Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-07-30

many ways For example, in India there are cattle
which pull loads by means of ropes passed through
holes bored through the base of the horn. Cancer
at the base of the horn is very common among
these cattle, and is seldom seen in others. A
Copenhagen scientist found that rats in certain
American sugar warehouses frequently had cancer
Of the stomach. He learned that these rats ate a
kind of cockroach which was infected with para
site that irritated the stomachs of the rats and he
was able to produce cancer in other rats by feed
ing them these cockroaches.
There is abundant evidence that external can
Ger IN man is nearly always caused by some sort
of irritation and scientists believe that internal
cancer may often be due to the
In parts of China where the head is shaved by
the public BARRIERS, the used are often dull
and full of hicks, and the irritation of this scrapins
often causes cancer Chinese men suffer from can
Ger of the PharynX and esophagus, due to their
habit of eating very hot rice which is thrown into
the mouth forciby with chop sticks. Chinese
women eat after their lords and masters, when the
rice is cold, and they never have this kind of can
Ger. In India much cancer is caused by the chew
ing of betel nut. In parts of the country
women do not chew the nut, and free of cancer
of the mouth.
Cancer of the mouth in civilized countries has
been greatly reduced by good dentistry. Eighty
five per cent of the cancers of the lip occur in
smokers Formerly clay pipes, which became very
hot, were much used and there has been a notable
reduction in the number of of the lip since
the clay pipe has gone out of fashion. Smoking.
however, is the cause of most cancer of the lip,
the tongue and the floor of the mouth.
In Khurdstan, India, the natives baskets
filled with hot Goals across their abdomens to pro-
tact them from the cold, and than so per cent
of all the cancer in that region forms in the abdo-
and groin, while in other countries such cam
GERS are very rare.
Gall stones, which cause a chronic irritation.
found in IS per cent of all cases of cancer OF
the gall-bladder. Locomotive engineers and fire.
men frequently have cancer of the skin, due to ex-
posture to the heat of the freboX. Cancer of the
breast in women is believed to be largely due to
the irritation of clothes and especially of corsets
Among people who leave the breast uncovered can
CT the breast is extremely rare.
One-third of all the cancer in civilized men
occurs in the stomach, although this is not true
of animals primitive people 1t seems not i'm
probable that the taking of very hot food and drink
by civilized people may be the cause of this.
One of the great difficulties in the treatment
of is the popular attitude towards it. Many
persons believe that cancer is hereditary and car
ries stigma with it. Hence many who have been
operated upon and cured of cancer conceal the
fact, and only those who die become known.
This has resulted in an unjustifed pessimism with
regard to the possibility of curing the disease.
The steps which the layman can take to protect
himself from this disease are obvious from what
has already been said. Causes of irritation should
be avoided and if the occupation makes this i'm
possible, the possibility of cancer should be hept
in mind, and the advice of physician sought.
Small tumors moles, warts, abrasions and injuries
which fail to heal should be closely watched and
shown to the physician. Gall-stonesi AMI ulcers
should be treated soon as they are discovered.
If these LESSONS not neglected, cancer may be
prevented and if taken in the early stages 1t can
often be cured. Ignorance and neglect constitute
the greatest dangers.