The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-24
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fections caused by trypanosomes, as for example African sleeping sickness, but that 1t did have special ability to seek out the elusive spirochete
 Now the results have become avail able of the treatment of 117 patients in the syphilis clinic of the Johns Hopkins hospital, and of number of patients treated by specialists in Phila- delphia and in New Haven. The results of these studies are of more interest to the physician than the layman, but enough will be said to indicate how carefully scientific medicine evaluates today the properties of the agents it employs" ... .........-.,... -...
 It is known that salyarsan kills spirochetes better than mercury. and that the mercury seems to search out spirochetes that the salvarsan cannot reach. It was found that the flumerin could kill spirochetes much better than any other mercury combination and that since it was less poisonous to human beings than other mercury com binations it could be given in. larger amounts, so as to get more metallic mercury active on the spirochetes.
 The latest investiga tlons show that the drug can be used to advantage in the early stages of the disease the phy sician may give salyarsan first so as to, kill all the spirochetes possible by that method, then follow with flumerin which will continue and supplement the treatment. After sufficient num- Der of doses of the flumerin are given. the patient again receives injections of salvarsan, and after this series of in jections Is completed he receives new series of treatments with flumerin.
 The cure of syphilis is a different matter to determine Usually if Was sermann test of the blood and of the fluid in the spine is negative and a full years treatment is given there after the physician Is willing to discon- tinue the treatment with the belief that the patient will suffer no further from the disease. Such results have been secured with combined salvarsan and flumerin treatment.
 Tho great interest of the work is in it's revelation of the slow, careful. con trolled progress of modern scientific investigation as we'll as in the discovery of q new powerful combination for mer- cury, one of the most important ele- ments in the pharmacopeia.
 Lumps In The Breasts
 n. U. '. WTlteS |. III dH HFtlClt oi cancer which read. mention was made of woman hiding Jumps in her breast. Last evening over the radio, a repre- sentative of hygeia made a splendid talk and invited questions. May l suggest that you tell mothers about the Jumps which require treatment or operation. The case of my wife fits exactly 90 per cent of our acQuaintances who have borne children. Shortly after the birth of our baby one breast became very in- famed and sore. The doctor examined it and said that if the inflammation continued he would have to lance it.. The inflammation subsided. but ever since that time a large lump is present. not painful and never inflamed. Older people have told her it is caked and some talk of caked milk. For the bene- fit of my wife and myfiads of other mothers bothered ;n this way. what can you tell me?'
 Answer: A lump in the breast which appears shortly after the birth of a baby, and which after one year has not disappeared should be examined at once by a competent physician.
 It is quite possible that the lump is not really a definite lump, but only a part of 'lumpy" breast, which is quite common after the baby stops nursing. If examination by competent physi- elan reveals only a ''iumpy" breast and no single really definite lump, there should be no reason for anxiety and no necessity for any operation or treat ment.
 If the examination reveals really definite lump, there should be an opera tion at once. The object of this opera tion is to remove the lamp if it is not cancer, save the breast and protect the patient from cancer. If the lump is suspicious of Carly cancer or is cancer, then the breast and the contents of the arm pit must be removed to save the patient from death from internal cancer. Neither operation is dangerous. The only danger is delay.
 Any woman over 25 years of age who feels lump in her breast should be immediately examined. This examina- tion will often reveal the lumpy breast ol other conditions of the breast that will disappear and require no treat ment. But if definite lump is found the patient has at least 50 per cent chance that the operation will remove the lump only and will save the breast. If the breast must be removed. it of fers the patient the best possible chance of a permanent cure. Most women do not hide Jumps in the breast, they de- lay giving them attention because there is no pain and because they are ignorant of the danger of the lump in the