New-York tribune., 1901-09-06
TREATMENT FOR CANCER.
TWO CURES SAID TO HAVE BEEN EFFECT
ED BY REMOVING PARTS THAT
NoURIsHED THE GRowTHs.

Several interesting experiments in the treat
ment OF cancer were recently reported 10 the
Practitioners Society Of this city. These ex-
periments have been so successful in number
of cases which were thought to be incurable by
many physicians that the medical world is
anxiously waiting for further reports.
In some instances the treatment. while it did
no harm brought about good results and
in other cases the cancerous growths were ar
rested and a noticeable change for the better
was observed in the condition of the patients.
1t is the fact that at least two lives have been
saved by the new method that has aroused the
attention of physicians and surgeons in all
parts of the world. 1t is thought that many
cures may be effected by the of the treat
ment, and that study of the treatment may
lead to more important discoveries in this dl-
rection.
The method of treatment in question does not
consist of the cutting away Of cancerous growths
and then trying to improve the health of the pa
tients in the hope OF preventing another attack
Nor is it based the theory that cancer arises
from a protozoan. and that the chief thing TO
do is 70 destroy the protozoan. Its fundamental
principle is that there are certain cells in the
human body in sympathy with one another. ana
that to destroy the life nourishing functions OF
some Of these cells is TO put an end 10 the func-
tions of the other cells. When certain cells
If they afforded vigor and sustenance TO can
cerous growths. the growths. 1t is said, will
become inactive. diminish in size and disappear
The theory that there are sympathetic nerves
in the human body is generally accepted by all
schools Of medicine. To injure certain nerves
or certain parts of the body results in weakening
or destroying the functions Of certain nerves or
certain parts of the body remote from the orig
inal sphere Of injury but in some way depend
ent il.
One Of the persons treated by the new method
was a woman more than seventy years old. The
diagnosis showed that il would be impossible
10 remove the cancer in the usual way-with
knife The cancer was too near vital organs.
The physician and the surgeon who examined the
woman told her that there was little chance of
saving her life, and that their only hope of bene-
fitting her was by the use of the new method Of
treatment The patient said she was willing TO
undergo an operation. This soon afterward
performed. At the operation certain parts OF
the body which were thought to be in sympathy
with and the main source of nourishment OF the
part of the body affected with cancer were re-
moved The woman quickly rai'ied from the
operation. In a few days her condition began
10 improve. The cancerous growth showed
fewer signs of activity then no activity at all,
and gradually it grew smaller in size. Finally
II disappeared. Where the cancer had been
healthy tissues formed. The woman was dis
charged cured. She is said to be in good health
to-day and there are signs of a recurrent at
tack. In another case the patient was woman
about sixty years old. She was also success
fully treated.
have been arrested. but in other respect has
an improvement been reported in the condition
of these patients.