The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-20
FIGHT AGAINST CANCER
Danger Signals and How to Meet
Them Promptly

Rutland, May lS-The committee
of arrangements has announced the
| program for the meetings to be held
in Rutland, June s, dealing with the
| cancer problem in Vermont This
days meeting is one of the four held
in the state under the auspices OF. the
! State Medical society. New York's
noted cancer expert, Dr. William
| Seaman cambridge, will conduct the
clinics in the morning and persons
DESTROYS of ayailing themselves of
| this unusual 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 before the operative elm
ic which win be from 1890 a m. to /
p. m.
In the afternoon at O'Clock at the
Shrine hall, with DR.. Clayton W. Bart
tlett OF Bennington in the chair, three
important papers will be given Yer
lnonts Cancer Situation" Will be
stated by Or. Charles F. Dalton OF
Burlington, secretary of the state
board OF health,
Some practical phases of the Can
Ger problem is the subject of DR..
William Seam n Bainbridge's paper
which is to be profusely illustrated
with lantern slides. Dr. cambridge is
professor Of surgery at the New York
Polytechnic Medical School and also
surgeon at the New York Skin and
Cancer hospital; beside being a
member OF several cancer research
committees.
The third paper of the afternoon
meetings is to be given by DR.. iona
than NJ wainwright OF Scranton, Pa
His subject will have to be announc
ed later DR. wainwright is chairman
of the Pennsylvania State Medical
society's committee on cancer, trus-
tee of the American society for the
control of cancer and surgeonin-
chief for the Lackawanna railroad.
While meeting in the afternoon is in
tended primarily for interested ply
sicians 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 the one to which the public is urg-
ed to attend. DR. cambridge is to
deliver popular lecture of unusual
interest entitled 'Nhat Can the
People Do to Lower Vermont's Can
Ger Mortality after DR.. Dalton has
asked the question rs it Necessary
for Vermont to Lose over 400 Citiz-
ems a Year From Cancef?' DR. Balm
bridge is to illustrate his talk with
many unique lantern slides dealing
the causatiye factors producing this
disease as observed in many of the
nations of the world.
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'D.
l. Cancer OF the Breast.
Here the danger signal is a small
lump or thickening of any kind In
a woman over 50 years old, this lump
is a cancer from the start in at least
so per cent of cases. In woman of
any age the finding of a lump in the
breast should be Immediately follow
ed by its removal
9. Cancer of the Uterus:
"The danger signal here is any ir-
regular bleeding and physician
should be consulted when this is OBJ
served.
3. Cancer of the Lip, Mouth and
Tongue:
"The danger here is a little wart
or sore that will not heal.
4 Cancer of the Skin:
''The danger signal here is any
sore that will not promptly heal or