Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-11-01
DRIVE IS STARTED
AGAINST CANCER

A statewide campaign as part
of a national campaign against can
Ger will be launched Monday by the
Medical Association of Georgia, in
cooperation with the American So
ciety of Control Of Cancer.
The campaign Is in charge of a
cancer commission appointed by the
association, and composed of DR.. j.
L. Campbell, Atlanta; DR.. George
r. White, Savannah; DIR. c.. K.
Sharp, Arlington; DR.. T. J. Near
thur, Corde1e; DR.. Charles A. Greer,
Oglethorpe; DR.. A. r. Roar, Ma
con; DR.. r. M. Hardin, Rome; DIR.
H. M. Fullilove, Athens; DR.. M. B.
Allen, Hoschton, DIR. A. G.. Little,
Valdosta; DR.. T. C. Thompson, VII
dalia, and DR.. A. w. Davis, Warren
ton.
1t is planned to conduct the cam
paign for one week, and to reach ev-
cry element of the community
through organized channels embrac-
ing the medical profession, the press,
the pulpit, the schools, the theaters
and others. '.
'F'or the last twenty years." says
a statement, issued by the commits
sion in charge Of the campaign, "the
death rate from cancer has been
steadily increasing, until at the pres
ent time 10 per cent Of our popula-
ton over forty years Of age die of
cancer. During the same period
that $4,000 American soldiers died
in France, 100000 people died at
home from cancer.
1.-THE first week in November is
to be observed as a week of work
for the reduction of the death rate
from cancer. The entire country has
been organized around central com
mittee, and the work is to be pushed
along three distinct lines, .to-Wit:
First, publicity in the daily, week
ly, religious and professional press.
publishing articles detailing the &C
| tivities of the people engaged in the
work and true statements in simple
language of the frequency and seri-
| BUSINESS of the disease and methods
Of management. 1t is very DESTROYS
that the public should know that
| cancer is a durable disease If recog-
| nized in time. In fact, the majority
of cases can be cured if people will
only consult physician as soon as
| suspicious symptom develops.
Second, appropriate literature dis
| tributed as widely as possible through
clubs and organizations of various
| kinds, telling in plain language just
what symptoms to expect should q
cancer be developing in any part OF
| the body. 49,. g.. Il
"Third. Lectures to civic organi'
| cations, nurses, clubs, minister's, and
| when possible, short talks in the
| churches. T.
"It is not intended to alarm any
| one, but to give to the public a mes
sage of hope and cheer, for there Is
| no doubt that an early cancer can
be easily and permanently cured"
Literature to be distributed by the
| cancer commission will show start
| ling facts as to the growth of the
| disease. 1t will show that the mum
| Der of deaths from cancer in the
| United States has increased from
| 60 900 to 10000 annually in the past
twenty years. 1t will show that
cancer ra"ely develops before the
age Of thirty-five years, and that
10 per cent of "our population over
forty years Of age will die Of can
Ger next year unless active steps are
| taken to stop its ravages."
| Early discovery and immediate
| treatment will be emphasized above
all other points, for it is definitely
established that a cancer can be
cured permanently, and with com
parative ease, if treated in its early
| stage.