Evening star., 1912-09-15
Points the Way
to Cancer Cure

to Cancer Cure. ran, ,,,n,ors h1- cer.
that his Investigations tend to lay the
foundation for discovery of the cause
of cancer. and that they will point the
way toward a cure for this terrible
malady.
\ number of authorities will discuss the
theory and mode of transmission of what
Is popularity known as 'infantle paraly-
sis j. has been demonstrated that GER
tair sanitary measures may put an end
10 epidemics of meningitis, and number
Of authorities will lay before the con-
gress the results Of their studies in this
direction.
The germs of typhoid fever will claim
the attention of one session of the first
section Of, the congress, while the differ
ent kinds of preparations for growing
germs in the laboratory will be taken up
during one afternoon.
The hygiene of diet will command the
attention of another section of the con-
gress. In these days of the high cost of
living the matter of knowing just what
kinds of food will give the maximum re-
suits for minimum cost is an important
one. The hygienists of the world have
been studying carefully the influence of
foofstuffs upon heat production and the
building tissues. While the work of the
men who will address the congress upon
these questions does not seem to the lay
man to have so practical an application
as this, yet they are hoping that out of
them will come great lessons which will
bring about great changes in the ma
1ional diet. The cost and nutritive value
of foods. the choice of foodstuffs i'm re-
1ation to disease and the influence of the
preparation of food upon its nutritive
value are among the dozens of subjects
which viii be- considered by this section
Of the congress. The hygiene of ventila-
tion and exercise viii occupy the atten-
tion of a large number OF specialists from
all over the world.
Infant. childhood and school hygiene
will get the entire attention OF one Of the
eight sections of
School Hygiene congress, How to
To Be Exploited. lar lar r.'', ,or Guy IL, ua- ,s
subject Of an address by d German au-
thority. Willie three French doctors
viii present the result Of efforts
IN France t" prevent tuberculosis
among children. Miss Ellen Babbott
OF the Russell Sage Foundation will
tell the congress what has been done
by some of the leading American cities
In the conservation of infant life More
children i'll the United States die between
birth and the age of two years than
adults between the ages of twenty and
fifty. a baby-sayinS show was held in
Philadelphia this year, and a discussion
OF that novel position will be feature
OF the program of this section Of the con-
gress School building and the care of
school children will receive much atten-
tion.
one Of the problems Of the country TO-
day is the constantly increasing number
of feeblemirded people. In no other
way may one get better idea of the
strenuousness OF our present mode of liv-
ing than through an investigation of the
statistics of the feeble minded. So alarm
ing has been the development I'm this di-
rection that national committee on men
1al hygiene has been established and is
laboring In the direction of preventing
feeble mindedness Dr Thomas - Sal
Jnon and DIR. Henry ~ Goddard will tell
Ihe congress what are preventaSle causes
of mental diseases and how to pr.ven:
feeble mindcdness.
Another section of the congress will
bc devoted TO the hygiene or occupa-
lions. Something will he heard about
the deieterious effect If unnecessary
noise which prevails in every city. while
the government study Of occupational
hygiene Will he advocated by a number
of speakers. The measurement OF the
hedlthfulneSs OF various occupations will
Se advocated by a number Of speakers
and statistical evidences of the effect
or intemperance upon mortality will be
discussed by DIR. Bertillon of Paris The
big insurance companies of the United
States long since have arrived at the
conclusion that liquor drinking tends
10 increase mortality and danger from
accidents. and the editor of the Amer
5can Underwater will tell of the results
of "a recent investigation of the relation
Of alcohol to death by the various
diseases He will show that the man
who drinks stands greater chance of
falling victim to disease and accident
than the man who Is a practical tee
totaler."