CANCER RESEARCH.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19153, 9 November 1927, Page 5

CANCER RESEARCH.

STATE HOSPITALS ADVOCATED. (bt cable —PRESS association-copyright.) (AUSTRALIAN AND V.Z CABLB ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, November 7. Extensive investigations liave been completed by Drs. Maran and E. H, Molesworth,. on behalf of the Sjdney Cancer Research Fund, in the United Kingdom and on the Continent. I Dr. Maran devoted special attention to radium treatment, while Dr. Molesworth concentrated on X-rays and the skin aspects of the disease. He was impressed by the remarkable work at Breslau, where the skin hospital has 200 beds, and a paid part-time staff of 20. . • , Similarly, at Zurich, there is a special hospital. Both are. supported entirely by the State. Dr. Molesworth is of the opinion that Australia will have to face the question of abandoning the system of vol-untarily-supported and honorarily-staff-ed hospitals, though he does not advocate full-time staffs. He extols the Continental system, under which juniors do the routine worlc, but submit the higher problems to the judgment of specialised heads, thus ensuring (the continuity of reDr. Molesworth was not prepared to discuss Dr. E. Gye's cancer findings, but said he had gathered an impression that Dr. Gve had cast the whole of his theories into the melting pot, because his previous deductions had been somewhat premature.