The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-04-18
SCIENTISTS PRESENT
MANY NEW THEORIES
At WASHINGTON MEET
Whole Medical Problem Of the
Origin and Growth of Cancers
and Tumors Is About to be
Eliminated, DR.. Smith Says.

Special Correspondence 10 The Herald.
washington, Apfn la.-ACCoidinE
TO Dr. Edwin r. Smith, pathologist
IN chargc Of the laboratory Of plant
pathology OF the department OF agri-
culture. the whole medical problem
OF the origin and growth Of tumors
aud cancers Is about To be Muminat-
ed. In his lecture ycrtcrday after
noon before the second session OF the
National Academy Of Sciences In
Washington. Or. smith explained In
his belief. based on o great number
81 experiments. that crown gall Is
cancer and hat there IN q very close
relation between this plant disease
and cancer Of animals and human
beings. He also seems to have ,stab-
lishcd the fact that both crown gall
and cancers are of parasitic origin.
II such is u fact. humanity may now
be greatly benefited by further In
v~estigatiuns made by the biologist ana
bactcriologist.
Two very important results have
been obtained by Dr. Smith within the
last sixteen months. The first OF
these is the discovery Of a new type
va AAfhN SUI AhiAANAs anu hN hNAlAAg
to reproduce these tumors at viii by
iu%oculating plants in particular places.
The newer type OF plant tumor dis
covered, according to the Investigator.
corresponds To the most complex type
Af malignant tumorS In many and uu-
finals. The second important phase
of his work has been the productions
90 small tumor. In the absence Of tu-
mor-producing organisms. that u.s..
with chemical products 81 tumor bac-
terra. ana he believes that this h. the
first time hat experiments have
proved tumors were due TO chemical
products OF the bacteria. slowly lib
Grated within the cells OF the attacked
plant
"If. said pr Smith. 81 am correct
in my view that the plant disease un-
der consideration Is a ANGER, then Il
throws a. Mood ~ light ON the I'M.
Known or obscure origin uf cancers
TN man aud animals, making il praC-
ticalIy certain that they are due 70
parasites out % necessarily the one
! have studied Using The word can
Ger .u the broad sonsu Tor an malig-
Uaut juniors ot nothing is known
a. present OF It's cause. Although
th't have no other satisfactory way
~ explaining H. the greater number
o. cancer specialists have come TO
The conclusion that II can not be due
90 paraHitcs.'
Or. smiths experiments have al
ready attracted great attention. not
only 1mouU botauisis and BIOLOGISTS.
hu' al-u amuug medical men in al
parts ~ this country and IN foreign
countries. and. shuald his suppOsi-
lions Ice confirmed. hi. work must
then be considered revolutionary in
canr,t research because an he has
thus far accomplished tends to con-
Grm the belief hat cancer iu man
and animals must hc due tu a cause
not dI...Wilur from hat which pro-
dJrcs these peculiar tumor, In plants.
namely. a. parasite. Precisely the
sam" phenomena occurs In thc plant
during the growth of this cancer as
is found iu similar cancer ~ mcn
"a animals
Assuming that these Investigations
ale righ', and % is oulN reasonable {"
do so the whole of the old cancel
pathology viii need 90 bo rewritten
aud ~ ours' AN text book teach
iuEs w.Il be Jn"yt,.
Mc~srs T. j. Anderson ANA Graham