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toe disease of plants is due to Plasmodiophora; that the dis- 

 (^ase is nearly or quite unknown if the soil contains a high per- 

 centage of lime. If sulphuric acid plays a part in the 

 production of cancer, and the cancer organism is akin to the 

 Myxomycetes, then lime would play a large part not only in 

 prevention but the cure. 



We will cite a few of the many occupations that could be 

 brought forward to prove the theory that sulphuric and sul- 

 phurous acids enter largely as a factor in the production of 

 cancer. The chimney sM^eep in his vocation shows the highest 

 ratio, and is placed at the head. He comes in contact with a 

 soot that contains ammonia and sulphurous acid. They are 

 products of combustion. Coal soot, when it comes in contact 

 with a plant, injures its growth, but pure carbon soot derived 

 from benzine produces no deleterious effects upon them. Stock- 

 hardt demonstrated this fact. The brewer uses a bisulphide 

 of lime as an antiseptic. It is prepared by saturating a solu- 

 tion of sulphite of lime with sulphurous acid. The tin-plate 

 manufacturers immerse the blocks of iron in sulphuric acid 

 before the tin is applied. The X-ray cancer is produced by the 

 hyposulphides acting upon a weakened skin resistance. We 

 feel that time will not permit the introduction of a larger 

 number of illustrations. The above vocations give a large 

 mortality rate for cancer. We assert here that a careful study 

 by scientific investigation has proven the truth of the asser- 

 tion that a very much larger number of cancer cases are shown 

 in all the vocations where sulphuric and sulphurous acids are 

 used. 



We study the ideal human body as a symmetrical product; 

 each part is developed in perfect harmony. Frequently inde- 

 pendent growths are formed upon the body. They are groups 

 of rebellious cells which have started upon an independent ex- 

 istence. These cells may be harmless, and frequently are; 

 hence of no importance. They may be malignant and destroy 

 life. Tumors are classified in a general way as benign and 

 malignant. A benign tumor reaches a certain stage of growth 

 and ceases to act. A malignant tumor has the power of un- 

 limited growth. Cancer once .started is a destroyer of tissue 

 and of life. A benign tumor may develop new vitality and 

 become malignant. Can we not say, then, that all tumors are 

 in a .sense related? Cancer does not always confine itself to 

 the point of starting. Cells break loose from this point and 



