The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-06

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gist of the Bureau of Plant Industry
OF the Department Of Agriculture.
For seven years DR.. Smith has held
to his theory and now he says he has
proved that plant cancers-or tum.
ors-are due to germs, and he claims
that there Is not the slightest doubt
but that human cancers are due to the
same cause.
Physicians" said DR.. Smith, today,
claim that cancer Is not germ dis.
ease simply because they have never
been able to. find the germ, but
have proved conclusiyely that plant
tumors-which are nothing more than
cancers in the vegetable world-are
due to a parasite, despite the fact that
| have never seen or found the organ.
ism. But by thousands of experiments
and years Of patient work have
found that 1t is SO, and everyone who
has studied the vegetable and animal
world knows that a similarity there is
between the plant tumor and the hu.
man cancer.
Therefore, having proven the one
to be due to a germ cannot see that
there Is the shadow OF doubt but
that the other is Also"
To Educate Miners.
In an effort to educate the miners
and mine owners throughout the
country in preventive methods against
explosions and other disasters, the
Bureau Of Mines has arranged for a
National Miners life Saving Demon
stration, to be held at Arsenal aPrk,
Pittsbufg, Pa, on september 16.
This demonstration will be the
most unique exhibit OF its kind ever
held in this country. The Bureau ex.
poets that 10000 and 10000 miners
viii attend and that coal companies
Will send their trained first aid and
rescue corps to participate. Among
the speakers will be President Taft,
Secretary of the Interior Fisher and DR..
Joseph A. Holmes, director OF the
Bureau.
Arsenal aPrk Is the site OF the test
Ing station Of the Bureau of Mines.
The first aid to the injured work will
be one OF the features Of the day.
The teams from the various coal
mines will not compete but will give
exhibitions OF their skill in bringing
Injured miners from the mines and
binding their wounds.
n addition to this work the miners
will witness gas and coal-dust explos-
ions in miniature which win be staged
IN the great explosives gallery4of the
Bureau. In Arsenal Park there will
also be an explosive. gallery which
will resemble a coal mine. This
Will be placed at the bottom OF a nat.
ural' amphltheater where the exper-
lments can be watched by thousands
Of miners.
Gas explosions will take place In
this play mine: miners will be en-.
tombed and .one OF the Government
Rescue Corps in oxygen helmets will
enter and Save" the men. One side
Of the miniature mine will be open
throughout Its entire length so that
the onlookers may witness everything
that happens In an underground hor-
ror, except the loss OF life. The fam.
Gus oxygen helmets which have saw
ed many lives since their adoption by
the Bureau will also be on exhibition.
I Is the opinion Of the Bureau that
this demonstration will be of great
practical benefit.
Sale Of Patent, Medicines.
A brand new campaign against the
manufacture and sale Of patent med
iclnes Is being planned by DR.. Har.
yey W. Wiley, chief Of the Bureau OF
Chemistry,
ut is my firm belief" said the wat
6hdog OF the public health today"
taht many thousands OF American are
now suffering from 'inCurable' diseases
who might have been healthy and they
used tile proper medicines when the
disease was in its infancy. But they.
relied on the advice OF quacks and
consumed large quantities of nostrums
which, while they might not have
harmed them, still did them no good
At all.
: u consider that patent medicines
are the curse OF this country and II
am going to take the matter up with
Congress In an effort to effect the
passage OF a bill which will provide
that all manufacturers OF patent drugs
must have a pharmacists certificate
and that all persons who sell or pre-
scribe those must be possessed OF al
Doctors degree valid In the place
where they operate. ! thing that this
viii put an end to the Illicit business
Of promiscuous patent medicine SELF
jlSSald save many thousands OF per.
sons from becoming slaves to the shab
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