The Canadian Practitioner and Review, Vol. 37

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Excerpt from The Canadian Practitioner and Review, Vol. 37: January to December 1913Company there are per cent. Of total male deaths and per cent. Of total female deaths due to cancer. In England one man in eleven and one woman in eight, of those living at thirty five years of age, die of cancer. There are 100 deaths due to cancer in women to every 94 due to tuberculosis, and on'the whole, cancer is fast overhauling tuberculosis in all its forms. In the States from 1851 to 1860, pe1 100, 000 of population, cance1 showed 31. 7 and tuberculosis 348. 3. From 1891 to 1900 cancer Showed and tuberculosis 201.Attempts to explain away this increase as an apparent in crease and not a real one are far from convincing. The popu lation of England doubled between 1850 and 1905, but the cancer mortality increased six times. The actual death rate of cancer is far above the known death rate, for out of respect to the family many deaths are filed as due to some secondary cause of death when in reality cancer is the prlmary cause.In the face of such facts regarding the diagnosis of cancer and the 1esults of surgical treatment it is needless to state there is an immense field for palliative measures. The present death rate of cancer is appalling even without any further Increase.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.