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skaters The human mechanism. lntcmper-
ancc in the use of the multiplicity of indul
gences supplied by modern living, also the
strain and struggle to acquire the means to
command such indulgences, are to be avoid
ed if we wish to build up resistance to can
Ger, especially where there is family his
tory of degcnerative troubles. Occasionally
hardship and privation are factors in the
causation; but overindulgence plays by far
the greater part.
Constant mechanical irritation, as in
chimney sweeps cancer, the scraping of the
tongue upon jagged tooth, the constant
pressure of clay pipestern, and other SINH
lar persistent local irritations may, in those
whose resistance is lowered, finally result in
cancer. Warts, especially those showing a
tendency to growth in later life, moles
n2vi, birthmarks, port wine marks, scar It's
sues, and all such abnormal growths excres-
cences and tissue, offer points of least resist
ance to cancer. OF course, small proper
ton of people with such growths ultimately
develop cancer; but large number of can
GERS find their inception in such tissues. The
obvious indication is the removal of all
growths of this character in early life, if
possible, when repair is rapid and a mini
mum of soaring will result. Many of these
growths, especially moles, can be removed
RY the use of carbon dioxid snow, moles,
= birthmarks, and other similar blem-
ishes can be removed with little pain or
trouble, and practically no soaring. Car
bon dioxid, when released from a cylinder
where it has been kept in liquid state un-
der pressure of nine hundred and fifty at
mospheres, quickly congeals into snow, and
may be received in chamois or other recep-
tacle, and nodded into pencils for surgical
use. This snow quickly evaporates when
exposed to air; but, properly handled, can
be used with beautiful precision in the re-
moval of blemishes. The point of the snow
pencil, which registers temperature of
minus one hundred and ten degrees Fahren-
heit, is pressed firmly upon the mole for a
period ranging from five to twenty seconds.
This suffices to freeze the skin to icellke
hardness, as may be demonstrated by tap
ping it with a lead pencil. Subsequently the
white, frozen appearance gives place to in
tense redness, with blistering, and some in
hammatOry reaction occurs; but there is
little pain, and finally the mole peels off,
leaving smooth, flexible surface, with slight
trace of the former blemish. This opera
ton is simple; but it must be performed by
physician who can judge as to the quality
of the skin and the degree of freezing needed.
When a tumor is present IN any part OF
the body, or an liberation persists for more
than few weeks, surgical opinion should
be sought without delay. Many a cancer
has been irritated into rapid growth by the
use of i'll advised home remedies the sufferer
finally appealing to the surgeon to perform
a miracle. Cancer is by no means the hope
1essly incurablc malady that so many peo-
pie suppose. Modern surgery is almost uni
formly successful in permanently removing
cancerous growths, if relief is sought in the
earlier stages. In these days of the X ray
and other refined methods of diagnosis, and
with the slight risk attendant upon explora-
tory operations, even internal cancer should
not escape the vigilance of the surgeon; thus
a permanent cure in reasonable number of
cases may be effected. Radium and the K
ray have limited range of usefulness; but
valuable time should not be lost expert
menting with such remedies, if there are no
sufficient grounds for Withholding the knife.
Fear of the knife, or of the surgeons appetite
for operation, keeps many sufferer from
his best chance of escape.
While waiting patiently for the results of
the splendid attack that is being made on
cancer by those seeking specific cure, let
the watchword be, "Operate!" Better too
soon than too late.
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