The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15
By Prof. de Heating Hart,
of the Society of Medicine,
of Paris.
or Paris.

tive power and we can only retard -.
consequences without preventing the en,,
disaster. Therefore we divide cancer into
durable and incurable.
1t Is generally stated that from the mo.
ment when new growths appear IN mart,
distant from the original tumor tho can.
GER though apparently operable, Is Ger.
tainly destined to a more or less rapid
recurrence. In reality this IS not always
So and I know more than one case IN
which, In spite OF considerable dissent.
nation OF the disease, 1 have obtained
cures.
This brings me to tho curative treat
ment in which we combine surgery, the
high frequency spark and various forms
OF rays. For long time 1t was believed
that only operable cancer was curable
To-day this cannot be said. Many cases
in which surgery did not dare to inter-
vene are to-day cured. They have been
submitted to the action OF the X-rays and
radium or after having been operated on
contrary TO therapeutic necessities, have
owed their cure only to the action OF the
high frequency and high tension shark.
admit that when there is no reason against
1t an operable cancer should be removed
TO leave it III place and try to melt IL
more or less slowly under the action OF
the rays is to give 1t an opportunity To
infect the body deeply during the time OF
treatment. To remove the growth, lears
Ing an opportunity to complete the surgs,
cal work by appropriate therapeutic
means. gives the sick ran a double
chance OF cure.
must remind you that when surgery
could not attempt the bold achievements
of today the partial excsions performed
on cancer often brought about reinfec-
lions so rapid that many surgeons pre-
ferred the use OF caustics or the heated
iron cautery to the knife. l would also
recall the good results that arsen!ous acid
gave more than once
To-day the knife has regaiced ,sa or.
premacy, and hardly any surgeon T1Ss;x
remove an operabe cancer by any ether
means. 1t Is however. far from salts
aac'ory. IN the commonest form of can
Ger among women operations with the
knife still show 70 per cent of recur.
rences at the end of three years
iaVor the association Of the high fire.
quency and high tension spark (fulgura
ton) with the surgical operation. The
great error which has given fulguration
a bad reputation has been the method NJ
applying it. Many who used it Thought
IL was means OF destruction a caust,c
POSSIBLY more powerful than others. and
they tried TO use it as a caustic. They
diminished the length Of the sparl, 70.
placing tension by heating effects, and
they sought to destroy the tumor directly
IL you operate on your human cancer
patient according to the best technione
OF surgery and then pass the fulgurizinr
electrode over the operated surface Won
VIII have many more chances OF nra.
venting recurrence than with the knife
alone Some figures will give an idea ~
me superiority Of fulguration over sur.
gerry without electricity The AVERAGE -,
cures lasting three years of operable
breast cancer treated by the knife aIone
was 80 per cent: fulguration gave IN the
same class of cases so per cent of cures
10 obtain lasting cure by fulrurat,on
we must first secure the careful rnn,orai
Dy surgery Of all masses visible to Tho
n"heu eye. In cases OF absolutely in.
opeFaole cancer. this method can ot rnos,
serve to hide the disease under ann,ront
~ good scars and to diminish ne s,,t
fering 'ne sur
Must we consider then that inonerahIa
cancer Is synonymous with IncurabIe
cancer do not believe so. The en-
sesSeS obtained by the N-rays and adm,
Jew though they may be in proportion -
the number of cases treated naver.ha
iess enable us to assert that tumors wbtoL
me knife could not remove have romoinoa
cured Tor many years.