Soot,

of,

in calculation of can-
cer death rate, 77-
79

in cats, 51

in compilation of sta-
tistics, 84-87

in dogs, 50, 51
in horses, 51, 53

in Iceland, 69

in India, 67, 68

in Jews and Gentiles,

in causation of
cancer, 126
South America, cancer in,
60

South Sea Islands, can-
cer in, 60

Spain, cancer death rate
in, 73

Special cancer history
blank, 188, 189
Specific serum, definition
of, 329

Spermatic arteries, liga-
tion of, 373
Spermatocele fluid, 331
Spleen, hypertrophy of,
accompanying tu-
mor, 173, 174
ligation of splenic
artery in, 373
use of, for inducing
active resistance,
169

Splenic artery, ligation
of, 373

Sponging cancerous
wounds, method of,
352

Spontaneous healing, 150,
172, 186

Spread of cancer cells,
140, 141

process of, 183, 184
Spurge, burnt, with
senic, 284

ar-

Squamous epithelium of
the tongue, 136
Stafford, Mrs. Alithea,
endowment of can-
cer department of
Middlesex Hospi-

tal, 15

Statistics, correct and in-

correct diagnosis
of cancer in Lon-
don Hospital, 195,
196

fallacies in American
method of compil-
ing, 73-76
importance of autopsies
in compiling,~ 76.
77

in Iceland, 69

in India, 67

is cancer increasing,
82-90
mortality, 77-79
according to locality,
90, 91

of occupational mortal-
ity from cancer,
80-82

relation of, to etiology,
91-104

universality of cancer
shown by, 72

Sterilization of instru-
ments, importance
of, 346

Stomach, cancer of, death
rates for, 78, 79,
86

due to irritation, 227
following ulcer, 127
gastrostomy in, 412
gastroenterostomy
in, 412

permeation theory of,
364

See also Gastric can-

Sunbaths in treatment of
cancer 288

Sun-glass. use of,

treatment of can-
cer, 288, 289
Sunlight in treatment of
cancer, 288, 289
with eosin in treat-
ment of cutaneous
cancer, 291

Superficial tumors, meso-
thorium treatment
of, 304

Superfatted soap and ox-
gall, 259

Superior maxilla,

car-

cinomata of, cured
by radium, 299
Surgical treatment, based
upon "permeation
theory" of dis-
semination, 356-368
for cancer of breast,
362-364

for cancer of the
rectum, 365, 366
for cancer of tongue

and neck, 364, 365
for melanotic sar-
coma, 367, 368
Surgical treatment, basis
of, 141, 142
by plastic procedures,
368, 369
contraindications for,

in epithelioma of
skin, 285
factors determining, 356
general technic of, 345-
355

history of, 3, 4
improvements in, 34
justification of, 178
justified by propaga-
tion experiments,
151

palliative measures, ap-
plied to alimentary
system, 412, 413
applied to biliary
system, 414
applied to lymphatic
system, 370, 371
applied to nervous

system, 369, 370
applied to respira-
tory system, 412
applied to urinary
system, 413, 414
applied to vascular
system, 372-411
preliminary to fulgura-
tion, 314

purposes of, 353-355
special technic of, 356-
414
Surgery in

combination
with radiotherapy,

325

Syphilis, predisposing to
cancer, 224, 225
relation of, to cancer,
94, 95

simulating cancer, 205,
208, 209
Sweating in cancer, con-
trol of, 427

"Tampering," results of,
238

Tapping for ascitic fluid
in abdominal can-
cer, 371
for pleuritic fluid, in
cancer of the
breast, 371
Tar, in causation of can-
cer, 128

Tarawa, cancer in, 68
Tartar emetic in treat-
ment of cancer,
279, 285

with sulphate of zinc,
282

Teeth, decayed, cancer
due to irritation
from, 226
Temperature, effect of, on
cancer cells, 321
on radiosensitiveness
of tissues, 319
elevation of, in dia-
thermy, 320
Tension on Wound

fol-

lowing operation,
avoidance of, 351
Teratoma, 123, 139
Terchlorid of antimony
in treatment of
cancer, 285
Terminal branches of
carotid artery, in-
jection of, 377-379
Testicle, sarcocele of, li-
gation of sper-
matic arteries in,
373

Testis, use of, for pro-
ducing active re-
sistance, 170
Thames Valley, cancer in,
61

Theoretical results of
cancer research,
154-160

Theories of cancer etiol-
ogy. See Etiology.
Theories of the ancients
concerning cancer,

Theories of treatment,
new, for cancer,
445

Thermic coagulation, 388,
424, 427

following arterial liga-
tion with lym-
phatic block, 393
Thermopenetration in
treatment of can-
cer, 316, 317, 416
Thermoradiotherapy, 314,

317-320, 325, 326,
388, 416, 422, 424
activity of rays in,
317, 318

gummatous

treatment of, based
on permeation
theory, 364, 365
value of histological
study in, 133, 134
carcinomata of, radium
treatment for, 299
cases showing errors
in diagnosis of
cancer of, 199-201
epithelioma of, radium
treatment of, 302
involve-
ment of, mistaken
for cancer, 419
Tonics in treatment of
cancer, 422. 426
Tonsils, cancer of, elec-
trocoagulation in
treatment of, 322
Tortoise. liver of, as
cancer "cure," 3
Tourniquets, avoidance
of use of, 352
Toxemia as result of ra-
dium treatment of
malignant growth,
301

Towns, frequency of can-
cer in, 90

Toxins, mixed, of Strep-
tococcus erysipela-
tosus and Bacillus
prodigiosus, 329,
333, 335-337

