Abstract
DR. BELL in this pamphlet ascribes the development of malignant disease to a withdrawal of some controlling influence exerted by the thyroid gland upon the cells of the body, caused by some toxic state of the blood. He therefore advocates the administration of thyroid gland or of its active principle in the treatment of the disease, and claims to have obtained successful results. Little or no evidence is given in support of these views, and since malignant disease occasionally, though unfortunately rarely, undergoes spontaneous cure, the apparent success of any form of medical treatment has to be carefully controlled before such a result can be admitted. Dr. Bell's suggestions for the prevention of malignant disease may be of some value.
The Cancer Problem in a Nutshell.
By Robert Bell Pp. 39. (London: Baillière, Tindall and Cox, 1904.) Price 1s. net.
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H., R. The Cancer Problem in a Nutshell . Nature 71, 76 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/071076b0
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