The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1922-11-17

o. cancer develops at tne edge OF
a scar where the scar, and normal It's
sue meet. If the scar is removed, The
cancer will not develop.
Z. Certain definite symptoms pre-.
cede every cancer, just as surely as
wind clouds precede the rain storm
The time coming when these symp-
toms will be needed
8. One hundred thousand people in
the United States are annually af.
fiicted with some form of cancer. This
is on the authority --of the Public
Health Service.
8. One woman in every eight, who
is over forty years of age, dies OF
cancer. Three times as many women
SIS meii die with cancer between thirs
ts'fivc and forty-five years Of age.
From that time on, the ratio is more
nearly equal.
10. Every person over thirty-five
Years of age who is not sure about
a lump, sore unnatural. discharge
should consult competent physician
and demand a thorough examination.
If the first doctor consulted cannot
give d rational opinion, ask fof a con
sultation.
IL. REPRESENTATION has caused the
Toss Of many valuable lives.
IL. Any doctor who tells you that
he has a sure cure for cancer is a
fraud. There is no such a thing as
cancer serum or any remedy that
will cure cancer by being injected in
10 the veins or rubbed on the skin.
Vital Facts About Cancer.
l. During the Great War the Unit
cd States lost about $4,000 soldiers.
During the same two years 10000
people died of cancer in this country.
Cancer is now killing one out of ev-
cry ten persons over forty years of
age.
! 2. Many of these deaths are pre-
ventable, since cancer is frequently
durable, if recognized and properly
treated in its early stages.
3. Cancer begins as a small local
growth which can often be entirely
removed by competent surgical treat
ment, or, in certain external forms,
by using radium, X-ray or other
methods.
a. Cancer is not constitutional or
blood" disease; there should be no
thought of disgrace or of hereditary
faint" about it.
5. Cancer is not a communicable
disease. It is not possible to "catch"
cancer from one who has it.
6. Cancer is not inherited. 1t is
not certain even that a tendency to
the disease is inherited. Cancer is
so frequent that simply by the law of
chance they may be many cases in
some families, and this gives rise to
much needless worry about inheriting
the disease.
Z. The beginning of cancer is usu-
ally painless; for this reason it's insi-
dious onset is frequently overlooked,
and it is too easily neglected. Other
danger signals must be recognized
and competent medical advice obtain
ed at once.
8. Every persistent lump in the
breast is a warning sign. All such
Jumps are by no means cancer but
even innocent tumors of the breast
may turn into cancer if neglected.
8. In women continued unusual dis
charge or bleeding requires the i'm
mediate advice of a competent doc
tor. The normal change of life is not
accompanied by increasing flowing
which is always suspicious. The re-
turn of flowing after it has once stop
ped should also be considered suspic-
ious. In men amy reddish color m
the urine is very suspicious of cancer
of the bladder or kidney; though it
is also seen sometimes with stone of
the bladder or kidney. Do not expect
the doctor to tell you what the mat
ter is without making a careful ply
steal examination.
10. Any sore that does not heal,
particularly about the mouth, lips OF
tongue, is danger signal. Picking
and irritating such sores, cracks, I'LL
cerations, ETC., or treating these skin
conditions by home remedies, pastes,
poultices, caustics, ETC., is playing
with fire. Warty growths, moles, or
other birthmarks, especially those
subject to constant irritation, should
be attended to Immediately if they
change in color or appearance, OF
start to grow. Avoidance of chronic
irritation and removal of just sucn
seemingly insignificant danger spots
may prevent cancer.
IL. Persistent indigestion in mid
die life, with loss of weight and
change of color, or with pain, von1it-
ing, or diarrhoea, call for thorough
and competent medical advice as to
the possibility internal cancer