HOW MR BRAUND KILLS AND REMOVES CANCER

Chronicle (Levin), 4 February 1948, Page 5

HOW MR BRAUND KILLS AND REMOVES CANCER

Roceivod Tuosdny, 8.20 p.m: SYDNBY, Feb. 3. The rejeclion by Alr. Jolui Braiiiicl, oi' the' Govemmeiita] inquiry into his claims for the cure of cancer and of an offer oi" 120,000 by a Nydney philanthroj)ist, AIi'. E. J. llallslroni, have made him overniglt the most e.onti'ovei'sial ligui'e in Anslralia. A Jarge body of opinion deeries his change in atlitude as evidenee oi his ti'ying to "'baek ont" oi an uncoml'oHabie situation whilc an equally strong bo.ly oi suppoi'ters excttses his actions in the "words oi the vvpiild iamous eaneer expert, Dr. Ilenry Brose: "People will not allow ior the fact that Ali*. Braund is an old man and inelined to be difficult." Air. Braund has rejected the comniittee oi inquiry eomposed oi his nominees, tlnise oi thc British Aledical Assoeiation and. three laymen, iiresided over by a -Government ofucial, but is now considering a similar panel to investigate his treatment in Victoria. Mr. Hallstrom, vvhose money wns rejected by Mr. Braund, now states: "In my opinion Mr. Braund has not a cure for cancer or anything else. His

m mcthods of treatment are ro disgustingly crude and uphygienic as to be a public menace." The Bydney Daily Mirror has entered the controversy with outspoken criticisni of Mr. Braund 's netion and with an offer of £5000 if Mr. Braund ean remove eaneer irom a patient's liver through his' back. Today Mr. Braund did what he claims was exactly that, by removing from just below a ruan's diaphram, a growtli about the size of a golf ball and having long tentacles. The operation was performecl before 10 witnesses and the Sydney Sun publishes a photograph of the patient displaying tlie growtli. The patient, who is a Helbourne engineVr, said ,a cancer speeialist had refu'sed to operate and had given him. 12 months to live. Mr. Braund stated that the cancer was dead as could be seen by tlie ease with which the mass eame away. The patient.fclt no pain during the operation. A staiiiich supporter of Mr. Braund is Dr. Ilenry Brose wlio, in Bngland, was eleeted to the Imperial Cancer Researcli Committee and who has lectured 011 cancer to the British Medical As-

soeiation in Australia. He sayt that a cancer tuni our, aceording to many authorities, is preceded by certain indications in the blood and is only the secondary expression of the disease. The Braund treatmjent commences with detoxicating the blood and ensuring adequate circulation, especially in the minute capillary vessels. The seeond stage consists in injecting into the tiimouT a small quantity of liquid which destroys the tinnour cells, whether benign or malignant, Without having the slightest effect on the siirrounding normal cells. After a lapse of 10 to 20 days, the tumour shrivels to a quarter of its original size and may,'be rcmoved easily with l'orceps. "One need hardly empliasise that the liquid which ean fjeek out. and destroy eaneer cells can achieve inchmparably more than tlie blind knife of tlie surgeon or the indiscriminating destructiveness of deep ray tlierapy oi radium," concludes Dr. Brose. , It is signifieqnt that other established cancer specialists, though criticisjd by Mr. Braund, have launched no attack against his metkods. ,