Telegram-herald., 1890-11-23
DIR. S. B. HARTMAN
OF the Surgical Hotel, Columbus,
Ohio, Explains in Popular Lee
ture the Surgical Treatment
of Cancers.
Different Methods Of Removing
Them Discussed.
Why All Methods Sometimes Fail
and Sometimes Succeed.
The Great Advance of Modern Sur
gerry in the Treatment of
Cancers.
Success Almost Certain.


other growths gave 1t as my opinion
that a great number of cases suspected
to be cancerOus were IN reahty some
constitutional disease which could be
cured by the internal uss of La-cu-pl-a.
/ expressed the convection, which | now
repeat, thst thousands of people who
are undergoing surgical treatment for
cancer could be cured with
1a-cu-pi-a because of the fact
that so many non-mahgnant
growths are mistaken for cancer. 1t
is not claimed that La-cu-pi-a will cure
any case of genuine cancer, but that
La-cu-pi-a will cure great variety OF
growths which so nearly resemble can
cerous growths, that it's sometimes I'M
possible to decide whether they are
really cancerous or not. In conse-
quence of these facts it is recon-
mended that every one having n growth
resembling Icancer, about which there
was the least doubt as to its nature,
should take La-cu-pi-a for a
month or two and if this
remedy did not produce any
improvement in the growth il could be
known positively that 1t was a cancer.
, All cases not benefited by La-cu-pi-a
! were advised to come at once to the
Surgical Hotel, where is to be found
every facility Of modern surgery for
the removal of cancers, as | do not not
undertake the treatment of a genuine
cancer outside of the Surgical Hotel.
SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CANCERS.
The successful treatment of cancer
may be truly said 20 be one of the most
difficult problems presented to modern
surgery. From time immemorial can
GERS have been regarded by ali with
horror, but the almost complete failure
of the science of surgery to cure them,
with all the progress made in other de-
partments Of surgery, has intensified
the universal dread of them. 1t is. IN
deed, horrible sight TO witness one of
these pathological monsters fastening
itself to some portion of the human
body, and, in spite of the most frantic
efforts of physicians and friends, see
it slowly, but mercilessly, eat It's way
through muscle and bone, until ii
greedilv seizes some vital organ 10 lit
orally devour il, IN perfect indifference
to all treatment. The CONSERVATION OF
the profession at its meager success IN
destroying this grim fungus enemy of
the human family has led 10 the hasty
establishment of hospitals and saultar-
lums for the especial treatment or
study of cancer, with varying or un-
certain success. That many cures are
accomplished is certain; that many
failures are made cannot be denied.
Numerous kinds of treatment have
been devised. each kind advocated by
some surgeon who practices IL to the
exclusion Of all other treatment. Some
surgeons prefer TO remove all cancers
with the the knife; others with Dlasters,
others with cauterz'ng applications;
others with elastic ligatures; and stiil
others by Electrolysls. Cera. Kala, AL
veloz and Crorneo. II - easily demon
stratsble that each of these remedies
have made numerous cures. but il is
lamentable fact that each Of them fail
in the majority OF cases.
The important question which agi-
tates the mind of all who are inter
ested ~ the treatment of cancer Is. ia
there such = thing ss the rational treat
ment OF cancer? Is the whole matter
chance work. or is it possible TO 50 ac-
quaint ourselves with the behavior Of
cancers and the value Of the different
Kinds of treatment that the success and
failure of each can be explained Nv
answer to these questions is. yes. there
Is rational treatment Tor cancer. and
fhe failure and success Of toe various
treatments adopted by different sur
geoBs are capable Of AZ least a partial
explanation.
In the first place, I believe thai each
method WhlCB hss been adopted to er-
t,rpste Csncer0us growth contains
partzl truth. and under CertA CIR
CuH1stancss osch method has some ad-
vsntsges n e favor. u other words
7 deny thst there i any one method of
eItirpstng cancers, winch is sppI
cable - aI Csses, and ] affrm thst
each method has speCra 81 advantages -
some one Of the various forms 40
stages of these ma gnsnt excrsscencss.
There ss natural tendency on the
part Of a. Surgeons 70 eKalt tae part
cular method 81 removing these
eroEths Wnlch be has sdorted. snd
vi sfubooTnly refuss 60 prsctcs CT
even consider ssv other metaod. sucn
dozrnstsm - eve - resuitin the loss
of nsnv ilves thst m gnt otaeTvse ce
ssvea. II view a the fact thsf sll
xaorn 8net1oas ~ TerroFuz eanreTs
srs acrs or iess uns1cesSsfs y sna tae
Hflrtaer fsc3 tEsts methods are mere
OF Iess sEecsssfol. e as slnost erirs rsl
ca TIE paTf q sny surgeon 60 neglsct