About This Item
Title
First Radium Patients
Subject
Radium--Therapeutic use.
Abbe, Robert, 1851-1928
Abbe, Truman, 1873-1955
Description
Papers outlining Truman Abbe's first experiments with using radium to treat patients. Taken from a scrapbook of radium-related documents compiled by Robert and Truman Abbe.
Creator
Abbe, Truman, 1873-1955
Source
"Earliest Sale of Radium in America," scrapbook MSS 460
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
ca 1910
Contributor
Abbe, Robert, 1851-1928
Language
eng
Type
Text
Identifier
2000_004
Coverage
early 20th Century
Original Format
letter, 4 pages
Citation
Abbe, Truman, 1873-1955, “First Radium Patients,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/4354.