Cancer: Its Cause and Treatment, Volume 1 (of 2)Bulkley, Lucius Duncan
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Cancer: Its Cause and Treatment, Volume 1 (of 2)
Bulkley, Lucius Duncan
Cancer
When seen the whole breast was involved, was double the size of the
other, hard, immovable, and with an adherent crust over an ulcerating
surface on its lower half, several inches in diameter, from beneath
which was a moderate discharge: the axillary glands were enormously
enlarged, as also the supra-clavicular, and she was strongly cachectic.
She was placed on an absolute vegetarian diet, with no coffee or tea,
and appropriate medical treatment, and the breast kept painted with
fifty per cent. ichthyol and water, care being taken not to disturb the
adherent crust. In a very short time the discharge ceased, and the
protective crust adhered until her death from exhaustion, with pulmonary
œdema, on September 9th, 1914. On August 15th it was recorded that the
breast had done very well, that it was soft and movable, and not larger
than the other breast, with no discharge, and no pain since a short time
after beginning treatment: the axillary glands had diminished
three-quarters in size, and the supra-clavicular glands were also very
much smaller.
And now, gentlemen, my task is done. I have tried to let you see cancer
through my spectacles, as I have seen it for very many years past, and
to share with me my optimism in regard to the prophylaxis and cure of
cancer, if only there can be sufficient enlightenment in the profession
and public: and I must tell you that in collating and preparing the
material to support my long held views I have expended very much more
time and labor in study, for some months past, than I could have
believed possible. But as the subject developed, and as I discovered
more and more support for my thesis, there was a fascination about the
work which I could not resist; and if I have tried you with the many
details of proof presented I beg that you will pardon me: for I wanted
to present the subject so strongly that my hearers, at least, would
accept the propositions I have developed, and believe what I have said
in regard to my own experience with the terrible disease under
consideration, and act upon both, and thus aid some sufferers with
cancer.
From my recent article on “The Relation of Diet to Cancer” many medical
journals have quoted me as ascribing the disease wholly to the use of
meat, but you who have heard these lectures now know that animal
proteids are only one of the contributing causes.
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