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Cancer Research “What are the fines upon which cancer research might be possible 1 ?” asked Sir E. Graham Little, M.P., in the House of Commons. “The prevalent view, and probably the correct, is that the cause of cancer is an ultra-microscopic virus, which means that it has not been discovered at the present time. Surely the obvious remedy for that is to experiment with better microscopes. There is already a microscope in Germany which has a magnification of 5000 diameters, which is much larger than any magnification we have in this country; and although it may be a fairy story, I have heard of a microscope and, indeed, 1 have seen a picture of it, which is said to have cost £50,000 and will magnify 30,000 limes. With microscopes of greater power the prospect is very strong that we shall be able to find the actual cause of many diseases which at present are rather glibly described as ultra-microscopic. I submit that it is in that direction that money should be spent, and freely spent.’’
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20740, 25 February 1939, Page 6
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