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. I V - _ P" . _ , It! ~ T Ar rt I a.. . - _ ' ' a.--------------------- 'tario. He discussed the cmmuw for the disease, mentioning an new. ' radium and x-ray. Regarding radium, V I Dr. Robb quoted the number ot grams . possessed in various countries, that- . I ing that there were fewer than two T grams in Ontario. One local doctor l had told him he was booked ahead . l for more than three weeks for radium _ l treatments. This, thought Dr. Robb, . l was a serious condition, as in that . .period, a disease might pass beyond ' , the stage of cure. Cancer, he said, t ----------------- l, --------- was a public health 1g,ri,'hd,'gf'1t'; . . . 111' ing education to induce pat en to Special Examination Oi jinn Robb Makes Announ0tV take early treatment. H: concluded . , . by a declaration that On ario needed Bannockbum Area to " ment--Radium Treat- more radium for its treatment of . rt., y .. cancer and his announcement of the ..\3 Made l, ment Debated Government's intention to appoint a e-----------------" t ._._.._._.._... Commission to study" the question. T ES ARE ANNOUNCED' FREY'S cnmmsm "1°13" Dr. tNil,', 2.iititffg,' l rose an expresse s regre e - PAR I ilDB' GOD must disagree with the Minister. " -------- _' - __ H ------------- believe he said that cancer ls heredi- Charles McCrca. Munster m Mines, of baffles the most advanced knowledge the tragedy in New Jersey where sev- his dtrpaririwt1'u's g:?ologit'al survey l of medical Stuence, held the stage: tori rral girls employed in painting watch program for the coming summer iii-'1 t brief"??? in It"? Ontario Leg.s.a-E dials with a composition containing dicates "in a dead set is being made ure yes' er ay a einoon. . .... 1 some radium mixture got radium on Rtiti. With the exception of one Hon. Dr. John. M. Robb, y/list,' poison and were doomed to an in- party, headed by A. G. Burrows. Pro- of Health, following a discussion ot eritahle death. He asserted that he vincial Geologist. and L. P. Kindle» the history ot the disease and efforts would. prefer death from cancer to which will make examinations in the: by the medical profession to comba. death from radium. Dr. Godfrey spent Sudbury nickel area. all party surveys; its ravages, announced with the au- some, time discussing the cures which will have to do with gold possibili- , thority of the Premier that after the had been effected by a treatment con- tier. ,present session the Government would ducted in Detroit. He declare. these The rtwcnt gcld finds in Bannock-l appoint a Commission to study the cures to be almost "miraeurous," but burn Tcu'ii'thp will produce greatl whole field of knowledge on the sub- added that this treatment could not prospecting activity this year. it is ex- jeet ot treatment. On the report of be given at all to patients? who had pected, and a special examination of this Commission, Dr. Robb stated, previously undergone radium treat- ttre8.R in til? \ic'miiy (if these finds the future policy of the Government ments. has born outfuh'iid by tit? department in combating cancer would be based. Sorry for Speech. 7 to H. C RitW:br. .. . Following the sitting, Premier1 " am very s'rewry that the honorable A. R. Graham. Wlil examine an Henry had no information to give in- gentleman should say to thousands of ""53 m. tho 1icinity "I recent, 'ge terviewcrs as to when the Commis- people who have taken radium treat- 1i2covc.r.i'?s i.1t "mm." ail" "5.11181, slon would be appointed. of how many ment that, they have been living in: Townships. "in"? mum prcspeeting " members it would consist or the scope a fool's paradise," said Mr. Shields,) also indicated. . 31 its inquiries. following Dr. Godfrey. He asserted) '"J.t."'.7 o',',,'),.',',,?,"','.'; oniiiui gee Amendment Withdrawn. that the women m New Jersey Tho; . . . ioznsoii il c l , - ' . . ---r-._. fogtheal mapping cf an area in the d,", Robb's spectch Pntlfpangévggq winted watch dials were dying not vicinity of li:ron Bay and Pic River. s announcement O .3 C f radium poison, but of phosphorus; a part of which work was done last merits intention l appoint a ell': poisoning. Concluding. he 1iecl'arrtci:!' rear. There are lam? areas of Kee- mission were made in connection with " am IT?) disappointed; in fact, 6151 'watin rocks. and this, section has the amendment to the Public Health gushed." ' prospecting merit. H. C. Laird will Act, which was withdrawn at second