THE CONQUEST OF DISEASE 



in progress all over the world. New York 

 State supports a Cancer Research Laboratory 

 at Buffalo, where Gaylord and his associates 

 are doing admirable work. Similar labora- 

 tories are supported by government aid at 

 Berlin, Frankfort, Moscow, and Paris. All 

 the more active general pathological labora- 

 tories are engaged in the work. Important 

 work is being carried on at Dundee and 

 Manchester. The Great Middlesex Hos- 

 pital in London has recently had given 

 to it 200,000 for the promotion of cancer 

 research. The London Cancer Hospital has 

 received 100,000 for the same purpose. 

 Splendid work is being done at the Imperial 

 Cancer Research Laboratory in London, 

 where Bashford is carrying on his studies. The 

 Harvard Cancer Commission of Harvard 

 University, is making notable contributions to 

 the subject. During the past year, 1909, the 

 late Mr. George Crocker, whose wife died of 

 cancer and who himself died of the same dis- 

 ease, bequeathed $1,500,000 to the College of 

 Physicians and Surgeons in New York for 

 cancer research. 



The men thus occupied are working in co- 

 operation, and by so doing are spared the 



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