The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-02-01
Cnneer and AlIurlnl SolI.

/ spoke a short time ago about NJ,
Charles Blanc having died OF cancer,
and pointed to the conclusion that his
malady was to be in some degree traced
TO the alluvial situation OF the Palals
Mazarin, where he resided. OF that
disease, / said that ID haunts low-lying
river-sides and the mouths OF streams
which serve as sewers Perhaps lG
might be of interest TO some OF your
readers to know on what data have TO
90. Raspail FIRST ca led my attention TO
the fact seventeen or eighteen years
AGO He was, in Holland. struck with
the prevalence of cancer IN the low-Iy-
inc districts, and still more along tho
mouths of the Schcdt and the Rhine
He at first as ribbed the frequency OF tho
maiady to the electrical coudiU ns pro
duced by the metlllic plates which tho
women Of different NCtherIHndlsh 10 al
ties wear on their heads TO support
their tall lace and muslin caps; but he
also found that in the tidal region of the
Seine, where the SOL is alluNlai, there
was great deal of car. cr, although no
metal entered into the head gear tto
pursued his observations at the mouths
of other rivers. They led hm to be
lieve that conditions Of soil ana atm's-
phere which Developed scroiula were
/
il ant to first show itself i'm glandular
reDion. TrOusseau used to advise pa
tients i'm VIII IN he discovered cant cr-
GUS tendency TO try and live where the
soil is dry the air brisk and the aspect
sunny. | have known Of good round
number Of deaths from cancer ID those
quarters Of the city where there are
underground watcr-courses, and along
the Seine. Count Won Goltl, the Prus
sian Ambassador for many years at the
Court Of the Tuilcrics, lived close 10 tho
river W hen Madame LOUIS Blanc was
attacked with the CanccrOus malady OF
which she died, she had been for some
time residing in the part OF the Rue dc
Livoli nearest to the seine.
Many years ago, in max 'ng an eX ur-
sion down the Shannon, ] was appalled,
at the number Of canccrOus old women
who stretched out their hands for aims
at the landing places Near Athlone ~
many as three miserable beings. with
faces on which the disease was grccduy
feeding, presented thcmscl cs together
a carman who noticed that the sight 81
them gave me "a tnrn. sald =
power of widows dies round here OF
! cancer. We're used to seeing them
and have got hardened. It's all the
fault of the Board Of Works, That -
( paid to drain the country and Wlh 40
| II. NV own mother Heaven be her
/ bed died Of cancer. She had bai
/ tooth when the river flooded the house
/ it ached, her face ~vve' led up; the doctor
! lanced it, and in eighteen months. lme
/ she was in her grave. a canccious
tnnor of nicer broke down tho con-ti-
tuition Of the Duchess Of Kent ut damp
Fropmore. 1t would be very easy % get
nj statistics showing what geological
and atmospheric conditions most favor
cancer if patients on admission 10 hos
pital were asked to state in what locall-
ties they had been residing when the
/ disease first showed itself. have never
seen a cancerous face in the chalky up,
lands of Kent. but ! have seen "a good
many about Dartmouth, the Hoo
marshes, Woolwich and Chelsea -
- London truth.