The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-03-13
CANCER CAN Be CURED
BY the Use of PfraI0xin-A Great Dis
c0very Made by a Russian
Scientist

ST Petersburg, March 13.-A radical
cure for cancer is announced to have
been discovered by Assistant Professor
Won Stein of Moscow University. The
Cancer Institute of Moscow, founded
by the millionaire cotton manufacturer
Morozoff, has passed favorably upon it
and has introduced it in its clinic.
The chief of the institute, Assistant
Professor Zykoc, read a paper before
the surgical congress in Moscow this
year stating that cancer tumors al
ways yield an alkaline reaction,
whereas sareoma tumors yield an acid
REACTION This idea set DR.. Won Stein
thinking that the logical treatment for
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 a treatment he
settles upon a derivative of gallic acid,
namely pirogall, discovered in 1858 and
now used as a depilatory medium in
the treatment of all sorts of skin
diseases Pirogan is obtained from
gallic acid by eliminating carbonic
acid from it. Piraloxin, the compound
used, is very cheap-a quarter cent
per gram-but is produced in only two
places IN Europe.
DIR. Won Stein is somewhat annoyed
at the early publicity which has inju-
|diciously been given TO his cure, as his
report had been intended strictly for a
scientific body in Moscow. Tests of
the cure are as yet far from complete.
Such facts as may be considered es-
tablished are the following: The appli-
cation Of piraloxin causes cancer tu-
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to be quickly sucked up and in some
cases to disappear without trace. In
other cases the tumors become soft
ened, the ulcers begin to cicatrize and
|e epidermis commences to form. A sharp
improvement is remarked in the pa
TENTS feelings; those sucering from
cancer in the throat, who are some
times on the verge of suffocation, not
only begin to breathe freely, but their
voices gradually come back to them
symptoms of metastasis disappear, the
characteristic cancerous color of the
skin commences to become pink, SO
much has been observed during the
| fortnight since this treatment was in
| troduced in the Morozoff clinic.
The adjustment of the dose is now
being carefully studied in view OF
some poisonous properties of pirogalI
Two to four declines (decigrammes)
| are given two or three times a day
ISubcutaneous injections have shown
| stronger action in experiments with
rabbits. The internal dose is so ef-
fective, however, that it is sometimes
followed by temporary swelling, a
dilation of the cancerous tissue with
blood, but this condition is a passing
lone.
| 1t is supposed that under the infu-
ence Of piraloxin the cancer tumor. be-
comes enve1oped in coating of spe-
| cial matter, which cuts it off from
nutrition.
| Piraloxin is on trial upon cancer pa
| tients also at the Eear, Nose and
Throat Hospital in Moscow, built by
Nine. Bazanoff at a cost of $325,OOO
Promising experiments are also being
made with it upon consumptive pa
tients. One feature which is now be-
| ing studied by the discoverer is tc
/ trace the course of the amines which
are liberated through the deoxidating
action of the remedy.
| The effect of piraloxin on other in
| ifiammatory processes is also marked
A simple smearing of the nostril:
lquickly drives out a cold in the head
! Prof. Won Stein is known abroad FOL
/ his discovery of certain new optica
and other functions of the cochlea