The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

thQh q I'M
cries have been Of
fered to explain it's cause, yet it
is admitted to-day by the high
est authority that c is in
durable; and though many cures
have been proposed, the only hope
is still the possibility of remov
ing it by operation, which, however,
often serves only to hasten the end.
Recent investigation into the effects,
hitherto not fully recognized, of disor-
ganized nutrition, resulting chiefly
from complex diet and ~overeating,
have led me to the conclusion
that cancer is due to abnormal cell
proiiferation resulting from those
causes and that, consequently, it
can be cured by restoring normal
Entrition-by a course of rigid diet
ing and by proper mental control
in harmony herewith, the mental
state now being understood to have a
very important bearing upon physical
conditions. Though this natural cure
has the virtue of simplicity and entire
freedom from risk, it is no less worthy
OF consideration than the now well
established treatment of consumption
by fresh air, scientific feeding, exer-
else and suggestion.
Plants and animals have an organ
lied growth, each organ bearing a GER
tain proportionate size and doing a
certain work in the social group. At
maturity growth ceases, but organic
tissue continues to be renewed by new
cells replacing the old. In cancer.
there is a diSorganization of this har-
monious growth and renewal. which
is dependent upon normal nutrition.
this term including not only the ap-
preparation OF food, but the elabora-
ton Of tissue, the elimination of waste
and the control Of all the processes by
mental states. A colony of stomach
cells. for instance, is established on
the liver, gradually e~ncroaching upon
hat organ until it seriously interferes
with Its functions and poisons the
blood by the secretion of abnormal
poisonous matter. Such a renegade
cell organization shows some capacity
for the function OF, in this case, the
stomach, s~ecreting a quasi-gastric
fluid; but the ANGER cell is irregular
in growth, irregular in function, irreg-
utar in nutrition.
II the cancerous tumor be excised
scattering cells may migrate and. es-
tablishing themselves elsewhere. grow
more rapidly than before, or, some re-
manning in the same location. renew
the growth-if indeed the growth is
not too far developed when explored
by the surgeon. to allow of removal.
What is the origin of this growth?
DISCRIMINATION, surely; loss in
some degree Of the normal proc
of nutrition. And careful
inquiry into the nature OF nutrition
has shown that Reorganization is in.
duced by abnormal complexity of diet.
the eating of many different foods at
the same meal, each having it's own
requirement for elaboration into cell
tissue; emphasized by excessive eat
ing and abnormal mental states, espe-
cially after middle life, when the re.
quirement for food is reduced with.
out reduction in the supply. as is com.
mon in prosperous America, England.
France and Germany, more particular.
iy, where cancer is very common and
increasing among the well-to-do.
Statistics show that one Of eyery
eight above the age of "a. and
one Of every IA men, in America. die
of cancer; and these not, as in the
case of tuberculosis, chiefly from the
lower classes, but of the flower of the
race; not so largely from the slum
districts of New York, where con
sumption reaps it's largest harvest. as
from Fifth avenue and Brooklyn. No
class is immune from cancer, but it's
largest roll of victims is made up from
our most intelligent and highly cult
waited men and women, from refined
society women and the most valued
professional and business men. Re.
Gently an eminent surgeon, DR.. VIII
liam T. Bull of New York, himself a
specialist in the removal of %cancerous
tumors, was taken; also Father Cor
ham, the Irish-American orator priest.
Edward H. Hartman has been cut off
in his prime, and the loss of one of the
nations presidents from this cause
comes to mind. In view of these
facts it may be said that cancer is. the
direst blight of humanity and every
new prospect of the discovery Of its
real nature, it's cause, and consequent
Nv its cure. is profoundly alluring.
The late eminent DR.. Nicholas Sem
twice circled the globe on this great
auest-a search far more important
than for the location of the north
pole. After visiting all classes of nan
Kind. from the Greenlander. subsisting
on blubber. to the lowest tribes in Az