A GREAT PERIL
DANGER FROM CANCER.
MAN’S EXISTENCE MENACED. PROFESSOR BLAIR’S WARNING. BY CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Dec. 1. “Cancer mortality is increasing in most civilised countries,” said Professor Blair when lecturing. “The peril is now so great that unless we soon conquer the disease the nations will be forced to stop warring and unite to stamp out the horror threatening the existence of mankind.” Professor Blair advocated that the first line of defence should be prevention, for which the public .should he educated and organised into a vast cooperative scheme, which should be sustained until it was as common as washing the hands. He added that cancer of the lips, mouth,• tonsils and pharynx was commonest in men, largely due to alcoholism and smoking wooden pipes and cigarette holders gripped in the most comfortable position by the teeth, continually directing a stream of hot gases to the same part of the tongue, roof of the mouth and throat. Cigarettes without holders were safest from this viewpoint when cigars were impossible. Professor BJair added that all over .40 years of age should be examined twice a year at Government clinics.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 2 December 1927, Page 5
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189A GREAT PERIL Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 2 December 1927, Page 5
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