It is indeed an irenic fate which decrees that, at a time when reports come from so many quarters of scientific discoveries aiming at the betterment of human life, the world should be beset by the threat of national and international strife on an unprecedented scale. In every department of our social, industrial and intellectual life modern scientists offer us results of their patient research work which, nad mankind only the sense to apply them rightly, might transform our troubled world into realms of peace and plenty for all. Still, despite, all disappointments, scientists of all nations carry on their work, and some recent discoveries in the field of medicine are of particular interest. In England an artificial substitute for radium has been produced under the name of "radio sodium," and has been tested for eighteen months at one of London's largest hospitals. As is well known, radium is applied in modern therapy for the cure of cancer. It is a very rare and extremely expensive substance, whereas the new substitute can be prepared at a low price, 'Radio sodium' promises to be more effective than radium, it is less violent in its action, and can be used more extensively. Another British discovery is a drug call "M and B 693" which cures the dreaded disease pneumococcal meningitis, an ailment from which, until this recent discovery, very few patients recovered. Several other serious diseases, such as puerperal fever and blood poisoning, have also been cured by this or other drugs belonging to the same group.
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