OCR Text |
Show The great cancer specific, the dis-1 covery of which was receutly announced announ-ced through the State Department, is the "Cundurant" root. Fifty pounds of the plant have lately been furnished from Quito to tho physicians of New York, Paris, and London for test and analysis. The substance in its natural state is a virulent poison when administered admin-istered to persons in health, but is, strangely enough, said tobea sovereign cure to cancerous or scrofulous affections. affec-tions. Measures have been taken to test it3 efficiency in both army and navy. The discovery, if found possessed posses-sed of the virtues attributed to it, will mark an era in the progress of medical science. X. 0. Times, |