The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-19
THE X-RAY CURE FOR CANCER.
DIR. j. w. Daniels Paper Before the
Medical Association.

DR.. ]. w. Daniels paper on the x
ray treatment of cancer, although ex-
tremely conservative, created some
thing of a sensation in the Georgia
Medical Association yesterday. DR..
Daniel is probably the first
physician in the South, and
one of the first in the coun-
try, to successfully treat cancer with
the X-ray. Although his method is of
very recent discovery, the results he
has achieved show it's value and i'm
portance.
DR.. Daniel was down on the pro-
gramme for 1.-The X-Ray Treatment of
Cancer" In presenting his paper he
said that he desired to amend the title
to read 1.-THE X-Ray Treatment of
Cancer and Lupus with Provisional
Cures" His use of the X-ray in can
Ger treatment began last December
with two cases. He was careful at
the very beginning, he said, to make
no promises of cure. The results, how
ever have been a revelation. Since Dec.6
he has had thirteen cases under treat
ment, four patients have been dis
charged as cured and the others are
showing satisfactory progress.
DR.. Daniel gave full clinical report
of six cases which he had treated, with
his personal observations concerning
them. During the reading of his pa
per photographs of the patients whose
treatment he discussed, were sub
mitted to the association, so that full
Ter understanding of them could be
had.
In his treatment DIR. Daniel uses the
static electrical machine and not what
is known as a street current. The prin-
cipal cases described were those in
which the cancer infection was in the
face. Some of them were of long
standing, one covering a period Of
twenty-four years. The static current,
DIR. Daniel said, does not destroy the
healthy tissues of the body as does
what IS known as the street current.
1t affects only the diseased
it's use is preferred. The X-Ray has
three different known effects or rather
is composed of at least three minor
rays. One of those is anaesthetic
relieving pain; another is Therapeutic
and the third is fiuorescent.
With large areas of cancer infection
to be treated, DR.. Daniel protects the
normal or healthy tissues and only ex-
poses to the X-ray the diseased por-
ton and with small areas of infection
he incloses the Crooke's tube in a lead
lined box and exposes the cancer
growth opposite an openingin the box.
In the six cases which DR.. Daniel
reported to the Association one was
that of woman forty-eight years old
with no positive history of cancer in
the family, though one brother was
supposed to have died with cancer of,
the stomach and a sister with cancer
Of the intestines. The patient
had been affected twenty-four
years and had been twice under treat
ment in New York hospital
The results of this treatment were only
temporary, however. the disease re-
appearing more virulent than ever.
The patient had tried various plasters
and escharotics with only one result,
an increased rapidity in the growth of
the cancer.
the middle of December. The case
was an extremely aggravated one, the
cancer extending from both eyes to the
mouth, completely destroying all the
tissue within that area, bony and
muscular. The first exposure to the
X-ray was of ten minutes duration,
and was followed by similar exposures
for three succeeding days. The treat
nent was then suspended for two
weeks, after which it was resumed and
continued every day for a week. At
the end of the week, a new condition
was apparent. The patient suffered
no pain whatever from the disease
The treatment was again suspended
for three weeks when the burned area
resumed its normal condition. The
first week in February the treatment
was resumed in a different form, the
ray being projected with low tube in
a lead-lined box with a leaden cone
shaped attachment to circumscribe the
effect of the rays. The exposures were
reduced from ten minutes duration to
three minutes and the patient was
treated every forty eight hours for five
weeks. Since then only five exposures
have been given and the patient now
suffers no pain or discomfort; the MEM
hranes are normal and the progress of
CONTINUED on Sixth Page.)