 not nearly as objectionable  as,
say, Epsom salts. Fresh morning urine is merely  somewhat  bitter  and
salty. But as already mentioned,  the more frequently  it is taken the
more  innocuous  does it become; and as might be expected,  its taste
varies from day to day and even from hour to hour according  to the
foods  which  have been eaten. Even the urine which  is passed  in some
serious diseases is not as obnoxious  to taste  as its appearance  may
often  suggest.
And now, having cited testimonials  both ancient and  modern as to the
therapeutical  value of urine, and  having also dealt with the  afore‐
mentioned  objections.  I will sum up the evidence contained  through
many years of practice and personal experience  on the part of those
who are in a position to know  the real facts.  23
 Urine on being taken  into the body, is filtered; it becomes purer and
purer even in the course of one day's living upon it plus tap‐water, if
required. First, it cleanses, then frees from obstruction  and  finally
rebuilds  the vital  organs  and passages after they  have been wasted by
the ravages of disease. In fact it rebuilds  not only the lungs,  páncreas,
liver,  brain, heart.  etc., but also repairs the linings  of brain  and bowel
and other  linings, as has been demonstrated  in the case  of many "killing
" diseases, such as consumption  of the intestines  and the worst form of
colitis. In fine, it accomplishes  what fasting merely on water or fruit
juices (as some naturopaths  advocate)  can never achieve.
The proof of this statement  will be found in the casehistories  adduced
in the following  pages.

  24
 CHAPTER  IV.
MY SELF‐ CURE

Although I should prefer to avoid the first personal  pronoun in this
book, it is not possible to do so in the circumstances  if I am to carry
conviction.  For, as already implied, one ounce of experience  outweighs
a ton of arguments!
My first  patient was myself. It happened  in this wise. During the last
war at the age of thirty‐four.  I presented  myself for medical
examination  under  what was called The Derby  Scheme, and  was
rejected by four examining  doctors on the grounds  that I was
consumptive.  Moreover  I was urged to put myself under  the care of a
physician.  Consequently  I consulted  a specialist.  He however,  treated
my condition  as not very serious, told me I was more  a catarrhal subject
than a consumptive  one, and advised  plenty of fresh  air, sunshine and a
nourishing  diet. I followed his advice,  and  in one year put on 28 lbs. in
weight. Nevertheless,  not being satisfied with my condition  I consulted
another  specialist,  who i nformed  me that both my lungs  were affected,
and  despite what the previous  specialist  had  said, I was consumptive,
and  must  keep up my strength on a diet rich in sugars and  starches.
Finally, diabetes set in, and I was placed on an entirely new  and drastic
regime,  which  consisted  of fasting on six half‐ pints a day of cold water
(sipped) during four days of every week, whilst  on the fifth and  two
following  days I was permitted  a " snack which  only served to whet my
appetite, not to mention the fact that I wass  enjoined  to chew every
morsel of it to such a degree that it only produced  a very sore mouth, 25
 aching teeth, swollen gums and  a swollen  tongue. In addition to these
discomforts,  I was inflicted with i nsomnia, frayed nerves, and  great
irritability  of temper… The regime was continued  for sixteen weeks
without  a break, and  although it resulted in the disappearance  of my
cough and catarrhal conditions,  and also of painful sciatica from which  I
had  suffered, none the less  the cure  seemed more unpleasant  to me
than the disease. The final upshot was, that after two years of this
treatment,  I lost faith  in doctors acid began a series of ventures on my
own, although much against their advice.
I will not prolong this story by giving all the details; suffice it to say,
there  came a moment when, feeling very weak and ill, I recalled the
text in Proverbs V. which  runs, "Drink waters out of thine own cistern,"
a text which, in its turn, reminded  me of the case  of a young girl whose
father gave her her own urine to drink  when she was suffering from
diphtheria,  with the result that he cured her in three  days. Other cases
also came  to mind (jaundice was one)  which  had  been cured  by the
same means.  Nor was this all; I remembered  the doctor's answer to my
question  when some few years previously  1 had  asked him how he
could tell from my urine that my lungs  and pancreas were diseased  and
wasting? I even remembered  saying to him in my then innocence  : "If 1
am losing vital tissue and  sugar  thrpugh  my urine, then why not drink
the urine and  replace  these elements  in that way?  " To which  he had
replied  that the organs  could not assimilate  " dead matter." This,
however,  as I have


 using the method de-
scribed in Suvorin's books. In the more recent
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G. A. Vojtovich, created his method of fractional
fasting along the same lines.
However, the great architect of the widespread
propagation of therapeutic fasting was the psy-
chiatrist Yuri Nikolayev (1905 -1998): to him we
owe the approval and the introduction of the
method (for which he coined the name Razgru-
zochno -dieticheskaja terapiya, abbreviated as
RDT – Diet -fasting therapy) to the USSR’s state
health system. The documentary Le jeûne une
nouvelle thérapie, made in 2011 by the French
director Thierry de Lestrade and the journ alist
Sylvie Gilman, translated into Russian under the
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pays tribute to the work of this courageous doc-
tor.
Yuri Nikolayev was born into a family of estab-
lished vegetarians, lovers of yoga and oriental
philosophy. According to Nikolayev himself, his
parents were in close contact with Lev Tolstoy,
the most famous vegetarian in Russia, and his fa-
ther corresponded with the American writer
Upton Sinclair, a fervent supporter of the hy-
gienic cause and author of the book The fasting
cure. Besides, he was also busy translating Her-
bert Shelton's books into Russian.

2 The Italian translation by V. G. Bani ( La scienza del digiuno )
was published on YouTube in April 2017.
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this fertile soil. He started his career as a doctor,
served as a military doctor after graduation, and
was a student under the famous academic M.O.
Gurevich in the psychiatric clinic of the First In-
stitute of Medicine in Moscow in 1939 - 1941.
His interest in fasting was likely to have been
initially stimulated by the family environment,
was later consolidated thanks to the contribu-
tion of Prof. Bakulev, President of the Academy
of Medical Sciences of the USSR. In 1956, Prof.
Bakulev published an article titled Po povodu od-
nogo metoda lecheniya  (Regarding the treatment
method) in the journal "Meditsinskij rabotn ik"
(The medical worker). The article described a
successful experiment in the treatment of
chronic diseases with fasting, specifically some
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denal ulcers after a 12- day water  fast.
It must be said that discussion of "fasting" in the
USSR of the 50s and 60s was certainly difficult.
The specter of hunger was still very much alive
in the country. The nine hundred days of the
Nazi siege of Leningrad, with thousands of
deaths from starvat ion and numerous incidents
of cannibalism, as well as the challenging post -
war years characterized by scarcity of food had
left a profoundly mark on the collective uncon-
scious of the Soviet population and the memory
of deprivation had not subsided in a lit tle over a
decade. However, Prof. Bakulev was able to di-
rect the attention of the scientific and medical
community to the possibility of applying thera-
peutic fasting, and Nikolayev was certainly
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psychiatric practice, found constants worthy of
interest. He wrote:
"I noticed that some schizophrenia pa-
tients often give up eating and resist when
they are force -fed. I wondered if this renun-
ciation of food was not perhaps an instinc-
tive reaction to the sick organis m's defense.
So, I tried to treat these patients with a par-
adoxical method: the dosed fast”
In the late 1940s -1960s, Nikolayev intensified
his observations of schizophrenia patients who
became the object of his doctoral thesis, pre-
sented in 1960 under the title Razgruzochno- di-
eticheskaja terapiya shizofrenii i ee fiziolog-
icheskoe obosnovaniye  (RDT diet -fasting therapy
in the treatment of schizophrenia and its
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kolayev's selflessness in his work of furthering
therapeutic fasting would not have been success-
ful, had it not been for a decisive stroke of luck:
Nikolaeyv’s wife, also a psychiatrist employed in
the rehabilitation of alcoholics, happened to
handle the case of Lev Bulganin, son of an im-
portant man of t he party, the Chairman of the
Soviet Council of Ministers, N.A. Bulganin.
The Nikolayevs both treated the illustrious pa-
tient together and managed to cure him by ap-
plying the method of therapeutic fasting. The
powerful N.A. Bulganin, wishing to express gra t-
itude for his son’s healing, assured Dr. Nikolayev
his high protection. Thanks to this, Nikolayev
was able to freely conduct his research and
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his observations.
Using fasting to treat thousands of cases of
schizophrenia and other psychic disorders, he
noted that, by eradicating the disease at the root,
fasting could heal several diseases simultane-
ously. Thus, with copious clinical results in hand
and the protection of the high -ranking official
Bulganin, Niko layev soon succeeded in intro-
ducing therapeutic fasting into clinical practice,
thus contributing to its approval by the Soviet
Ministry of Health.
In 1961, Nikolayev was appointed director of
the psychiatry program at the Rostov -on-Don
Medical Institute. During the two years in this
position he had managed to set up a school of
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merous colleagues.
In the decades that followed, Nikolayev worked
in Moscow at the Soviet Scientific Research In-
stitute of Psychiatry an d coordinated the work of
the numerous fasting wards that had been
opened everywhere throughout the Soviet Un-
ion.
The development of the method benefited im-
mensely from the collection Problemy
lechebnogo golodaniya (Problems of therapeutic
fasting), published in Moscow in 1969. It com-
prised the contribution of scientists such as P.K.
Anokhin, A.A. Pokrovskiy, P.A. Fedorov, in ad-
dition to Nikolayev. It comprised approximately
sixty articles dedicated to therapeutic fasting in
psychiatric practice, to the neu rophysiology of
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pathophysiology of fasting. Nikolayev himself
spoke of the growing interest and fervor in the
studies in the introduction to 1988 edition of his
book Golodaniye radi zdoroviya  (Fasting for
Health), published for the first time in 1973 with
200,000 copies.
At the end of the 1990s, the Republic of Burya-
tia hosted a pilot experience to introduce fasting
dietary therapy (RDT) in the practice of medical
and hospital facilities at the state level. Under the
scientific direction of Prof. A.N. Kokosov, a
training program for RDT specialists was estab-
lished in the republic, with lectures, seminars
and conferences on the method aimed at both
doctors and health personnel, and the interested
public.
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Cancer: Just a generation or two ago, cancer was a grandparents’ disease. Today, we have entire cancer hospitals for
children. Some 1.3 million new cancer cases were expected to be diagnosed and n early 564,000 cancer deaths were predicted in
2004. 7

