Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
Fugurization or Treating with Electric Sparks the
Cancerous Tissue, Which Is More Sensitive to Elec-
tricity Than Healthy Cells.

of cancer growths If not all. II we can find
a medicine which will check growth in a GER
tain part of the body without endangering the
rest, we shall no doubt have found a specific
remedy for cancer.
There exist many methods Of treatment which
have sometimes produced ameliorations. Nearly
all the ant-cancerous serums have produced
results of this kind. How are we to explain
their action? The volume of many tumors is
greatly increased by the blood which fills them
like a soaked sponge. A medicament which re-
duces the blood supply by vaso-constriction
will suffice to diminish greatly the apparent
mass of the tumor. | have found that simple
fever by using up large amount of hydro-car-
bOns in the system will diminish the food sup
ply of the cancer. The serums introduced into
the body usually produce notable increases OF
temperature, a form of fever. Thus may We
explain the results obtained from them.
l would make special mention of the re-
markabe results due to the employment of
collodial copper. Accepting my hypothesis OF
glycogenic over-nourishment as the cause of
cancer, DR.. Chatiniere believes that copper is
a means of reducing portion of the nourish-
ing glycogen of the abnormal cells and stop
ping their development for certain time.
The theory of irritation makes cancer per-
fectly local disease at the beginning. and there
fore capable of being cured by local treatment.
If the disease has exceeded certain limits and
attacked certain organs or caused too grave an
injury to the body, il passes our present cura-
tive power and We can only retard its conse-
uuences without preventing the final disaster.
Therefore we divide cancer into durable and
incurable.
1t is generally stated that from the moment
when new growths appear in parts distant
from the original tumor the cancer, though APP
parently operable, is certainly destined to
more or less rapid recurrence. In reality this
is not always So and / know more than one
case in which, in spite of considerable dissent
nation of the disease l have obtained cures
This brings me to the curative treatment In
which we combine surgery, the high frequency
spark and various forms of rays. For long
time il was believed that only Operable cancer
was durable. To-day this cannot be said. Many
cases in which surgery did not dare to inter-
vene are to-day cured. They have been sub
mitted 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 spark. l admit that when there
is no reason against it an operable cancer
should be removed. To leave it In place and
try to melt it 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, leaving an
opportunity to complete the surgical work by
appropriate therapeutic means, gives the sick
man a double chance of cure.
/ must remind you that when surgery could
not attempt the bold achievements of to-day,
the partial excisiOns performed on cancer Of
ten brought about renfectiOns so rapid that
many surgeons preferred the use of caustics
or the heated iron cautery to the knife |
would also recall the good results that ar
senious acid gave more than once.