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...been many times that number who suffered from these troubles who, I believe, could either be cured or relieved by such institutions as that we are endeavoring to build at Saratoga (TIME, March 3). I have been informed that more people die of cardiac diseases yearly than from cancer, pneumonia and tuberculosis combined. I do not say that Saratoga, when completed as a spa and health resort, could by itself cure or relieve any large proportion of these sufferers, but it could be of service to thousands. I do not like to see a stone put in the path...
Value of this discovery lies in the probability that fever is a natural attempt of the body to kill off bacteria that are attacking it. By getting the jump on nature. Researcher Manning believes he will be able to cure ordinary colds, prevent pneumonia, treat other maladies...
...however, know many contributory factors," the lecturer explained, "by the avoidance of which we may hope to prevent the disease. Cancer is not contagious, and the best evidence is against the view that it is caused by any specific bacterium as is pneumonia. In animals inbred for many generations the disease would appear to be hereditary, but many factors such as the deliberate universal out-breading makes it possible to say that in many cases cancer is not directly inheritable...
Died. Adele Strauss, 70, relict of famed Viennese composer Johann Strauss ("Blue Danube" waltz, Die Fledermaus operetta); at Vienna; of pneumonia...
Died. Arthur Twining Hadley, 73, President Emeritus of Yale University; at Kobe, Japan; of pneumonia...