The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-01
Cancer, Scrofala and Gravel
CtlraI,It, with Remedies.

TO TIE EDITOR OF THE' UNITED
STATES sMEDICAI. INVESTIGATORS =
DEAR SIR:-In tile second issue OF
yoor excellent journal, l discovered a
few lines calling upon me to tell how
/ cure cancers. In reply, | have no
secrets in our common, noble profess
sion but, being modest man, given
to constant thought and Il very extern
sive practice, and sixty-twO years OF
age, haven time to write myself i'll
to notoriety. sMy7whole life has been
given to disease and its cure-especial-
ly scrofula, cancer, and gravel, with-
out the use of the knife or burning
plasters. How well have succeeded,
the result of my practice will tell, not
withstanding the barking of the old
school ut my heels, and the yelping of
some of our own WOULD BE-DOCToRS,
who are like young bnmble- -bees-the
| largest when first hatched.
But a, ocancer When little boy
of five and a half years of age, was
left an orphan without cent. adopt
ed the theory and practice of minding
my own business and letting every
one else's alone. | thought l had
brains given me for some higher and
grander purpose than to he IL mere
beneficiary of others mental labors,
and therefore felt called upon to use
tuy own brain. While a student un-
der my honored preceptor. Professor
Valentine Mott, of New York city, my
attention was called to this fearful dis
ease-cancer-by witnessing many of
his beautiful operations with the knife
in the exsectiOn of those appendices,
and i'll most cases without :: cure. /
began to look into their history, etiol-
Ogy, symptoms, special pathological,
anatomy, diagnosis, prOgnOsis, and
treatment, lhe result of which, forced
upon me the conclusion that cancer
was the Outgrowth of a scrofulOus poi
son, entering into the circulation,
changing the blood from normal to
an abnormal cOndition-the corpuscies
assuming every variety of shape and
| size, and therefore not capable of full
| filling their ordinary purpose of nutri-
| ton. aa
We have but two true species of can
GER: the hard and the soft: or, the
scirrhus, hard, or chronic cancer, char
| acterized by predominance of fbrous
tissue, and but few cancer cells; the
second, medullary, brain, or acute soft
cancer, characterized by an excess of
cancerous cells. Other varieties are
but notifications of these two, named
| from their supposed resemblance to
other substances, or their location.
The cancer student is only confused by
the numerous varieties and sub-varie-
ties given by different authors.
There are five grades belonging to
the hard cancer, and but two belong
ing tO the soft cancer, forming the link
between the scirrhus and medullary
cancer. The KIND of cancer depends
on the soil, climate, and culture; or,
in other words. on the scrofulous taint,
blood, constitution, part affected, and
hahIfS nf tho nIi x.iInal (linnatn and
the life habits of the individual have
very much to do in the development
of can Gel, and also the kind of cancer.
IF half a dozen individuals undergo
the very same eXpoSure and become
sick, no two are sick alike, u disease Is
developed, sur GENERIS, or one pecul-
lar to the Individual. Constitutional
tendency, aiiti habits of life. The very
same law holds good in the develop
ment of the different varieties of cam
Ger. The Great and Wise Creator,
when He built this beautiful machine,
that constitutes the human body, in
His own image and likeness, He placed
it under pure and perfect law, the
keeping of which secures to every in
dividuai uninterrupted health and
happiness but to the violation of each
and every section of that pure and
perfect law He placed a penalty, which
is, disease, misery, and death.
In the early years of my practice,
cancers were few and far between. And
why? Because scrofuia had .nog so
completely contaminated the entire
human family. 1 have been an every
day student of scrofula, cancer, and
gravel, for thirty eight years, aud
find that cancerous developments have
only kept pace with the spread and
growth of scrofula; deranging diges-
tion, secretion, assimilation, nutrition,
and eXcreti0n. Although the nerves
are the great promoters of every organ
to healthy action, they must draw
their supply from healthy blood. But
as To the cure-the what, why, and
how-it is said, :" it matters not what
We believe;" but l think it matters
very materially, for, as a man think
eth, SO he is. If ! am wrong in theo-
ry, surely will be wrong in practice,
for every consistent man PRACTICES
what he believes to be TRUE.
I believe cancer to be scrofulous
blood disease, aud III .refore depends
upon constitutional treatment. 1 build
up the centers of life-the nervous sys-
tenn by appropriate medical agents,
selected according to our great law of
cure, taking into consideration the
constitution, history, character, 1aca
tive, and degree of nalignancy of the
cancer, Aud whatever medicine | Sc
lect to prescribe inside, L use the same
outside, to cancerOus tumOrs, or infil-
tratiOn. | direct nOurishing food, pure
air, warm clothing, aud take particular
care of the skin, stomach, liver, spleen,
bowels, and kidneys.
The first great question that always
ask myself, is: Is this malignant
or non-malignant disease? And l
never make prescription until L have
thoroughly answered this question.
But how are we to diagnose the true
malignant growth, or rinfiltration, from
the non-malignant tumorS, so often
mistaken for cancer? or especially the
following eight: 1, Coyloids. 9, FL
broids. B, Adenoids. 1, Osteoids. 5,
HWmatic tumors. 8, Fatty tumors.
These seem to fill up the gap between
them and the true malignant cancer
I assisted my preceptor, Professor
Mntt, in removing many of these. and
in IS45-6, I was a hospital student of
Professor N. II. Smith, of the Univer-
sity of Maryland, and assisted him in |
the removal of many of these tumors. n
III both Of these great mems opera [
tions the nmalignant tumors were
generally successful, while nearly all 4
the malignant tumors were fatal. l |
was very particular to keep statistics,
and carefully watched the termination
of each and every case, and I would
here caution the cancer sufferer against /
all those hot plaster pretenders, who /
lie waiting to injure and plunder them. I
Shall we go to the microscopical di-
agnosis for our Information? They
all differ as to their results. But be- |
cause they have revealed no reliable [
criterion for the certain diagnosis of /
cancer, don't wish to disparage the
use of the microscope, but there are
tho:e who will have everything deci- |
deti by applying the microscope, and /
that alone is science, while the use of !,
our eyes and hands can never amount !
to more than rough and-ready sort of 4
empiricism. All praise is due to every |;
man for noble effort put forth to /