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by the frequent association of a number of morbid conditions. 

 In an attempt to assess this association 1 liave re-examined, 

 with care, reports on 100 ageing male subjects from sixty-five 

 years upwards suffering from cancer and compared them with 

 autopsy reports on 100 subjects dying from causes other than 

 cancer. All of these autopsies were performed by myself at 

 University College Hospital during the years 1935-39 and 



Table III 



The Commoner Morbid Conditions Found in Ageing Males (Sixty-Five 

 Years Onwards) and Females (Seventy Years Onwards). 



Total numbers. 



Total number of subjccls iiivostig.ited: 1872. 



1946 and 1947. Table IV gives the results. Without attempt- 

 ing to draw any quantitative comparisons I feel sure you will 

 agree that the cancer cases show a very high incidence of 

 coronary, aortic and renal arteriosclerosis, in other words, of 

 generalized arterial disease. Similarly, the non-cancerous 

 ageing subjects are very frequently affected with generalized 

 arteriosclerosis. I believe that it is safe to conclude that cancer 

 and arteriosclerosis are common morbid conditions in ageing 

 persons and that they very frequently go together. 



I have likewise looked into cases of chronic urinary disease, 

 peptic ulceration and bronchopneumonia and I have found 

 with these, too, that severe arteriosclerosis is very common. 

 Since it is much more difficult to collect adequate numbers 

 for analysis than with cancer, I have not attempted to present 



