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MEDICINE IN MAINLAND CHINA
A Luncheon Address by DR ROBERT GOOD
By Robert Coon, Director of Rescuing Dor the Sipan
Kettering Institute har Cancer Resent derived
"Mede be in China in a luncheon address to the 1957
Aaug. Having recently retired from three weeks
wud the Chinese weneed set
ina. awful things have luppes
ell as good things. The university has essentially
on destroyed and the ure
be graduate students are gone."
On the other hand, he noted, "come elam
He went on to say that real progress has been made
n the treatment and cure of cancer in China, through
their emphasis on prevention and by working with the
people where they live. There are five major kinds
Of cancer In China, Dr. Good reported, cancer of the
esophagus, the cervix the uterus the need pharnye
In the saudi ), and the liver ( in the central part )
The big approach to esophageal cancer, Dr. Good
percent Being Conventional methods or waiting via
explained, has to do with the tremendous manpower
of the Chinese medical corps, numbering 4.7 million.
They relate canter of the esophagus to several
with about 300 090 of that number being trained by
things. 1) a borderline deficiency of A and C vite
what they consider western methods,
n though
mins, 3) the way they ferment their food, because
they have Ruled a
reafter their medical education from cit
they don't have refrigeration, which involves fungal
to three yours. About 17 million of their medical corps
infestation and very frequ
consists of what they call "barefoot doctors,
Tested by fungi, 3) they
be esophagus are in
) there is evidence of a molybdenum
basically apprentice trained although they do have
deficiency in the soil in the area where there is a high
an orientation in the medical schools, The "barefoot
Frequency of esophageal cancer, and finally 4) they
on with very closely with the people and handle
think ithues are in their food an
curciogene potential
wow and water supply
reported that the barefoot doctors ining
Langer of the carvis and uterus, Dr. Good said, has
ko drastically reduced through control of sexual
supple Bein which they titleis akin
ecological theur, are able to diagnose on a routine
1, by decreasing the number of pregnancies
basis the precursor lesion and the early stages of care
and by Playing pregnancies. In addition, many of
the "barefoot dusters specialize in women's analysis
said if caught early BKhigh they are able
they say, to cure nearly ninety percent rather than five

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