Show discover first eskimo afflicted with cancer ottawa hope of the medical world that one race in the world was immune from cancer has been dashed by a report from lake harbor on baffin island hitherto scientists believed the eskimo race was free from that disease but reports reaching the department part ment of mines and resources say that a native is afflicted with it so far as is known by dr r r L D livingstone medical officer of the eastern arctic patrol this is the first case on record involving an eskimo every year doctors on the governments arctic expedition examine hundreds of natives in 1937 they inspected and found no trace of cancer in any many scientists have gone into the arctic seeking a clue to cancer immunity in the eskimo diet which consists almost entirely of meat and fish despite the one case now discovered medical men insist the disease is extremely rare among natives of the arctic |