Abstract
AS a general rule, we physicians have a habit of hiding from ourselves the things we do not understand with words and phrases of little meaning. This applies to radium and X-ray in cancer, as well as to the other arts and sciences, and since these agents have made such astounding strides within the past four years, the time is ripe to evaluate their achievements, and, in addition, to build up fundamental principles which will further advance progress. It is essential for our future outlook that we not only recognize the groundwork and foundation laid down by science, but that we construct our general advance upon this basis of accumulated knowledge. In other words, as we forge ahead, it is not well to disregard the essentials, but rather to modify them so that they stand upon a broader and more stable basis. On the whole, experimental data without imagination, or vision without recourse to practical appliance, can accomplish but little. However, for effective progress a happy blend of these two factors is...
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