COLLIS P. HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 



HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL 



BOSTON 



58 Beacon Street, 



Boston, June 6th, 1913. 



Dear Dr. Eennedy:- 



I am sending you some papers giving an ac- 



count of a work in which I have been engaged during the past few 

 years, trying to carry on the campaign against cancer. 



Our Cancer Commission was founded by the dau^nter of the 

 late Gardner Brewer (who died of that disease) who left a bequest 

 for that purpose. We have recently opened a Hospital which has 

 been running about a year and we are new extending further our 

 investigations as to the action of different forms of light rays 

 on oancer, and more particularly radium. We have just secured 

 the services of Dr. Duane, who has been six years with Madam 

 Curie in Paris, and is therefore a very high-grade expert on 

 radium. This enables us to bring to bear the Department of Phy- 

 sical Science uponthe problem of oancer. Situated as we are at 



the Medical School, we have the advantage of many other depart- 

 ments, such as Chemistry, Pathology, etc. at our disposal. 



I am trying to raise a fund of $50,000 to secure the services 

 of Dr. Duane (Ph.D.) and to buy some radium. I am also trying 

 to build up the list of subscribers for the annual expenses of 

 our Hospital. If you feel interested, I should be glad to have 

 your name on either of these lists for any sum, however small. 



Sincerely yours, 



