THE CAUSE AND CURE OF CANCER.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 601, 1 September 1909, Page 9

THE CAUSE AND CURE OF CANCER.

Sir,—ln a letter to Tiie Dominion of July 10, Edwin' Cox, , tho. writer, considers ' that I should disclose, tho .secrot of my discovfcrjv viz., tho cause and. cure for and by kO doing I would receivo, ready assistanco from tho people, of New- Zealand. In reply, thereto I beg. to state that fivo months «jp>' 1 wrote to Dr. Mason asking him if he ■in his capacity, as. Public Health Officer could arrango witli. tho Wellington Hospital authorities to havo ;threo cancer patients treated, as I was willing to hand over' my discovery for' tho benefit of-'tha sufferers .'of this Dominion. In- his re- : ply Dr. .'Mason stated that- ho had no power to' arrange any such tests. Was it because theMedical Association will not entertain a lay dis: oovery't I> should like to ask here if tho Im- : porial Cancer .Research Laboratory has beoiij established for the sole benefit of a fow scien-tists-who devoto tho whole of their experiments' to Jviviseotio'n, and who have vivisected- 85,0(W animals, only to provo ; .that cancer, although' .not- a .contagious .disaase, can bo transferred' from one another by means. of inoculation. Having idono my duty towards tho peoplo "of this Dominion, .uy having made tho abovo of fer, .cau not some, wealthy! person assist mo to proceed' to London .to nieot Dr. Bashford; tho superintendent of tho'lmperial Cancer Ret search Laboratory, who has expressed his wil? lingness to entertain my discovery. Thanking you fo'r valuable space,—l am, etc., "■ • FELIX - TANNER. - .Wakefield, Nelson, August 30, 1009." ,