172 THE PROTEOMORPHIC THEORY AND THE NEW MEDICINE 



The value of a shift from one Proteal to another, illustrated 

 by the above case, has been demonstrated over and over. Many 

 types of vegetable proteins are now extracted in my laboratory, 

 and new ones are constantly being tested. It is routine practice 

 to shift from one Proteal to another in the treatment of any 

 intractable case. To a large extent the different vegetable pro- 

 teins are interchangeable, but no single one can produce optimum 

 results unaided. 



As illustrating the possibilities of the Proteal method in its 

 present state of development, I may cite the history of a case 

 even more striking than the one just presented : 



Case of Mr. F. Carcinoma of the stomach. Operated on in 

 September, 1916, by surgeons in Cincinnati, who found a can- 

 cerous mass completely filling the pyloric end of the stomach 

 and involving the liver. No attempt made to remove the mass, 

 but an opening was made in the front side of the stomach and 

 the intestine attached to permit passage of food. The case was 

 regarded as absolutely hopeless. The patient came to me for 

 Proteal treatment five months later, February 25, 1917, in des- 

 perate condition, regarded by his friends and physicians as be- 

 yond the reach of medication. The response to Proteal treat- 

 ment (administered hypodermically into the back of the upper 

 arm) was immediate. Rapid transformation took place in the 

 blood conditions, appetite improved, and the capacity to assimi- 

 late food. Strength was gained from day to day. Painful swell- 

 ings of the knee joints, which had been a distressing complica- 

 tion, disappeared. The cancer mass in the abdomen, which could 

 be readily felt through the emaciated abdominal wall, decreased 

 rapidly in size until it was not more than one-fourth its original 

 dimensions. For a time the patient did not gain weight; then 

 he began gradually and steadily to gain, and in nine months he 

 had put on twenty pounds. When the treatment was begun in 

 February, the patient did not attempt to leave the house unat- 

 tended. Eight months later he made a trip by himself from 

 New York to his old home in Cincinnati to attend a banquet, 

 participating actively in all the festivities associated with the 

 event, and reporting himself, after returning to New York, as 

 feeling in tip-top condition. He was received by his old friends 

 and associates almost as one risen from the dead. Whatever the 

 future progress of his case, there can be little question that the 

 life of this patient has been extended by many months solely by 

 Proteal treatment. 



To show that similar results may be attained^by physicians who 

 have had comparatively slight experience with the Proteals, I 

 may cite a very brief report from a physician in the North- 



