Letters Sent to Dr. L.M. Boyers, March 23, 1926

March 23rd, 1925. Dr. L. M. Boyers, Berkeley, California. Dear Doctor:- I am glad that you like Dr. Mackay's article. Dr. Mackay is a profound student and I am very glad he took the pains to publish his findings. With regard to articles for and agninst the use of radium, externally and internally, this discussion has been going on for at least two decades. You will probably recall Dr. Dever's speech in Philadelphia a couple of years ago. Several physicians told me that patients already brought to hospitals for radium treatment were removed by relatives, because of newspaper reports on Dr. Dever's speech, claiming that radium was without benefit in the troatment of cancer. Nevertheless the progress of radium as a therapeutic agent has been continuous and it now occupies a very definite place. The internal administration of radium is in its infancy as compared to the external administration of radium and it will probably be a long period of argament both in the lay press and in the modical press regarding its efficiency. According to the best othics I believe our position should be neutral. We are a commercial organization. We are offering radium in a form requested by the medical profession. Radium has been administered internally for upards of twenty years. We have on our books physicians that have been using radium internally in considerable quantities for a period of years. These men continue to buy so I have reason to believe that they have found its use beneficial. Perhaps the next article in the A.M.A. will be more favorable. Lot us hope so. Very truly yours, General Sales Manager. JMStrong-MG.