Diabetes: More than 18 million Americans have diabetes, the sixth most frequent  cause of death in North America. The
number of U.S. adults with diagnosed diabetes has increased 61% since 1991 and is pr ojected to more than double by 2050,
afflicting one in three Americans born in 2000. Today, diabetes claims more  than 200,000 lives each year. 8

Mixed Messages
It is crazy to think that we can keep doing what we have been doing while ex pecting the outcome to be any different than it
has been. If we truly want healthy results, we are going to have to sta rt living more healthfully. But exactly what changes should we
make?
Daily, we encounter an endless barrage of contradictory opinions and opposing  interpretations of practically every aspect of
nutritional science. Nutrition is so rife with conflicting theor ies that the so-called “hard scientists,” the physicists, mathe maticians,
physical chemists, and others, frequently denigrate nutrition as “ not a real science.”  Confusion seems to be the only constant in weight management. A new di et craze comes into vogue almost every week, each
one hyped as “the answer”  to our waistline woes. Some advisors tell us to minimize fat, while other s assert that eating fat does not
make us fat and in fact brings us greater health. Some vilify carbohydr ates, while others show convincing evidence that whole grains
should be our staple. We have to wonder: Which of these conflicting theorie s are true? Which are hogwash? Could there be some
middle ground?
Worse yet, if you desire not only a trim physique but also vibrant health, th e waters become even muddier. One self-
proclaimed “expert” tells you that minerals are the most importan t aspect of nutrition, while another claims that structured water  will
cure all that ails you. Hordes of scientists, nutritionists, doctors, “he alers,” and lay people fill the bookstores and crowd the lecture
circuit with convincing tales of the indispensable virtues of vita mins, essential fatty acids, antioxidants, enzymes, or some other silv er
bullet that is sure to ameliorate all of your health, aging, and weight  issues.
All of these parties defend their turf with a vengeance. And underst andably so. Most of them have deep economic ties to their
particular nutritional approach, complete with programs, supplements, su perfoods, motivational seminars, prepackaged meals, and a
wide assortment of accessories.
That confusion was not lost on me. Over the years I have tried more diets t han most people have even heard of. This is
especially true because I was seeking an optimal plan for health, athl etic performance, and  body-weight management—all at the
same time. I got tired of trying one new approach after another, but what el se was there to do? I had to keep looking for something
that worked for me, on all levels.

The Science of Health
For me, the fog began to lift in the late 1970s. I remember the sense of thrill  and relief I felt, after years of fumbling around
with diets and health fads, to finally alight upon a diet that works—in a ll the ways I sought—and the clear and incontrovertible
evidence to back it up. In this book, I share with you some salient bits  from the body of knowledge called “Natural Hygiene”
(literally, the science of health), information that changed my li fe and allowed me to coach thousands of people to attain the well-
being, vitality, and physique they have always wanted.
The dietary approach I recommend, especially with its emphasis on fresh  fruits and vegetables, may sound radical, particularly
in light of the prevailing attitude held by doctors, supplement vendors, and f ad-diet hawkers, who all would have you believe that the
keys to health and fitness most certainly do not grow on trees.
I invite you, however, to withhold judgment, and stick with me as we examin e the natural simplicity of living a high-produce,
low-fat lifestyle—truly the one for which Nature designed us.

Pitfalls of Fragmented Thinking
The Natural Hygiene approach to diet and nutrition is markedly differen t than the fragmented perspective that is common
among health seekers and diet promoters. The fragmented view does not so muc h look at foods as it does their component parts. It
also fails to distinguish true well-being from merely looking good, feel ing good, or removing symptoms of dis-ease—a grave error,
indeed.
The fragmented approach extols the virtues of certain nutrients i n a “pick-and-choose” fashion—the kind used in infomercial
sales pitches. Excellently geared toward selling a specific product, t his viewpoint never considers the full story, always omitting
material that would give a more balanced view of the situation.
Like a person who makes a decision after listening to only one side in a debate, the fragmented thinker relies on skewed
information, and the resulting incomplete picture provides a misunders tanding of nutrition that can only spiral out of control.
Below is one version of a famous Indian legend. The story pointedly illustr ates the confusion that results when we mistake a
fragmented view for the whole picture.

The Blind Men and the Elephant 9
It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approached the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
“God bless me! but the Elephant Is very like a wall!”
The Second, feeling of the tusk
Cried, “Ho! what have we here,
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me `tis mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!”
The Third approached the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up he spake:
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a snake!”
The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee:
“What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain,” quoth he;
“’Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!”
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said: “E’en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!”
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Than, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope.
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a rope!”
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
Moral
So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!

As with the blind men’s wildly divergent assessments of the same  elephant, the misinformation coming from most diet and
nutrition “experts” who teach from their fragmented perspecti ves may be correct, in some sense—but none of it leaves its recipien ts
properly informed.
Using the fragmented approach, if I were concerned about calcium, I would s eek out foods high in calcium. I would not likely
consider the foods that cause me to lose calcium, or even those that inter fere with calcium uptake. I would not research the lifestyle
factors that result in calcium losses, nor those that enhance calc ium absorption.
Alternatively, I might choose to take calcium supplements, a prime exa mple of fragmented thinking. It is unlikely that I would
inquire about any possible adverse effects of consuming too much calcium. Nor would I tend to educate myself about the
bioavailability of one form of calcium versus another. Perhaps most important, I would not know to question the wisdom of
thinking in terms of isolated nutrients in the first place. In nature, calcium (and all other nutrients) come packaged in a very pr ecise combination in plant foods, accompanied by
hundreds, even thousands, of other micronutrients that are designed to b e consumed together. W e cannot improve upon Nature’s
pristine design by extracting and refining one or even a few dozen n utrients—removing them from the cofactors they naturally
accompany—and produce a positive result.
What is more, I have heard estimates that scientists today may have  discovered only 10% of the nutrients in existence,
particularly the so-called phytonutrients (plant nutrients). In l ight of this, we might stop for a moment to wonder: How can any of us
claim to have zeroed in on some specific nutrient deficiency and take in formed action toward correcting it? It cannot be done
intelligently, in my opinion.

