The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-26

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Norway showing an increase OK 80 per
cen ta IN ten years. 5g 4 ~ n. ,58S
3jt.All over the world eminent physician
with eyes GLUED to nldcroscope es % a =
Sfrahticaliy ehdeavoring to bls 3 the n
real chuseb Of cancer and IL to effect
nostivei ctre.4 hi II syfi 6 l}sS ii m III S III
9l From Heidelberg, IN Germany, comes ntss
the news that funds for u great hos
5pltal, the only one In Europe devoted
8exclisy u the investignt Ion and treht.3
ff1iet,t Of fcancer,g have Just been don ated
Z there. The German Society for the Study VI
of Cancer 10 osaid III the work. M
iss Russia hus appropriated 100 900 rubles$
for study ofsthe disease. I'll 3s
M IN England85tl,e National Cancer So
Scletyi Is alarmed and hard at work.
At Harvard College, In this country, g
fund OF 100000, beuuenthed by the late
Mrs. Ca rOllne Brewer Craft, Is being used
to Fdefray the expenses Of a. chr GER com \ 4
Asl-yetti this commission, Dr.. %.
II Nichols, in charge OF the Ia Y boratory
work. admits, has accomplished little more
than to- explode popular theories as to the
disease. M {i3 R t,i IS Il KS n
s Under the viii Of the late Coils F.
Huntington, the Income of 81 90, 900 was
bedueathed for tho invest igntion Of cam
Ger in New York city. Within! the last
year q laboratory has beoilt shed ',tl
with that money there. In the General \
Memorial Hospital in New York cltyi also
the battle against cancer Is, being wageds,
LIN Philadelphia the American Oncologic I
Hospital, the only one for tho exclusive
treatment Of cancer In America, 4! began
its work under the direction OF Dr. g
Bottom Massey only few months !. ago !!
iphysicinns IRE VI at work upon research I
throughout the land. In New York Dr.
Robert u. Weir. professor OF surgery at
the Roosevelt II ospital; DR.. II. 8 CT Coe.
Dr.. William b. Coley, Or. George ..
shrndy and Dr., Henry P. LOOMS all 9au
thoritles--so farsFas authorities at pres
ent coupon cancer, are&busy III fi5b .. aS q.
In. Baltimore. NJ such eminent med deal
men as DR.. 1lllam S. Thaycr. pr. James
Bosley, 8 DR.. G. Hnmpsons Jones and DR.,
w. Chambers are devoting their atteii-s
ton to the disease Cornell University is
contributing the services OF Dr. 3 urtrann
IL Burton and Professor r. August lit
haus. 55 And these are only a few Of the
vast army engaged day by day.
Probably the leader In the research,
and surely the most successful up to date
is DIR. Roswell Park, head OF the Grat-
wick Laboratory, of Buffalo. N. In
der the direction Of DR.. Park, and In the
face Of almost ginsurmountable difficulties,
DR.. II. r. GAYLORD and Or. III Az !: loves
since 1893. $sif i3,j # # y. }S
Beginning with vegetable and the lower
animal life, cancer has been traced
steadily and unsweryingly by them Up to
man. Only a few weeks ago through
their efforts the first information as TO
what is really believed to be the cause
os the disease and Its Infection was nm
nounced. 1T is adue, the experts in Buff
falo assert to8none other than a wing
parasite which ives and thrives ~ the
human system, and which a serum VIII
destroy. $5 "a 5l W ALI
In tie experiments by which such en--
Tightening re<tllts were attained Z; prs l'i!
Gaylord and Cloves employc w Y.
mice 4. Through the courtesy OF y Prof,
Jensen, Of Copenhagen. two OF these ami
mails, Subjected with cancer. were obtained,
wi tf1y serum secured from Q th-
err, and Heretofore healthy, white mice
developed cancer \. They, In turn, y NJ
;duced 1t in still others, until q lliflclent
number for practical purposes were 4 q at
hand. .5S Hi Il 4 sl a s fa5535 D, sisi{
~ The cancer "a eveoped I'm mice, N !. i GRO
,scopic examination established, Is iden Is
tical with the cancer found IN MANN
task or isolating and proving he or
ganisnli which produced cancer IN *
mice was then begun. Under the 1nlcro
scope Of Dr.. Gaylord true : parasite s 4 at
last lay revealed. {Si5 Il III m 5sssS53
SB But the eXperimentsNs did nov; SSSS stlop
there. EIfinoculati ion from a mouse SUI 4
ferinp fros u cancer produces 81 nicer IN
another mouse wlly2:would not an an Il
toxic serum destroy that growth? }8S sure sure
enough. Ut would "a numberfBof lnocurS
lated mice were cured. 5}sS 53..$y Y, 5{
Is It was established also, B by the eSper!
sments that, while the germ OF cancer -
communicate by personal contact ylt Is IS
not 3transmlsslble through the air
Feeling assured that they are not only
able to produce CANCER but ! Q cure y as
vel. Dr.. Park and his associates propose
to begin as 500 n as posslple 1 ellrect OK
periments upon mi t85. ,5js, !, =,
While Dr. Park, Dr.%E Gaylord ana 4l1r.
cloves are doubtless the first to- establish
what is believed by so many to be the
,real cause OF cancer, and iproba bly, thc
first to produce an anti toXtc remedy, stn s,
nre not the first toaeffect II @ cure. IN lls
onrIv stages medical&men agree. some
varieties yield readily TO treatment. Ing
knife. the X-ray, the violet ray, Liquid
air and radum have u proved e1 ti cleht'
hut onlySto a limited degree. Moreover
the use OF any one In nlmost T any case case,
was more or less 10 Ian experiment. Ia
ero,ing IL the dark, SO to speak.
In spite OF the man genciess a READY ra4l,y
at work, the crusade gainst cancer IS
hardly yet5begun, In g few3years It WI.
have developed, scientlstsS say, TO g POM.
hardly at present bell az PIC # 3$$
STAUNTON, VA.