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CURE FOR CANCER.
SAID TO HAVE MET WITH MUCH
SUCCESS IN ENGLAND.

Curos Alleged 70 Have been Effected After
All Hope OF Recovery Had Been AbaD-
donod-Tne Violet Described ~ an
Anodyno 40 Wen ~ . Remedy
In the summer Of 1901; says q writer In
the WsstminstsY Rsristo, Lady Margaret
Marsham was sinking from q serious anec-
ton Of the throat which nc treatment re-
loved and which her physicians diagnosed
as cancer. Aspeci&list removed part OF the
growth and the experts at the Clinical
Research Association, TO whom It was sub
mitted for analysis, pronounced It TO be
without doubt cancer.
All hope Of recovery had been abandoned,
swallowing being impossible. A friend
proposed an application Of hot infusion OF
green violet leaves, not with any d OF
curing, but 10 relieve the pain. The pa
tent reluctantly consented, and the relief
wal sufficient to induce a continuance
Within a fortnight from the commencement
Of the treatment every trace Of b swelling
had disappeared.
This remarkable case Of recovery by their
use drew public attention to violet leaves
as OF possible value In the treatment OF
cancer. In the spring Of this year this
WAB TBVIV0I ny NAI0 PublbOosASA 49, SAO AO"S
papers OF a case reported In the Lancet OF
March IS by DIR. william Gordon, physician
to the Devon and Exeter Hospital.
In this case q man aged So had consulted
DIR. Gordon on November 8, 1904, FOR a very
painful and serious affection Of the tongue
which had been developing for the last
six months, Inc which DR.. Gordon and four
surgeons, all men well qualified to judge,
from their extensive experience In con-
suIting work, pronounced to be cancer.
Immediate and extensive operation was
recommended.
This the patient refused and treated him
self at home by taking and applying fresh
infusion Of violet leaves. On January Is,
1905, he was so much better that htS en-
ployers sent him to DR.. Gordon to show
himself. Almost all the symptoms had dis
appeared and he had gained two stone o u
pounds In weight. On February 10 but
little remained Of the deep, ragged, in
durated ulcer except a hard scar.
Personally said DR.. Gordon, 4 I'M now
advising the trial Of this violet treatment
In all oases Of undoubted cancer which are
i~noperable.'
Perhaps tho most remarkable property
Of violet leaves 10 the anodyne action they
exert In cases OF cancer. So great Is this
a., apart from any question OF cure, TO more
than justify their employment an the most
valuable txsatm0nt at present Known for
cancer.
bsr of cases In which the violet treatment
was employed with results which, according
to the reports, were quite extraordinary.
In view Of the painful increase Of cancer
he continues, and the fact that the medical
faculty has nothing but operation to offer,
the foregoing cases constitute q consensus
of strong evidence that the violet treatment
Is Of more value than any at present sm-
ployed In the disease.
sThat the absolute cures A. yet recorded
arc few is no serious impeachment Of Is
value, for, as an experienced doctor re-
marked TO me, patients are so afraid Of
being told that their symptoms are oancer
that they often delay seeking medical
advice until they Arc practically past help.
Further, the violet treatment II mild
and slow In action, and In all recorded cases
cure has resulted from It's unrernitttng and
continued use. Not only do atients try,
It In q ntful and half hearted manner, but
Uhey seldom resort to IL to even that extent
until every other resouroe q failed them,
and they are almost IN sztTeruts.
Moreover, the local symptoms Of cancsr
do not appear until the morbid causes Of
which they are tho index have reached
such q serious stage that it is difficult TO
arrest them and bring the constitution
back into a healthy orbit.
IF, then, tho violet leaf treatment can
effect so much in the relief and cure Of
cancer under the unfavorable and Irregular
conditions above de scribed, It Is legitimate
to infer that under reverse conditions such
90 In regular and persistent use In tho