Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-11

erly eradicated, may be cured,
but, if allowed to spread, will
soon become unmanageable.
Il would seem to the casual OBJ
server that a cancer in so accessi-
bic part Of the body as the
mouth would be recognized and
cured at once, yet the reverse is
true, fot the best statistics OBJ
tainable show that at least IS per
cent of all cancers of the mouth
are at the present time fatal.
One of the most prominent sur
geons in America has written an
article entitled, Cancer Of the
Mouth, a Preventable Disease"
and so it is.
Ninety-fve per cent of all can
GERS of the mouth occur in men
who are over 45 years age; the
greatest number occurring at the
age of so and above. Cancers
Of the mouth are infrequent in
people who take care of their
teeth, who do not use tobacco in
excess, and who do not smoke
cigars or a pipe. A white spot on
the tongue, which is known to
medical men as leukoplakia, has
definitely been proven to be
precancer leison; however, if it is
removed early it can be cured. 1t
is much easier to prevent a can
Ger of the mouth than to cure
one, and proper care of the
mouth will prevent at least rs
per cent of these LESSONS
About 10 per cent of all cam
GERS are located in the mammary
glands. If the victim will con
suit competent physician early
and follow his advice, a large
number can be safely and per-
manently cured. A single lump,
devoid of pain, In the breast of
q woman past IS Years of age
is danger signal that should not
be overlooked, There is not one
chance in d thousand that WON
an under rs years of age will
have a cancer of the breast, but
many tumors in the breasts of
young women become malignant
as age advances. | wish to inn
press upon you the fact that can
Ger of the breast does not give
pain. IF it were as painful as
toothache, nine out of every ten
who now die of it would be saved.
A lump in the breast should new
er be rubbed or handled roughly,
for the breast is abundantly sup
piled with lymphatics through
which cancer cells are carried to
remote parts of tho body. Ma
nipulation and massage break off
clumps of cells from the original
lesion, which are picked up and
carried away by the lynphatics.
Forty or fifty per cen. of cam
GERS are located in the intestinal
canal. A large number of them
occur in the stomachs of people
past As years of age. Each year
more than 10000 people die in
the United States from cancer
of the stomach, liver, and IN
testines. Our state, with 9 popu-
lation of little over three mil
lion, lost over 450 citizens last
year from cance- of the stom-
ach, liver and all bladder.
About seven-eights o. them were
white, and it is about cqually dl-
vided among the two sexes.
Cancer of the stomach is fire.
quently preceded by what is
known to doctors as ulcer symp-
toms. Indigestion with nausea
and vomiting, loss of flesh and
constant gurgilng accompanied
by slight pain, coming on after
the individual is 40 years of age
are signs that should not be over
looked. The history of the case,
laboratory analyses of the stom-
zach content, and a careful H-ray
Examination will often reveal a
(cancer Of the stomach that can
lbe cured.
II is not SO easy TO diagnose q
n cancer in the mtenstiae, althougf
We know that they are fontined