18 APRIL 1931, Page 17

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DIET AND CANCER.

The article by Mr. Ellis Barker, on Cancer and Diet, was of special interest to me, because all his conclusions are exactly those of most of us who have observed the treatment pre- scribed by some Brahmins in India. I have seen many very grave cases of cancer and tuberculosis and other ills, completely cured by fasting, swallowing air (Prana) and goat's milk. " Air," I should explain, is, according to the Hindus, some- thing far more than a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen and other gases. Major Yeats-Brown is the only man I know who could properly explain what is meant by " swallowing air."—J. D. JENKINS, Poona, India.