The Great Medical Problem.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42761, 15 August 1905, Page 2

The Great Medical Problem.

Cancer is one of that nwi terrible and mysterious of No remedy has yet l>eer| discovered, but Sir William Church madfi an important oommun’cation at tho annual meeting of the Cancer Research Fund, held recently, concerning the results which have already been attained. He showed, for instance, that a great advance had been male towards a right perception of the nature (\y the disease. Many of the .which have hindered modicnl Bcienc£b,ave.n.ovv een swent away. This is, sn,ti«fi\c,tory., fur as the Prince of. Wfyksi pointed out in his axhxiriabjta 'ripcoch, every false theory is an obstacle to suooess. Bat while Sir William was not able to Bay that a remedy had been I discovered, he pointed out that further research has confirmed the conclusion that cancer is not to be traced to peculiarities &6 diet, to climate, or to mode of life, Wo, hdYP. often been told that jfljnopr, and that amftklAff \yais ‘one'of, cliy. BujPS.t yrti'jfi, <4 fatal' disense, Causer j now know to bo a disease arising from abnormal coll .multiplication., but, unfortunately, the causes which favour- this multiplication have still to be got at, and until this mystery is solved cancer will remain the scourge GO terror it lias always beeu„ ‘ „