Meat Eating and Cancers
By W. B. A.
The New York World quotes an article in the Medical Record, by Dr. L. D. Bulkley, skin and cancer specialist, in which he claims that meat eating is one of the principal causes of cancer. He says it is almost unknown among people who live more simply, and that while he regards surgery as of the first importance, he has often witnessed the good effects of medical treatment in these cases. Some of his words are: “Accumulated evidences, dating back many, many years, points to excessive nitrogenous intake, together with faulty cooking, incident to a more refined civilization, so called, as a prolific cause for the development of cancer; while an absolutely vegetarian diet, with the exclusion of coffee and alcohol, in conjunction with proper medicinal measures, has repeatedly resulted in the disappearance of cancer.” “Illustrative cases have occurred in my practice during the last forty years, some of the subjects remaining entirely well for two or more years thereafter.” If, as predicted, a scarcity of meat follows this war, people will more readily adopt a vegetarian diet as both the cost and the dangers of its use are further brought to view. W. B. A.