Whole Foods


putrefying fecal matter (but dietary reform is necessary to maximize this benefit).Most noticeable to the patient, a colonic immediately alleviates current symptomsby almost instantly reducing the current toxic load. A well-done enema or colonic
is such a powerful technique that a single one will often make a severe headache
vanish, make an onsetting cold go away, end a bout of sinusitis, end an asthmaticattack, reduce the pain of acute arthritic inflammation, reduce or stop an allergicreaction. Enemas are also thrifty: they are self-administered and can prevent mostdoctor’s visits seeking relief for acute conditions.
Diseases of the colon itself, including chronic constipation, colitis, diverteculitis,
hemorrhoids, irritable bowel syndrome, and mucous colitis, are often cured solelyby an intensive series of several dozen colonics given close together. Contrary topopular belief, many people think that if they have dysentery or other forms ofloose stools that a colonic is the last thing they need. Surprisingly, a series ofcolonics will eliminate many of these conditions as well. People with chronicdiarrhea or loose stools are usually very badly constipated. This may seem acontradiction in terms but it will be explained shortly.
A century ago there was much less scientific data about the functioning of the
human body. Then it was easy for a hygienically-oriented physician to come tobelieve that colonics were the single best medicine available. The doctorpracticing nothing but colonics will have a very high rate of cure and a lot of verysatisfied clients. Most importantly, this medicine will have done no harm.
The Repugnant Bowel
I don’t know why, but people of our culture have a deep-seated reluctance to
relate to the colon or it’s functions. People don’t want to think about the colon orpersonally get involved with it by giving themselves enemas or colonics. Theybecome deeply embarrassed at having someone else do it for them. People arealso shy about farts, and most Americans have a hard time not smiling or reactingin some way when someone in their presence breaks wind, although the politeamongst us pretend that we didn’t notice. Comedians usually succeed in getting alaugh out of an audience when they come up with a fart or make reference tosome other bowel function. People don’t react the same way to urinary functions
or discharges, although these also may have an unpleasant odor and originate
from the same “private” area.
When I first mention to clients that they need a minimum of 12 colonics or
many more enemas than 12 during a fasting or cleansing program they areinevitably shocked. To most it seems that no one in their right mind wouldrecommend such a treatment, and that I must certainly be motivated by greed orsome kind of a psychological quirk. Then I routinely show them reproductions ofX-rays of the large intestine showing obvious loss of normal structure and functionresulting from a combination of constipation, the effects of gravity, poorabdominal muscle tone, emotional stress, and poor diet. In the average colonmore than 50% of the hastrum (muscles that impel fecal matter through the organ)are dysfunctional due to loss of tone caused by impaction of fecal matter and/orconstriction of the large intestine secondary to stress (holding muscular tension inthe abdominal area) and straining during bowel movement. The average personalso has a prolapsed (sagging) transverse colon, and a distorted misplacedascending and descending colon.
I took a course in colon therapy before purchasing my first colonic machine.
The chiropractor teaching the class required all of his patients scheduled forcolonics to take a barium enema followed by an X-ray of their large intestine priorto having colonics and then make subsequent X-rays after each series of 12colonics. Most of his patients experienced so much immediate relief theyvoluntarily took at least four complete series, or 48 colonics, before their X-raysbegan to look normal in terms of structure. It also took about the same number,48 colonics, for the patients to notice a significant improvement in the function ofthe colon. In reviewing over 10,000 X-rays taken at his clinic prior to startingcolonics, the chiropractor had seen only two normal colon X-rays and these werefrom farm boys who grew up eating simple foods from the garden and doing lotsof hard work.
A typical diseased colon
A Healthy Colon
The X-rays showed that it took a minimum of 12 colon treatments to bring
about a minimal but observable change in the structure of the colon in the desireddirection, and for the patient to begin to notice that bowel function was improving,plus the fact that they started to feel better.
From my point of view the most amazing part of this whole experience was
that the chiropractor did not recommend any dietary changes whatsoever. Hispatients were achieving great success from colonics alone. I had thought dietarychanges would be necessary to avoid having the same dismal bowel conditionreturn. I still think colonics are far more effective if people are on a cleansing diettoo. However, I was delighted to see the potential for helping people throughcolonics.
For me, the most interesting part of this colonic school was that I personally
was required to have my own barium enema and X-ray. I was privately certainthat mine would look normal, because after all, I had been on a raw food diet forsix years, and done considerable amount of fasting, all of which was reputed torepair a civilized colon. Much to my surprise my colon looked just as mangledand dysfunctional as the others’, only somewhat worse because it had a loop inthe descending colon similar to a cursive letter “e” which doctors call a volvulus.Surgeons like to cut volvululii out because they frequently cause bowelobstructions. It seemed quite unfair. All those other people with lousy lookingcolons had been eating the average American diet their whole life, but I had beenso pure!
On further reflection I remembered that I had a tendency toward constipation
all through my childhood and young adulthood, and that during my twopregnancies the pressure of the fetus on an already constipated bowel had made itworse resulting in the distorted structure seen in the X-ray. This experience madeit very clear that fasting, cleansing diets, and corrected diet would not reversedamage already done. Proper diet and fasting would however, prevent thecondition of the colon from getting any worse than it already was.
I then realized that I had just purchased the very tool I needed to correct my
own colon, and I was eager to get home to get started on it. I had previouslythought that I was just going to use this machine for my patients, because they hadbeen asking for this kind of an adjunct to my services for some time. I ended upgiving myself over a hundred colonics at the rate of three a week over manymonths. I then out of curiosity had another barium enema and X-ray to validatemy results. Sure enough the picture showed a colon that looked far more normalwith no vulvulus. That little “e” had disappeared.
What Is Constipation?
Most people think they are not constipated because they have a bowel
movement almost every day, accomplished without straining. I have even hadclients tell me that they have a bowel movement once a week, and they are quitecertain that they are not constipated. The most surprising thing to novice fasters isthat repeated enemas or colonics during fasting begins to release many pounds ofundeniably real, old, caked fecal matter and/or huge mucus strings. The first-timefaster can hardly believe these were present. These old fecal deposits do notcome out the first time one has enemas or necessarily the fifth time. And all ofthem will not be removed by the tenth enema. But over the course of extendedfasting or a long spell of light raw food eating with repeated daily enemas, amazingchanges do begin to occur. It seems that no one who has eaten a civilized diet hasescaped the formation of caked deposits lining the colon’s walls, interfering withits function. This material does not respond to laxatives or casually administeredenemas.
Anyone who has not actually seen (and smelled) what comes out of an
“average” apparently healthy person during colonics will really believe it couldhappen or can accurately imagine it. Often there are dark black lumpy strings,lumps, or gravel, evil smelling discs shaped like sculpted hemispheres similar tothe pockets lining the wall of the colon itself. These discs are rock-hard and may
come out looking like long black braids. There may also be long tangled strings of
gray/brown mucous, sheets and flakes of mucous, and worse yet, an occasionalworm (tape worm) or many smaller ones. Once confronted however, it is nothard to imagine how these fecal rocks and other obnoxious debris interfere withthe proper function of the colon. They make the colon’s wall rigid and interferewith peristalsis thus leading to further problems with constipation, and interferewith adsorption of nutrients.
Our modern diet is by its “de-”nature, very constipating. In the trenches of the
First World War, cheese was given the name “chokem ass” because the soldierseating this as a part of their daily ration developed severe constipation. Eaten byitself or with other whole foods, moderate amounts of cheese may not producehealth problems in people who are capable of digesting dairy products. Butcheese when combined with white flour becomes especially constipating. Whitebread or most white-flour crackers contain a lot of gluten, a very sticky wheatprotein that makes the bread bind together


