THE NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
Wellington, March 15. Dr Fell’s presidential address yesterday to the Medical Association was devoted to the growth of cancer in New Zealand. This disease was a comparatively recent development, but it now claimed in New Zealand alone 380 deaths per year. He read the table for the last sixteen years, which showed a remarkable increase in the number of males who died from this cause. This was because ihe disease was more internal than with women and was also more inoperable. The number of deaths would have been much larger but for operations, a fair proportion of these being successful in prolonging life either for some years or altogether. The cause of the disease no cne could tell; there was something unknown in it that no one could name, but some day the riddle would bo solved and preventative measures would check its ravages. He did not favor the theory that iow-lying and swampy districts had a good deal to do with cancer. A letter was read from Dr Hacon (Christchurch) desiring the Council to express an opinion as to the necessity of inspecting meat for export and milk. It was resolved that the Council should consider, and if necessary, move in the matter. Dr Mackie thought the colony should have a State bacteriologist.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 3259, 19 March 1898, Page 4
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219THE NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Temuka Leader, Issue 3259, 19 March 1898, Page 4
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