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yoTjnr» m^-n v.r"^ " r'.'-rr- 'r*~ ■" 



u: for the nexr 



United States, if it can keep ouf of 3 rvo'fv^r o-reaf and w 



will have scientific research of muni- 



tions) ver)' miich to itsdf, t to lead tne 



Dr. and Mrs. Smuh e of Agri- 



culture, founded by D^ er 



ir- '^' i^ -^ 



..^; ^ :^^.;.-, >: " on : '• -^ in 



- "--Ai-'V she .— -...-...: its cr, it 



s: . . -copytoDr. W S G- -! 



written Srr.ith that " this survey s. . . 



are ^ ^- on the subject. Years ago, " he wrote, ' when : g 



for my first degree. I did some work on ' Crown Gall of Lucerne ' 

 — bu- no-one .nnected it in anv wav with cancer." Ptziion 



and Dr. Beniamino P-; vice director della Pv. ' '.e di 



Patologia Vegetal e. tooK . . . .- ^^^ _^_^ ^.^p^ 



around Rome, and Pe^'rone. c-..^^ i:. :.^ - -n a recenr srdcit 



on crown gall by Dr. M' -' The pC-.:-,i. --- - -' \ dis- 

 turbances accompan-"'- :- -' ■ -' - -. of Arm..;... .-._ '"ly 



persisted. He, ne%'e:: _.: — ^-r -"--' i ---:er _ . .zi 



on olrve diseases, examined his - rograr^hs in 



his exhibit ar the unrversiry ezp '. of pine tumors a.' - . ve 



and ash fasciations, and at last located Magrou's arncie in the 

 Annales de V Imthut ?a:teurP He found it " based n 



studies, but ititizing very frequently to my wcrk. He rd 



aside the criticisms of a certain objector by saying they amo^ixit to 

 this only: ' Crown gall is due to a parasite, and cancer by defini- 

 tion is : - ^isizic, therefore crown gall cannot be a cancer.' " 

 He reac. -_.rr literature on cancer ca':':-''n and bef ' -" 'e left 

 Rome met " Professor Grassi of ~ - - -.: > ;_-ne. He c, . , .red," 

 he said, "the carrier of the .._..._n malaria parasite to be 

 Anopheles." 



On this journey while :: - - -7, Dr. Smith e ...y 



enjoyed renewing acquaintance with three of his older friends m 



'» ' ;n:ales sllt le Cincer ies pitzxss, Amm. Inst. 



Pas:ear 38(10): 83"-872, 1924. 