 a field of peach trees, a field of pecan trees, or a church house full of people, or a city full of people. We see things that are attracting each other, and people only see the bigger solids-as a person this is a result of a group of solids which makes us what we are.
To the physicist it is mathematical numbers, and to God who is a
God of mathematics, He says even the hairs of our head are numbered. Well, if Jesus had said, "When your atoms and amino acid molecules are numbered" the people would not know what He was talking about. He knows not only what your atoms are, the numbers of your atoms that you are made of, but He also knows the number of your anions and cations. Every tree, every drop of water in the ocean (no two drops are alike), every snowflake (no two are alike), every blade of grass (no two are alike), reveals God in His greatness. When we un-derstand the mathematic and chemical  structure of matter we see how
truly great God is, and how little we are. How insignificant we are, and how helpless we are, and how much we need Him to help us un-derstand these mysteries.
The study of nature is so beautiful, so fantastic that only God can
call it into existence.
In the Book of Amos, in the Old Testament, Chapter 3:7 we read:
"Surely the Lord God will do nothing,  but he revealeth his secret unto
his servants the prophets." And in Jeremiah 33:2-3 it says, "Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof' (the Lord is the Messiah) "the Lord that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name. Call unto me and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not." God has kept His Word.
I trained as a pharmacist when I was in premed school. 33 When I want to know something I ask the Lord. Unless I had had
the training that man gives I would not have known what the Lord
gave me in the Biological Theory of Ionization. It is like the little girl who asked her mother: "Where do babies come from?"
The mother answered: "Daddy plants a seed, the mother takes care
of it, and then a baby comes."
A few days later the girl was playing out in the yard and found a
big peach seed. She said, "I'm going to plant this seed and have me a baby." She planted the seed, and found a broken soup bowl and turned it over the seed. Two days later while playing in the yard she said, "Oh, I'm going to see if I have me a baby." She turned the bowl over and there sat an old toad frog.
She said, "You ugly, old toad, you. I would kill you if I wasn't
your mommy."
Even so today we do not understand these mysteries many times
in what God says, and we have to be trained and become mature enough to understand the mysteries.
One of the great difficulties is that when we do understand the
mysteries we refuse to believe them. In the greatness of God we are continually trying to bring God down to our size. Hence these myster-ies are forever hidden from us. Also, we ask God for things in our prayers, and then when He sends them to us we refuse to accept the answer the way he sends it. Henry Ward Beecher said that when a housewife prays for patience the Lord sends a contrary cook. So when you ask God to reveal to you some of His mysteries, He might make you go back to school.
You may say, "Oh, I don't want to do that. It takes too long." But God is not in any hurry. His days are not numbered. It always
has been and always will be thus. We can accomplish more by prepar-ing ourselves well for the task that God gives us, rather than going out ill-prepared, not understanding His great mysteries.
The earth changed direction after the flood. It rained 40 days and
40 nights. If 25 inches of water had fallen per hour, which is unheard of on the earth, there would have been less than 2,000 feet of water. Many mountains are five miles high, and the Scripture tells us water 34 covered the earth. The Bible says there was a deluge of water. So if
the earth stopped turning the water would cover the earth with equal
depth all over. The Bible causes me to believe that after the flood the earth began to turn in a different direction.
From the fall of man till the flo od it had not rained, and yet there
was Noah building a boat out of gopher wood on dry land.
He preached for 100 years and didn't get one convert (apart from
his own family). Up to that time there was not a rainbow. If it had rained there would have been a rainbow with the sun shining through it. The Word tells us that the earth was watered by the dew and not rain. If the earth was turning in the opposite direction it would be ani-onic and there couldn't be any rain. But if it turned in an opposite di-rection it would be cationic and there would be rain.
There is no such thing as anionic water. There couldn't be any
clouds to cause rain because it can only become rain when it is heated to a vapor. It is still cationic but the anions are in faster motion and the water is giving up cations so rapidly until the moisture rises-now that's pretty dry water in the clouds-it is steam or vapor.
Before the flood when the earth turned in an opposite direction,
the Van Allen Belt, which is about 100 miles above the earth today, reached out nearly right to the earth, so any vapor that arose would be disintegrated into anions and cations and could not form clouds. Now, when the earth turned in the opposite direction, this then moved the Van Allen Belt out to where it is at the present time because of the dif-ference in a cation and an anion, or a negative and a positive, which are in the direction in which the charge travels. So if the earth turned in an opposite direction then the earth would be cationic, energy would be coming out from the earth, flowing away from the earth in-stead of the earth turning in the opposite direction drawing the anionic belt closer to the earth. After the earth began to turn in an opposite di-rection and the deluge was caused because the earth stopped turning, then the vapor from the waters went up into the sky and formed clouds of various kinds. When these clouds come into contact with certain waves of cold air and a sudden change in temperature you will find that it causes condensation which is rain. Even thunder is caused be-35 cause hot air is striking cold air. When this happens quickly it also sets
off an electrical charge of electricity between the anions and the cati-
ons.
What causes the clouds to drift low on a certain level in the sky? When the atmospheric pressure becomes greater because of the
cold air then the steam, or water vapor of the hot air, causes the ceiling of the cloud to travel lower through the atmosphere.
When the atmospheric pressure becomes irregular and it is very
rough this causes the clouds to be cumulus, and as the steam then is condensed by the pressure of the colder air, that is the rain that falls. When the air is so condensed just ahead of the condensation there is a conglomeration of the anionic forces, and the cold air forces the ani-onic static electricity in the hot ai r rising, until a short circuit forms
because of the magnetic field that is set between the earth and the cloud level in which the anions and cations touch each other. It creates energy in chain reaction, comes in contact with an anionic chain reac-tion, which causes a bolt of lightning to strike, generally it comes near a tree, steeple, building, and the nearer the earth the electrical charge gets, the greater the number of cations it picks up. The heat lightning is static electricity.
When you see heat lightning it is picking up more anions and thus
stays up in the atmosphere. When it picks up enough cations then the charge comes toward the earth. I have been on the mountains when the static field would become so gr eat your hair would almost stand on
end and the hair on your arms would tingle from the static electricity. I have seen the lightning strike, and it looked like the electrical force came out of the earth and went up into the sky rather than coming out of the sky and going into the earth. It is a phenomenon that no one can deny because you see it right before your eyes.
Therefore this theory of ionization, of the story of creation, is be-
coming a reality because God is the God of math, a God of science, and He made it. He is a God of fire brighter than the sun.
Fire is an anionic substance. This theory of ionization is helping
us to understand some of His mysteries that have been of longstand-ing. 36   37 CHAPTER 4
HOMO SAPIENS

Since it is Homo sapiens, or human beings, we are involved with,
we are going to stick pretty much to this throughout the rest of the book.
We will discuss the Reams Biological Theory of lionization
(RBTI).
The reason that I say the Reams Biological Theory of lionization
is that there are now a number of counterfeit theories of ionization, which is not the one that God gave


