South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-22
EXHIBITS MASS
OF CANCER CELLS
Coral COIOTed Specimens May
Be First Step in Find
ing Cause.

CHICAGO. Dec. pa mass OF
coral pink organisms. of microscopic
dimensions. in "a test tube. exhibited
before q score of men Of science in
Chicago. may be the first word or
the answer TO one II the great medi-
cal problems o. the ages-the cause
and cure Of cancer
The cOraline mass was "A culture
Of cells taken from living human
cancer tissue. grown in an artificial
medium. and made 20 reproduce the
disease in other animals. u was eX-
hibited and described by Or. Maurice
Buchsbaum at a meeting OF the Chi
cagO Pathological society in the
Northwestern university building.
It's remarkable characteristics
We're demonstrated with specimens
and lantern slides. in connection with
a report Of experimental studies on
carcinoma carried on by Dr. Buchs-
baum under the direction OF Or. Carl
Beck.
No claim was made by Or. Buchs-
baum as the discovered Of the cancer
bacteria or the cause Of the disease,
snd no prophecy was ventured as 20
the ultimate significance Of the
micrO-Organism in producing a cure.
The organism was not even defined,
except as il was designated for puT-
poses Of discussion as the "coraline
cell" because Of it's peculiar and
characteristic tint resembling that OF
coral in the culture medium.
Nevertheless. it is claimed in DR..
Buchsbaum's report the coraline cell
presents properties that. barring
accidental contamination Of the cul-
ture medium in which it was repro
duced. prove II 10 be the cancer cell.
possessed Of tremendous vitality and
habit Of growth, attributed 10 no
other Of the known disease bacteria.
II conforms 10 the scientific test Of
disease bacteria, the report main
tains. in that it has been isolated
from human cancer, grown in a
sterile culture medium. maize TO re-
produce the cancer tumor in other
animals and then recovered from
these secondary tumOrs and repro
duced in culture with the original
characteristics Of the cell taken from
the human cancer.
The coraline cell is remarkable,
Dr. Buchsbaum claims. because, un-
like other disease bacteria, its
growth is stimulated in a medium Of
its own dead cells. which suggests
cause for the resistance to treatment
Of cancer by any means except the
surgeons knife. and its astonishing
rapidity OF growth. 1t suggests also
that cancer viii never yield TO treat
ment by vaccines produced from
culture Of the injecting bacteria.
According To the report, the
coraline cell is highly resistant 10
the action OF acids. bichloride Of
mercury and formalin. which are
easily destructive TO ordinary cell
organisms. Most remarkable from
the popular viewpoint is the report
ed fact that radium does not in
hibit the growth of the organism. in
spite Of the prevailing use of radium,
mesothor. nm and X-rays i'm the
treatment Of cancer.
The effect of chlorine gas on the
coraline cells is remarkable. il was
stated, in that they assumed their
characteristic color under its influ-
ence in staining and hxation on the
microscopic slide. The gas destroys
other cells
The animals used i'm the expert
ments were mice. guinea pigs. pig
cons and a monkey In the monkey
and the pigeons the results in the
attempts to reproduce cancer from
the culture were negative Success
was obtained in the case Of one of
the two guinea pigs experimental
upon. In the majority Of cases Of
the % mice experimental upon the
cancer WIS produced on the side Of
innoculation and exhibited charac-
teristic peculiarities