River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-08-28
CAUSE OF CANCER
AND A CURE FOUND
Serum Is Successful as Germ
Is Isolated.

Philadelphia.-The cause Of cancer
has been discovered, also a treatment
for 1t, which, although still in the ex-
perlmental stage, is producing remark
able results, according to the Phila-
delphia North American.
That this most dreaded disease Is
due to q microorganism has been
scientifically established. The germ
has been isolated and its parts as the
causatlve factor proved by the con-
elusive laboratory test known as the
"Koch cycle"
The discoverer is DR.. I. ]. Glover,
a native of Toronto, Cam, thirty-six
years old, and graduate Of the medi-
cal school Of the University O. Toron-
to. class of 1911. For four years he
has carried on his research work in
New York. The antitoXic serum he
has developed apparently is effective
only in the treatment Of carcinoma,
the commonest and most destructive
form of cancer.
Tests Are Successful.
DR.. Glover first succeeded in inoc-
ulating animals with the germ he had
isolated in certified specimens of can
Ger from human beings, and with it
reproduced the disease in monkeys and
all immune animals. Then, through
injection Of the serum, he arrested or
modified its course and later immun-
lied scores of such animals against
infection.
Within the last two years this serum
has been tested on more than 200 cases
Of cancer confirmed by pathological,
X-ray and clinical histories, and in
every stage of development from In
cipiency to hOpelessness.
Nearly 100 Of these had been treated
In the National Stomach hospital In
Philadelphia, where the most complete
tests have been made and the largest
number of patients observed.
In a majority Of these cases there
have been favorable results, and In
some instances the subjects have been
discharged as symptom-free, condl-
ton the laymen would call cured.
Thus 1t appears from the laboratory
results secured by DR.. Glover, and
from the records Of these cases, that
this terrible malady, as old as human
history and Of late years increasing
at such O rate as to alarm both the
medical profession and the public, has
at last been brought to the point OF
control, joining the ranks Of syphilis,
smallpox, typhoid fever and diph-
iberia.
100000 Deaths Year In U. S.
In view of the fact that the cancer
death toll in this country alone now
is figured at 100000 year, and that
the disease is increasing at the rate
Of 21s per cent annually, the meaning
of this discovery Is obvious.
The discovery of the cancer germ
leads logically to the hope that a
method soon may be found for deter
mining the presence Of the microor.
ganism in the blood, thus making pos
sible the detection of the disease In
incipiency and its prevention.
DIR. Glover has made significant ex-
periments along this line, with decid-
eddy encouraging results. He has dis
tributed limited amount of the serum
to hospitals In various parts of the
country to be tested under pledge of
secrecy and without charge pending
the official announcement.
From these experimental clinics
there have been received highly favor
able reports Of results which coincide
with those obtained in Philadelphia
over a period of 10 months.
The Journal of the American Med
ical association in February, 1920,
charged DR.. Glover with unprofessional
conduct in trying to commercialize his
discovery. Prior to that time the Tor
onto Academy of Medicine had made
an adverse report on his work Tor
onto medical men Of high standing
subsequently explained the situation
leading to these charges in such q
way as to minimize their significance.
A. DID,.