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CANCER MORTALITY IS STEADILY INCREASING
Professor Greenough Tells of Origin and Treatment of Deadly Disease in Public Lecture
"Cancer has now reached the point where it accounts for more deaths than any other disease, with the possible exception of heart disease," R. B. Greenough '92, professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School said in a public lecture at the School yesterday. "Within the past thirty years," he continued, "the percentage of deaths from cancer has been steadily mounting not only in this country, but all over the world. While this has been taking place the mortality rate of other diseases, like tuberculosis and diptheria, has been steadily decreasing."
Nature provides us with mechanisms which in many cases aid in overcoming disease, especially those caused by bacteria, Professor Greenough explained.
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