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knife may be said to hold out the only hope. The whole 

 organ in which the cancer grows should be cut out, as a 

 rule, to insure the removal of all diseased elements, and 

 any interference is to be deprecated when the adjacent 

 lymphatic glands are already enlarged. 



Attempts have been made to dissolve and remove can- 

 cers and other tumors with pepsin, and with considerable 

 success, the agent virtually digesting the diseased prod- 

 ucts with little pain, while the healthy tissues remain un- 

 affected. 



