Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-08


DIX. PERRY NICHOLS s~ANAToRIUM, HOT
SPRINGS SOUTH DAKOTA.
mystery, that a method of treatment
has been discovered by which it can
be utterly destroyed is the most sig.
nificant fact in therapeutics since the
discovery of the circulation of the
blood. We have now for the first time
in the history of clinics a few young
scholarly physicians Of genius who,
having the confidence OF a righteous
cause and the ability to advance it
rightly, believe the future belongs to
them. 1t required courage to announce
the fact of having the ability to treat
Carcinoma. The schools denied the
possibility of cure and held up the an
nouncement to ridicule. Nearly all the
regular physicians and surgeons treat
ed Carcinoma specialists with on
tempt. One very prominent specialist
In another line of surgery declared that
cancer specialists cured twenty PEI
cent of their cases because twenty per
cent were not cancer" Now we want to
quote from a surgeon who was Pro-
lessor of Surgery in Rush Medical Col
lege, Professor of Surgery in Chicago
Polytechnic, Attending Surgeon in Pres
byterian Hospital, Chicago, Surgeon in
Chief to st. Joseph's Hospital, Chicago,
and author of the great work, "Pathol-
cgy and Surgical Treatment of Tu-
mnrS" nr N Sam M n ph n H.
D., Of Chicago, Illinois. On page 21S
of his Pathology We find these words
IN italics: "Every Carcinoma has a
benign ~(curabze) PERIOD Again on
page 266: every modern writer on
Carcinoma insists upon the importance
OF carly operative treatment. Carol
mona is no longer regarded as a con
stitutiona1 or blood disease. 1t has a
benign (curdble) stage during 1ohich it
resembles benign %epitheliaz tumors,
and it is amenable to successful treat
ment by thorough removal"
Now whose opinion shall we take?
The opinion of the surgeon who
makes no attempt to treat the disease?
or shall we believe the statement OF
that surgeon who stands at the head
of the worlds great Psychologists and
is SO recognized by every great school
of medicine and surgery on the planet?
We believe an intelligent public will
accept the statement of DR.. Sem.
What causes the enmity to Cancer
Specialists? Ignorance.
The arguments against the Cancer
Specialists have been like the slides
In a magic lantern. The first stereo-
typed objection was that Cancer was
lncurable by any process whatever,
hence the Cancer Specialist was 4
fake. In reply to this statement it is
sufficient to say that the objection can
not be stated in the presence Of any
well informed modern pathologist.
The second objection was that Can
GER specialism was contrary to the code
Of ethics of the profession. In answer
to that argument it is entirely compe-
tent to state that nearly every great
discovery in clinics is being made by
specialists and that every disease AMI
eUeTy Kind of surgery is being treat
ed by specialists. The noted person
ages in science, arts, philosophy, aad
finance and the great Captains Of In
dustry seek the services Of specialists.
The third argument was that Cancer
SPECIALISTS were ignorant quacks. In
answer to that statement will say that
no branch of therapeutics or clinics
can name as its representatives any
higher scholarship and professional
ability than are found among some
Cancer Specialists. The day when Inc
Cancer Specialist can be disposed OF
with a sheer has passed with the day
that held the tuberculosis specialist in
contempt. There are thousands of per-
Sons In the various walks of life from
the daily laborer to the capitalist who
can testify IL the fact that Carcinoma
has been cured in their individual
cases. That there was a time when
there were a great many cancer
specialists who were not physicians
and were ignorant of the remedies
for common diseases, and that
there are such to-day is unques-
tionably true, but that there are
now learned and able physicians and
surgeons who make a speciality of can
GER is equally true. That there are al,
army of ignorant, incompetent. ire
spOnsible quacks in the regular prac-
tice OF medicine and who are carrying
diplomas from regular medical schools,
no well-informed person will deny, but
that there are grand scholarly, good
men also in the profession who are
blessing humanity and are an honor
to the profession all will admit. The
great DR.. Sem Of Chicago, on page
26S of his Pathology, says: Peym0-
aent results DiH toLo,o the operative
treatment of Carcinoma u the opera.
ton u performed before regional
affection has occurred. Every case
g external cancer coa - cWS6 u