The Dolores star., 1914-12-25
A WORD Asovr CANCER.

"SN~ SOSSs SVsS~es
United States government reporta
show that during tho ten ysars Pr
ceding 1911 the population Of THIS
country increased 81 Per cent. Dor
ing this period the death rate -
100000 from cancer Increased 80 per
cent among males and 20 per csst
among females. The extraordinary
increase In the mortality due to car
Ger In this and other couAertes has
long since raised that malsly to the
proportions of . great plague." says
an authority who wrote on this sub
1ect recently. The power Of human
resistance to this disclose seems to
be steadily declining" He then pro-
ceeds to predict that at the present
rate Of increase In another rs years
cancer will cause more deaths than
tuberculosis. typhoid fever and ma
laria combined.
Scientists throughout the world are
diligently searching for the cause Of
this fearful scourge Of mankind. in
order that a specific preventive and
cure may be found. Meanwhile ev-
cry Individual should be informed
that cancer is to a large degree pre-
ventable II we will but apply the
knowledge We already possess to
guard against 1t.
There are many theories a. to the
cause Of cancer, the most logical one
being that advanced by o group OF
microscopists working along biologi-
cal lines. The basis Of this theory In
that cancer Is . state Of anarchy with
In the body, To be able to grasp the
theory and also to understand why the
Xray In at all effective in cases OF
cancer 1t Ia necessary to have .
thorough comprehension of the prop
osition advanced by Virchow In 1858.
which have noted In . previous Ar
ticle; namely. that each one OF the
cells composing the human body 10
distinct individual possessed Of all
the characteristics Of life. That 10
to sdy. every reader Of this article
In composed of many billions Of indi-
viduals. each having all the powers
and faculties that the reader ID cor
scious Of possessing and differing in
NO way save In degree. Every living
thing ID constructed Of these same ~
dividual cells. composed Of the samsi
protoplasm. and differs only In organ
isation. -
According to the above mentioned
theory Of cancer. for some reason one
of these Individual cells declares its
Independence OF all the rest Of the
body, refuses longer to cooperate and
goes on strike. We do not know
whether the body makes any effort
to cast the striker out OF the commu.
nifty or not; but however that may
be the unruly cell proceeds to pro,
liferate-that ID to say. II multlpljD
by dividing. one cell splitting lib
two. the two into four. the -four -
eight and so on, thus multiplying BE-
yond all normal limitations and 90.
growing inordinately, wrecks the en-.
tire organism.
II 10 during the first few yean and
more particularly during the first year
OF life that the highest human NOR
tally takes place. The newly pro.
liberated cells are not thoroughly or.
Kanised and the entire organism In
therefore weak and unstable. Ordi.
nartly We do not think Of working
young children or animals, beause We
know that their tissues are soft and
therefore that they may very easily
10 broken down and ruined: but 1t
maturity we know there ID . more per.
feet organisation. the cells are more
nxed. stable and adaptable and are
therefore highly resistant. This fact
forms tho basis for the action Of the
x.rays on cancer.
There 10 NO remedy known to medl.
cine that has . selective Influence.
there 10 nothing that can be out into
these bodies Of ours that viii drive
disense out and not Touch healthy