30 JANUARY 1909, Page 19

The papers of Thursday announced the establishment of a British

Radium Institute. Aesearch will be combined wit4 the Medlotd treatMent of cases in which radium has been proved to be useful. The funds for the Institute have been generously provided by Sir Ernest Cassel and Lord Iveagh, but it will probably work in conjunction with the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Sir William Ramsay, Sir J. j. Thomson, and Sir Frederick Troves will be among those on the Council. We note from a speech by Sir F. Treves at the London Hospital that the beneficial effects of radium in the case of certain morbid growths are established beyond all doubt.