The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14


not being claimed as cure. is al;evjat.
ing suffering and in many cases restor-
ing the pat eats to heiltn.
In second Avenue at \ncteentn
street. e the New York Ska and Cam
cor Hospital. which IL conducting these
treatments under the direction Of skilled
physicians who are earnestly seeking
, ne cure that is to purge the world OF
an awful scourge. As room permits. all
patients suffering from cancer, whether
cperabe or inopcrable. whether durable
or admittedly incurable. are accepted at
MS haven OF hope. During the past
year 1913 new cancer patients were
enrolled IN the hospital. OF these. a4G
we're taken into the wards for treat
ment. While 997 were treated in the out
patient department. OF the ward pa
tents. IS died. Such Is the contrbu-
ion yearly Of this hospital To the health
and happiness OF humanity.
ruguration. Observation-Disclosures and
ro-coagulation are the electrical
,-eatmcnts which this hospital has used
and is now using with great success.
These are scientific terms which. In
plain English. mean simply treatments
hat destroy cancer cells by starvation.
heating and cooking. respectively. The
'srms are not important. Each repre-
'ents a treatment which. when applied
according to proper technique by skilled
physicians with regard to the nature Of
the disease and the condition of the pa
lent is restoring order IN the chaotic
condition o. patients caused by cancer
cells that have been defined a. cells in
anarchy.
Fulgara ON is usually used in oper-
able cases after all affected tissue that
NAY he discovered by the eye has been
removed by the knife. The more COM
pete tho removal Of dl.aascd tissue the
more certain Is the freedom from recur.
renee. Where only partial removal Of
diseased tissues Is possible fulguration
palliative rather than curative.
IN the treatment an electric spark OF
A'sh frequency and high tension IL used.
rs generated in a special device which
Transforms tho street current into a cur
rent Of high voltage and low amperagc.
The instrument for delivering the SPAR;
10 the patient is an clc,trodc consisting
- a smooth metallic uundrcl. wording
nugly within an insulated tube OF hard
rubber. 10 prevent the tube from burn
'ng current of sterilizad air Is forced
through the electro by IA bellows.
Aftcr every microscopic trace Of
cancer has been removed hy the knife
his spark is applied 10 the affected
area. The dosage or duration ~ tine
application OF the spark Is usually ten
minutes ot iU.suration for an area Of
zen square ccntlmetrrs. II - under
the cancer and not upon it that the
electrical discharge is applied. The
treatment ACES a. modiner Of the
roph.c nerve ccHt.cs. II Yffcc;s these
nutrition nerves, lnsscning the blood
supply. ard thus stayrCs the cancer
cells. Ii is used on the theory that a
Tonopo'ar org spark Of high frequency
and high tension acts not upon the
growth. bu, upon the soil on which the
,rrovih has developed.
Two hundred and fifty cancer suffer-
ers have been treated at the hospital
F'rcc 1911 when the fugurating appa-
'aius was Installed. Complete histories
nave been kent of all these cases one
ease Is OF particular interest because OF
INC operations that had been performed
previously and of the "hOpelessness" of
me sufferer when he came to the Skin
and Cancer Hospital. Extracts from
me case reported tell the story: Re
current carcinoma of the neck; male,
aged % years. In January. 1907, a
'uinor was first noticed in the right
sle ~ tho neck. In March, 1908, the
'roWih was removed; rapidly required;
another hospital; second operation was
a.. PeHo7med The patient was then told
NAT nothing moro could be done for
h'm tho growth being partly lrremoy-
aole; second recurrence at the site OF
me operation. on November 1G op-
Grated upon him, liSatlng and remov-
ms as much as possible OF the diseased
tissue about the common carotid, the
'arShN, the cr.coid and the thyroid car
"iages' and d,ssectlng out the glands OF
me neck. The thyroid carthage on the
diseased slde was so extensively in
vowed That in curotting l went down
70 me mucous membrane, but it was
impossible 10 excise all the diseased
tissue The open wound was fulgurated
ana then closed. an ample opening be-
ing l"ft for the lymphorrhea, which
Always follows fulguratlon. on De-
'e"oer ! ] opened up freely in the
"e'ghoorhood OF the sinus, and after
ouretting Dr. DE Keating-Iia.t fulgu-
rated At the present time the patient
perfectly We'll with no recurrence.
'ss gained over fifty pounds in weight
anu mas been back on duty as a police
On'cer for over year"
Another case was that OF a physician
!" IeNas whose troubles started with
small pimple on his lef, cheel, bone.