 will accept that.
Gladly. Because, you see, it eliminates the
need to think.
Now, let’s think about killing. Can there
ever be a justifiable reason for killing  anything? Think about it. You’ll find you
need no outside authority to give you
direction, no higher source to supply you
with answers. If you think about it, if you
look to see what you feel about it, the
answers will be obvious to you, and you will
act accordingly. This is called acting on
your own authority.
It is when you act on the authority of others
that you get yourself into trouble. Should
states and nations use killing t o achieve
their political objectives? Should religions
use killing to enforce their theological
imperatives? Should societies use killing
as a  response to those who violate
behavioral codes?
Is killing an appropriate political remedy,
spiritual convincer, or societal problem
solver?  Now, is killing something you can do if
someone is trying to kill you? Would you
use killing force to defend the life of a loved
one? Someone you didn’t even know?
Is killing a proper form of defense against
those who  would kill if they are not in  some
other way stopped?
Is there a difference between killing and
murder?
The state would have you believe that
killing to complete a purely political agenda
is perfectly defensible. In fact, the state
needs you to take its w ord on this in order
to exist as an entity of power.
Religions would have you believe that
killing to spread and maintain knowledge
of, and adherence to, their particular truth
is perfectly defensible. In fact, religions  require you to take their word on t his in
order to exist as an entity of power.
Society would have you believe that killing
to punish those who commit certain
offenses (these have changed through the
years) is perfectly defensible. In fact,
society must have you take its word for it in
order to exist as an entity of power.
Do you believe these positions are correct?
Have you taken another’s word for it?  What
does your Self have to say?
There is no “right” or “wrong” in these
matters.
But by your decisions you paint a portrait of
Who You Are.
Indeed, by their decisions your states and
nations have already painted such
pictures.  By their decisions your religions have
created lasting, indelible impressions. By
their decisions your societies have
produced their self -portraits, too.
Are you please d with these pictures? Are
these the impressions you wish to make?
Do these portraits represent Who You Are?
Be careful of these questions. They may
require you to think. Thinking is hard.
Making value judgments is difficult. It
places  you at pure creation, because there
are so many times you’ll have to say, “I
don’t  know. I just don’t know.” Yet still you’ll
have to decide. And so you’ll have to
choose.  You’ll have to make an arbitrary
choice.
Such a choice —a decision coming from no
previous personal knowl edge —is called
pure creation. And the individual is aware, deeply aware, that in the making of such
decisions is the Self created.
Most of you are not interested in such
important work. Most of you would rather
leave that to others. And so most of you are
not self -created, but creatures of habit —
other -created creatures.
Then, when others have told you how you
should feel, and it runs directly counter to
how you do feel —you experience a deep
inner conflict. Something deep inside you
tells you that what other s have told you is
not Who You Are. Now where to go with
that? What to do?
The first place you go is to your
religionists —the people who put you there
in the first  place. You go to your priests and
your rabbis and your ministers and your teachers,  and they  tell you to stop listening
to your Self. The worst of them will try to
scare you  away from it; scare you away
from what you intuitively know.
They’ll tell you about the devil, about Satan,
about demons and evil spirits and hell  and
damnation and every fri ghtening thing they
can think of to get you to see how  what you
were intuitively knowing and feeling was
wrong, and how the only place  you’ll find
any comfort is in their thought, their idea,
their theology, their definitions of  right and
wrong, and their concept of Who You Are.
The seduction here is that all you have to
do to get instant approval is to agree.  Agree
and you have instant approval. Some will
even sing and shout and dance and  wave
their arms in hallelujah!  That’s hard to resist. Such approval,  such
rejoicing that you have seen the light; that
you’ve been saved!
Approvals and demonstrations seldom
accompany inner decisions. Celebrations
rarely surround choices to follow personal
truth. In fact, quite the contrary. Not only
may others fail to celebrate, they may
actually subject you to ridicule. What?
You’re  thinking for yourself? You’re
deciding on your own? You’re applying
your own  yardsticks, your own judgments,
your own values? Who do you think you
are, anyway?
And, indeed, that is precisel y the question
you are answering.  But the work must be done very much
alone. Very much without reward, without
approval, perhaps without even any notice.
And so you ask a very good question. Why
go on? Why even start off on such a  path?
What is to be gaine d from embarking on
such a journey? Where is the  incentive?
What is the reason?
The reason is ridiculously simple.
THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO DO.
What do You mean?
I mean this is the only game in town. There
is nothing else to do. In fact, there is
nothing e lse you can do. You are going to
be doing what you are doing for the rest  of
your life —just as you have been doing it
since birth. The only question is whether  you’ll be doing it consciously, or
unconsciously.
You see, you cannot disembark from the
journey. You embarked before you were
born. Your birth is simply a sign that the
journey has begun. So the question is not:
Why start off on such a path? You have
already started off. You did so with the first
beat of your heart. The question is: Do I
wish to walk this path consciously, or
unconsciously? With awareness or lack of
awareness? As the cause of my
experience, or at the effect of it? For most
of your life you’ve lived at the effect of  your
experiences. Now, you’re invited to be the
cause of them.  That is what is  known as
conscious living. That is what is called
walking in awareness.  Now, many of you have walked quite some
distance, as I’ve said. You have made  no
small progress. So you should not feel that
after all these lives you’ve “only”  come t o
this. Some of you are highly evolved
creatures, with a very sure sense of  Self.
You know Who You Are and you know what
you’d like to become.  Furthermore, you
even know the way to get from here to
there.
That’s a great sign. That’s a sure indication.
Of what?
Of the fact that you now have very few lives
left.
Is that good?
It is, now —for you. And that is so because
you say it is so. Not long ago all you  wanted to do was stay here. Now, all you want to
do is leave. That’s a very good  sign.
Not long ago you killed things —bugs,
plants, trees, animals, people —now you
cannot kill a thing without knowing exactly
what you’re doing, and why. That’s a very
good sign.
Not long ago you lived life as though it had
no purpose. Now you know it has no
purpose, save th e one you give it. That’s a
very good sign.
Not long ago you begged  the universe to
bring you Truth. Now you tell the universe
your truth. And that’s a  very good sign.
Not long ago you sought to be rich and
famous. Now you seek to be simply, and
wonderfull y, your Self.  And not so very long ago you feared Me.
Now you love Me, enough to call Me your
equal.
All of these are very, very good signs.
Well, gosh...You make me feel good.
You should feel good. Anybody who uses
“gosh” in a sentence can’t be all bad.
You really do have a sense of humor, don’t
You...
I invented humor!
Yes, You’ve made that point. Okay, so the
reason for going on is that there’s nothing
else to  do. This is what’s happening here.
Prec


