232 THE ENZYME TREATMENT OF CANCER
tions,”
which (?) “ were rigorously carried out “ (p. 18). The strongest dose of
trypsin given, and but for a part of the time, was x88 units—of amylopsin, 75
units. Had the “General Directions” been followed, the average dose would have
been trypsin, 500 units; amylopsin, 200 units. That is to say, the dose was
never even half enough of either injection, according to what was then known.
In the light of Captain Lambelle’s results, the dose of 15 minims of trypsin
was less than one-fifth of what it should have been, and the amylopsin, which
should have been given along with the trypsin, was one-twenty-sixth of the
normal. In other words, if the “special trypsin “had been in use all the time,
the present daily dose of trypsin would have been reached in the injections of
more than five days together, and the amylopsin daily dose in some twenty-six
days. In the following an estimate is made of the number of units of trypsin
and of amylopsin injected in each case, the figures of the report being used
for the calculations.
TABLE I.
|
Case |
Days
Treated |
Units
Trypsin |
Units
Amylopsin |
|
III* |
24 |
938 |
625 |
|
IV |
40 |
2,500 |
20 |
|
V |
68 |
3,750 |
1,200 |
|
VI |
26 |
1,000 |
600 |
|
VII |
71 |
3,575 |
1,700 |
|
VIII |
71 |
2,250 |
1,600 |
|
IX |
122 |
7,625 |
4,500 |
|
X |
77 |
4,000 |
2,050 |
|
XI |
118 |
9,250 |
2,150 |
* Case III. is
stated to have been a” carcinoma of the kidney,” and after death the tumour was
found to weigh 70 ounces— that is, 4 pounds 6 ounces—the size of a respectable
joint of beet. Could it be regarded as a scientific experiment, seriously
(cont. p. 233)