TREATMENT FOR CANCER
USE OF POWERFUL RAYS.
MEDICAL OPINION HOPEFUL. United Service. LONDON. July 34. Medical science is at last in possession of a method for the treatment of cancer from which much is hoped. A tube has been constructed capable of directing immensely powerful rays on the affected part of the body, and it is hoped to persuade the affected tissues to absorb them. The general medical view is that It Is too early to say whether the tissues will sufficiently absorb the rays to effect a complete cure, but the method was secretly discussed at length by the conference bf the British Medical Association. One prominent doctor said : "In a year's time we shall know much."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17843, 26 July 1921, Page 5
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118TREATMENT FOR CANCER New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17843, 26 July 1921, Page 5
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