270 THE
ENZYME TREATMENT OF CANCER
Lancet
that his findings and
conclusions had at times an awkward habit of turning out to be true. It does
not surprise me that Dr. Loeb now confirms, and extends, certain conclusions of
mine enunciated thirteen years ago. The recognition that investigators of the
scientific acumen of Dr. Leo Loeb exist and are extending the boundaries of
human scientific knowledge is very comforting to one who at times feels
somewhat of a veteran. Apparently, there is in the world still some science
differing from the inane nonsense contributed—for payment—by anonymous
authors, and transparent at that, on “cancer booms.” In his present line of
work Dr. Loeb is toiling in a rich and interesting region, as I know from old
experiences. When he thinks of any little finds of mine there, he might also
remember that there is an Antivivisection Act in this country, and that this
explains more than one of my halts. He has encountered my footprints of
thirteen years ago, and perchance they may lead him directly, as did the “ Span
of Gestation” me, to the problems (if cancer. There also he may come to
recognize how deservedly the writer earned, not “recognition,” but abuse and
ridicule . . . for venturing to publish the truth for its own sake. For in my
scientific opinion, based upon the results of “The Span of Gestation “ and
other memoirs, as well as upon actual results obtained in medical practice by
others, the only possible scientific treatment of malignant disease in general
is by injections of sufficiently powerful preparations of both trypsin and
amylopsin in proper dosage. What these scientific strengths and doses are, and
what results they produce in competent scientific hands, may be left for
description on an early occasion.
EDINBURGH, July 6, 1910.