The Marshall republican., 1906-11-16
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Home Health
i Club
D. DAVID Z /! , ssss.: H. r. D.. ND
CANCER.

bftEhoI ShNN1HH
I have had a number Of letters re-
,ently. asking me to again give In
tructims for the home treatment OF
zinceroAis swellings Of the breast.
One pot,r woman writes "A most heart
ending letter, telling Of having passed
through "A severe surgical operation
after q most careful diagnosis made
by threp eminent physicians In New
York and Boston. After the operation
was over, however. the surgeon in-
tormei her that II had all been q mis-
iake-.tbero was no cancer, simply "a
, cyst. which ~ very common.
Breasa cancer liz one Of the most Sc
we're Affections TO which suffering hui
manliy IA subject. Any real remedy for
IL may be- highly valued; but, probably,
that which is most important In the
way pr making n good use OF n remedy
liz int diligence in reference to the trou-
HE Itself. IL Is quite common that In
the breasts OF women there frequently
lppa,r small swcllings that can be felt
Ia IL, about the slze OF pigeons eggs,
mr. Ans, and that cause no %inconvon-
lcnca These come and 80 often with
,ut attracting any attention: hut they
soincIlmes come and do not go I'LL they
have attracted notice. II tho patient
has had a sharp blow. and sometimes
Ifter, one Of these ~egg-shapcd SWELL
lngs " felt In the breast. II viii not
! then be likely to 20 away without
some effort to cause II to do no. Such
'lumps," as they may be called, AFRO
most easily dispeiled In their c1rly
stages. all that IL needed IN u long
| affecti, heating and massage OF the
breast. and all IN made perfectly right
md wall Ia an hour or 81. Such SWELL
lngs ssquontly disappear with only
! one-hah hours treatment. The breast
IL place over n basin OF warm water,
m warm, as In very comfortable. This
water IL laved on the breast. the heat
being kept mp with fresh supplies Of
water. for TNrhaps ten minutes or n
, luartor az an hour. Then warm olive
| 1il may Do rubbed on. and tho breast
| gently pressed and manipulated W M
TO stimulate vital action In us whole
substance. When this IL done for. say.
Ave minutes, the bathing should bc re-
mmei for ten minutes or so. and then
the rabbing on of oil again. But II
must be understood this IL only when
The Jumps Ia the breast are In their
early stages. The hot treatment will
not do when they have got beyond such
stages. My object In this paper Is
chiefly TO treat OF them when they
have gotten beyond the'tlme when hot
treatment will do. When such tumors,
,r swellings. have begun 10 grow. as "
separate growths In the breast, heat
will only hasten that growth. II ~
usually long after this has taken place
that remedial help Is sought. Months
after II is too late TO use warm treat
ment one Is asked what IN to be done
with a breast that has got all wrong.
md In under the dominion OF "a dis
,ased substance that Is growing within
M? Now Is the time when an inferior
medical man advises that the breast
De taken of. The physician who
knows and feels for his fellow crea-
lures advises that no cutting should be
allowed. nor any n thing that can
Ilrritate at all. Here Is the point at
which | usually find myself called TO
J say what should be done. But there
is another point of a similar character
) it which l am also frequently called
20 advise. That Is when the breast
, has been cut on. and the evil growth
has begun to show itself again. This
occurs usually In a year or 30 after the
,n GRAFTON. Whether II is at one or the
,thSr OF these times. there IN n OBJ
gious remedy. IL In that OF simply
,tarvinh the diseased growth no as 10
arrest Il. Now this may be o~ffectuaily
lone, and the sorely tried patient ma
be- saved n world OF pain and ever
.ured effectua!ly. More than one APP
parently desperate case has been pre-
I,ented In which effective cooling ac-
s,mplishes this. and secures the pa
liant unspeakable precious rest with
,ut narcotics. But this IL not all, n
puts an effectunl stop to the swelling,
n the case has not gone very far. but
/, is still one of n very formidable char
: lcter, the swelling falls. and wen dis,
appears: but even when It has gone toe
i TAR for this. the disease Is stayed and
svery symptom OF II Is iessened, Al
/ wolling but the actual separate arovtt
. removed. For instance, when .ths
swelling has passed from the breast
INTO the arm--it. II IL diapelet ent