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We would therefore have a comparative immunity existing 

 between them. Actual demonstration has proven that a very 

 large percentage of the small fungi are destroyed by a tem- 

 perature of 50^ C. The ray fungus will not germinate at 

 50 C. Raise it to 70' C. and retain this heat for ten minutes, 

 we destroy the germ. We would suggest as a treatment for 

 cancer, then, the internal administration of calcium, coupled 

 with the application of heat for a period of at least ten min- 

 utes at 70' C. 



Lime water taken internally has proven of benefit in the 

 cure of warts and other tumors. May we not expect benefit 

 from its use in the treatment of malignant tumors ? 



Doctor Hood cites a case where a large carcinoma was cured 

 by the internal administration of pulverized oyster shells after 

 they had been baked. Some twenty grains were given two or 

 three times a day. A word in regard to the much-lauded 

 remedy, radium. If it possesses any merit it would be onlj- in 

 the early or primary treatment. Failure seems to be its cog- 

 nomen. It will soon be forgotten. Ignorance of the nature 

 and pathogenesis of cancer leaves us with a difficult problem 

 upon our hands. 



Treatment of the various forms of malignant growths and 

 their curative effects is a much-mooted question. Many and 

 varied internal remedies have been used with no flattering suc- 

 cess. Radium, X-ray, Finsen light, and cold cautery, each has 

 supporters, but the facts are that not one has absolutely 

 prevented the neighboring glands from taking on the same 

 growth. To-day we find the medical profession turning 

 towards internal medication. The desire is to secure some 

 chemical substance which, when administered by the mouth, 

 will produce the desired result. If a chemical is found that 

 when given internally will destroy the cancer cell, we will 

 have produced the cure. I look with great favor upon this 

 line of procedure. 



While the disease is local, benefit may be derived from the 

 use of the various caustics, as chloride of zinc, caustic potash 

 or soda, acid nitrate of mercury, lactic acid, etc. Not one of 

 these, however, is as reliable as the knife. To-day the im- 

 portant rule is: Remove early the growth fully and com- 

 pletely by the knife. 



