Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians, Gynecologists, and Abdominal Surgeons for the year ... . groups twenty-seven are well todaythat otherwise would probably have succumbed to the disease. The conclusions drawn from this study are: 1. Prophylaxis playsan important factor in the treatment of cancer. 2. Classification ofuterine carcinomata is of paramount importance to separate localizedfrom the more advanced cases. 3. Localized carcinomata must betreated by surgical methods, preferably with the actual cautery, whilethe borderline and advanced cases should be referred to ra
Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians, Gynecologists, and Abdominal Surgeons for the year ... . groups twenty-seven are well todaythat otherwise would probably have succumbed to the disease. The conclusions drawn from this study are: 1. Prophylaxis playsan important factor in the treatment of cancer. 2. Classification ofuterine carcinomata is of paramount importance to separate localizedfrom the more advanced cases. 3. Localized carcinomata must betreated by surgical methods, preferably with the actual cautery, whilethe borderline and advanced cases should be referred to ray A combination of surgery with radiotherapy is not advisable. How-ever, a combination treatment of gamma and x-rays assures betterresults than the application of either agent alone. The radium mustbe inserted into the cervical canal, while the x-rays are applied throughthe suprapubic and sacral regions. It also renders the treatment avail-able for all classes of patients due to the lessened expense. 5. It ishoped that with an improvement in the technic permanent recoverieswill become more Dr. Howard W. Longyear. In Memoriam DR. HOWARD AY. LONG YEAR By Dr. James E. Davis, Detroit, Mich. 0 HAVE spent forty-six years in ardent successful professional life A after careful painstaking- educational preparation under the bestof opportunities at home and abroad; to have maintained the stand-ards and contributed to their upbuilding in word, act, and inspiration;to have been a gentleman, a higher type of citizen and a toiler aftertruth is attainment, success, and satisfaction. Dr. Howard William Longyear possessed a logical mind and tech-nical skill. His work Avas carefully planned and executed. He wasconspicuously able to do his own thinking and carry his point to asuccessful issue by carefully debating the facts with logic, experience,and illustration in support of a conclusion. As the seventeenth president of this society in 1904, the older ofour Fellows will re
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