Chapter 3

THE GROWTH OF THE BODY.--GROWTH MORE RAPID IN EMBRYONIC PERIOD.--THE COÖRDINATION AND REGULATION OF GROWTH.--TUMORS.--THE GROWTH OF TUMORS COMPARED WITH NORMAL GROWTH.--SIZE. SHAPE AND STRUCTURE OF TUMORS.--THE GROWTH CAPACITY OF TUMORS AS SHOWN BY THE INOCULATION OF TUMORS OF MICE.--BENIGN AND MALIGNANT TUMORS.--EFFECT OF INHERITANCE.--ARE TUMORS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT?--THE EFFECT PRODUCED BY A TUMOR ON THE INDIVIDUAL WHO BEARS IT.--RELATION OF TUMORS TO AGE AND SEX.--THEORIES AS TO THE CAUSE OF TUMORS.--THE PARASITIC THEORY.--THE TRAUMATIC THEORY.--THE EMBRYONIC THEORY.--THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EARLY RECOGNITION AND REMOVAL OF TUMORS 62