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Show COB WHY CAUSE C1CER IN STOICH I Dr. William A. Mayo of j Rochester, Minn., Gives , , Opinion in Address. ! NEW YORK. April P. A statement by ' I. 'H Dr. Wlllfem J. Mayo tlmt tho prevalence , : of cancer la par hap tracnible to present j uiothodK of cooking, was onn of the Kallcnt opinion tit a maze of technical dlpcutwions at the opening of Ui'i Amcri- ' ' can Surgical aseoclatlon's annual conven-tlon conven-tlon lottHy. Dr. Mayo s k delegate from Rochester. Mlmu. and prealdent of thc association He explained that cancer of the HtoniacU formed u third of all cancer cafes among ; clvlMzr! people. I "Is there bo me fundamental fault In thc 1 , food it In tho cooklnc of civilised men that gives nuch n Drcpondenuice to pro- cancerous conditions in thc gastric rc- j t:H glon?" hc asked "Among the lower anl- ' ' H mats cancer of the stomach does not form nearly such a large proportion of . 'B tho total number of c&se." ' Dr. Mayo said thc amount of meat con- . sumed undoubtedly had something to do " with the prevalence of cancer. During u discussion about the ad vis- , ability of operating for appendicitis Dr. James F. Mooro of Minneapolis paid that ho felt that thc removal of tho appendix was "an Interference with the designs of BBV tho Lord." Dr. A. G. Gi-rstcr. a New York surgeon. , replied tliat If this were true, all Mir- BBV Scry would have to be regarded as an In- fr BBV torn-rence with Providence. The prenenl convention Is preliminary to the Intornatlonal Congress of Sur- J goons which will meet hero Monday with representative from all parts Df the i United States and most of tho European countries. |