THE CANCER CAMPAIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18630, 11 February 1924, Page 8

THE CANCER CAMPAIGN.

VISITING SURGEON'S VIEW. " I would like to express my pleasure at the work you are doing in connection with the cancer campaign," said Sir John Lynn-Thomas, the eminent English surgeon, at the reception tendered to him and Lady Lynn-Thomas by the Red Cross Society in Wellington. He. felt strongly that Red. Cross nurses could be of immense value in connection with the campaign. It had been said that a little knowledge was a dangerous thing, but a little soand knowledge was one of the most valuable assets anyone could possess if they wished to enjoy good health. Many people who had cancer were shy at the beginning, and would not go to see an expert. " Cancer is curable if you tackle it early enough,'" declared Dr. Lynn-Thomas, "but the great blot on our civilisation to-day is that people are so frightened of saying anything." V.A.D. nurses at Home and Red Cross nurses in New Zealand, he said, with tl/e knowledge they possessed could gain the confidence of people, and when they knew of cases where small lumps were developing they could advise such people to see an expert. ,and get advice. Taken early they could be dealt with in the rieht way, and much pain-and suffering could thus be avoided. Women especially could be of immense value in the cancer campaign.