SPECTRE OF CANCER.
THE FIGHT IN. AUSTRALIA. ULTIMATE VICTORY PREDICTED. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) Received; 9.15 a.m. to-dav. HONOLULU, Aug. 16. Dr. Osborne addressed a large public session on the cancer spectre, comparing cancer to an invading army to which one in five falls victim. He described the Australian fight against the disease and predicted a victory, perhaps within this generation. Dr. Osborne’s physiology paper caused much discussion among surgeons as developing a new theory regarding surgical shook. Dr.. Osborne said that the idea wag widely held by American surgeons that a combined local and general anaesthetic prevented shock. This was incorrect, because the real cause of shock was. a poison called hystamine, which w;as freed whenever the tissue was injured. Prevention should be obtained by the maximum avoidance of injuring the tissues.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 17 August 1929, Page 5
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