Excerpt from What We Know About Cancer: A Handbook for the Medical Profession In February, 1917, by vote of the National Council. Of the American Society for the Control of Cancer, a committee was appointed to prepare the manuscript of a Handbook on Cancer for circulation among the members of the medical profession of the United States. This was done as a part of the campaign the Society inaugurated for the collection and dissemina tion of facts in regard to cancer, to the end that its mortality might be reduced by a wider knowledge of the disease. The first manuscript was submitted to the Council of the Society at a meeting in April, 1917. The manuscript was then sent to a number of different members of the Council for the-critical review of Special sections of the pamphlet. The criticisms and suggestions thus Obtained were utilized in a subsequent revision of the manuscript, which was submitted to the Council at a meeting held on Oct. 26, 1918, and with certain changes, accepted and ordered published with the endorsement of the Council and in the name of the Society. The Handbook is designed to provide in a brief and readily accessible form the important facts about can cer in general, and its manifestations in the different Situations where it most commonly occurs. The critical and controversial review of published statistics as to the end-results of operative treatment could not be included without enlarging greatly the size and scope of the publication. It was decided, therefore, to pre sent only in general terms the expectation of success attending the radical operative treatment Of cancer in each of its different Situations. It is believed that in these statements, as in other respects, a conservative view has been taken of the situation, and that the state ments made can be thoroughly substantiated by the published experience of the foremost surgeons of the country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.