CANCER RESEARCH.
London, February 26,
The Cancer Research Department of the Middlesex Hospital reports that in 8000 cases treated there was no evidence that the disease was inherited.
The third report of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund declares that the rationale of the early surgical removal of primary growths is amply justified, and that no substitute for it has yet been discovered. Dr. Bashford, in his introduction, contests the theory vaguely held by a good many people that cancer is “congenital,” and produced by the disordered development of embryonic cells. “ The study of the incidence of cancer as determined by irritants in man,” he says, “ demonstrates absolutely that the generalisation of the idea of a congenital or embryonic origin is incorrect.” This reflection is borne out by two novel items of evidence from India, In Kashmir, where cancer of the skin is common, the cause is easily traceable to the custom of carrying a small charcoal fire in an earthenware vessel close to the skin.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 451, 2 March 1909, Page 2
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165CANCER RESEARCH. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 451, 2 March 1909, Page 2
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