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the cases are cured, that is, show no further appearance of the 

 tumor. 



Eadium and X-rays are very good treatment for the small 

 cancers which appear on the faces of old people, and in some 

 cases may be very useful in helping to complete the surgical 

 cure by healing any small lump which appears after operation. 

 They are also the best treatment for a cancer which has gone 

 so far that it cannot be operated upon, and in such a condition 

 may frequently be of such benefit that the patient may live a 

 couple of years in comfort, but as a rule they do not cure can- 

 cer, and they should, therefore, never be used on a cancer of 

 any size ; instead, such a tumor should always be operated 

 upon. 



Great care should be taken in selecting a physician to give 

 the treatment with X-rays or radium, because only a few per- 

 sons have enough radium for proper treatment, and only a few 

 doctors know how Jo administer without burning the patient 

 seriously, the large quantities of X-rays which are necessary to 

 produce good effects. It is better that a patient should go to 

 a hospital and get suitable treatment there, rather than to let 

 his local physician experiment. 



The use of salve and other forms of treatment which are 

 widely advertised in the newspapers are worse than useless. 

 They often stimulate the cancers and make them grow more 

 rapidly ; or if they do eat off the top of the growth, they leave 

 the bottom spreading in deeply, and what is worse, result in 

 a waste of time, for the tumor should be operated upon 

 promptly. 



Xo form of internal medicine will cure a cancer ; that we 

 know absolutely. Xor will any fluid injected under the skin 

 cure a cancer. Cases of cures by such means which are re- 

 ported in the papers or are talked about are merely instances of 

 mistaken diagnosis, for the quack relies upon the ignorance of 

 people as to what a cancer is and what it is not. Any small 

 lump is called a cancer by the quack ; then if it disappears he 

 will say he has cured it. As a matter of fact, a great many 



