Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-21
Or. G. II. A. Cloves Experiments
in Interesting Field
for Research.
SOME or his INVESTIGATIONS
Believed That There Exist Certain I'M
mune Forces Ansasonistic to the
MaIady-EHeet of Serum on Tum.
ors-many Authentic Cases of Re
covcry.
coVcry.

There do exist Immune forces nntaE-
onist'c tc the development: of cancer.
A short limo ago DR.. G.. II. ~. Gloves
Of the Gratwick research laboratory
paid Il visit to the Johns Hopkins Hos
pital. While nj the hospital lie spoke
of Investigations which he and DR..
r.. II. Gaylord and MIR. F. w. Bacsiack
have been and are still conducting re-
sarding an immune body capable of in
hibiting the development OF cancer in
mice. Cancer forms the subject of
searching investigation In every medt-
cal laboratory of Importance In the
whole world. So little Is really known
about It and about its cure-if any
there bc-that it presents m inviting
field for ambitious scientists.
There Have Been R%ecoverles.
There have beer reported in medical
literature II considerable number OF
authentic cases of reclvery from, can
Ger In human beings, but no attempt
has apparently been made to test the
effect excrtcd by the serum of such
recovered cases upon tumors CT like
nature in other individuals. The re.
suit of such tests as this will be. It.
is hoped. an immune serum to cure
cancer.
DIR. Cloves and his associates at
Ipt Wi.I; arn workiuu vrftI,N nj, aJa,5
by means of experiments upon mice.
liz has s.cn The effect OF the serum
of those mice which recovered upon
rapidly developing tumors in other
mice. This Is but preliminary. how.
ever. to what more advanced expert
ments upon mice, and then expert
mcnts npon human beings. are expect
cd to reveal. DR.. Cloves mentioned
some Of the results he has obtained az
follows:
Effect of Serum on Tumors.
a marked effect was eXerted by tho
immune serum on small minors, three
of which about the size Of peas dis.
appeared in four or five days. A large
tumur about The size OF Il cherry treat
cd in the same manner diminished
considerably in size. became harder
and remained stationary in It's develop-
lnent, was removed successfully by
operation and has net required. A.
still larger tumor was retarded in It's
development. reduced slightly In sizs
and eventually n half removed by
operation. the rcmainer being left fer
further developments. OF experiments
on 90 mice only one did not show
some effect which might he attributed
To the serum. Two mice with cancer
were treated. one with the serum OF a
normal mouse that had heen cured OF
tun.or. The mouse treated with nor.
nal serum died. but The second one
is Sill living. The tuner is rapidly lis
appearing and its development has
been checked. s5
An interesting discovery was made
when the X-ray was used In trenting
nice ltIn,Ors DR.. Cloves used Array
because ne lad not radium uf sufl-
cirnt activity al hand. He found thar
The serum of nice cured Of tumprs
by the N-ray had no apprcciable Of
feet upon other unlors The X-ray
appeared To destroy the immune Prop.
erty of the serum.
1T Is to be hoped" said DR.. Cloves.
that work of a similar nature may
eventually lead to The discovery Of n
means OF treating human cancer. Tho
point upon which we would lay spe-
cial stress is the evidence afforded by
these experiments of the existence OF
inmln forces antagcnis,ic to The de-
yelopment of Observation-Disclosures
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