PREVENTION OF CANCER.
VALUE OF CLEANLINESS.
PATHOLOGIST'S OPINIONS.
A. and N.Z. NEW YORK. Not. 7. Dr. Ewing, professor of pathology at Cornell, says that the use of more soap and water would prevent cancer of the skin. Cancer of the tongue and lips was usually from tobacco or bad teeth. Cancer, he added, was usually caused by constant irritation over a considerable time. He expected a large increase in the disease among motor mechanics, whose arms and hands were coated with oil.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18862, 10 November 1924, Page 7
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