Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-04-14

lied by the various organs such MS
the liver, otherwise. we would have
far more deaths from ordinary blood
poisoning than we do.
are picked up by the Emphatic We,
In like manner the cancer cells
sells and carried along toward the
general circulation. When thew reach
one of the glands (kernels) they are
detained for n while. But finally thcy
break through and are poured into
the large veins at the root of tho
neck. Having gotten into til, gen
erai circulation, they are liable tn
lodge anywhere in the body that !,
blood vessel goes, thus producing
secondary generous modules (me
tastasis).
Only recently n man came to mo
with an extensive cancer on the back
Of his hand. He said he had had "a
wart' on his hand for tyo years and
that only lately had it begun to trou.
Bile him. When l went to operat,
upon him l remembered two of the
facts have just discussed with YOU,
namely; that cancer always begins
locally and that it gets into the sys-
tenn through the lymphatics. There
lore, the first thing I did was to re.
move the Emphatic glands (kernels,
from his axilla. knew that il the
cancer cells had not reached the AK
liiary Emphatic glands that they had
not invaded the patients body SINCE
there was no other way for them to
get into his system EXCEPT throu,,n
those glands. Unfortunately. when
put the excised glands under the
microscope we found them to be can.
cerous. Therefore. had the sad dutv
OF telling the patient, who was NJ,
important citizen, husband unl
father, that although had remov-
ed the glands and had DESTROYED with
a hot iron every vestige of cancor
on the back of his hand, the chances
were that the cancer cells hao al
ready invaded his body and soone,.
or later would develop seconoarv
cancerous growths elsewhere. Ono
minute with hot iron two voors
ago would have cured that wort
tnereby, preventing the deyelopn., ~
OF the cancer. In other words tba
pest way to prevent thing is to nut
stop to it before it happens. That's
an irish bull, chockful of common,
sense and science, too, when applied
to cancer. ''Pred
cancer and Chronic Irritation:
IL IS a matter of common observa.
zion that cancer is closely associated
with chronic irritation. Tho w.,
tion may be produced mechanically
as by means Of friction; or chemical,
~ as from the acids of the stomac,
or by thermic influences, which NAV
DC either heat or cold. AS the icons.
tant drop will wear the rock" a Iono
continued irritation of the tissues n'
tne boty may so disturb the re,n,
tions and growths of the normal
cells, OF which our bodies are com.
posed, that they become greatly dis
tnrbed when irritated. The cells ne
GIN to multiply with abnormal ,..n-
idity. They overlap each other and
crowd into the surrounding t,sspe,
thereby producing hard inflitrated
area or sprout out like a mushroom
In other words, cell growth goes up.
on rampage and order gives place
to chaos. This condition is malignant
and is called cancer. Not being sub.
ject to the laws of physiology:
which means health, but to the laws
Of pathology. which means death: il
Continues progressively and irrcstib-
~ until the patient is destroyed.
A concrete illustration will indi
cate the relation between irritation
and cancer:
(a) A familiar example is the s,a
man who habitually holds short
stem pipe in his mouth, often pro-