DR. ROBERT BELL AND CANCER.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—Perhaps you will kindly permit me to comment upon the " two or three weak points " mentioned in your kind notice of my book in your issue of the 20th inst. First, rc my state- ment that at present 25,000,000 of the world's population arc doomed to die of cancer, whereas fifty years ago the number was 8,000,000. But it must be borne in mind, cancer to-day is three times more prevalent than it was fifty years ago, and that fifty years ago the consumption of imported dead meat was only 5 lbs. of the population per head, whereas now it is over 60 lbs. per head. Then it should be noted that the American estimate is even higher than 25,000,000. It is also well known that a flesh meat diet is much more constipating, and the fermentation of it in the colon is much more noxious and therefore more toxic than a natural diet. I am quite willing to take up the challenge, if we can raise £2,000 to get the Cancer Wards of the Battersea Hospital, that 75 per cent. of cancer patients can be cured without operation, and I am glad to say that we have very good prospects of obtaining this sum.—I am, Sir, &c., ROBERT BELL. 15 Half Moon Street, Mayfair, W. 1.
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