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4DMSO in Genetics
PROTECTION FROM IONIZING RADIATION
One of the most important biological properties of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is its
ability to protect cells from radiation damage.1 DMSO has been used in a number of
studies to repair radiation damage induced in a variety of mammalian models and in vitro  preparations.
2 Such radiation damage to mammalian cells generally involves
injury to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). DNA molecules are double-stranded helices running in opposite directions to each other. In mammals, most of the DNA is stored inside the cell nucleus in a dense string-like fiber called chromatin.
DNA is composed of building blocks called nucleotides that consist of a deoxy -
ribose sugar bound on one side and a phosphate group bound to the other side of four nitrogenous bases. The bases are composed of adenine (A), thymine (T), gua -
nine (G), and cytosine (C) (Figure 4.1). Phosphates and sugars that are adjacent to these nucleotides link to form a long polymer and the double helix, a process called transcription.
The outside strands of DNA are made up of the sugar and phosphate portions
of the nucleotides, while the middle parts are made of the nitrogenous bases. The nitrogenous bases on the two strands of DNA pair up, purine with pyrimidine (A always with T, G always with C), and are held together by weak hydrogen bonds. As the keeper of genetic information in each living cell, the integrity and stability of DNA are essential to life.
In eukaryotic cells, when DNA is active, its code is copied to messenger RNA,
which then carries the DNA information to the ribosomal factories within the cell cytoplasm in order to manufacture proteins. The proteins thus formed in the ribo -
some are made up of amino acids that are linked together to extend the growing protein chain, a process called translation.
In humans, DNA strand breaks are a common daily occurrence arising at a
frequency of tens of thousands per cell per day from direct attack by intracellular metabolites and from spontaneous DNA decay.
3 Despite this daily assault on DNA,
strand breaks generally can be easily fixed by a collection of repair processes avail -
able to the cell. These lesions to the DNA structure are detected by damage sensors that initiate various response reactions.
4
These repair processes are vital to the integrity of its genome and to the  s urvival
of the organism. Strand breaks can also result from mechanical stress, ionizing radi -
ation, and chemical damage, for example, from reactive oxygen species (ROS).
Key experiments in the 1960s showed that the ratios of nitrogen bases A–T and
G–C are constant in all living things.82 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
Damage to DNA can create a loss of genetic instructions for producing new cells and
impair the well-functioning and development of every living organism. However, DNA
is not inert, and like any other biological molecule, it is continually the target of dam -
age from the environment, which, if not repaired, can result in metabolic dysfunction, mutation, and potentially cell death. For this reason, all cells contain a range of repair pathways that have evolved to optimize their survival following damage to their DNA.
One of these repair pathways that follow genomic DNA damage is the DNA
 damage response, which coordinates DNA repair, cell cycle arrest, and ultimately
cell death.5
This process is a complex signaling network involving cell cycle checkpoints
and DNA repair/damage control pathways that work to minimize changes in normal metabolic function.
The DNA damage response is affected by an assortment of cellular components and
processes, which include chromatin structure, DNA replication, cell growth, and cell cycle status. When the DNA damage response fails, genomic instability and several
human syndromes, particularly cancer, can appear. Paradoxically, DNA-damaging
agents are sometimes used in cancer therapy, and drugs targeting DNA damage response proteins, cell cycle, and cancer differentiation therapy are presently an excit -
ing field being explored as potential new anticancer agents.Adenine
/T_hymine
Single-strand break
Guanine
Double-strand brea ks
Cytosine
Sugar phospha te
backbone
FIGURE 4.1  (See color insert.) Ionizing radiation can create two types of breaks: (1) in
the sugar phosphate backbone or (2) in the base pairs of the DNA. These breaks can cause either  single (bolt) or double DNA strand breaks (bolts). Direct DNA damage occurs when  radiation particles physically break one or two strands of DNA. Indirect damage
occurs when radiation creates harmful free radicals to damage DNA, a target of repair for
DMSO. Single-strand DNA breaks are more prone to damage than double-strand DNA breaks
because more toxic agents target single-strand DNA regions than double strands. Ionizing
radiation of single-strand breaks are more easily repaired by the cell than cell repair of simi -
lar ionizing radiation of double-strand breaks, which can be lethal to the cell. Double-strand
DNA breaks are the cause of many diseases, including various types of cancer.83 DMSO in Genetics
As reviewed later, DMSO has been shown to protect cells from genotoxic
stress,  including free radical damage from excessive ROS and hydroxyl radical
formation. DMSO can additionally accelerate DNA strand break repair or prevent damage to DNA from ionizing radiation. However, it remains a challenge to point to one property under the DMSO umbrella of activities that might broadly explain the extraordinary biological actions of this simple polar molecule in providing protection to cells exposed to harmful stimuli.
DMSO PROTECTION OF SINGLE- AND DOUBLE-STRANDED
DNA BREAKS
There is growing evidence that deficiencies in DNA damage signaling and repair
pathways are fundamental to most, if not all, developing cancers in humans. The cell response to DNA damage is by activating the DNA damage response pathway, which involves cell cycle arrest and the transcriptional and posttranscriptional activation of a subset of genes associated with DNA repair. Transcriptional and posttranscrip -
tional activations involve the increased expression of a gene at the level of DNA–RNA (transcription) and at the level of RNA between transcription and translation (posttranscriptional). Cell cycle arrest occurs when DNA damage is inflicted and continues until the damage is repaired. If the damage cannot be repaired, the cell commits suicide by ordering apoptosis or programmed cell death. In a way, apopto -
sis is often a defense reaction that can keep other cells from dying.
If the affected cells are unable to respond or repair DNA damage, genetic insta -
bility can result, which will increase the risk of disease, especially cancer develop -
ment. The most dangerous type of DNA damage that can develop in mammalian cells occurs when DNA double-strand breaks are induced. DNA double-strand breaks are potentially lethal lesions that can be created by ionizing radiation from x-rays and gamma rays
6 (Figure 4.1). Besides ionizing radiation, DNA double-
strand breaks can result from the excessive formation within the cell of free radi -
cals, such as


1979, another package of data was submitted to
the agency by Research Industries. This package contained not fifteen patients of
Dr. Stewart, but forty.”
“We have looked at that data, and it is apparent that a good many of those
patient reports had been available prior to the NDA submission and were
contemporary with Dr. Stewart’s other patients,” said Dr. Hensley. “It appeared,
therefore, that a selective submission of data had been made to the original NDA.”
Thus, the researcher chose certain patients to represent his clinical trials and
sent them for submission by RIC to the FDA. Or, RIC did the selecting from the
whole group of fifty-five patients and sent along just fifteen.
What of the newly introduced batch of forty people who used DMSO and
whose cases weren’t revealed until three years later? Dr. Hensley said, “Many of
the patients—in fact, I guess the majority of those that are truly interstitial cystitis
—had either fair or poor responses to the treatment.”
So there have been definite questions raised about both of the studies that were
the basis for the NDA approval of DMSO employment against interstitial cystitis.
No wonder the FDA has been so stubborn about giving approval for DMSO
medical usage in general.
Following the Kennedy hearings, the FDA appointed a DMSO “Steering
Committee.” This committee brought in a new group of investigators—
pharmacological, toxicological, chemical, and medical professionals—who had
nothing to do with the initial approval of DMSO for interstitial cystitis. These new
investigators were paid for their work by the FDA. They reviewed the entire
matter, and their conclusion was that Drs. Shirley and Stewart were quite sloppy inrecording their data. Because of this they were disqualified as investigators for the
FDA thereafter.
However, the FDA, even after this thorough review of the entire matter,
allowed the approval of DMSO for use against interstitial cystitis to stand. They
found that the two physicians had been careless rather than dishonest in their
reporting.
Such carelessness in medical research is simply an expression of human error,
particularly in relation to the employees one depends upon. As interstitial cystitis
is a rare disease and difficult to find, the FDA physician-investigators in
Cleveland or Birmingham, Alabama, had patients come in for checkups from all
over the country. (The FDA requires a minimum of fifty patients from two
investigators to approve a drug for prescription use in a specific condition.) On the
approval sheets, the FDA had listed various parameters for the investigators to
follow and fill in. Certain employed research associates—frequently college
students—filled in the answers to questions that they asked the participating
patients.
One of the questions on the approval forms concerned ophthalmology. The
research associates (dental students) would ask the patients, “Have you had your
eyes checked?”
The patients most often said, “Yes!”
The next question was, “Have you had any problems with your eyes?”
The patients replied, “No!”
The research associates then wrote on the approval forms: “Ophthalmology
negative.”
These patients had been examined by ophthalmologists in areas far distant
from the research facilities in Cleveland or Birmingham. The physician-
investigators did not have those eye examination records as part of the patients’
files. Thus, upon “for cause” evaluation of the records, the FDA declared the
investigators’ record response for vision unsubstantiated. Later, despite being
disqualified as FDA investigators, Drs. Shirley and Stewart were able to show that
these ophthalmologic examinations were, in fact, carried out. And as the FDA
found that the interstitial cystitis protocol was correct, DMSO remains an
approved medication for treatment of this bladder problem.
Senator Kennedy emphasized that there were a series of collective failures
among the several people involved with this NDA procedure. The FDA found
failures by the investigators doing the clinical work, the sponsor supplying the
drug, the physician-monitor checking methods, and the FDA medical officer actingas liaison for the NDA. There was a failure to write up accurate case histories, a
failure to keep adequate records of drug accountability, a failure to obtain
institutional review committee approval, and a failure to maintain documentation
of informed patient consent. In questioning the patients, the FDA believed that
most of the required eye and laboratory examinations possibly were never
performed at all and they found the lack of records just sloppy reporting. In some
of the cases report forms were, in fact, altered between the first and second FDA
inspections so that FDA officials remain suspicious. They still think that there was
insufficient reporting or alleged misreporting of toxicological ophthalmic effects in
the patients.
Looking at just one of the people who failed in all this, Kennedy wondered
whose responsibility at RIC it was to detect the various DMSO problems that
apparently went undetected right through the NDA approval process. “Senator, I
believe that the ultimate responsibility, certainly, lies with me,” said Henry Moyle.
“I signed the documents that went into the FDA.”
Here we see a businessman who had protected his investment. Kennedy asked
Moyle, “What would be the impact on Research Industries if, as a result of these
problems, the FDA determined that it could no longer maintain the approval of
DMSO for treatment?”
“Well, Senator, we are a small company,” answered Moyle. “We believed
when we started with this application that it would not take nearly this long, and
we have stretched it out. On our marketing, we are not yet breaking even. So, we
would have real problems. I suppose we would have to dispose of our subsidiary,
Terra; that would be too expensive an operation to be able to continue with. If we
did that, we would no longer have a lab approved for good manufacturing
practices, and it took us three or four years to get that approval at the FDA. So
that would be an impossible burden; I do not know what we would do.”
CLEARING UP POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FOR
DR. JACOB
Surgeon Stanley Jacob has treated tens of thousands of patients at his modest
office at the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center. He now sees more than
200 people a week, some with the most serious health problems such as spinal
cord injuries, Down’s syndrome, stroke, spondylitis, burns, cancer, scleroderma,
herpes zoster, and worse. Dr. Jacob has become known nationwide and overseasfor the excellence of his work in making known the new and varied uses for
DMSO. The weight of his discovery of the medical properties of dimethyl
sulfoxide is enough to plant him firmly in the medical history books. He is an
admirable scientist.
Still, with all these patients coming to his office door and the reputation he has
established, Dr. Jacob’s annual salary was only about $45,000 ten years ago. With
raises in steady increments, his salary probably doubled by 1992. The University
of Oregon doesn’t pay its research physicians on a par with industry, whose
physicians average around the $200,000 a year level. Moreover, Dr. Jacob’s
current salary is probably 25 percent of what he could earn as a surgeon in solo or
group private practice.
Why, then, does he do it? And why has he continued taking DMSO himself
since 1963? Dr. Jacob says “not for any medical problem but because if any side
effects are going to develop, it’s better that they raise their ugly head in my body
than anyone else’s.”
His dedication and sacrifice are undeniable. For almost twenty years Stanley
Jacob has been struggling with the FDA and the scientific community to get
dimethyl sulfoxide approved for national distribution and generally accepted for
medical use. The father of five children ranging in age from fourteen to thirty-nine
years, Dr. Jacob believes that the failure of his three marriages may be attributed
to his total involvement with the legalization of this pharmaceutical solvent. He
says it is his “obsession.”
The doctor expects to devote the rest of his working life proving the worthiness
of DMSO in the pharmacopeia of every physician for a vast array of health
problems. Retirement is not for him. “I might spend a little more time with family,”
Jacob says, “but my research interests wouldn’t change. I couldn’t begin to scratch
the surface of DMSO’s uses in the years remaining to me.”
All this sounds highly idealistic; he is a magnanimous individual, the image of
a truly good man. And this really may be the case—unless you gain access to
certain other facts that don’t generally get broadcast.
During Senator Kennedy’s devastating cross-examination of Research
Industries Corporation President Moyle, the Senator learned that Jacob was the
physician-monitor for those series of studies on DMSO for scleroderma and
interstitial cystitis, mentioned earlier. Errors in accuracy related to the clinical
trials may be Jacob’s responsibility rather than Moyle’s, as Dr. Jacob was
obligated to inspect the trials in progress and check the records being kept.
While the royalties Jacob receives on the patents for DMSO medical uses arestill relatively small, as DMSO’s popularity in medicine increases, the royalties
could become huge. At present he turns over royalty money to the University of
Oregon Health Sciences Center for the Department of Surgery and for DMSO
research, but at any time Jacob could retain the money for himself. It is not held in
trust


