Evening journal., 1921-10-31
CANCER fight
ON in STATE
Messages of Hope to Afflict-
ed Open Weeks Educa-
tional Campaign
APPEALS MADE
TO THE PUBLIC

That cancer, one OF the most
dreaded OF all physical inhrmities.
can be cured easiy II the patient
applies TO a physician in time. was
the warning message OF the Ameri-
can Society for the Control OF Can
Ger. read yesterday from the pulpits.
an open letter on the causes and
control OF cancer. prepared by the
society, was spread broadcast as the
first activity OF national Cancer
Week"
The letter will be read before
hundreds OF lodge meetings during
this week in all the towns in Della
ware. The campaign is being di-
rected by DR.. o. X. Smith, Of the
Medical Division OF the dupont
Company. Chairman OF the sub
committees are:
DR.. Roscoe Elliott Sussex county;
DR.. /. J. McCollum. Kent county;
DR.. Richard r. Spahr. Middletown
and vicinity.
wilmington-Dr. W. F. Bird.
movies. newspapers and libraries'
DR.. Charles II. Boehm, Catholic
churches; DR.. J. W Bastian. uni-
tartan Church: DIT. Harold Springer,
Presbyterian churches; DR.. ]. A..
Draper Episcopalian churches; Dr.
L. Vaccaro. Italian clubs and news
papers; Dr. S. b. Pawlikowski. Pol
ish clubs and newspapers; Dr.
Mitchell Greenwood, Baptist
churches; DIR. 3. r. Veasey, Meth
odist churches; DR.. William Werten-
baker, Women's clubs and Uni
versity OF Delaware; DR.. W. II.
Stocks, nurses and internes in hos
pitfalls: DIR. W. H. speer, fraternal
D examinations; DR.. Ira Burns Ro-
I tary Club, American Legion; DR.. f.
D Q. Bullock. Kiwanis Club.
The object OF Cancer Week Is not
[ to spread alarm about cancer. but
to bring hope. The causes and ma
ture OF this disease are still OBJ
scure. and once II Is fully developed
b. its cure is almost impossible. But
D one thing. at least. has been demon
strated by the surgical experience OF
the past ten or twenty years: Il can
be cured II Il is taken In time. A
cancer, II has been found, never
starts as a cancer. II always starts
as something that is not. in itself
dangerous: a lump, a mole, wart
a bfuise, a small ulcer, burn. Such
things often go away themselves, and
then no harm is done. But IL they
remain a long time, and sometime.
even a relatively short time, they
may turn into cancers. and ther
they are very dangerous indeed. Th'
safest plan is to have all such thing
} attended to at once. good docto
can determine whether they ar
, likely to turn into cancers or not
II not, simple remedies will usuali
? suffice TO heal them. And II they ar
Of the dangerous variety, they ca
be removed at once, and all risk @
cancer prevented. Such an opera
tion. In these early stages, Is quic
, and painless, and causes no disabll
iity. It can be done, as a rule, unde
a local acknowledgements, not ethe
or gas. Even II a cancer has begu
/, TO develop, the life OF the patien
may be saved II Il Is taken in time
, But not II II Is neglected until tn
late stages The surgical record
show clearly the importance OF carl
treatment. In the early stages, eve
of undoubted cancer, the percentag
OF recoveries is very high; in tn
late stages It is next to nothing.
The surgeon can do nothing III
the patient comes to him. Tn
later the patient comes, the NOR
difficult this task-the worse the op
Grafton and the smaller the chance
for cure. II you have a lump,
mole, a wart. a bruise that won
heal, or any unusual discharge. as
rule bloody. or a sort spot anywher
that resists ordinary treatment. g
TO a doctor and ask him about i
1 It will probably turn out to be harm
: less. and he will cure II quickl,
, And II It is something worse-th
Z warning that goes before cancer
then going early will save your III
Z A cancer does not come unannounc
ed. The victim has warning. 81
- that warning must be needed II
T. stantly.
NJ "UCIDTDIIDM AIN