The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-09

iiHu al dHIltOxln Cndt, at the last
moment, will save from the terri
BILE disease their fellow expert, DR..
VIM. T. Bull?
The world can only wait and
look on at the noblest, most thrill
ing hand-to-hand fight with death
that science has ever waged.
In an old colonial cottage in the
suburbs of Savannah, Ca, this
astounding fight is to be waged.
He saved others: Himself He
cannot save" they said truly of
Christ. 1t has been true of 9TH
ers of the worlds heroes. Is it
true of the great New York ply
stefan?
Civilization was shocked, many
months ago, that DR.. VIM. r. Bull,
the foremost cancer expert in the
world, was himself victim of the
disease. Many times this man has
stepped almost over the brink of
death to bring back to safety some
victim of cancer. His knife knew
no fear; his nerves knew never a
tremor; his wit and resources
were as great as those of Napo-
leon. Blocked at one turn in his
fight against cancer, 1t was said of
him that he always found another
way to fight.
The first cancer was small. It
was on the gums. If DR.. Bulls
discovery of his own danger
shocked him, no one ever knew it..
There was hope, at first. The
small cancer was not dangerous,
If it didn't spread. But one morn
ing, In his home In New York, he
noticed strange soreness of the
throat.
1t was his old enemy again.
That forenoon he coolly talked
the matter over with another
great fighter of cancer.
Between them they discovered
that to cut out the new outbreak
of cancer would mean death. It
was beyond the knife. $3.50 =
But DR.. Bull didn't give up his
fight. There were cancer patients
under. him who. needed treatment
and sympathy.
Doomed himself, he smiled:
marked by death, he carried cheer
into the rooms of sufferers.
The swelling on his throat
grew. At last the disease brought
him down. To his bedside came
the other heroes of the grim can
Ger fight.
They determined to fight for
their fellow soldiers life unto the
last ditch.
Two months ago the doctor
was removed from his home to
the Plaza hotel. Here the other
doctors were able to spend much
time with him.
At the laboratories of Cornell
college an eminent. chemist pre-
pared a new antitoxin, in accord
ance with the latest theory of
cancer cure. They had little
hope in 1t. But it was the best
they could do.
Day after day they admins
tered the antitoxin. The world
wanted to know about their
fight. They issued daily bulle-
tins. They were always careful
to say that there was no hopesfor
DR.. Bull.
But DIR. Bull didn't die. The
newspaper began to wonder why.
They asked. The grim fighters
didn't explain. They asked again.
DO you mean to say there is any
hope for him?" they demanded.
The doctors smiled sadly and said
mo"
Presently the story of the new
became public.
The doctors admitted they had
been using 1t.
eve didn't tell about it be-
cause we didn't want to raise any
false hopes in the minds of hum
dreds of cancer sufferers" ex-
planned one of them.
"But will it cure? Is there any
hope?" one of them was asked.
1--WE cannot hope. We can only
fight our hardest" he replied.
Honors and tributes poured
into the sick room from the out
side world. 1t was even reported
that the great Calve went to his
bedside to sing, and that when
the once big, happy, jolly, hope
full cancer fighter asked for rag
time. the beautiful singer, with
tears in her eyes, sang, "The
Sweetest Girl in Dixie" Mrs. Bull
was southern girl, and DR.. Bull
was delighted.
One day the doctor insisted on
leaving his bed and going to the
roof of the Plaza. His nerve and
vivacity astonished even his
friends.
The newspapers wanted to know
whether the antitoxin was respon-
sible for the Improvement.
The brave doctors wouldn't au-
swer.
But more and more DR.. Bull
moved about. He began to take an
Interest in the outside world
again.
He grew SO energetic that he
suddenly demanded that he be
taken to the south, where he could
have warm, fresh air, outdoors.
Again the doctors were astonished.
A New York newspaper came
out with a story that the Chris
tan Scientists were responsible
FOR DR.. Bulls Improvement.
With commendable promptness
and honesty the authorities Of that