tion of the general public and would be of incalculable value for medical education. There can be no more justifiable expenditure of the public funds than for the study, prevention, and cure of cancer. I wish to repeat that these views are personal and that I do not believe in Government paternalism and so-called state medicine. Strictly as an afterthought, the strategic locations for Government cancer hospitals are, first and foremost, as an adjunct to the National Cancer Institute right here at Bethesda. There should undoubtedly be one on the Pacific coast; naturally, I would advise the location of one in St. Louis (and this without reference to the administration). There are sound reasons for this. St. Louis is a great medical center with two class A medical schools. It has one of the best-known and best cancer hospitals in existence, the Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital; and there is also at Columbia, Mo., the Ellis Fischel State Cancer Hospital, a magnificent institution doing the very best type of work. Because of small size, both of these institutions have a waiting list. A cancer hospital so restricted in size that it has a waiting list in appalling. I should like to say that I can praise the work of these hospitals with complete detachment, as I am not connected with either of them. Finally, in reference to St. Louis as a suitable location, it could be added that it has the unique honor of having three Nobel prize winners, all connected with medical schools. In closing, I should like to say that after being responsible for the radiation treatment of over 7,000 cancer victims in the last quarter of a century, knowing that most of these cases were hopeless when first seen, and having very close touch with the economic stress of many of the families involved, I regret profoundly that this cause does not have a better advocate than I feel I am. 1 THE EDWARD MALLINCKRODT INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY Geographical Origin of Cases of Malignant Diseases, Including Leukemia, Hodgkin's Disease The Edward Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.-Geographical origin and yearly distribution of cases of malignant diseases including leukemia, Hodgkin's Disease, and lympho-sarcoma, treated with radiation, Jan. 1, 1916, to Jan. 1, 1945 Total The Edward Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.-Geographical origin and yearly distribution of cases of malignant diseases including leukemia, Hodgkin's Disease, and lympho-sarcoma, treated with radiation, Jan. 1, 1916, to Jan. 1, 1945—Continued 1 3 2 4. 6 4 3 11 11 7 ·21221 140 |