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If ultimately all this be proved to be true, and by its 

 obviously suggested method of treatment a ferment, trypsin, 

 have been discovered capable of effectively dealing with cancer 

 in its many appalling forms, the name of Dr. John Beard will 

 be handed on to posterity with reverence and gratitude as one 

 who, scorning ridicule and ignoring opposition, pursued the 

 even tenor of his way, seeking truth for its own sake, and 

 thereby leading the way to the discovery of that which, in its 

 results for the good of mankind, will prove to he beyond 

 estimation. 



Note. — Since this paper was read, my attention has been 

 directed to the work of Dr. John A. Shaw-Mackenzie (" The 

 Nature and Treatment of Cancer," London, 1905). From this 

 it would appear that in trypsin has been discovered the fer- 

 ment required for the suppression of cancer, and in this work he 

 gives some account of his method of treatment with trypsin. 

 At the close of 1904, and thus at the same time as Dr. Beard, 

 Dr. Shaw-Mackenzie had independently, and for different 

 reasons, arrived at the same conclusions as to the import of 

 trypsin in the medical treatment of cancer ; and Dr. Beard 

 informs me " that Dr. Shaw-Mackenzie and he have agreed to 

 share equally the credit or discredit of the discovery." Let us 

 hope the latter may find no place. 



