The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-04-30

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practical. encouragement Of men out
side the. science who. inspirits the.
workers, provide the material means
for their researches and welcome, and.
applaud and. apply their discoveries.
Practitioners Of medicine r not CIV.
en- to hysteria, and it is because they
us of the dreadful. inroads Of
cancer that we too take alarm. 1t IL
because they have tested the remedies.
curative and preventive. that we In
our turn count it q privilege. to sec-
ond their efforts to spread the knowl
edge Of them. The onward march Of
this scourge Of humanity. must some
how be arrested. The common veal
is threatened and We. must all come
out in it's defense. We know how
quacks and quackery have thrtven on
this disease; how men who, among
men, are what, cancsr is among dis.
eases, have preyed upon its. victims;
how they have built up false hopes,
wasted human life, and induced untold
suffering, that they might. enrich
themselves. It Is our duty to call men
back from following after false proph-
cts, and lead the victims of the char
latan back to the orthodoxy Of medi.
cal teaching and practice"
Edward Woods of a life insurance
company urges the need Of systematic
annual or semi-annual physical exam
nations Of policy holders to detect In
cipient cancer and other diseases. In
spite of the difficulties Of organizing a
general policy of such examinations
the speaker did not doubt their great
value which would bring the disease
to a physician in the durable stage
greatly to the benefit Of the patient
and all others concerned. II the mill
lions Of insurance policy holders.
should be periodically examined and
referred to their wi physicians when
diseases like cancer and kidney, arter.
ial and heart diseases are in an In.
cipient stage, 1t would probably in.
crease the average American life sew
eral years.
DR.. John A. Brashear, the eminent
astronomer, paid a high. tribute. to the
medical profession and the. efforts it 10,
making for the elimination Of a dis,
ease that is sapping the lives. Of nearly
ten per cent. of the population of our
good land"
Rabbi J.. Leonard Levy, D. D., said
that the effort to educate the people
to look hopefully on the possibilities,
the actualittes. and the accomplish
ments Of the medical art should evoke
gratitude and support. THAT cancer
yields to surgical. treatment in tho
early stages is a gospel Of Joyous
hope" said this speaker. and the, first
step towards it's ultimate. elimination
will be taken when. we realize the. full
meaning Of this optimistic. .message.
Let us place NO faith In nostruma, or
fads, or so-called cures based, ON the
assertion Of non-sctentfdc enthuaiasts
Or faktrs:"
Rev. DR.. Maitland Alexander, the
last speaker Of the evening, said In
part: "The menace of cancer. the
dreadful fatalities, the, mystery Of its
origin" and cure; the failure Of. those
who seek the solution Of it, problem,
the ,unscrupulous~methods Of the char.
latans~pfeyinSso ON h e.credvlous or the
despairtng; all these, th4nss: demand
that We lend our aid and, support to
the American Society for the Control
of Cancer.
"Wstneedse body OF scientific men
thatrwe- may contribate our share to
the investigations Of tho problem, a to
the cause and cure,of cancer: We need
o body Of conservative men. that- We
may not. be, fooled BY the ela4ras. of
chariatAak We. need a. body OF dir.
corning men that ths-community~may
be, Instructed and not merely. frtKht.
ened:a
AL of thiss the, American Society
for the Control Of Cancer provides;
and therefore should merit our s1pl
>ereaand- generous supposen