A contribution to the aetiology of cancer : presidential address / delivered by Alexander Brand ... before the East Yorks and North Lincoln Branch, British Medical Association at Hull, the 28th May, 1902.

  • Brand, Alexander Theodore, 1852-1934.
Date:
1902
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Credit: A contribution to the aetiology of cancer : presidential address / delivered by Alexander Brand ... before the East Yorks and North Lincoln Branch, British Medical Association at Hull, the 28th May, 1902. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CANCER,1 Before inflicting upon you what can only by a euphemism be termed a “ Presidential Address,” I desire to thank you very sincerely for the great honour you have conferred upon me, by electing me to the Presidency of this branch for the coming year, an honour which, I assure you, I appreciate very highly. When I think of the long line of illustrious men who have preceded me in this chair, the knowledge of my unfitness for the honourable position presses heavily upon me, and the fear haunts me that you also will share this knowledge long before my term of office has expired. I theiefore crave your kind indulgence for my shortcomings, and your assistance in the discharge of my duties. The choice of a subject on which to address so erudite and critical an audience is, I should imagine, ordinarily difficult enough, and I have found it especially so, for, as a geneial practitioner, and a country one at that, I can offer you no record of brilliant surgical successes, or original operations, nor can I present to you an interesting series of recondite medical problems successfully solved. In a minor way, certainly, I suppose I may be entitled to be considered somewhat of a Specialist, since, as a disciple of the immortal Jenner, I practise, extensively and success- fully, the prophylactic treatment of Variola; but on this •subject I have nothing unusually interesting to submit. There is one dread Disease, however, which is equally familiar to us all, whatever position we may occupy in the Tni abstract of this address is published in the British Medical Journal for 26th July, 1902.