The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-12
Moscow Professor
Announces A New
Cure For Cancer
II ARCADE

ST. Petersburg, March PA radical
cure for cancer is announced to have
been discovered by Assistant Profess
sor Won Stein of Moscow Universi ty.
The Cancer Institute. of Moscow.
founded by the millionaire cotton man
ufacturer Morozoff, has passed favor
ably upon it and has introduced it in
it's clinic.
The chief Of the institute, Assistant
Professor Zykoff, read paper before
the surgical congress in Moscow this
year stating that cancer tumors all
ways yield an alkaline reaction,
whereas sarcoma tumors yield an acid
reaction, This idea set DR.. Won Stein
thinking that the logical treatment Of
cancer would consist in the oxidation
Of the stricken tissues, and for sar-
coma in their alkalization
In going over the acids in search
of one suitable for such treatment
he settled upon a derivative of gallo
acid, namely pirogall, discovered in
1858 and now used as depfetory me-
dunn in the treatment Of all sorts of
skin diseases. PirogaIl is obtained
bonic acid from it. PiraIoxin. the
compound used. is very cheap-a
quarter cent per gram-but is produc-
ed in only two places In Europe.
DIR. Won Stein is somewhat annoyed
at the early publicity which has inju-
his report had been intended strictly
for a scientific body in Moscow. Tests
Of the cure are as yet far from COM
rlete. Such facts as may be con-
sidered established are the following:
The application Of piraloxin causes
itial stages, to be quickly dried UP
and in some cases to disappear with
out a trace. In other cases the tu-
mors become Softened, the ulcers be-
gin to cicatrize and epidermis COM
mences to form. A sharp improve
ment is remarked in the patients feel
ings; those suffering from cancer in
the throat, who are sometimes on the
verge of suffocation, not only begin to
breathe freely, but their voices grad
ually come back to them, symptoms
of metatasis disappear, the character
istic cancerous color of the skin COM
mences to become pink; so much has
been observed during the fortnight
since this treatment was introduced at
the MOrOZOf clinic.
The adjustment of the dose is now
being carefully studied in view of some
poisonous properties Of piroeall. Two
to four declines (decigrammes) are CIV
en- two or three times a day. Sub
cutaneous Injections have shown
stronger action in experiments with
rabbits. The internal dose Is so eff
fective. however, that it Is sometimes
followed by temporary swelling.
di1ation of the generous tissue with
blood, but this condition is a passing
one.
Tt is supposed that under the influ-
ence of pira]oxin the cancer tunor be-
comes enveloped in a coating Of spe-
cial matter which cuts 1t off from nu-
triton.
Piraloxin is ON trial upon cancer pa
tients also at the Ear, Nose and
Throat Hospital in Moscow. built by
Nine. Bazanoff at a cost Of $325.000.
Promising experiments are also being
made with 1t upon consumptive pa
tents. One feature which is now be-
ing studied by the discoverer is to
trace the course of the an1fnes which
are liberated through the deoxidating
action of the remedy.
The effect of pira1oxin on the other
indammatory processes is also marked
A simple smearing of the nostr'ls
quickly drives out a cold in the head.
Professor Won Stein is known abroad
for his discovery Of certain new oDt1-
cal and other functions of the cochlea.