Dr. Robb. replving'. said that the examine Chester Township and sev- reading. The Minister was followed, department had Jockrd hm, the De- oral others adjacent to it. A num- 1tTtyftu_t1t HOP: Dr. Forbes GOd'l troll; treatment mentioned :01; Dr. ber of gold discoveries were made in irey former iii'ariTirirCiiiiiriiiTar-) oodirey, The Dcrc1.oif.Acatiiy of Chester lan year and considerable ' . . I, Medicine and lhe Micmgan Board of: work is mottled the coming summer. di'mnmg m the strongest terms thei Medicine had stated that the trcat-r E. L. Bluce will examine an area use ot radium in the treatment oil ment was not a cure for cancer. I UTE: 1%:1'1339f1ét of amfieinyblgrhniii cancer, advanced by his successor in; , -------- -- ~- 3. e . is I! If', l . l 't'l'l'ibmils' that have not been geo- that office. As a further climax,!. logically mapped, lying on or near George Shields (Conservative, Wood- i, the Ceprecl-Ncrtn Bay branch ot the bine) denounced Dr. Godfrey for tell.. j l t Canadian Naticnol Railways. George ing thousands ot people who had , PI. Furse will examine an area north taken radium treatment that they l I (f Kakagi Lake. which lies near the had been "living in a fool's paraul F : Fort Frar.ccc-rsen:?,ra highway. The disc." The Woodbine member endedl F . ii , ', ..-..- .7 " by declaring: " am very disap-l - -. l [area has possibilities for gold occur- my"???c in?) fact, (fasted-g] rks on), _ renees, r. O opene S e a _ . I ' l M. E. Hurst of the department': cancer by saying that experience had: So th'. Robb States m With. igeologicai staff. will examine an area taught the medical profession that dpawint Bil in iadjacent to Sioux Lookout on the where people were made acquainted i J . ' Canadian National Railways. This in. with the nature of the disease they Legislature cludcs Minnitaki and Vermilion Lakes could be more readily induced to take i yore algae?! 'nneaigi%star',1, lege; early treatment. Medical science, he; - ----e---- ___ . ore Vi one In area. W ert said. could offer no answer to the', , - gold occurrences were shown 30 year: question: What is cancer? It was] ' LIKELY NEXT SESSION i "C. unknown whether it was a germ, para- I _ 77 'Survey Near Folcyei. sital, or fermentation disease, or' ' I E. M. Burwash will map several whether it was local or con-t Because was he put ill "no people . itownships lying about 25 miles south stj.tur.ional:. It was thought_ to be of the Province are no; quit" ready tot Foleyet. a divisional point on the not hereditary, though certain au-l foto it." Hon Dr J M Rebb "my... .Canadian National Railway. Areas Os thorities held that a susceptibility to: ' . ' '_. '5' . V," 1 l'.'. "'_ Keewatln formation are known tt the disease ran in families. The Min- fit Pell yestciday T',t:,l,),fcl1,t)v,,,,,.t,'1",',1ir, _ occur, and the area may contain some ister pointed out that, although can- i ly: orde1 PM"? Drum" 1f;r,itl1t;y,y his deposits of promise. A. P. Coleman ccr was world-wide, it attacked the bill amending tho Public Realm 'Act will examine some of the Pleistocene Northern races more than the South-! My as to place health administration, land recent deposits (drift deposits) em, and it was not so prevalent 011 a county Pasis. . lin the s%i§.heri} pgrtdof Ontarito. among negroes or Indians until they; Health units were no new thing, , W. te. er o t e epartmen 's geo- ado ted the white man's mode of life. W . logical staff will continue his geologi- Theri'e was no doubt he continued, ('fpniliiect D1: Robb. and "here oper- cal investigation of the Moose River that cancer was increasing, but this la Pd ""Y'e 1e,lrs/ye"v/,,),"11,' yiyyfy.ef? area of Northern Ontario. increase was attributed by some au-i 03'5"" ,1" [ty....?) '3" tact, hammers . Messrs. Burrows and Kindle will . l e tthat the Ontario Government cou thorities to better diagnosis of th Is ' . n in t ti rl'"?'", t carry on further geological work in disease and also to the longer span 11"" -F' its Way I'. car a 10 _ 'en the Sudbury mineral area. This will of average life I lime to contribute to such a sugmm. include work on the nickel deposits . . . "and no assurance was to be he; tram [and examination ot discoveries in On Increase m Ontario. [ the Frurai authorities rim. they Parkin and adjacent townships. Cancer was on the increase in Om, would 310.. i; dnd 'AOC, b99111 rear,onable 'm 'T ' "'"rr'" ,to expert. he said. that the counties would irplc'U'tp.'it any shouldering a'tlie