Medical uses of radium; studies of the effects of gamma rays from a large quantity of radium, by various authors.

At head of title: Privy council. Medical research council.

Contents.--1. On the use of the gamma rays from a large quantity of radium in the treatment of malignant diseases. pt. I by S. Russ; pt. II by W. S. Lazarus-Barlow, S. Russ, and Helen Chambers.--2. On the histological changes produced in certain neoplastic and normal tissues in man by the gamma rays of radium, by W. S. Lazarus-Barlow.--3. On the histological and some other changes produced in animals by exposure to the gamma rays of radium, by W. S. Lazarus-Barlow.--4. Histological examination of the brains of animals exposed to the gamma rays of radium, by T. Morowoka and F. W. Mott.--5. Observations on the effects produced on the bone-marrow by exposing rabbits to 5 grammes of radium bromide, by C. Price-Jones.--6. On the average range of [beta]-rays in different metals, by G. A. Sutherland and L. H. Clark.