The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-01
Baltimore SUM

baltimore sum-
Baltimore physicians agree with those
of New York i'm declaring that cancer
is more to be feared by the human race
than is phthisis. owing TO the fact that
its nature is less understood by the
medical fraternity than is cousump-
ton, but Baltimore doctors OF prom
inence differ as to the disease being
iucurab BILE, as was claimed By DR.. Ros-
Well Park of Buffalo. now in Berlin,
and a number of prominent New York
physicians, according TO a dispatch
from New York, published in the sun
yesterday.
A number of physicians seen yester-
day declined To allow themselves to
be quoted. A few did, however, permit
themselves to be questioned, and the
replies We're all confirmatory of the
New York opinion as regards the prev
aleuca of the disease and the dih1culty
which is met with i'm treating it sue
Cessfully- Opinions. however differed
widely az % the possibility of perma-
nently curing IL,
Dr.. Howard A. Kelly. the weU-kuowu
surgeon of the Johns Hopkins hospital
declared that the disease can be per-
maneuuy and effeCtually cured i'm the
case of cancers Of the skin By the ap-
plicati0n OF the &-ray, and also in the
case of the other forms of the disease,
when taken in time, by the radical use
OF The knife, care being particularly
directed To operating over a sufficient
area when removing the obnoxious
growth
Cancer and tuberculosis" said DR..
Kelly ARE the two dreadful maladies
which today more than any other dis
eases menace humanity. Cancer is
very prevalent, and has been iucTeas S.
ing rapidly in the past generation. Il
cannot be said. however, that no ad-
vance has been made In the STUDY Of
the disease, for "a very important add
vance has been made in the case of
skin cancer by the use of the &-ray.
which completely and finally destroys
this form of the disease.
For the other forms the only remedy
is the timely and radical use of the
knife The disease is local at the out
set and can be permanently and rad
ically cured by the timely use of sur
gerry. 1t only becomes a blood disease
when neglected and I'm the later stages.
The reason why surgery is so often UNI
successful is that all surgeons have
not recognized the Importance Of max
ing the operation sufficiently radical.
III the operation is well done and covers
"a proper area the vast majority of
cases should be durable i'm the earlier
stages.
"The disease IS ar 0vergrowth Of the
cells of the body I'm a disorderly way
"a disOTdeTly oveTgrOWth of the tissues.
which runs riot without any restraint
and destroys life, largely I'm mechan-
icaI way, by blocking the channels OF
the body as well as through absorption
by the blood OF the poison from the
breakiug-dOWu cancer cells. The COM
mOucst forms are cancer Of the breast.
stomach and womb. Men have the dis
ease i'm tho mouth and the intestinal
tract. the former sometimes from
smoking.
Please say this for me-" continued
Dr. Kelly: The public at large have
40 moral right 10 expect as TO discover
q cure for cancer until they apply the
knowledge wee already have by which
we can perfectly cure tuberculosis An
efficient board Of health. with men like
Dr Posley and Dr. Fulton at the head
of it; with a proper number Of aids
ana the passage OF sanitary laws for
the inspection. cleansing and disinfeet-
iuc of infected houses. with clean
houses. clean methods Of Housekeeping,