Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-17

were or opinion tndt cancer was pIac-
tically uncurable, that the work APP
peared involved IN lnsurmountable dim
cultlea. Three years ago, the imperi u
cancer research fund was started with
King Edward as patron, and the Prince
OF Wales as president. Among the vice
presidents and supporters OF the society
were Lord Lister. Lord Strathcona, ex-
Premier Balfour. Sir William Broad
bent. william Waldorf Astor, the late
Alfred Belt, Lord Rothschild, the Duke
OF Bedford, aud others Controlling
practically unlimited wealth, and with
such enormous influence behind them.
the cancer research investigators were
soon able TO report progress, Splendid
laboratories were fitted up and some OF
the ablest scientists OF the day were
permanently engaged IN the work un-
der the direct0rshlp OF Or. u. i. Bash
ford. physician who had devoted
years to experimental research.
FOUND RESULTS.
Or. Bashford had not long been en-
gagged In his Investigations before he
found that the best results were OBJ
tanned from mice and he began eNperi-
menting with those animals on scale
Unprecedented IN work Of this charac-
ter IL was not long before the whole
upper noors VI the great building were
converted INTO a mouseiary,' so 20
speak All the rooms IN the place con-
tain crates, barrels and huge cans fun
Of live mice. Even the passages between
the rooms, ana the Railways. are lined
with mouse holding receptacles Of yari-
Gus kinds. The majority Of the mice
are Gagged IN small. open-work boxes:
but the Wild field mice are housed at the
bottoms Of great ash-caus. These mice
are such high jumpers and so clever at
making their way out OF all ordinary
receptaclos, that IL has been found nee
essary 70 place them IN these deep
cans, where. under handful OF hay
placed IN the bottom, they may have
comparative freedom, until taken out
for operation,
on OPERATION TABLE.
The operating rooms OF the fund oc-
cupy several rooms joined together on
the top floor OF the building, Here yoe
may see mice every day stretched out
on the operating table undergoing varl-
GUS treatment connected with cancer
research. II cannot be said that the
work Is, particularly enjoyable but so
intent are the scientists on the objects
in view--the discovery Of the cause and
cure of terrible plague-that they
pursue their operations with method
ltdl ldch NL EtIlliiutNL tnHt even the
mice themselves could not fall to adj
mire If they knew what It was about
The first operation connected with
cancer work Is to implant In a healthy
mouse the living cells OF cancer This
Is usually done By hypodermic needle.
The mouse to be- treated Is seized by
the back Of the neck, and with a swift
movement, the experimenter gives him
an injection OF cancer. II does not
take very long, after the first injection,
for the cancer TO develop: and you see
thousands Of mice running about, each
one of which has a cancer more or less
pronounced. From time 10 time mice
with cancer are treated with certain
fluids, taken from the bodies Of other
inoculated mice, and occasionally, mice
with cencer actually recover. At other
times certain mice are Injected before
hand with these fluids. and then when
they are given the cancer injection. Il
has been found that the disease viii
not take root
PRoHIBITIvE SERUM
II is by the discovery Of some pro-
hibitive serum that the scientists hope
to achieve success. AS soon as some
body fluid Is found which will have the
same effect on cancer growth as anti |
toxin has on dlphtheria, the mastery Of
cancer will have proved an accom-
plished fact
speaking OF what has already been
done In the field OF cancer research, DR..
Bashford while showing me over the
laboratory, said: Recovery from ex-
detrimental cancer Is common. Growth
stops and tumors disappear BY fol-
lowing up Investigations indicated last
year, Il has been possible TO protect
mice from all the consequences of In |
oculating them with cancer. This has |
been done IN four different ways Pro- !
lection may be conferred In so high |
degree that whereas out of 100 ordinary |
mice, 30 develop tumors after inocu-
lation, In the protected mice no tumors |
mt all developed. The protecting infu-
ence acts by way OF the body fluids; |
and the body fluids Of some protected |
mice when injected into mice with ex-
perimental cancer, have retarded the !
growth OF well-developed tumors,"
STILL EXPERIMENTING.
When asked IL he was able to cure
cancer definitely. Dr. Bashford stated |
that the study OF the methods OF pro- |
lection were still In progress, and |
pointed out that all he had accom-
plished so far was 10 render healthy /
mice unsuitable for the growth OF ex-
perimental cancer.
1T Is not yet possible" continued the |
scientist, ito arrest tho progress OF the |
experimental tumors with certainty |
far less to effect the cure OF the dis |
ease occurring naturally in mice. While |
the results of our experiments contrast |
fovorably with the complete failure OF |
all the reputed empirical remedies for
warded to the laboratory TO he tested |
they require TO be carried much far |
Their before It can be ascertained II they |
VIII have a bearing on the treatment |
OF the disease In mankind"
CANCER UNIVERSAL.
II was long thought that cancer was
a disease peculiar 90 man; but It Is now /
proved that there is scarcely a verte-
brate animal without IL. Savage races |
were long supposed to be free from /
cancer Now, however, that trust /
worthy reports are being sent IN 20 the /
Imperial Cancer researchers, II Is 4
known that savage races. and indeed 4
all animals develop cancer quite as I
freely as people living under civilized 1
conditions one OF the first cases /
brought under Or. Bashf0rd's atten- |
zion WAS that OF a cancer In wild I
mouse: and malignant cancers have |
been found In birds, tame as well as /
wild. From trout In hatcheries. from 4
carp. and from marine fish living IN n |
state OF nature. cancers have been I
taken. Even an oyster has been found |
with a large caucclous tumOr. Dr. |
William McGregor found cancer In cod /
fish OFF the Newfoundland hanks, and |
even frogs have been discovered with |
It. Professor Welsh of sydney, re |
Gently found genuine cancer IN an old |
lloness, tigresS, and IN a kangaroo. |
All races OF mankind. IN fuct, and all |
yertebratos are liable to cancer. wheth- |
er under civilized conditions or not,
Besides the fact that animals and /
all men are subject to cancer II is sig |
nificant that the same kind OF cancer |
II found In men and animals. II Is be- 1
cause of this that SO much Is hoped |
from cancer research on mice II can /