The hypodermic injection of 1% soap solution has been recommended as a beneficial treatment in cases of inoperable cancer, and details of such a case were recently published in the "Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps." It is claimed that a man 78 years old, suffering from cancer (of the tongue) that had become too extensive for operation, was greatly relieved by such injections, starting with five drops and increasing the dose by five drops every day, till the full dose of 60 drops was reached. The theory of the process is that deficiency of natural soap in the biliary secretion of the patient caused changes in the living cells leading eventually to cancer.
Theories relating to cancer have been but too numerous, and no treatment short of surgical measures has been so far devised that has stood the test of time and practice. If anything whatever could be devised to successfully treat cancer in most cases, it would be a grand achievement, and if it should really happen to be soap that shall become the means of accomplishing so wonderful a result, it would be a matter of much additional gratification.
The American Soap Journal and Manufacturing Chemist
Vol. XV No. 3, November 1, 1904
Theories relating to cancer have been but too numerous, and no treatment short of surgical measures has been so far devised that has stood the test of time and practice. If anything whatever could be devised to successfully treat cancer in most cases, it would be a grand achievement, and if it should really happen to be soap that shall become the means of accomplishing so wonderful a result, it would be a matter of much additional gratification.
The American Soap Journal and Manufacturing Chemist
Vol. XV No. 3, November 1, 1904