In the Transactions for 1912 (Discussion of Neal’s paper, Wertheim’s operation) Bovee stated that only 10 per cent of cancers of the cervix were operable. Polak had no survivors from operations, although four were living from Byrne’s cautery method. Chalfant had 3 cures (6 years) in 30 cases. In general the saving of life was offset by the high operative mortality. Later I shall report two remarkable cases of very extensive cancer of the cervix which have entirely recovered, with normal cervix, without operation. In regard to operative results in cancer of the stomach there are relatively few satisfactory statistics. W. J. Mayo reported recently (Levin, Hoffman “Statistics of Mortality,” etc., 1915, p. 210) on 996 cases of carcinoma of the stomach. Of these 344 cases only were operable and of the latter 25 per cent remained cured five years and over, after operation. In other words, about 9 per cent of cases of carcinoma of the stomach can be cured by surgery at the hands of Mayo, how much less in the hands of most other surgeons? Against such success must be opposed the analysis of 1,000 cases of cancer of the stomach by Friedenwald (_Amer. Jour. Med. Sci._, November, 1914). He states “of the entire number, operations were performed in 266 instances; of these there is not one patient living.” But few lived more than a year after operation; the majority died within the first six months. In cancer of the gall bladder several good operators have reported that there have been absolutely no good results. In cancer of the rectum there is a high operative mortality and very questionable ultimate curative results; indeed, there are very few reliable statistics in regard to this. In 27 perineal and sacral operations Mayo reports 7 per cent primary mortality, and in 44 abdominal and combined abdominal and perineal operations 20 per cent operative mortality. Tuttle reports a higher operative mortality. While there are no available data in regard to the duration of life after operation, it is well known that the disease usually recurs, and in many a colostomy is performed, with all its distressing features and very intangible results.