CANCER CURED BY RADIUM.
■ ♦ '.■.'■•■• HOSPITAL JSUPPLIES WANTED. [BY TKLEGaAPH.—SPECIAL COKBISPOKDKKT.] ' WEXOJGTOSi "Wednesday.; ArtEHTKHf was ■ drawn in this House of tllepiwcotaiives . to-day by Mr. Wright, 1! MJ?i forWeßington to ;the nunibeir of deaths from phthisis in Iter Zealand. During l&Xr fte total -was 588, and the - deaths from cancer for the same period $ Numbered'7ll.- I* wa» satisfactory, said ■■■;'t^/'^riglrfc-'-to' i know' : that some cures had '■ teen effected by the nse of radium., ;Ihe t Wsapawa Hospital Board had introduced 1 "■ i info -the "Waipukurau institetion,' -by ; means -of, which, a reaming epithelioma * (cancel} of the lips and also another form ; cafled rodent nicer, had been Scared, and these ; cares would, he befiered, -be permanent.- It was only fair to say ■'that tie Waipawa Hospital Board was indebted to the Hon. W. C. Smith/who bad % -provided liberally for the radimrt pnrchaf «d.: l' Mr. Wright hoped the* people generally : ; .would contribute towards a supply of ' /radium foe the fcospitato. These,contributions would be assisted by a Government
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14511, 27 October 1910, Page 6
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167CANCER CURED BY RADIUM. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14511, 27 October 1910, Page 6
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