The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-03
TO FIGHT CANCER IN VERMONT
Vermont Medical Society to Hold
Series of Meetings.

/ SCiiCo W hSNAHiSSs
The Rutland Herald Of Thursday
| published the following:
| fight against cancer and its caus.
| es is soon to be taken up throughout
the state of Vermont and through
the influence of the Vermont State
| Medical society series of four
| meetings will be held in four differ
| ent towns in the state, including
| Rutland, during the month of June
for the purpose of studying cancer
| and its causes and instructing the
people of the state as to the best
methods OF preventing the disease.
The meeting in this city will be held
Tuesday, June 8 and the speakers,
all OF whom are the well-known au-
thorities on the subject to be CON
sidered, win go to Burlington on Wed
nesday Montpelier on Thursday and
to st. Johnsbury on Friday.
DR.. James NJ. Hamilton of Grove
street, secretary of the Vermont
State Medical society. who has been
instrumental in proomting the meet,
stated yesterday that the. move to
fight cancer is nationwide and SINH
lar meetings will be held throughout
the United States during the month
Of June. He also stated that all of
the journals in the country have been
requested by the Medical society of
pennsylvania. one of the most active
in the work, to devote their July nun,
bers to the subject.
Each county medical society in
Vermont will be asked 10 devote the
next meeting following the lectures,
to the early diagnosis ofacancer.
The afternoon lectures will he Civ
en- by Dr. Jonathan NJ 20 Wainwright
OF Scranton, Pa, noted surgeon and
cancer specialist, and DR.. William
Seaman Brainbridge, from the Skin
and Cancer hospital of New York.
Surgeons from this state viii also be
asked to speak upon the subject.
No speaker for the evening meet.
lngs has been secured as yet al.
though DR.. Hamilton stated that the
lecturer or speaker on this occasion
would be the best that could be Sc
ured
All meetings will be open to the
public although the afternoon ses-
sions Will be of special importance to
surgeons and doctors. The Vermont
Medical society at present has about
400 members and it is expected that
fully 100 physicians will be present at
the meeting to be held in this city.
The counties of this district are Rut-
land, Bennington and Windham
DR. G. w. Bartlett of Bennington
VIII be in charge of all the afternoon
meetings held in the state and DR.. e.
II. Ross of st. Johnsbury viii be in
charge OF all the evening meetings.
Dr c. +. Ball of Grove street is chair
man OF the committee to look after
tie afternoon meeting in this city
and DR.. G. G. Marshall of North Main
street is chairman of the committee
IN charge of the evening meeting.
At a meeting of the Rutland Bust
ness Mems association held yester-
day morning il was voted to assist in
the work in every, way possible. The
hall in which the meetings in this
city will be held has not been settled
upon as yet although the Assembly
hall of the Rutland high school has
been suggested as the most desirable.
The speakers are being provided by
the American Medical association
and the American society for the Con
troll of Cancer. The beginning of ev-
cry cancer is due to some injury or
irritation which if seen and recogniz-
ed early may be removed before it
becomes malignant and it is principal
ly for this reason that it is hoped to
instruct the people in all stages of
the disease in order that relief may
be obtained before it is too late.
This campaign against the cancer
viii be similar to the fight against
pulmonary tuberculosis which has
been carried on throughout the state
Tor number of years. During the