Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-06-17

of them told him that they had neglected
what appeared to be small Jumps APP
lpearing on their face, neck, breast or
head Some said they had watched the
Jumps grow for years and that they had
been advised by physicians that they
were nothing but warts or pmples.
In the course of the lecturers studies
of the disease in mice and rats he had
determined that the Jumps or swelling
should not be pinched or rubbed for If
they We're cancers they would be spread
by the process mentioned owing to their
connection with blood vessels.
| Cancer is not contagious Perfectly
healthy mice confined with those which
have the disease do not contract it, II
! Is not transferred by parasite Can
Ger seems to be a case of the cells Of the
body running away A piece of one $
own tissue or skin runs away and in
some way learns to live independently
and grow of itself All ones organs are
rightly placed and each performs its
function in its place. Cancer can 90
where it pleases. a piece of healthy skin
| placed under the skin of the body will
die. Cancer will grow and spread IL
similarly placed. The skin seems to
adopt and nourish it. Heredity is of no
Importance. The speaker said he had
proved this point conclusively by the
breeding of infected mice The fact that
large number of cases appear in
single family is only pure luck There
are certain number of cases in the
United States and in some families there
are more than one. 1t is like a game
of cards in which one player may get
four aces.
The experiments on mice have proved
valuable for the testing Of remedies and
the exposing of fakes Radium will not
cure a tumor in a mouse, but If
piece of tumor Is cut out and transferred
to another mouse radium will cure that.
SO radium will cure n small tumor in
the human being. Electricity and X-rays
will do the same. especially when the
tumor is of superficial growth. These
things should not be used when the
tumor can be easily removed
One of the cricitsms Of surgery is that
It initiates. Tit choice is given TO
anyone with cancer to have an operation
for its removal, which Is an easy thing
If taken in time, or death. for death
Will surely come. No canct- ever got
we'll of itself
Twenty years of special study and 4Oa
years of medicine have resulted in the
establishing of one fact, and that is that
the chief cause Of cancer is chronic rri-
tation 1t comes from pimpes, warts
or other small growths which are rubbed
by the fingers and not allowed to heal
The N-ray burn Is liable to cause cancer
in men who have reached the age of 49,
Cancer of the stomach is caused from
irritation of stomach ulcer. The same
beginning of cancer is noted in the tongue
and lips. The neglect of the teeth which
may result in sharp fangs irritating the
tongue or the smoking habit, which
causes another kind OF irritation, may be
responsible for cancer The speaker
cited cases Of savage women who chew
the betel nut having cancers on the spot
where they keep the quid over night
He also mentioned the case of certain
tribe Of Hindus who wear little charcoal
boxes to keep their stomachs warm Oc-
casionaly when they are asleep the char
coal spills out and causes an irritation
which results in abdominal cancer He
also spoke of the rarity of cancers Of
the tongue In women as compared with
their frequence IN men who smoke a
great deal.