THE CANCER MYSTERY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2199, 6 November 1920, Page 1

THE CANCER MYSTERY.

FAMOUS SURGEON. AND COMPLETE CUKES.

A new onslaught on the cancer scourge is about to be begun by the Middlesex Hospital, London. All hough considerable success Inis been achieved with the use of radium and .X-rays, (hose in charge of the research work are not satisfied with the progress made, and arc now to concentrate on an attempt to discover some chemical with which to overcome (he disease (writes the Daily Mail). Sir John Hland-Sullon, the famous surgeon, who has left the light against cancer for several years, says that the cause of cancer is still as obscure to the medical profession as at the time of Hippocrates, the father of medicine.

“But although wo sown no nearer lo discovering its origin,'’ ho added, “it is now not 100 much lo say (hat all or 2,d110 years of investigation, complete euros are now sometimes being olTootod. ■ “The disease is not mastered," he emphasised. “But certain eases — perhaps only a small proportion — yield lo treatment. Some of the euros have been effected where the prospects seemed untavoiirable. On the other hand, apparently simple eases often prove the most baffling. “One thing can be said with certainty,” he added, “cancer is not contagious. Neither is it hereditary, although environment may have something to do with the occurrence of several eases in one family. 1 have thought for a long time (hat (he disease has its origin in a mystery parasite introduced into the system through uncooked food or .water.” “Each ease of cancer is peculiar to the. individual. The growth can be transferred to another part of