Evening star., 1924-06-09
FINDS CANCER CAUSE
AND new TREATMENT.
Canadian Physician Locates Germ
and Reports Serum Has
Cured Disease.
HOSPITALS LAUD DISCOVERY
200 Cases Treated, Majority of
Them Improved.
HOSPITALS LAUD DISCOVERY

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, June 9.-The
North American says today in an
article withheld from publication for
fifteen months, lin the interest of
science" that the cause of carfcer has
been discovered; also a treatment for
it, which, though still in experimental
stage, lis producing remarkable re-
suits
The discoverer is DR.. T. ]. Glover,
native of Toronto, Canada, who, the
article says, has established scien-
titically that the disease is due to a
micro organism, and who has located
the germ and proved by the ''conclu-
sive laboratory test known as the
Koch CYCLE" its part as the causa-
tive factor. DR.. Glover has conducted
his research work in New York city
for four years.
The anti-toxic serum developed by
DR.. Glover, the article says, apparent
ly is effective only in the treatment
of carcinoma, the commoneSt and
most destructive form of cancer. Con-
tinuing, the North American says:
Experimental With Monkeys.
"Dr. Glover first succeeded in incul-
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 ar
rested or modified its course. and
later immuniZed scores of such ami
mails 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 his
tories and in every stage of devel-
opment, from incipiency to hope
lassnesS Nearly 100 of these have
been treated in the National Stomach
Hospital in Philadelphia where the
most complete tests have been made
and the largest number of patients
observed.
I'm a majority of these cases fav-
orable results have been secured and
in some instances the subjects have
been discharged as symptom free-a
condition the layman would call cured
Thirteen Years of Research.
This discovery of the cancer germ
leads logically to the hope that a
method soon may be found for de-
termining the presence of the micro
organism in the blood, thus making
possible the detection of the disease
in incipiency and its prevention. DR..
Glover already has made Slgnlncant
experiments along this line, with de-
Cidedly encouraging results.
He first began his research work
in this field soon after being gradu-
ated from the medical school of the
University of Toronto in 1911. and
was continuously employed in it until
ne came to New York There one
OF his test cases attracted the at
tention of a wealthy business man.
financed his laboratory work and the
production of the serum.
THE process of obtaining this
serum is similar to that followed in
the case of diphtheria anti-toxin. in
that the horse is the medium. 1t has
Glovers personal supervision, even to
such details as selection of the an
imals and their incubation and care,
an operation covering a period OF at
least eighteen months.
Hospitals Report Results.
"Dr. Glover has distributed a limit
ed 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 expert
mental clinics have been received
highly favorable reports of results
which coincide with the results OBJ
tanned in Philadelphia, over a period
of eighteen months.
Associated in the work with d..
Glover are two Philadelphia physi-
clans. DR.. ]. F. Donnelly and DR.. NJ. P.
Warmth. both members of the staff
of the National Stomach Hospital,
where the first clinic was established
late in 1922. To these doctors was
assigned the work of determining
the value of the serum in practical
use, the best method of administra-
tion and proper dosage"
The discovery is expected to be
presented before a medical society
within six weeks.