Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1922-02-18
More About Cancer.

More About Cancer.
sutton, Neh,, Feb, To th
/ Editor Of The Rec Referring 20
letter Of mine published January
under the head line. "Yilsminss
Cancer will say over $4,000 die
last year from cancer, Statistic
show that this harvest OF dealt
gathered In ! ont of every II mel
and l IN every women, and tn,
harvest il yearly increasing.
The former article referred 60 IL
the treatment for external cancel
stated N taken In time could b,
cured by local nonsurgical means
but 10 prevent a possible recurrence,
the patient should have constltu
tianal treatment and he continued
some time after the local NANTES
tation has disappeared. Internal
cancer can be cured by eonstitu.
tional means alone, and far safer
than by surgery, tho X-ray or ra-
dunn.
Repeated laboratory experiences
have demonstrated. IN most re-
mafkhhlc manner, the absolute con-
trolling effect ~ diet on the de-
velopment Of inocul6ted cancer In
mice and rats, 80 that the process
was checked almost entirely by
vegetable feeding. Any number OF
observers. In many lands. have re-
corded tho almost total absence OF
cancer among aboriginees, living
simple lives, largely vegetarian and
eating their food without salt. They
have also shown the definite increase
OF the disease and It's mortality In
proportion to the adoption by the
natives OF tho customs and diet OF
modern civilization. The Increase
of cancer mortality seems to depend
largely upon the altered conditions
OF life attending advanced civiliza-
ton. particularly along tho lines of
In eating and drink
Ing, together with Incidence.
The results which have been OBJ
served In connection with the star
walton of cancer, by legation of ves-
sells leading TO IL. illustrate the rela-
ton of blood Supply 10 growing can
Ger. The repeated observation and
report OF spontaneous disappearance
of cancer by careful medical men
shows that conditions OF the system
which favored II may become an
ia gonistic To malignant growth. even
when il has begun 10 take place:
Just as other wrong conditions of
the system arose which favored the
diseased and malignant action of
previously normal cells, resulting in
the mass which We call cancer, a
result OF previously disordered sys-
temlc action.
DR.. Mayo says that cancer of the
stomach forms nearly one-third OF
all cancers of the human body 1t
presents very great difficulty of early
diagnosis as such, so that thus far
II is agreed that fully so per cent
Of the cases are fully diagnosed only
when it is already too late to expect
any benefit from surgical opera
ton. How very important it is,
therefore, to recognize and thor
oughly treat the antecedents of this
affection. The early symp-
toms are commonly pain and dis
comfort, often after eating, loss of
appetite, vomiting, loss OF weight
and general weakness. But some
cases give practically no symptoms
until the disease is far advanced. In
other instances. and most frequently,
there is long history of obstinate
dyspepsia and constipation. In 9TH
Frs sudden attack from indiscre-
ion in diet will disclose that there |
vas an ulcer preceding an already |
developed cancer. 81 |
In cancer OF the breast surgeons
are advocating and urging the re-
noval of every tumor, however !