The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-12
DR.. w. l.. Rodman. Cancer Ex-
pert Calls Them Fad-Only
Hope Is Operation. He Says
Must Destroy Rats
To Prevent Plague
Surgeon-General Blue Tells of
New Orleans Carnpaign--Dr.
Simmons Tells of Rapid
Elimination of the Nostrum

Let's hear less Of it,. exclaimed
DR.. w l. Rodman. Of phila delphia,
president ELECT of the American Ae6i-
cal Association, at the conclusion Of
his lecture ON cancer before the
Southern Medical Association In its
third evening public session in the
Jefferson auditorium last night. DR..
Rod man referred to The use of ra-
dunn and the N-ray in the treatment
Of cancer of the breast. which each
wear in the United States kills 25,-
900 persons
Let us no longer follow false gods
The so-called X-ray and radium cures
for cancer of the breast have failed
to produce single cure. They are
the fad of the time" he declared.
We must continue 10 rely upon opera
ton, which gives the sufferer hope for
continuing 10 live
The d celia rationk Of Or. Rodman. az
he concluded his mastery address
were greeted with several rounds of
applause from the audience. which was
largely made ~ sf@snedicai man AND
women and surgeons. with small
number OF lay citizens occupying seats
on the auditorium foor and ia the
gallery.
The views expressed by DR. Rodman
are Ia direct opposition TO those Of
III :" tioNabt INFifNf ~ sa4%iafAoASt
which were given at Monday nights
meeting.
Rats Menace.
The auditorium meeting last night
and the subsequent reception by DIR.
Stuart Mcclure. president OF the
Southern Medical Association. al the
Common wealth Club 10 the visiting
delegates. $40 of whom had register
ed closed the busiest day of the eighth
T.
Mcclure presided and presented the
speakers.
Surgeon General Rupert VI. Blue Of
the United States Public Health Ser
vice. who directed the cleaning up
of New Orleans and the campaign
against the recent appearance OF hu-
bonic plague in that city. was the
first speaker. His lecture was Illus
trated with lantern slides showing the
several varieties of rats carrying fieas
which disseminate plague germs from
rat 10 rat and from rat TO man.
DR. Blue told of the arst appearance
early this year of the plague In New
Orleans and described the methods the
Atlantic Seaboard are likely to be Wis
tied at any time by the plague and
urged that preventative measures be
taken. Chief among preventative steps,
nc said, is the determination Of the rat
The rodent. like all other animals
except the monkey. carries heas. The
fieas living on the rat Is one which
spreads the plague. The pla gue- bear
ing heas may be within the bounds
Of the city several months before the
disease makes it's appearance in the
human, as was shown in the case of
the plague In New Orleans this year
Tho hrst case reported was traced to
the Canary Islands and was imported
In June, 1912 For nearly two years
the rat in Its haunts in insanitary
buildings carried the disease germ be-
fore It became manifest In the per-
son.
Must Destroy the Rodent.
Steps taken to wipe out the plague
by the corps of United state public
health Office forces consisted OF trap
ping. poisoning and killing the rats.
and many men were engaged in this
work. which was systematically done.