The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-26
State Medical Society
 Urges Yearly Checkup
Cooperation Between Dctor and Patient Will Reduce
 Death Toll By Cancer, Tuimor

For centuries physicians have advocated and practiced preventive medicine in thoir fight to keep theif communities free from the cpl demics that used to favage cities towns, countries and even cont. t,erts. Sc0urges such ag epldemici of typhoid fever, cholera, smallpOx yellow fever, black measles, dysen. tery, malaria, plague. leprosy and what not took thoir toll by millions cry and wrotohcdness. It has beer of lives and caused unkhown fl,ls. chiefly through the activities of thu doctors that tho causes of these diseases have beon found and through their efforts proper moth ods of control and preventlon have been instituted 50 that to-day thii country Of oure is practically free of serious ebidcnics of any sort. A c matter Of fact thero has been lesi BickneHs during the last few yeari than ever before in the history oi the world. But in spite of this tht doctors are not yet satisfied and nrt about to launch Q fight against tht innumerable chronic diseases thai still attack tho ihdivduals and cause human suffering.
 Examinations Important
 At the last meeting of the Con. nccticut state Medical Society winch was held in Bridgeport . res port was made by the tum0r com mittee which was instrumental in launching this new drive against the diease of individuals. This com. mittee in It's report had pointed out that in order to cure cancer the cancer must bc seen early by c competent physician and prOpet treatment must be instituted imme- dinteiy # the cancer is to Do cured 1t wns emphasized that now only 2 small percentage of patients with cancer was getting into the handa of competent physicians at an early enough stage SO q. cure could Do obtained. People have been warned that there is c cancer fnen- ace but in spite of all the news. paper articicB and all the public speaking and radio broadcastlnG there are but few people who have acted on tho advice glven and sought periodical health check.ups. Tho committee further pointed out that q great many cancers could be prevented # people would only submit thcmseiveB to . yearly com. plete physical examination. All physicians agree that cancer is not duo to any specich cause, but Is rather caused by chronic irrithtio chronic cy s'Ii Irritation Of ths' iip by Is . hot clay pipe, by heat, by tobacco, Las kIAAA AglSlAS al Hl0A riso to cancer of tho lip. Jaged teeth or 0 poorly fitted plato of false teeth may give rise to can- cer of the tongue. Cancer Of the stomach may follow gastric ulcers which in turn arc caused by i'm. proper or to much food in the presence of chronic infection, tho foci arising from. pyorrhooa, car. ious tooth and infected tonsils. Cancer Of tho cervix usually fol- lows endocervlcitis or an erosion of tho oervix. Cancer of tho Ut. orus usually follows chrOnic con- geBtion which is caused by poor drainage through tho ccrvicai can. al. Knowing that cancer follows weeks and months and even years of chronic irritation it seemed to the Cancer committee that tho problem wNB salf-ev!aent, that is, to remove those irritants before they have had time to change from | benign lesion to . malignant one.
 Doctors TO Advise
 To accomplish their purpose the tumor committee econtJiUndOd and the state medical society passed q motion recommending and strongly advocating that q complete yearly physical examination by . eoiitp0- tent physician or surgeon Is the best means of keeping patients itl the best of health and to acconis pllHh this it advocates that every inember of the society send out Co their own patients once every year or one half year . card which reads something as follows:
 My dear ------------
 The Connecticut gtat6 Medis
 cal society advocates c thor.
 ough and complete yearly phy-
 Alcal examination by q Cofnpe.
 tent physician as the best
 means to prevent ahd to detect
 disease in It's incipient form.
 It Is now c year or iifore
 since 1 lust examined you. If
 you are still my patient anG 1
 am responslble for your health
 please call my office and make
 on early appointment.
 By such q thorough yearly check up the society feels that the doc. tors will not only pr0yent many cases 0f cancer but will also be preventing numerous other diseases such ag chronic or hcute heart djss ease, vascular diseases chronic Or acute bone infections, ehornic lung conditions, chronic kidney Condi. tionD and blood dyscrasIas which occur froni the presence gf chroii!e foel of infection and irritation.
 Fewer I3lIls ID Pay
 The doctors do not believe that this method of attacking the indi. viduai health problem will bring 100 per cent good results beenute they understand the obstinacy bf human beings but they do hope that at feast the more intelligent portion of tlIe communities will re aIize what they hge trying Co aes cOmplish and vii react fnyokabIv towards the new policy. Certainly if every perHen will submit tnsHi, selves Co c thorough physical ek n afsslu0ft6u ovsf vHaf Ug n ss0ms