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; JanuARy i. I being treated." The inyvestigator | is pledged toa keep secret the ('om-'1 position of the formula. | \ Refused Formula, i Miss Caisse, while refusing to reveal her formula, was desirous of ubmitting evidence, largely in the character of case histories. She has reated from 1,200 and 1,500 cases patients, or a number ol them, who | in the Bracebridge clinic.during the came before the commission, fell | nast three years, and claimed that that they had been benefited DY | she has been treating cancet for ; the treatment which they received, | fifeen vears. the commission is 'of the opin r:". 'T'wo members of the commission, % that the evidence ""'1"'"""""' "°* l as a subcommitee, inspected the justify any favorable conclusI0n @8 | (;n;, ang took evidence from thirty to the merits of Essiac as a remed; patients. Miss Caisse later attend-- for cancer,. | ed the inquiry at Toronto and sub-- xuggest samples Given. mitted the evidence of some forty-- "If, however, Miss Caisse is de-- | nine patients. At the conclusion ; irous of having her treatment fur-- he not only refused to reveal the ther investigated, and wishes to | formula but to:allow it to be used submit thereon further evidence, | by any one except herself. The and is prepared to furnishy the com-- commission stressed the only cases mission with the formula of Essiac, | which were of real value in decid-- together with samples thereo{l, the |ing as to the claims of the treat-- commission will be glad to make | ment were those in which a positive uch investigation, in such manner | dagn s of cancer had been mad? is is deemed desirable and war-- prior to the treaiment. In the ranted." forty--nine cases there were oniy Sitting wit M Justice Gitlan. | four in which the ';;fa;:xn»\x\ was ac-- / t ters were: Principal R. C. Wallace, | C pted and in \'r:]ll"n {1'":\";1 ]M-- M Queen's Universit Kingston: Dr. eurred, apparenti ron & 8 8 f".uH. Callahan, Toronto: PDr. R. g. | Caisse's treatment. Valin. Ottawa:; PDr. W. J. Deadman, William Holder, 100 Bloor Street Hamilton: D: George S. Young, | West, Toronto, claimed to have in-- ['oronto, and E. A. Collins, Copper-- | vented an electric machine. A die liff. plan was recommended in connec-- Its first finding was made on a |tion with the machine treatments. secret substance sponsored by Miss | Evidence would not support a find-- R Sarah E. Powers, 56 Charles -\':r": ing thal .\1!.. "«lifi"!"\' suggesteG | ; imoprse by the application of caustic | East, Toronto, wi h was ruled out | treatment had any m'.'lx« as a rem-- plasters was useful in only an ex-- v is not warranting further investi-- }edy for cancer, said the report. ceedingly small group of cases. A gatiof f | Praised for Tenacity. similar finding was made in the The remedy, Miss ['9\\':-1~ ..""': the Dr. George Francts Watson, 11 }case of Michael J. Hallo, 845 Joseph commission, was "universal M°Q!® | \waopper Street, Kitchener, advised | Genese Street, Windsor, who spon-- cine," the formula for which SB€ ) ne commission of his work and | sored a caustic paste or salve for claimed was written in code in VAM*| cypgies "with respect to the aque-- | the treatment of cancer. ous ancient works, and solved by ous extract of calves' spleens on Referringzg to Ensol and the work h'",',.. f ' f _| which he has been working in con-- In the Mendry Connell Foundation ', Phe remedy, she said, had DCCN | pecion with cancer." 4t Kingston, the report pointed out p kept secret through the centuries There was nothing secret about |{hat early in 1939 the Ontario De--| because, being a specific for all hu('a- the work and Dr. Watson presented |partment of Health appointed Dr.{ o ily ills, its disclosure would result reports of four cases in which he | W. T. Connell, professor of medi--| in more harm than rmlnnflr to hu-- believed his treatment was effeéc-- |cine at Queen's University, and DY'.' | manity, in that it would "'m'""' 8 | tive E. P. Johns, assistant professor of | M ')fl\',fl[tju' 'nn'('rm'll'? Lo wrong--G@oing. "He is to be commended for the wl"h()lfl;'}' of the L'ni\'orsit_v of | Jacob Vet of Fergus, the report tenacity and care with which he has Western Ontario, to take charge of said, presented his views as to why | _ lee on o yag yor kV ¢yol y ns A r Ine cause of cancer has not been carried on hh studies and recorded a'nd carry on the investigations of discovered and 6'\l)l'r'~\o\d some Y.']-l"l"'\ll"\ the commission fmmd I',H\fll. > | hame Pogeas Ale < i; While of the opinion the evidence "It seems clear," they reported hopes for prevention of the dis-- matritu n nany ue / hn 'Sepdt. 5 in & s h ease. But he did not present a did n«)eru\Hf_\ e "m'lu"!(m C '"'n'i .f*;)'. C l4 slmr'x?wm "2 x i » the merits or otherwise of the rem--| Minister of Health, "that Ensol, substance or form of treatment. . ce i % & # # edy, the commission expressed hope| used according to directions, is Not a Cancer Victim. « that he would be able to carry on| harmless and that it produces no Roy Green, R.R. No. 1, London, | his researches. undesirable effects. In at least 65 claimed to know several remedies At Guelph, Dr. Donald MacKen--| per cent of cases temporary symp-- for cancer and claimed to be suffer-- zie, formerly of Saskatoon and now| tomatic improvement is noted." ing from a cancer on the back of | retired, claimed that he hAd USO _ ------wmrmmmmmemmmememmmmmmme~ his head which he was treating arsenic plasters for the treatment himsel! With his consent, an ex-- | of external cancer, with good ro-- amination was made by medical | sults. The commission claimed that members of the commissiol who | the scientific consensus was against agreed that there was neither evi--) Dr. MacKenzie and cited authori-- * dence nor suggestion of cancer on ; ties. the head. In the case of Mrs. Mary Jane A negative report was made on | Levitt, London, who operated what the presentation of Miss Florence| was known as the "Edwards Cance: N. Farwell, 37 Cora Avenue, who Hospital," the treatment consisted claimed that her diet recommen-- | of the application of escharotic plas-- dation was made on the result of ters for the removal and cure of experience with her sister, who de-- | external cancers. She submitted a veloped cancer, and subsequently | record of 446 cases treated since died. John Henry Hill, 108 Soudan | 1904 and claimed cures for all of Avenue, recommended the use of | them. crude oil, but, the report said, there| 'The commission held the sponsor's was no evidence that this treatment l evidence indicated a disregard fo: had l})('(_'n employed or used with | the necessity of any satisfactory hm'\cfu. | diagnosis of the condition unde: $ Sseven alleged cancer cures sug-- | treatment and that there was no SN'N' by Mrs. Allen Peterson.| attempt to differentiate between South Bay, Ont., were also believed | benign and malignant tumors. It to be without value. found that the removal of external Pr. Hett, it is pointed out, has agreed to an investigation that will encompass laboratory work, to h« performed by a "competent investi-- gator appointed by the commission," and by Aa "qualified observer ap-- | pointed to observe treatment and | | progress of various patients now | *