Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-12-07
sALTA CANCER CAUSE.

Experiments in the trea! ment OF can
Ger by the Roentgen rays in America
are wat ched With great interest by the
medical profession 10 London. Face
cancer has been successfully treated
.hus 10 The London Skin Hospital and
at present there is case of breast can =.
Ger undergoing similar treatment at
the ssme place with encouraging re-
suits.
The London Lancet publishes long
article by DR.. James Braithwsite, sd-
vsDciue the theory that 30 excess OF
salt 10 the diet ia one of the four fac
tors which originate cancer.
1t is an essential factor" he says,
'but it is imperative without at least
one or probably two of the others.
Excess of salt may arise from individ-
ual taste or from eating too much salt
meat or too much ordinary meat,
which, of course, involves much salt.
Otner factors are an Overnourished
condi ion of the body from more food,
specially more meat, than is required;
n impure condition OF the blood
owing TO DoD-use and non-oxidatioD OF
lood which has been taken. 1t obtains
10 persons who lead iDdolent, easy,
indoor lives, and locally In or
saus the active fuDctions of which
oaye ceased. The fourth factor
s some local irritsnt or stimulant such
% friction from the stem OF a pipe or
irritation from some micro'organism OF
which no one is actually specific. Of
hese the 6rst must always be present,
probably 10 some form the fourth, and
also 10 all either the second or third,
out OF both Of tbtm."
Tnese ideas origiDated 10 the mind OF
DR.. Braithwaite by his noticing that
car Ger is seldom met with among the
lumerous Jewish girls stteDdins the
y geological department OF Leeds
General Iu6rmars, who have furnished
Iuty Que case iD ten years. DR.. A. Q.
ru stall, medical officer uutil recently
the jewish Hospital for Incurables,
,rites ne hss never seen a case Of can
;rr among Jewish patiente.
IL This comparative immunity q cor
:" y D.. BrsIthwsite, "the only
-xp snatio E p 7s BIZ a'e be difference
nie aud III renee vi Oitt. Tue later
: lar more probable than the former.
Difference OF diet between Jewe
,ud 0eUties consists mainly 10 the
.useace OF bacon and ham from
10 diet Of the former; and as. accord
* To Prof. J. McFaoS can, principal oi
be Royal Veterinary College, the ply
5, be only domestic animal in which
U case OF cancer has beeu mel with, II
must be s4lt and not the hssh OF the
| suimal winch Is TO blame. Jews also
| A. les butchers meat auG more fowl
| aud hsn. THESE points oil tend 10 the
| tcu-IOu tbst sait lie 40 active factor
"Notu.ug can % clearer about can.
or .hao toe TAO that its Incidence IL
cooDected VITO diet and the only con-
aolly present hing In the daily diet is
| wi. 1t does not matter what the resl
u the iOOd N 0e, salt must be presen
sud 10 excess Considering the patienpt
ccupssioG and mode OF life, il salt Il
,os nt cancer is absent. Ssvages. sc
d koVwD, are Exempt from cancer
I'd they I'll littie salt.
GAN domestic aninla ale, except tb'
Dlg, are suOiecL 10 caOcer. aud salt !
gwen TO sheep, cows and horses, bu
0ever TO pigs. Wild carnivors, with
Of course, pure meat diet, are exempt
iOo tue other hand, when confined II
z0olog Cal gardens they are given salt
aud lhey have become subject to can
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