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R a d i u m 113<br />

BLOCKING LYMPHATICS IN THE CONTROL OF<br />

CARCINOMA OF THE PROSTATE GLAND *<br />

By Robert H. Hi:ri:st. M. D.. Chicago<br />

We do not know any more about the cause of cancer of the prostate<br />

than we do about cancer occurring in other <strong>org</strong>ans. We do know, however,<br />

that at least 20 per cent, of all neoplasms of this gland are malignant.<br />

Hg. 1.—Bladder turned downward and rectum cut off;<br />

posterior wall of bladder, seminal vc*iele> and prostate<br />

flanil visible, with lymph channel' on surface of prostate<br />

Mining four main trunks and draining into lymph node*<br />

about the iliac vessels and promontory of the

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