A consignment of five grams of radium, worth 350,000 dollars (about £70,000), packed in 25,000 tiny platinum tubes worth 50,000 dollars, has been received by Bellevue Hospital, New York, to be used in cancer treatment. This hospital now has 10 grams of radium, twice as much, it is said, as any other medical institution in the world.
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Southland Times, Issue 21823, 28 September 1932, Page 4
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