.
The
same percentage of women probably die in the same time in every plant
of any kind out of the same number of women employed.
We have no connection whatever with the plant at Orange, except-
ing that we are in the radium businese and supply ragium for use both
internally and esternally. As the writer has had many yeare exper-
2ence in this field he considers that an authoritative statement re-
garding radium should be printed by you to balance the absolutely ri-
ridulous and untrue statements that have already been made by doctors
with little or no experience in this field.
We have for sometime been supplying physicians throughout this
country and abroad with a radioactive solution known as radium water.
Over 300 doctors are already on our books and practically all of them
have been using radium water in a large number of asses. All of them
have repestedly reported excellent results in serious conditions that
do not yield to any other kind of treatment.
The Amerioan Medical Association has endorsed solutions as thers
peutic agenoies as will be noted in the New and Non-Official Remedies
issued by the Association, This great organization comprising more
than half of the doctors of the country ie certainly not giving its
official sanction to internal radium treatment if it were harmful in
any way. As a matter of fact the Amerioan Medical Association will
not pass a radium preparation as of sufficient strength unless it con-
tains at least two micrograms of radium, or the equivalent thereof, as
a daily dose. This is more radium than one will find in an armfull
of watch dials.
We find the following statement in New and Non-Official Remedies
published by the American Medical Association: "Daily administration
of radium emanation solution containing 1.5 millicuries gives results
in selected cases of arthritis deformens, # On this basis a person
taking this daily dose over a period of one month would have taken in-
to the system more radio-activity than any women could get from paint-
ing all the watch diale ehe could handle during her whole lifetime,
Yet the London Radium Institute has treated hundreds of patients with
this dosage for periods of many months and report a large percentage
of cures.
Hot Springs, Saratoga, Mt. Olements and al the other well-known
spes and springs of this country and Europe contain radium in very ap-
preciable amounts.
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"ocrText": "Radium Laboratories\nWM. J. A. BAILEY, Director\nJune 20, 1935\nResearch\nLaboratories and Office\nConsulting\n336 M a i n SPreet\nProduction\nRADIUM DEATHS\nEast U.S.A.\nSTATES\nTo the Editor:-\nRADIUM OORP,\nConsiderable publicity has appeared the past few days\nin the papers with regard to so-called #Radium Deaths* at a plant in\nOrange, N. J., where the women use luminous paint on watch dials. As\nthere is no basis for these statements we wish to present the faots to\nyou with respect to the use of radium internally. That several women\nhave died in the course of several years in a plant that has employed\nseveral hundred women is no proof of the harmfulness of radium.\nThe\nsame percentage of women probably die in the same time in every plant\nof any kind out of the same number of women employed.\nWe have no connection whatever with the plant at Orange, except-\ning that we are in the radium businese and supply ragium for use both\ninternally and esternally. As the writer has had many yeare exper-\n2ence in this field he considers that an authoritative statement re-\ngarding radium should be printed by you to balance the absolutely ri-\nridulous and untrue statements that have already been made by doctors\nwith little or no experience in this field.\nWe have for sometime been supplying physicians throughout this\ncountry and abroad with a radioactive solution known as radium water.\nOver 300 doctors are already on our books and practically all of them\nhave been using radium water in a large number of asses. All of them\nhave repestedly reported excellent results in serious conditions that\ndo not yield to any other kind of treatment.\nThe Amerioan Medical Association has endorsed solutions as thers\npeutic agenoies as will be noted in the New and Non-Official Remedies\nissued by the Association, This great organization comprising more\nthan half of the doctors of the country ie certainly not giving its\nofficial sanction to internal radium treatment if it were harmful in\nany way. As a matter of fact the Amerioan Medical Association will\nnot pass a radium preparation as of sufficient strength unless it con-\ntains at least two micrograms of radium, or the equivalent thereof, as\na daily dose. This is more radium than one will find in an armfull\nof watch dials.\nWe find the following statement in New and Non-Official Remedies\npublished by the American Medical Association: \"Daily administration\nof radium emanation solution containing 1.5 millicuries gives results\nin selected cases of arthritis deformens, # On this basis a person\ntaking this daily dose over a period of one month would have taken in-\nto the system more radio-activity than any women could get from paint-\ning all the watch diale ehe could handle during her whole lifetime,\nYet the London Radium Institute has treated hundreds of patients with\nthis dosage for periods of many months and report a large percentage\nof cures.\nHot Springs, Saratoga, Mt. Olements and al the other well-known\nspes and springs of this country and Europe contain radium in very ap-\npreciable amounts."
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