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Show CANCER FROM GARDEN WORM? Buffalo Physician Has New Theory at to Hideous Malady. IJuffalo, ti. Y, Tho nutfalo Acad-omy Acad-omy of Medicine has heard a now theory as to tho origin of cancer, Dr. Hiram D. Walker of this city said In a paper on tho subject that seven yonrs of experiments had proved to Mb satisfaction that cancer was a parnslttc dlsoaso and that tho common garden worm was tho source ot the parasite In question. The transmission of tho parasite from tho worm to the humau being came from tho worm crawling over vegetables. "If I am correct In my conclusions," addod Dr. Walkor, "all tho suffering and death caused by cancer can be prevented by refraining from eating suqh vegetables as cabbage, celery, onlonB and lottuce which havo beon Infected by these paraslteB." Dr. Walker olaborattd on a series ot CO experiments on various animals; feeding or injecting tho parasltlo germs obtained from earth worms Into guinea pigs, mice and dogs, was followed fol-lowed in many cases by tho development develop-ment of tumors or concert. In almost al-most every case Infection wot fatal to the animals, Dr. Walker presented a series of microscopic mi-croscopic slides, showing cancer cells produced under theso conditions. Theao cells wero examined by prominent promin-ent specialists and pronounced cancer can-cer cells, though tho specialists wore not told from what anlmaU the cells wero taken or how produced. |