Intestinal Stasis and Cancer in Indians

I have reason to believe that Indians of the former class show little if any immunity from the ills to which the flesh of civilised man is heir. Only a few days ago I saw a case which illustrates this point. The patient was a Sikh, a forest officer who up to about two years ago had experienced fair health, though as his medical attendant wrote in his report of the case constipation had been his life-long companion." A forest officer spends little of his time in towns or civilised surroundings, the greater part of it is passed in the jungle and in the mountains. He is frequently forced to eat the coarsest of whole-meal ata, and such