AND ITS RELATION TO ANIMAL LIFE IO5 



extreme anaemia, namely, granular or fatty 

 degeneration of the heart. In 1873 this charac- 

 teristic appearance of the heart was observed 

 in a woman who died of cancer in the breast, 

 and in many other cases. Also in phthisis the 

 cases of anaemia are numerous." 



Drs. Fagge and Pye Smith admit that anaemia 

 is closely allied to phthisis, fevers, syphilis, 

 rheumatism, cancer, Bright's disease, and 

 malaria. 



We have here a distinct statement that 

 there is a deficiency of oxygen and that there 

 is anaemia in those suffering from cancer, so 

 that in such cases there is a deficiency of iron 

 and nitrogen in the blood ; in other words, a 

 poor haemoglobin ; and there being a defective 

 haemoglobin means a reduction in the supply 

 of oxygen to the tissues, hence fatty degenera- 

 tion. 



So we have it proved on the one side by 

 analysis that there is a deficiency of iron in 

 the system, and on the other by medical ex- 

 perience, which leaves no question, that can- 

 cerous patients have thoroughly impoverished 

 systems, and consequently they are deficient 

 in fats and phosphoric acid. 



