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Has DR.. Hodenpyl Discovered Ma
lures Remedy?
Tniects Body Fluid from n Patient who
Had Made a Natural Recovery of
Cancer Of the Brcast and Of the
Liver.

gently sought the cause OF such self
cures. They had hoped thus to find ma
! lures cure for cancer. The dissection
or cancers has shown at times that very
many cancer cells that once apparently
had been active had healed. Nature evil
IDENTIFY In these cases had attempted TO
cure the disease itself, says the New
York Sun
| case of nature cure came under the
attention Of DR.. Eugene IIodenpyl. the
| pathologfst of the Roosevelt hospital.
IL was that of woman who after three
| operations for cancer OF the breast had
developed malignant cancer Of the liver
| to such an extent that her death seemed
| imminent. Suddenly something happen
ed and she gradually became we'll, the
malignant generous growth having en-
tlrely disappeared.
Th-re developed however. = dropslcal
condition which required n constant
removal Of accumulated fluid With this
fluid Dr. Hodenpy, began experiments.
and in the current number OF the Medical
| Record he describes the results.
In nearly every case where this fluid
was injected into malignant cancer there
was beneficial result The tumors re-
ly. and many patients were sent away
apparently cured.
Dr. Hodenpyls article in ,he Medical
| Record is as follows
About four years ago the writer be-
came interested in a case of carcinoma
of the breast in woman then 8. years
of age. The clinical history and the NOR
phology of ,he tumor were typical of a
| In
spite of radical operation multiple recurr-
ences appeared In the neck and in the
primary scar. After the thorough re-
nnoval of these secondary growths APP
peared which were morphologically typ
zeal OF rapidly growing carcinoma. Still
other tumors developed in the neck and
breast, which, owing to local complica-
tons and the facilitated condition of the
patient, were not removed. Later large
tumors developed in the liver which near
~ filled the abdominal cavity followed by
the occurrence of excessive chyliform
asctes. The prognosis was unqualified
~ bad and the PATIENTS death seemed
imminent.
But nevertheless the tumors In the
neck and breast gradually dwndled and
disappeared. The abdominal tumors
gradually grew smaller and became I'M
perceptible. while the liver became
smoother and smaller. At length about
four years after the first operation the
liver is approximately normal in size
and position. With the exception of the
scars and decreasing emaciaton and eX-
treme chyiform ascites requiring fire.
quent tapping there is now no indication
of the original disorder.
In his deliberations upon this rare case
Of recovery from extensive carcinoma,
with residual chylform ascites, the
writer was led to weigh the possibility
so often discussed. especially In con-
nection with experimental tumors in
mice. of the development by the patient
of some sort of antlbody inimical TO tho
progressive growth ana persistence of
the tumor cells. The alternative hypo-
thesis which seemed plausible, was that
in the processes of tumor tissue forma-
ton in the abdomen some physical or
J physiological disturbance of organic or
internal secretions might have occurred,
leading to the accumulation or forma-
ton of substances antagonistic to tumor
cell growth or existence.
The ascitic fluid having been freely
placed at the writer's disposal to test
these theoretical conceptions. series
OF mice. which had developed tumors
after the implanting of some of the well
known strains of mouse cancer cells,
were injected with varying amounts of
the ascitic fluid. These injections Were
made near the tumors, into The tumors
and into the body at large The effect
of these injections in brief was TO lead
to marked necrosis of the tumors, To n
noteworthy diminu,ion in their size OF
to their complete disappearance.
( After eXperimental tests of the harm
lessness of the fluid, first in animals, ther
in human beings: injections of the fluid
in cases of carcinoma OF various types
in man were undertaken. These injec-
lions have been made in small Quantities
near or directly into the tuinors or ir
large quantities into the veins. The gen
eral effect of these injections In mar
, has been nearly uniformly to induce q
temporary local redness tenderness anc
swelling about the tumors, which soor
, subsde. Then occur softennS ana ne
I crosis of the tumor tissue, which is nov
absorbed or discharged externally witt
! the subsequent formation of more Of
, less connective tissue. In all cases tbs
tumors have grown smaller, in some the,
have disappeared altogether. In no in
, stance has any tissue in the body othe,
a than the tumor shown the least reac
ton after the injections, nor have any
, systemic effects been manifest ever
= after large venous infusions.
The greater number of the forty-sevel
A | cases thus far treated were distinct,
g unfavorabe many OF them hopeless an,
honorable Many OF the cases are still
4 under observation by the writer or b!
( other hyscans in and out Of New
I York.
n The records of the cases treated, th
e technique employed and the results oh
= tanned will be placed at the service u
n the medical profession as soon rs tim
= permits. together with the results of var
ious control experiments which are nov
in hand under the direction or with tn
| concurrence of the writer. In the mean
time this preliminary communication /
made FIRST, in order that the attention o
i the profession may be called to the posi-
| BILE Significance OF body fluids from IN
, | rare cases of those who have recovere,
I or are recovering from carcinoma; gee
l. ond. to correct the false impressions
t which may have been conveyed by tn,
n premature and unauthorized news item,
:, | In the daily press and finally. to secur
= an opportunity to remind physicians
practically interested IN this study tina
Q the urgency for this treatment OF hope
less inoperahle cases is hardly lust either