Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-23
FACTS ABOUT CANCER
Most Dreaded Disease TO Which
Flesh Is Heir To.
CLAIMS ITS VICTIMS IN MULTITUDES
Fearfully Common in All Countries and
:. Al Wa..<s of Life, and Gets In Its
Destructive Work, Mainly Because
Intelligent People Know SO Little

| 80 All Wa,Ss OF Life, and Gets In i''
Destructive Work, Mainly Because
Intelligent People Know SO Little
About 1t.
| Among the most abe, important and
worth while addresses before the re-
cent summer school for teachers al
Winthrop college, was one by DR.. Wes-
ley Long, noted physician and surgeon
of Greensboro, n. C. The attention OF
The Yorkville Enquirer has been call
ed to this address by, DR.. w. w. Fen
nell, who endorses every word OF It,
and who is especially desirous OF its
publication because Of the need for ed
ucation in this connection. Following
is DR.. Longs address in full:
| assure you that 1t Is a very great
pleasure to visit South Carolina and
especially this beautiful, progressive
city. Rock Hill has had an interesting
history since it was chartered as viii
lage in 1870 and as a city in 1892. The
industries which this community has
developed are a modern demonstration
of what can be done through the en-
terprise of an intelligent citizenship.
I am especially interested in your
State Normal and Industrial college,
since we have a like institution In
Greensboro of which we are very
proud. can not conceive Of any work
which a state may do that will Bring
forth a more abundant harvest than
the education Of the young women OF
the commonwealth, who are to be the
future wives and mothers Of the state.
VI thank DR.. Fennell and DR.. johnson
for the honor they confer upon me by
inviting me to address the teachers or
South Carolina, the representatives OF
the various welfare organizations OF
this community, the city fathers and
my own professional brethren.
count myself most happy to speak
to you upon a subject that Is for many
reasons Of vital interest to every fam
lily; indeed, 20 every individual in the
state.
! But, now that am here and realiz-
ing my own limitations, feel some
what as L imagine a certain king did
when called upon to face an embar-
RAISING situation. AS the story goes
this king was a mighty warrior. 1t was
his gentle custom, when he captured
another king to cut off the thumbs and
great toes of his captive and feed him
upon the scraps from his table which
he threw upon the floor. Imagine
king crawling around upon the dining
room floor, his thumbs and big toes
zone, scrambling for piece Of bread.
After he had caught and treated sew
enty kings in this manner, the tide
turned and he was taken prisoner. Ac-
cording to the historian, when our king
was sent for to come into the presence
of his captor he remembered his own
atrocities, and as he approached his
majesty, "he walked delicately.'
Coming upon the sacred soil Of this
great commonwealth, standing in this
famous institution Of learning, looking
into the faces Of those to whom is COM
mitted the education Of the youth OF
the state, and realizing the Importance
of the mission upon which l have
come, feel that / too should walk
delicately." Therefore, If l seem to be
embarrassed, remember please that
am your captive, a most willing one l
assure you, and deal gently with the
young man.
In order to get an intelligent concep-
ton of that dread disease called can
cer," it is necessary for us to consider
one or two primary principles. En-
bryology is the science of growth and
the study of it explains many Of the
mysteries Of life.
The development of every living
thing, whether animal or plant life, de-
pends upon cell growth or cell division.
All life starts from single CELL One
cell divides and becomes two cells, two
cells divide and become four cells and
so on. without cell division there can
be no growth We are told that order
is Heavens first law. Embryologists
learned long since that order is also
the law Of growth. AS cells multiply
b. division, they arrange themselves
systematically, orderly, observing al
ways the patterns of theft peculiar
species and the special part Of the in
dvidual to which they belong. Agas-
siz says: II can not repeat too en-
phatically that there is not a single
fact in embryology to justify the as
sumption that the laws Of development
now known to be so precise and defin-
ite have been less so, or have ever been
allowed to run into each other"
AS an example, the cells of the skin
are arranged in overlapping layers,
somewhat like the shingles on house,
while the cells Of the secretory glands
and other specialized structures are
placed n single layers resembling up
standing columns packed closely to-
gcther Always there is beneath the
cells, so-caled basement membrane,
which has among other duties, the spe-
cial function of limiting the advance of
cells in its direction.