Toxins, use of term, 328
Wyeth's streptococcus,
329, 333

Tracheostomy, 412, 421,
Transference of cancer,
microscopical dem-
onstration of facts
of, 150, 151

no proof of infectivity,
148, 149

Transplantation, differen-
tiated from infec-
tion, 123

loss of power to in-
duce resistance

and acquisition of
powers of continu-
ous growth follow-
ing, 175, 176
microscopical demon-

stration of facts
of, 150, 151
similarity of, to me-
tastasis, 146

site of, 172, 173
variability of structure

in, 162, 163

varying results follow-
ing, 174, 175

Transplantation, ureteral,

413, 414

Transthermy

in treat-
cancer,

ment of
320, 321

in

(Byrne method)

in, 308, 309

inoperable,

irre-

movable, incurable

cases, 422-428

incandescent light in,
290, 291

ionic surgery in, 323,
324

Mattei "electricities"
in, 261-268
mesothorium in, 304,
305, 325
molasses in, 259
non-surgical, 277-344
opotherapeutic meas-
ures in, 343
oscillatory desiccation
(Clark) in, 322,
323
palliative measures for,
369-414

physiotherapy in, 287-
326

plastic procedures in,
368, 369

quack cures in, 261-276
queer ideas of ancients
concerning, 2

radio-active gelatin in,
305, 306

radio-activity in, 297-

306, 325

radium in, 297-304, 325
residues, extracts and
emulsions in, 338-
341

sera in, 332-338
serum from birds of
prey in, 251

serous exudates and

body fluids in,
341-343

sunlight in, 288, 289
sodium oleate and ox-
gall in, 258, 259
surgical, 345-414. See
also Surgical
treatment.
thermopenetration (d'-
Arsonval) in, 316,
317
thermoradiotherapy (de
Keating-Hart) in,
317-320, 326
vaccines in, 338-343
violet leaves in, 260,
261

X-rays in. 291, 296,
324, 325

Treatment of cancer, per
se, 422

Treatment of conditions
caused by or com-
plicating cancer,
421, 422

Treatment of patient,
422

Trees, tumors of, 40, 46.
See also Crown-
galls.

Tropics, cancer in, 62
Trout, cancer in, 56, 57
Trypsin, 331

effects of use of, 249,
250

"Trypsin abscess," 249
Trypsin test, 30. See also
Enzyme treatment
Tubercle, tumors in
birds due to, 54

Tuberculosis

and cam-

paign of education,
4

Tuberculosis, cancer and,
118

of kidney, mistaken for
cancer, 205-207
predisposing to cancer,
224
Tuberculosis, treatment
of, with meso-
thorium, 304
with thorium X, 304
Tuberculous abscess, mis-
taken for sarcoma,
203

Tuberculous sinus of the
breast diagnosed
as cancer, 444
Tumor cells, constancy
and variability of,
162

"Tumor germs" in the
body, 44

Tumor strands, 42, 43
Tumor toxins, 249

Turkey, attitude toward
cancer conferences,
11

Twig galls, 43

Udder, cancer of, in cow,
52

Uterine polypus mistaken
for cancer, 216
Utero-ovarian arteries, li-
gation of, 385
Uterus, cancer of, 319

arterial ligation in
treatment of, 308
cases of, in Tarawa,
68
death rates for, 78,
79, 86
catheterization

of

ureters previous to
operations for, 353
chian turpentine in
treatment of, 258
electrocauterization
in treatment of,
306

electrocoagulation in
treatment of, 322
ligation of arteries
in, 383

use of starvation
ligature in, 383,
384

Wertheim method of
treatment for, 308
carcinoma of. meso-
thorium treatment
for, 305
radium treatment
for, 299, 305
with myoma, radium
treatment for, 302
malignant growths of,
radium treatment
of. 298
polypoid growths of,
136

tumor of, thermoradio-
therapy in, 316

329, 330

Doyen's, 256, 257
Doyen's Micrococcus
neoformans, 330
examples of, 330
in treatment of cancer,
327, 338-343
Jacob and Geets' bac-
terial, 330
Schmidt's, 252-256
use of term, 328
Van Niekerk, Mrs., 270,

271

Variability of histological
structures,

163

of

162,

power to develop
sarcoma, 164, 165
of tumor cells, 162
Vascular system, pallia-
tive measures in
cancer applied to,
372-411.

Vaughan residue, 330,
339, 340

Vegetable caustics, 285
Vegetable tumors, 37, 40-
46

analogy of animal and
human tumors
with, 43, 44, 45
causes of, 41

due to extrinsic
causes, 40, 41
due to intrinsic causes,
45

theories of, 43
Vegetable tumors,

va-

rieties of, 40
Vegetables, use of, in re-
lation to cancer,
82

Veins, spread of cancer
cells through, 140,
141

Waldeyer's theory of can-
cer causation, 112,
113

Wales, cancer death rate
in, 73

Warts, malignant de-
generation of, 81,
223

Water, influence of, in
goiter in fish, 58

Weights of organs in
cases of tumor,
173, 174

Whitehead's shellac, 428
Wild animals, cancer in,
52-54

Wild birds, malignant tu-
mors in, 54
"Witch doctor," 2
"Witches' broom," 41
"Witches' broth,' 2

Whitbread, founder of
cancer department,
Middlesex Hospi-
tal, 13, 15

Wlaeff's serum, 329, 332,
333

Workmen's Compensation

Act and cancer,
128

Wyeth's toxins, 329, 333

Xeroderma pigmentosum,
precancerous, 222
X-ray dermatitis, precan-
cerous, 222
X-ray treatment of ade-
nomatous a r m,
324

analgesic effect of, 324
of cancer of breast,
296

of epithelioma of skin,

285

X-ray tube, 294

X-ray ulceration in rats,

293