New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-26
!qY AUTOS CAUSE CANCER
,,,ohoI and Meat Without Exer'
rise Are Also Blamed.
,Ie STRIDES IN DIAGNOSIS
:, knowledge OF It's Causes and
cure Has Been Gained,
However, by Doctors.

,-sinz 70 statistics compiled by the
- department. mortality from cancer
Is -itv has increased at a steady and
-scs for many years. IN 1909 there
* deaths from cancer In the greater
and in 1870 there We're $40 The same
--,,orate increase will be maintained
80 the present year. IL is believed.
80 accurate diagnosis has helped to
n ~ number Of cases Of cancer, the
.,,,al reason for the steady increase, IL
, aid Yesterday. was the abnormal use
'.,,oholic liquor and the consumption Of
=. without the necessary outdoor exer-
=, "a Offset the iil effects Of either. To-
- however. IS given secondary place.
.,-sne % officials Of the department
=, < the dav Of overeating and Of auto
-.srs rides. said one official. comment
- m the prevalence OF cancer to-day in
~ York. as well as in other parts Of the
.,,,rv. People eat too much meat. drink
!. much alcohol. and then try 70 exercise
: r.dirs lsisurely about in automobiles
rat however is poor exercise 10 offset
/ - effects a. overeating and overdrinking. e"
/ rsa 6epartmert statistics show thar can
| - Is PERHAPS the most fatal Of all mala-
AZ an one in which. despite the great
/ ,-ourt Of research work. the knife is the
i .-iv possible remedy. In the last ten years
/. vas SAID. great strides in diagnosing
n-,er had been made, but so far as a
| t-aulsdgs Of cure and causes was con-
,usd mere had been no progress made.
In me decennium Of 1S6S-'U there were
L Deaths 10 every 10000 in population. and
as deaths from cancer were reported
6rag that tine. IN the decennium Of
,E.-..7 the death rate was 81 in every
sos. and 22.64S persons in the greater
,,y died from the malady. showing an in
cease OF = per cent
IN years past" said an official Of the
| esrsrtnlent. there IS no doubt but that
| -snv persons died from cancer and were
,Yortsd TO have died from other causes
ssczase OF tie inability Of physicians to
6sgnose the cases. This was especially
TIE regarding intestinal cancer. Some
m-ss q person whose life was slowly ebb-
! =. away in the belief that there was a
,s1sral breaking up was. in fact. dying
tan an internal cancer. Remarkable ad-
gsacss have been made in diagnosing the
stsl maIady. and this. OF course. has tend
e 70 increase the number Of cancer cases
sn1 deaths
! Another interesting feature brought out
p the cancer statistics is that. whereas
tw-y-dye years was the average for per-
SITS In years past 10 sIccumb TO the dis
ssss Il has now advanced until it is fifty
a.
Of re ASS deaths from cancer in 1893
eiy s. were negroes and s Chinese. Last
/ ,ssr 8, negroes died If il and only / chi
rss4 ont Of the $40 deaths recorded.
Tobacco has been considered by many
is one II the prime causes for cancer.
I'D the department official 1T may cause
| ,zncer sometimes bur think the TOO free
zee Of alcohol and the use 70 an excess Of
nsar IS far more likely TO cause il. There
10 question ss 10 the deleterious effects
o. eating hig meals az all hours Of the
| night and drnkng alcoholic beverages IN
| proportion. but it IS In my opinion an
| invitation 70 cancer. This disease to-day
one which IS the subject OF research all
orsr ne world. And IT IS increasing