GERM ISOLATED.
THE CAUSE OF CANCER.
CANADIAN SCIENTIST'S CLAIM, 'Per Press Association—Copyright.) NEW YORK, June 8. According to a telegram from Philadelphia, the "North American," in an article withheld from publication for 15 months "in the interest of science," savs:
IThe cause of cancer has been discovered, also a treatment which, though in the experimental stage, is .' producing remarkable results. j The discoverer is Dr. T. J. Glover, | a native of Toronto, who, in an article, says that he has established scientifically that the disease is due to a micro-organism. He has isolated the germ, and proved by a conclusive laboratory test, known as the "Koch cycle" its part as a causative factor. Dr. Glover has conducted research work in New York for four years. Dr. Glover is now making significant progress towards perfecting a method of determining the presence of the micro-organism in the blood, in order to detect the disease in its incipient stage,'so affording greater possibility of cure.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIV, Issue 10133, 10 June 1924, Page 5
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