 blue
and extraordinary purity - water directly turquoise - my mother talked
I swim there - something she was bathing in all the lakes and rivers that we
come across, despite the envious looks hungry (remark:
dry starvation in its pure form - no contact with the water - even
can not wash their hands and brush their teeth, but since we have no problems with
health, we had a few indulgences such as brushing teeth
with water and permission to swim).
We spent 2 days - the second was particularly noteworthy,
because both were marked by the release of starvation. The technique
This doctor went compote of dried fruit - my God, in life
seen such a fuss over cooking compote! at the end
ends of all took into his hands the businessman from St. Petersburg. a result, instead of
6 am people crept up to compote at midnight. Then returned
to the base, and began a vegetarian gluttony - we have 7-day,
the people - 5. It was just an incredible amount eaten watermelons
and melons - especially watermelons. At the exit we were again taken to the trip,
for rafting - I really did not go, because well, I do not like the cold
in any form.
And then began the second stage. It the weather is slightly marred
- 3 days have been rainy and cold - mostly house stoked
stove and all the people going there - a small one and half
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distinctions blurred - we held hands. So it was easier
to spend time - on hunger as it would slow down as well - so far
waiting for their turn to massage until it is done - that evening
pass, and in the morning somewhere drove... in reserve, for example, where
bred guinea fowl, rabbits, chickens, turkeys, ducks - it's nice
was to feed livestock warm bread (from the smell of which
just giddy), and just chat with brazen goats
Lisa and Masha, but still there was a red deer - deer, quite simply, a
still a huge owl - an impressive birdie two feet in height,
girth with a decent wood yardstick claws and completely
zingy yellow-orange, his enormous eyes - feed the bird
live pigeons and rats. And there lives a wild goose, which
1964! Very family-style by the way - it there a separate
"Premises", where he lives only with his family.
When the weather is established, we were taken to the camp next to Teletsk
Lake: something about 80 km from thereof. The base was called "the devil
Lake and apparently was organized by former military - big
double-layer canvas tents with wooden beds,
wooden floor in a tent, wooden sidewalks - all very clearly
thought out down to the mat at the entrance and urns with trash bags.
Lake there is a small, pretty murky with silt bottoms (that
did not stop the mother from swimming). But there were pedal boats
and the people enjoyed this, even though very remote, contact
with water. We sunbathed, but since there was no sweat at all, I am personally
long lacked.
Stayed there for 2 nights, went to second on Teletskoe lake - it
very large, 80 km in length, in the form of a comma - the widest
position in width - 5 km, the deepest place - 365 meters Madly
beautiful water - is black, but transparent. it flows into rivers in 1975
and rivulets, and follows only one - Biya. We take a walk
katerke on the lake to the waterfall (carbonate, in my opinion) 2,5 hours the road
at one end - a waterfall is very beautiful and powerful energy there.
In the evening the same day my mother came out of dry fasting - we
given herbal tea with honey - it was a thrill (compote in the first
time for some reason has not made such an impression on me), mom
me a laugh, because after the first cup
I was kind of like an alcoholic - a red nose, face osolovevshee
and ears are almost on their shoulders.
Returned to base, where our people have suffered a further 2 days. at one
women in their second fasting resorbed tumor in his chest. someone
then bled from the nose at someone - from the gums, the heat was almost everyone,
but in general people are caught stable and almost no one is whining.
The main problem - the almost complete lack of sleep, 2 hours
a day, and some do not sleep. And then there was a second output,
and again vegetarian gluttony.
My personal feeling - a feeling of lightness, energy, purity,
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325force. All the troubles during the famine were as strong
heart rate during a sharp rise in the mountain, feeling weak and very
the slow passage of time. Did not want to drink, although water dreaming
severe dry mouth appeared only when I started
rinse your mouth with water. The dream was nice.
During the exit - the feeling of fullness in the stomach, a headache for 1-e
day - that's all trouble. Chair recovering from their own
and very fast, at the very first day out. Mama younger,
prettier, has blossomed. In general, the unpleasant memories of the famine,
how about something terrible there - apparently, after all, for an organism is
natural process of purification. More subjective impressions: not
was "a marble grid" after a bath, and the famine was breathing for some reason
breast, although usually breathe stomach.
Filonov Sergey - a doctor with a very rich clinical
experience, a true professional, I think some did not survive
to starvation, if not for him and his support.
For those who want to talk, my e-mail: mailto: mariam-g@list.ru
Mariya Zhukova
My dry starvation in the Altai.
Of course, I wanted to write a diary for myself, but when after two
month has passed inspection, I have not found a cyst and I am now
pregnant. I sent my diary Sergei Ivanovich - let
he publishes it online. in our town a lot of young, yes
and in general women with similar diagnoses, they have absolutely no
know what to do and so many are afraid of starvation, not to mention
of dry. I took it all herself, has achieved its goal. Yes were
moments when he wanted to quit, but I knew that no way back.
Operation, of course, is not so terrible they make thousands, but most
the main reason remains. Just change something in your life
and attaching the will and patience we can achieve success
in his recovery.
Here is my story.
From his childhood as I can remember, I was constantly treated. Colds,
colitis, stomach, liver, spine, etc. After another cold
and treatment with antibiotics, earned more, and chronic bronchitis
with asthmatic component. Autumn in cold weather
begin to worry asthma. A year ago, I began
pain in the right abdomen, irregular menstruation. Asked
in a local clinic, it became clear that I still have a cyst and the right
ovary. The doctor prescribed me medication. I'm pierced, but the pain
disappeared for a while and resumed again.
The doctor said that it makes no sense to treat further, you need to do
laparoscopy. I am 27 years old, married five years, no children, then
age remain without hope of becoming a mother.
Decided, all sufficient, it is necessary to do thorough with their health.
I read many books and articles. Talking with people who have achieved
improve their health without drugs. Went on different courses,
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326seminars. Accidentally found on the Internet site of Sergei Ivanovich
Intuition prompted - it's mine. Called Sergei Ivanovich
In April, he told me that you can help me and the chances I have,
but to go dry starvation and get good results
need to prepare well and come in June. He explained to me
that with my sores I had better go and dry fractional
starvation. Its meaning is that at first I'm going through the first dry
hunger as much as I can, the first hunger like soap
coaching. Then we make a good quality output,
and the second a hunger for the maximum, it is already healing. Here is how to hunger
overrides hunger and obtained performance as if
if we were just eleven days, but go directly to a
term for an untrained person is very, very difficult, so
physiological and easier to pass SFG. I sat on a vegetarian
diet, cleaned intestines, liver. It is very hard for me dalas cleaning
Liver: me nauseous, and vomiting was good although my husband supported.
But after cleaning I was the first time in his short life
felt that such health. Began to try dry starvation.
The first day of the SG passed unnoticed, I was starving on a Sunday and we
My husband and I all day went to the cottage to his parents. We have a good
Nature. After cleansing the liver, I somehow lost my appetite, and
hunger it did not exist. The first sip of water was very tasty -
how can we, in our boring life not paying attention to simple
things! After the first week of fasting, the weekend did
two days of the LFG as the parents at the dacha. Hunger was relatively
easily, the only reason for the second day very much like


