The next day, Friday, we received contrary orders every few hours, The Llandovery had imped In at 630 am, Her bow had sunk 18 ft, The French diver reported a hole 16 x 18 ft, below water line, and that the plates had been driven out wards. His opinion was that It was an inside Job, Had a bomb with time fuse been inserted ina car of cork that came on at Gibraltar? We had been saved by a heavy cargo of cement which prevented the mine for whatever it was, exploding upwards, don't know how lucky you are." said an officer, "'you had the tone chance in a thousain Port Vendres is a pretty tittle land-locked harbour, backed by hills, The Liandovery Castle looked most lordly, her masts seemed to reach far up the hillside.
At 1130 pam., we were shepherded to the station' and put on a. special train for Marseilles, We slept more oF ess in a sitting position and reached Marseilles at 630. Again, we were told off to various hotels. The tone at which 1 And myself is run by Swiss proprietor.
T never wish to go. through a similar experience, but, if it has to ie, let it be on a British ship. The Union Castle Ca, are nobly paying all our expenses. have the honour of sending forth the news that the dread disease has finally been conquered by human Meanwhile successful curative measures are being practised daily at the Institute which are proving of in" estimable benefit to hundreds of patients who make use of this treat ment. At the Institute are two of the most up-to-date X-ray apparatus each developing 250,000 volts, and an older paratus developing tke same power. All three are in constant use from 8 am. to pin. each day in the treat ment of patients with the beneficial X-ray which ix one of the principal methods used in treating disease. Copper filters are fitted to the appar fuses to prevent soft rays, harmful to the human body, from penetratin through. The X-ray room is encased in Tead to prevent the rays from escaping, and proving dangerous to the hospital star Adjoining the X-ray room is the radium therapy department, which forms the second stage In the treatment of cancer. The radium apparatus consists of four stretchers laced at right angles one above the bother, the stretcher next to the top containing 900 milligrammes of the precious substance. The radium 1s also heavily encased in lead, as it would have a most harmful effect if its radiation were not controlled, When treatment is in progress, the radium thrust out of the lead casing Into snather compartment with a hole in the top, Uirough which the healing rays are given out, passing through each patient to the one above oF below. In this manner, four patients) can be treated at the same time, in.
most economical manner. 4
A new building is shortly to be, constructed to house another radium jspparatus, and a quantity of five grammes' of radium is now on its Way (0 Shanghai from Belgium, being loaned by the Belgian government. In order to control its radiation on the voyage out, it has' been encased Ju a large lead box weighing over a ton. It will bring the total supply fof radium at the Institute up to six grammes, There are two ways of using radium for the treatment of cancer cases, One is by the method described above, fand the other is by Injecting a needle containing radium into the cancerous tumour, leaving it in for several days tata time. These needies are kept g special safe eneased in pig ire If they wore not protected in this way, the radium would produce a harmful effect upon anyone entering the room, and would even penctrat through the walls and effect those adjoining rooms. Rubber gloves are used in handling them, The needles were taken of of the leaden boxes in which they arg kept in the safe. Jand shown to the "North-China Daily News" representative through gla: partition in the protective covering [surrounding the safe, The excellent worke which the stitute has been carrying out since ite foundation is well illustrated by the fact that 500 cases of suspected cancer Wave responded to treatment. Each case dealt with Is followed up carefully afterwards for a period of five years. Some show no recur-renee of the disease, while in others cancer breaks out again afler g year or two, and they have to return for further treatment. "From 700 to 800 cancer cases are dealt with by the institute each year.
'A few. interesting facts about tedium were disclosed by Dr. Woo. One gramme costs 110,000 gold francs, und only $00 grammes are in existence in the world. In England, there are seventy grammes. 10,000 kilogrammes of ore are required to extract one gramme of radium. Radium was dis-Covered In 1698, and was first extracted in 1002,
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