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exhausted and his disease too far advanced for cure by operation or
other recognised methods. Bottles of medicine, and the application
of ointments and paste cannot cure Cancer.
Some Further Facts.
There is no clear evidence that Cancer is inherited. The disease
is so frequent that by the very law of chance more than one case
may occur in some families. Life Insurance Companies do not
regard Cancer in the family as a reason even for increasing premiums.
It is no more frequently found in married couples than chance
may account for. The disease is not contagious to others. There
are probably no true " Cancer houses" or " Cancer villages."
The circumstance that the disease has been unusually prevalent in
a house or village is sufficiently explained by coincidence or the
exceptional favourable ages of the dwellers. A village from which
the younger people have gone to obtain work elsewhere would
naturally furnish a larger number of cases of cancer than another
village of equal population with the usual proportion of young
people.
The strong and healthy are often attacked. There are grounds
for believing that some protection is conveyed by attention to
personal hygiene, by being cheerful, interested and free from anxiety,
and by partaking of a simple and moderate diet, and with plenty
of fruit and vegetables.
Cancer, then, is a disease which can often be prevented, if the
predisposing factors are recognised and removed ; and if dealt
with in time, it can often be cured.