The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-18
Noted Expert Will Conduct
Clinics in Rutland on
June 8
WINDHAM COUNTY
PEOPLE INVITED
Meetings Open to Public-Those Wish
ing to Attend Should Arrange at
Once Through Chairman, Family
Physician or in Person.

A meeting to serve the interests of
Vermont s citizenship in Windham
Bennington and Rutland counties with
respect to the cancer problem will be
held in Rutland June s, for which the
committee of arrangements makes an
nouncement as follows:
The days meeting is one of four
held IN the state under the auspices of
the state medical society. New York s
noted cancer expert, D.. William Sea
man Banbridge, will conduct the elm
les in the morning and persons desir-
Gus of availing themselves of this I'M
usual opportunity for expert advice,
that have previously arranged with the
committee, should present themselves
at the hospital promptly at o'clock.
The consulting clinic will be held be
tore the operative clinic which will be
from 1880 a. m. to / p. m.
In the afternoon at 2 clock at the
Shrine hall with DIR. Clayton w Bart
lett of Bennington in the chair, three
| important papers viii be given Yer
| mont s Cancer Situation will be stated
by DIR. Charles F. Dalton of Burling-
ton, secretary of the state board of
health.
DR.. Bainbridges Paper
Some Practical Phases of the Can
| Ger problem, is the subject of DR.. vii
| liam Seaman Bainbridge s paper which
| is to be profusely illustrated with lam
tern slides. DR.. cambridge is profes-
| sor of surgery at the New York Poly
clinical school and also surgeon at the
| New York Skin and Cancer hospital,
| besides being member of several can
Ger research committees
The third paper of the afternoon
meeting is to be given by DR.. Jona-
than M. Wainwright of Scranton, PIT.
| His subject viii have to be announced
| later. DR.. wainwright is chairman of
| the Pennsylvania State Medical soci-
| ETY. g committee on cancer, trustee of
| the American Society for the Control
| of Cancer and surgeon-in-chief for the
| Lackawana railroad. While the meet
ing in the afternoon is intended pri-
| marily for interested physicians it is
| also open to the public.
| The evening meeting to be held in
| the high school building with Mayor
| Bert L. Stafford, presiding officer, is to
to attend Dr. cambridge is to deliver
u popular lecture of unusual interest
entitled What Can the People Do to
Lower Vermont 5 Cancer Mortality
after DIR. Dalton has spoken on Is II
| Necessary for Vermont to Lose Over
400 Citizens Year From Cancer? DR.
| cambridge is to illustrate his talk
with many unique lantern slides deal
| mo with the cauSafiye factors DTO.
ducing this disease as observed in
many of the nations of the world
Danger Signals.
The prime object of these meetings
is to interest both physicians and the
public as to the advantages to be
gained in the early recognition OF
danger signals, adapted from The
Control of Scourge).
i /. Cancer of the Breast
! Here the danger signal is a small
lump or thickening of any kind. In q
1 woman over 30 years old, this lumT
is a cancer from the start in at least
90 per cent of cases. In a woman oil
any age the finding of lump in the
breast should be Immediately followed
L by its removal
:, 3 Cancer of the Uterus
: The danger signal here is any irreg
ular bleeding and a physician should
be consulted when this is observed.
; 3. Cancer of the Lip, Mouth apC
: Tongue:-
: The danger here is little wart o,
sore that will not heal.
A. Cancer of the Skim
, The danger signal here is any sor'
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