The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-01-24
CANCER CAN BE CURED.
Operations Serve in Every Case to Pro
long Lffe--InterestIng Statistics

Operations Serve in Every Case to Pro
long notwithstanding Statistics
The question whether or not cancer L
durable BY operation Is one or vital I'M
U.JrLznce 10 those who nay have the dis
ease Il \ popularity supposed 10 be m
CrT-aEIe- bgIr statistics prove that II Is not
50 In estimating the value OF operations
f1r cancer We must consider the duration
- the disease when left 10 itself. Paget-
IN 1Sg cases- gives tE9 duration OF life II
= not operated upOn as - months while
N the remaining o. where one or more
cpera-fors had been performed. the Life
average was > months SI0ley- IN 81
cases makes the average b months II
cases nat operated upon and % months
II cases where eIcisiOn was pTacuced-
The l0ngest duration Of life II cases not
o1erated UPON Is u years IN those OpeF-
arad uUou Is years While these stats
ties go 10 prove that operation pTOlOngs
life they do not prove an ultimate cure
Dr.. OIdekOp shows II his report that OUT
Of go cases where operations had been
r.zrforrnef . recovered. Dr.. Willard
Parker believed II operations for the dis
ease. In q PAPER read before the Medical
Journal association II September, 1873,
he reports Il cassas Of cure by excisiOn,
the PATENTS being; N good health at the
ends OF periods varying from 10 . years.
4 mass Of statistics might be brought
20 show thai II many instances cancer
has been radically cured. and in other
cases lie has been indefinitely prolonged
by the Use Of the knife. 4 few special
Cases VIII serve To show this. DR.. Weir
reports a case IN which the right breast
was arnpJTtated by Dr.. James r Wood
In 1856. In 1857 Dr. Post amputated
the left breast. In 1873 DR.. Weir re-
moved recUIrrent growth from the right
side. and again II 1877 and 1880, the pa
tent finally dying Of the disease % years
after It's first appearance. DR.. Frank H
Hamilton operated upon a patient who
survived the excisiOu % years, and an
other patient Of MS. whose breast was en-
tireIv removed. survived the operation for
10 years Cases OF this description might
b multiplied DR.. Shrady. Gen Grant 5
physician. claims that the disease Is or
eeanic. and II no way hereditary. He be-
Heves that its origin IS local, and Is there
fore removable. and that the constitution
becomes affected only secondarily by a
more or less Widespread dissemination Of
original cancer germs. The failure Of
one excelsior 70 affect cure in no wise
disc0ncerts him. The disease is insidiOus.
and a careful microscopic examination Is
necessary 10 follow It's various ramifica-
tons. Where the growth Is not IN prOx-
unity to the vital organs, operation after
operation may be tried with impunity.
In the case Of Gen. Grant, the entire
throat was affected and an operation
meant certain death, otherwise an opera
ton would have been tried. It Is an ex-
ceptiOn for more than one member Of a
family 10 become the victim Of cancer.
In fact it may be confidently said that no
human being can Be sure Of escaping the
disease until he has passed the age Of its
occurrence which Is when his vital ma
cninery Is entirely worn out. In other
words he can ever be considered fortunate
In respect to cancer until he is dead
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