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As there is now no longer the least doubt as to important cures being effected by means of radium, the question arises whether crude pitchblende would not also have beneficial effect if applied in the case of minor chronic ailments. Perhaps one of the readers of NATURE will be able kindly to give some information on this subject. The very minute proportion of radium in pitchblende need be no real objection. If we substitute, in the case of pitchblende, grams for milligrams and days of application for so many minutes, a disparity of one million is soon made up, and there may be some action, although perhaps different from that of a pure radium salt. Moreover, we must expect a beneficial influence from minute quantities of radio-active substance if the assumption is to be finally proved that certain thermal waters owe much of their virtue to such traces. In addition to raw pitchblende, a possible utility of pure (yellow) uranium oxide might also be considered.
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WARTH, H. Pitchblende as a Remedy. Nature 82, 38 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/082038d0
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