22 THE ALUMNI JOURNAL 



RADIUM TREATMENT. 



PRACTICAL HEALING OF DISEASES THROUGH "CHARGEI>" WATERS. 



Consul Frank S. Hannah, of Magdeburo;, furnishes the following 

 information concerning a new German treatment of diseases through 

 (hstilled waters charged with radium gas : 



Recent experiments by medical men of reputation are stated to have 



established the fact that the gas emitted from radium possesses the 



same qualities as the radium itself and is the principal healing factor 



in the various mineral waters used in the healing of diseases. This 



applies especially to skin diseases and rheumatism. It has been found 



that the various mineral waters lose the radium gas in transportation, 



and after long experiments a means has been devised for charging 



distilled water with radium gas through a comparatively inexpensive 



apparatus placed in drug stores, hospitals, etc. This enables patients 



to secure this healing water for drinking or bathing at their homes 



without the necessity of visiting the expensive baths. A small piece 



of radium is placed in this ingenious device and the rays permeate 



distilled water for a short space of time, when the water is drawn ofif 



and used for drinking or bathing as prescribed by the physician. Such 



an apparatus has been installed in a local drug store and twoj local 



physicians have prescribed the same with beneficial results in the 



treatment of rheumatism and gout. 



Consular Report. 



CLOSE TO THE FACTS. 



The semi-annual examinations were held at a well-known upper 

 West Side private school the other day, and while inspecting the 

 papers the teachers found many humorous answers to some of the 

 questions. A class of boys averaging about 12 years of age had 

 been examined in geography, which had been preceded the day 

 before by grammar. 



Among the questions in the geography paper was the following: 



"Name the zones." 



One promising youth of 11 years wrote the answer: 



"There are two zones, masculine and feminine. The masculine 

 is either temperate or intemperate ; the feminine is either torrid or 

 frigid." — Nczv York Sun. 



