IO6 PLANT DISEASE 



This is further shown by analysis in the case 

 of lecithin, where the healthy individual has 

 very many times as much phosphorized fat 

 as the cancerous patient. More evidence on 

 the thoroughly devitalized state of the patient 

 is scarcely necessary. 



As to treatment, many people will remem- 

 ber the noise that was made some years ago 

 with regard to a decoction of cinnamon being 

 a cure for this fatal disease ; but on a more 

 exhaustive trial it was found not to be re- 

 liable. 



Is it not likely that the variation in the 

 efficacy of this treatment was due to a corres- 

 ponding variation in the chemistry of the 

 cinnamon used ? 



At the present moment molasses is being 

 put forward as a specific. 



Now, analysis shows that the principal min- 

 eral constituents in the juice of sugar-cane are 

 potash, soda, lime and iron. 



These minerals will numerically be found in 

 a larger degree in the treacle, as they are 

 missing in the refined sugar, and it may well be 

 molasses will prove an excellent means of 

 supplying the missing chemicals in the case 



