A long observation of the ills of womankind dictates the choice of carcinoma of the uterus, maternal mortality in childbirth, sterility and birth control as the great problems of gynecology today and in the immediate future. CANCER One of every eight women who reach the age of 35 will have a cancer. The disease ranks second among the causes of death in America. The mortality is increasing, rising from 63 to 96 per hundred thousand in seven years, or more than 50 per cent. In Philadelphia the mortality rose from 77.6 to 136.94 from 1907 to 1932, and in fifty American cities during the same time from 75.1 to 122.7. Of cancers in women, 25.83 are in the genital organs; 80 per cent of these are in the cervix uteri. Of four women who come to a
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.