TREATMENT OF CANCER
PHYSICIST IN RADIUM APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] "WELLINGTON?' Saturday The central executive of the New Zealand branch of tho Empire Cancer Campaign announced to-day the ap« pointment of Dr. J. A. Strong as Travis radiological physicist. Dr. Strong is a graduate of Victoria College, and for the past year has been in charge of the radium emanation plant at Wellington Hospital. The appointment is made possible by the generosity of tho trustees of tho Travis estate, in Christchurch, who made funds available to finance the post for three years. The appointment represents an important step and places New Zealand in line with other countries m the scientific treatment of cancer. Two urfportant weapons in ' the disease are radium and deepA-rwg Dr. Strong will visit Australia later in the year to confer with physiciaM engaged ixi similar', jvorK,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21641, 6 November 1933, Page 9
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