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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1951 DOC NMA120 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION The Chicago Daily Tribune - How to Keep Well HOW TO KEEP WELL Theodore R Van Dellen Chicago pg 26 Daily Tribune 1872-1963 Jun 10 1951 ProQuest Historical Newspapers Chicago Tribune 1849-1985 1849-1985 1849-1985 1849-1985 [ HOW TO KEEP WELL | |__ Dr.Theodore Dr.Theodore R.Van Dellen | To the limit pertaining to disease will be of space questions the prevention of answered Person- al replies will be made when re- turn stamped envelope is inclosed Telephone inquiries not accepted Dr. Van Dellen will not make di- agnoses or prescribes ual diseases for individ- Courricht 1981 By The Chicago Tribune ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN LUNG CANCER HE INCIDENCE of cancer of the lung has risen sharply in the last 40 years If it contin- the ues at its present rate may displace cancer of disease the stom- ach as the cancer killer in males Vir- tually every irritant that inhale has been blamed The prob- em arises is the in- crease real orappar ent Are more per- sons developing the disease or is it being diagnosed more readily The answer is difficult because there is nothing concrete to go by In my opinion both are factors In the past the physician rarely thought of cancer of the lung until the disorder was well advanced There were no rays to help make the diagnosis nor had the bronchoscope been invented Many cases of pneumonia and other res- piratory diseases which failed to heal and ultimately proved fatal unquestionably were misdiagnosed lung cancers On the other hand physicians who have practiced in the before and after periods are in general agreement that they see more patients nowadays with this type of malignancy However this may be caused by the shift in the age of our population more and more individuals are reaching the decades in life when cancer is more prevalent - The cause of lung not known but many malignancy is irritants have been accused all too often with- out proof Tobacco is mentioned more often than any other sub- stance probably because there are so many smokers Fuel is added to the fire by the fact that more men than women become victims and that the same proportion holds in- sofar as smoking is concerned On the other hand positive is lacking despite the proof still fact that many physicians are convinced in their own minds that a relation- ship exists between the two Various industrial irritants also have been implicated but in most instances stantial the evidence Coal smoke is circum- dust from tarred roads exhaust fumes from gasoline the air engines sulfur dioxide in from burning sulfur taining coal and air pollution from various smelting ores are blamed One the of the difficulties in question centers on deciding the fact that no one knows how long a period passes between exposure and the development of cancer This varies from five to 40 years The inhalation of coal dust has been cleared as a factor but not the products such as tar as- phalt pitch lamp blacks and coal blacks Considerable research is being done on aspect at the present time and more definite formation soon should be avail- able ~es A similar degree exists in regard to of uncertainty the inhalation of exhaust fumes Because there is no ^fincreasein lung cancer among policemen street cleaners garbage mechanics and automobile drivers most about authorities this source are skeptical However the same cannot be said of fumes con- taining arsenic German workers have noted a relationship between cancer in animals and the amount of arsenic fumes in the air In our country arsenical contamination of the air in connection with smelt- ing operations has been studied A comparison of the deaths with those in lung cancer an adjoining agricultural region shows a much higher areas percentage in the mining Other inorganic chemicals that are being studied as possible environmental factors in lung ma- lignancies are and nickel chromium asbestos TOMORROW Plague An old disease that crops up periodically DR MURPHY L. C. writes A group of us were discussing the great Dr. John B. Murphy What did he do to make him famous REPLY Much of his renown rested on his | ability as a surgeon and teacher He devised several operations and invented the Murphy button which was used in those days to connect separated loops after surgery He of the intestine also worked with bone grafts and pneumothorax For those who are interested in reading about Dr. Murphy's career there is a book on him by Dr. Loyal Davis called J. B. Murphy Stormy Petrel of Surgery Putnam - BABY'S HEART DEFECT Mrs. E. what part writes In a blue baby of the heart is involved REPLY The bluish tint of the lips and epidermis occurs in children whose circulation thru fered with or the lungs is inter- when venous and arterial blood merge thru a com- munication between two chambers The two specific lesions which lend themselves to surgical treatment- patent ductus arteriosus and pul- monary stenosis located in the large heart channels just - outside , the MULTIPLE L. W. writes sclerosis SCLEROSIS What is multiple : REPLY A neurological disorder in which sclerotic areas develop in the brain and spinal cord Send a stamped addressed envelope for leaflet on this disease Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission