The Washington times., 1915-11-11
'OfFER NEW THEORY
4 Of: CANCERS CAUSE
Experimenters Convinced That
! True Cause Of Disease Has
Been Found. '

The New York Medical Journal In Its
current number gives novel exp'ana-
ton 6f cancer and n new revolutionary
theory of healing.
DR.. s. p. Becbe, of New York CITY,
In one article. describes the favoraWe
progress OF cancer patients through the
use Of the new remedy. which he cans
autolysin. and in succeeding artlcie
Drs. Henry Smith Williams and d.
Wallace Beveridge set forth the pro-
teo-morphic" theory on which the
treatment Is based.
All throw down the gage OF challenge.
for the method has, been severely cri-
ticised by some members OF the medi-
cal profession. although there are ALSO
many who regard 1t of great value.
since the publication OF the preiimi-
uAry report on this remedy last May
controversy has spread to hospital ana
!abcratory and In view OF nc,n1s TINS racs 'ne me
which the remedy Is based Is bound 10
he widely discussed.
Or. Beebe. by way of clearing the arr.
expresses regret that the preparation
Cure" and he says that he never DE-
ciared 1t to be a cure. lie does assert.
however. that many patients to wnom
II was administered are now ciinically
well. although II Is impossible to tell
whether the disease Will recur.
Five Hundred Treated.
He declares that within the last two
months approximately 500 patients have
been treated for cancer with autolysin
by different physicians. The results
which have been obtained are prac-
ticaliy the same as those following the
treatment Of 100 cases which were un-
der his own observation and that Of his
associate. DR.. Beveridge. or these 10
patients are apparently or cltnically
well. 81 are improved. and q received
no hAnent. or those not benefited q re
now dead. for all the cases were OF
what he calls the hopeless. inoperable
type.
His associates. discussing the great
Improvement shown in cases which are
cited. do not attempt to explain all the
reasons for the change. but insist. no
matter what NAV be thought of the
remedy. that the results speak for
themselvAs. and invite all skeptics to
investigate.
.Autoiysin is not a serum. It is an
extract powder compounded from vari-
Gus plants. The ingredients tax the re-
sources of the expert botanist to name.
This poultce powder conta ms the
anemone.. the hepatica. and three
colored violet. 1t has the bog bean. the
camomile. the bitter apple. varieties of
the mint family. and numerous plants
with resounding Latin names. The ex-
tract is so complex that even DR.. Beebe
says that 1t Is not possible at this time
TO determine the precise nature OF the
ingredients. their relative proportion
or the action Of them all.
The remedy. In the form OF an emul-
sion. Is injected into the v"'"s. usually
those of the arm.
The expla alton of why It Is Of value
rests upon the acceptance of the theory
Of the origin OF cancer as outlined by
Drs. Beveridge and Williams Cancer
= then a condition OF the system
brought about by the deposfting Of new
white corpuscles in the blood and de-
flciency OF the red corpuscles In the
blood which makes 1t difficult for the
system to throw of the abnormal
growth of new cells which constitute
cancer. The deficiency OF red corpuscles
also makes It impossible. in accordance
with this theory. for the system tc
throw off certain protein products re-
sulting from the breaking down OF some
Of the new cells under the attacks
Of the white corpvscles.
Causes AutO-Intoxication.
The net result then is protein poison
ing or auto-intoxication which causes
the cancer cachexia and at last causes
the death OF the patient. Protein consti-
tuting as 1t does so much OF animal and
vegetable substances when appearing In
such an excess loses its harmless char
acter. According to this new definition
Of cancer any kind OF a new growth In
tho organism may on occasion become
malignant.
According to the proteo- -morphic the
ory, there Is a manifold change OF form
in the protein brought about by the
action OF the corpuscles AZ they are
generated. The white corpuscles facili
tate the digestion or cleavage OF the
proteids: the red ones aid the splitting
up of the proteid products through by.
drolysis. Immunization to bacterial
disease, according to this theory. would
he merely a special case OF protein as
similation. The new method rests upon
tho elimination Of dangerous cells. II
In cell treatment.
The principal action OF the autolysin
appears to be the stimulation OF the or.
kans which produce the white and the
red corpuscles. as the administration OF
tho remedy is. according to the reports
almost immediately followed by their in.
crease. This Is demonstrated by actual
blood count. with the increase OF the
corpuscles there appear certain fer
rnents In the blood which cause the self
digestion, or autolysis. OF the cells OF
malignant growth. Hence DR., Beebe
has applied to this remedy the name
autolysin.
Increases Resistance.
The effet of the extrat by building
up the corpuscles is to increase the re.
sistance OF the patient to the disease
The physicians assert that pain Is les.
sened. that the masses OF cancerous
growth begin to soften. and that odors
are banished. The hypodermic admins.
trstion OF the autolysin Is said to bring
into the blood an agent which at once
alters its nature.
The action Of the remedy Is believed
to be due to its containing In solution
certain vegetable proteins. Their exac
nature does not appear to be known Al
yet but plants are chosen which con
tain no powerful active principles. n,
alkalods. nor poisons OF any kind
There seems to be one of the mysterie
NJ the laboratory of nature here. Th'
principal ingredient Of the remedy Il
rhlorophyll. which gives the green t.
the leaf. and IL the only known agenc,
through which inorganic matter Is com