Medicine: Ewing on Nudism

Professor James Ewing, foremost U. S. authority on tumors and an ultraconservative scientist, was made the subject of glaring U. S. headlines last week for a speech he made in Madrid. To the Inter national Cancer Congress there he merely said: "Sunlight is one of the greatest causes of cancer. Even trips to the beach often result in skin cancer." The headline transmutation of Professor Swing's qualified statement became positive: "SAYS NUDISM BREEDS CANCER."

Professor Ewing, of course, referred to individuals who are susceptible to cancer and let themselves become too sunburned. Who is susceptible...

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