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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1367, 27 February 1915, Page 1 (Supplement)

Instruction to the Public as to Cancer and its Treatment

(Issued by the Palmerston North Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, with the co-operation of the Palmerston North Division of the British Medical Association.)

The only CUEE for Cancer at present available is its early recognition and complete removal. Cancer, if recognised and removed early, is a Curable Disease. On the contrary, if unrecognised and neglected it is invariably fatal. It is therefore of paramount importance that, by mutual co-operation of the Medical profession and the public, such steps should be taken, on the one hand to point out, and on the other hand to take notice of, these symptoms and signs which Cancer presents in its early stages, in order that, by mutual help, hundreds of lives, at present sacrificed, should be preserved to their friends and relatives and to the State. The public should take notice : 1. That Cancer in its early stages gives rise to no symptoms and to no pain whatever. 2. Notwithstanding this, it may be recognised in its commonest situations by the following points. 3. In the case of a swelling occurring in the breast of a woman over 40, a medical man should be consulted. It may be Cancer. 4. In the case of any bleeding occurring after the change of life. This often enough means Cancer, which is curable. If neglected until pain occurs it will probably mean Cancer which is too far advanced to be curable. Any irregular loss occurring at the change of life should be a matter for investigation. It is not the normal method of the change, and a large proportion of such irregular cases mean commencing Cancer. 5. Any wart or sore occurring on the lower lip of a man after 45 is almost certainly Cancer. If removed at once, cure is certain. If left, it is invariably fatal. 6. Any sore on the tongue or mouth, or long-irritating spot about the region of the eye or nose, after 45, should be submitted to investigation. A large proportion are Cancerous, and if removed at once are cured. An examination of a piece of the swelling by an expert with the microscope in these matters will decide the question at once. 7. Any bleeding from the bowels after 45, often enough thought to be piles, should be a matter of immediate investigation. A large proportion of these cases are Cancer, curable at this stage. 8. When warts, moles, or other growths on the skin are exposed to constant irritation they should be immediately removed. A large number, if neglected, terminate in Cancer. 9. Avoid irritation of the tongue and cheeks by broken, jagged teeth, and of the lower lip by hot clay-pipes. "Joi. JO. Clean and disinfect every week any room occupied by a Cancer patient. ; ; 11. Do not regard Cancer any longer as an incurable disease. Learn to look for it early. IT CAN THEN ' 3E CUBED.

f Read this Carefully and Keep i±.

Watson & Eyre, Print.