Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-05

airy relief for a time and once APP !
peared to have brought about cure |
Soon afterward they also arranged |
tc give treatment to Mr.. Bremner, |
" orking through DR.. Frank M. Stage |
Their remedy was through the APP
plication of poultices, made up OF
compositions of herbs and other ma |
terials, discoN cred by watching the
food-search of cancer affected pigs |
! Roots dug up by these swine formed
the basic element of their poultices.
Treatment Less Radical.
The treatment, while blistering at
times, was less harmful to the
patients constitution than had been
the painfully reactive Coley mixture, |
and though the medical fraternity |
scoffed at the idea of cure, the poul- |
tice seemed to bring some relief. After
a few weeks part of the cancerous
mass OF gristle became liquified, but
! the whole progress of the disease |
could not be interrupted. The patient |
however, placed complete trust In the
! effectiveness. of the treatment and |
! gave all POSSIBLE credit to his physi-
Clans Mr. Dance withdrew from the |
partnership and left Passaic before |
! the suspension of the treatment
While at Washington, before the
| Christmas holidays of 1918, Mr.. |
!
! President to DR.. Howard A. Kelly, !
OF Johns Hopkins Institute who
was administering the radium treat !
ment for the disease. DIR. Kelly took
the noted patient and on Christmas
Day Mr.. Bremner was subjected to
his first operation at DR.. Keliys san
itarium, Baltimore. Radium valued
at 100000, the greatest amount then
known for use on one patient, was
II .. ar
tubes in inclsions in the cancer for |
the whole day. The operation was
repeated at intervals by DR.. Kelly, |
While a whole word awaited the re-
suit. After half month had passed
the treatment was discontinued while
the patient had an opportunity to re-
cuperate from the facilitating effects |
of the mineral upon the system.
! After the suspension of the treat |
ment, Dr. Kelly left for Europe to
| obtain more radium with which to
treat his patient, although that which
was used was the greatest amount
and the most expensive ever used on
a person. The physician hoped that
! the operations might result in a de-
: generation of the malignant and en-
/ byronic cells which form the cancer
| In all operations involving the use
| of radium or the Roentgen rays 1t is
considered necessary to place the ray
as near as possible to the centre OF
! the cancer. for. placed near the edges'
| 1t might harm the healthy flesh rath- |
er than destroy the cancerous mat
| ter. The cancer cells, which are body
| cells gone on a riot, proliferating |
without any rule or law and en- |
/ bryonic in their nature like the cells
Of an infant, are more resistant than
the healthy cells against which they
are always combating and slowly |
pushing away. For this reason all
radium and x-ray treatments are
quite dangerous, II not properly ad
mir istered.
Success as Publisher.
Mr.. Bremner's success in the news
paper field as a publisher was re-
markable. When he took charge of
| the Passaic Hera d his first step was
to reduce the price from two cents to
one. The plant was antiquated. but
gradually Mr.. Bremner discarded the
old machinery for "a modern equip |
ment.
| To enumerate all OF the contests in
which Mr. Bremner engaged for civic
| betterment would be to record every
contest for civic and material ad |
vancement that has taken place in
Passaic in twelve years. One of his
was his successful fight for the re-
duction of the price Of gas. Mr.. Brem-
ner originated that movement. which |
was subsequently taken up by the
city authorities of Passaic and Pater-
son. The outcome was the reduc-
! ton of the price of gas not only in |
the Passaic-Paterson district, but
| throughout the State.
| Mr.. Bremner was active in the Dem |
! IL, q.,v, he av.5f t,o
cast his vote. He created new life
in the party In Passaic, and from the
first year he arrived there he was
looked up to as a political leader who
inspired. He never sought political
office for himself. and frequently de-
clined attractive political offers and
ignored suggestions that he accept
nominations for office.
Pledged to Wilson.
When the time came, however, for
naming delegates to the Democratic
national convention in Baltimore in
1911 Mr.. Bremner consented to stand
as a de,egate pledged to the nom'na-
ton of woodrow Wilson. His admit
ration for Wilson caused him to break
the rule he had adhered to up to that
time Mr. Bremner and Senator
Hughes were e'ected delegates. and
Mr.. Bremner, although III, was one
of the most active spirits in the in |
terest of Woodrow Wilson in that
convention. HIS activity is best told |
by Senator Hinch'iffe, who was one
of the delegates-at-large from New
Jersey in the convention.
mo one in Baltimore" Senator |
Hinchliffe said, was stronger or
staa dier than Rob. He fo' "',t not |
to offend or injure, but for the real |
pleasure it gave him. He had keen |
sense for seeing an advantage and a
keen sense for following 1t up. He |
had more underground passages, more |
inside information, than any man at |
the convention.
"At the time of the convention Rob !
had been suffering from the growth
for three years. and was carry ng
around a dead arm with him. We
were all greatly worried abo"t him.
even then. Although he never went
to bed before 3 a. m he never missed
any meeting of IMPORTANCE at the con-
vention or elsewhere.
There was no man in Baltimore
who, after two days at the conven-
ton, could call by their first names
so many men from Cal ornia to
Maine. And they all called him by
| his"
! Following that convention the ques
| ton as to who would be the most
available candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Congress in
the newly created Seventh distri {,
compri sing all Pasasic county, except
ing West Milford and Pompton was
! discussed by the Democratic leaders.
The unanimous opinion was that
Mr.. Bremner could lead the party to