CANCER AND PHTHISIS
EXPERIMENTS WITH MICE RESEARCH IN MELBOURNE At the Veterinary Research Institute in Melbourne Dr. T. Cherry, assisted by an indefinite number o£ mice, is endeavouring to establish the connection, if any, between cancer and phthisis. Dr. Cherry has a theory, which he considers that certain experiments support, that the two diseases have, so to speak, a certain area of destruction between them; and when one rises there is a tendency for the othet to fall.
Sir James Barrett, at a recent meeting of the Melbourne University Council, said that the experiments by Dr. Cherry with mice had reached an interesting stage, and a sum of £2OOO was required to continue them for 18 months. That, it was mentioned, was the "allotted span" of a mouse. The council decided to adjourn the matter, and to consider at a later stage the desirability of making some form of appeal for the necessary money*
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21345, 21 November 1932, Page 6
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