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We suggest for your approval the following procédure to bo 

 adopted : — 



1. Ail applications must in the first place satisfy a recognized 

 Médical Faculty or a leading Médical Society in his or her own 

 country (a) that there ivS sonie Scientific basis to justify expé- 

 rimental investigation of the professed (^ure ; (b) that any cases 

 said to be siiccessfully treated were, in fact, cases of cancer. 



2. Applicants niiist disclose to the M(xUcal Faculty or Médical 

 Society investigating the professed cure, its nature ahd ingré- 

 dients and the method of its préparation. 



3. Applicants who hâve .satisfied the above conditions should 

 request the Médical Faculty or Médical Society to reporl to the 

 Impérial Cancer Research Fund. 



4. The Impérial Cancer Research Fund will then détermine 

 the means to be adopted to investigate the claims of the appli- 

 cant, if the Committee are of opinion that a case for investiga- 

 tion has been made out. 



Within a few days of the receipt of your letter (ofïering the 

 prize of $100,000), your cable offering anothcr SIOO.OOO for Can- 

 cer Research was received, with the resuit that a spécial investi- 

 gation is now being carried on with the funds you hâve so libe- 

 rally placed at the disposai of the Impérial Cancer Research 

 Fund. 



We are. My Lord, 

 Yours faithfully, 



HUMPHRY ROBERSTON 



Président , 

 Royal Collège of Physicians. 



Anthony A. Bowlry 



Président, 

 Royal Collège of Surgeons. 



•2'2— Mai 1923. 