 able to prevent or undo drunkenness. The
leaf was traditionally used in England to treat corns
and warts—it was soaked in vinegar and bound
on as a poultice, or placed inside a sock, overlying
the corn.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Ivy is chiefly
used for congestion of the ear, nose, and
throat, as well as for bronchitis. It acts as  an expectorant, stimulating the coughing up
and clearance of phlegm. It has a beneficial effect
on mucous membranes and is generally combined
with tonic herbs, especially thyme ( Thymus vulgaris,
p. 143). Ivy extracts are common ingredients in
cosmetic formulations for cellulite.
Caution Fresh leaves can irritate the skin.
Herniaria glabra
(Caryophyllaceae)
Rupturewort
Description Prostrate annual or perennial
with bright green oval leaves and clusters of
green flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation Rupturewort is found
throughout Europe and western Asia. It thrives in
barren areas, in lime and sandy soils. It is gathered
when in flower.
Parts Used Aerial parts.
Constituents Rupturewort contains coumarins
(including 3% herniarin and scopoletin), flavonoids,
phenolic acids, and saponins.
History & Folklore Rupturewort was first
documented in European herbals of the 16th
century. Its genus name, Herniaria, refers to its
reputed ability to heal hernias.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Rupturewort is
of value chiefly as a diuretic herb. The fresh plant
treats urinary problems such as cystitis, irritable
bladder, and kidney stones. It is also astringent, and
has been applied as a poultice to speed the healing
of ulcers. The whole plant appears to have an
antispasmodic effect on the bladder.
Ivy was thought, in the classical world, to undo drunkenness.Haronga madagascariensis
(Guttiferae)
Haronga
Description Small evergreen tree growing
to 26 ft (8 m). Has black-dotted leaves with
a dark green upper surface and red-brown
hairs underneath, and clusters of creamy-
white flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation Haronga is native
to Madagascar and East Africa, and grows in
tropical areas. The leaves and bark are collected
throughout the year.
Parts Used Leaves, bark.
Constituents Haronga bark contains phenolic
pigments, triterpenes, anthraquinones, and tannins.
The leaves contain phenolic pigments, the diterpene
hypericin, flavonoids, and tannins. Hypericin, which
is also found in St. John’s wort ( Hypericum
perforatum, p. 106), has antiviral properties.
History & Folklore Haronga resin has
traditionally been used in Africa to secure
arrowheads onto shafts.Hibiscus sabdariffa (Malvaceae)
Hibiscus,
Jamaica
Description Shrub growing to 61⁄2 ft (2 m)
in height.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to North
Africa and Southeast Asia, hibiscus grows in tropical
regions around the world. It is primarily cultivated
across Africa and in Thailand, China, and Mexico.
Parts Used Calyx (the outer base of the flower),
flowers, leaves.
Constituents The calyx and flowers contain
flavonoids, including anthocyanins.
History & Folklore “Hibiscus” means “plant
that is consecrated to the ibis,” a bird held sacred in
ancient Egypt.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Hibiscus makes
a refreshing, pleasant-tasting tea that is cooling
and mildly sedative, soothing hot and feverish
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other medicinal plantsHieracium pilosella
conditions. The calyces are gently tonic and will
ease colds, coughs, and chest problems. They also aid digestion and gently stimulate appetite. Both the calyces and flowers act to reduce cholesterol levels. All parts of hibiscus are demulcent, mildly soothing sore or inflamed mucous membranes within the digestive and respiratory tracts.
Research Various clinical studies have shown
that hibiscus helps to lower high blood pressure.
Hieracium pilosella syn. pilosella
officinarum (Asteraceae)
Mouse-ear
Hawkweed
Description Perennial herb growing to a height
of 8 in (20 cm) from a rosette of basal leaves. Stems
bear single bright yellow flower heads.
Habitat & Cultivation Mouse-ear hawkweed
is common throughout much of Europe and temperate regions of Asia and North America. Found growing in dry pastures and on sandy soil,  it is collected when in flower in summer.
Parts Used Aerial parts.
Constituents Mouse-ear hawkweed contains
a coumarin (umbelliferone), flavonoids, and caffeic acid. It is thought to be mildly antifungal.
History & Folklore In his Irish Herbal (1735),
K’Eogh summarizes mouse-ear hawkweed’s medicinal benefits: “good against the spitting of blood, all kinds of flow, coughs, ulcers of the lungs, mouth and eyes, and shingles.”
Medicinal Actions & Uses Mouse-ear
hawkweed relaxes the muscles of the bronchial tubes, stimulates the cough reflex, and reduces  the production of mucus. This combination of actions makes the herb effective in respiratory problems, including asthma and wheeziness, whooping cough, bronchitis, and other chronic  and congested coughs. The herb is used to  control heavy menstrual bleeding, and to ease  the coughing up of blood. It may be applied as  a poultice to heal wounds.Parts Used The peeled stem.
Constituents Hoodia contains a steroidal
glycoside, which is thought to act as an appetite suppressant.
History & Folklore The San people of the
Kalahari traditionally used this plant to suppress sensations of thirst and hunger, when on journeys through the desert. Such use was first recorded  in 1937.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Hoodia
provides a cautionary tale for herbal medicines  and supplements in the 21st century. There is  little evidence that taking it leads to weight loss other than the plant’s traditional use as an appetite suppressant, while its safety profile is unknown. Despite this, after media coverage by the BBC  in 2003, sales of hoodia supplements rocketed, with prices in the LA Times reaching $40 per  ounce (30 g) in 2006. At such a price, it is not  hard to see why hoodia’s survival in the wild is severely threatened. It would seem sensible to  opt instead for herbs that are endorsed for their  use for weight loss by scientific studies and  where there is no risk of the herb disappearing from the wild, such as Gymnema (Gymnema sylvestre, p. 218).
 QCautions Seek professional advice before
taking hoodia products, especially if taking prescribed blood-thinning medication for conditions such as diabetes or high blood pressure.
Hordeum vulgare (Poaceae)
Barley
Description Annual grass growing to about
3 ft (1 m). Has an erect hollow stem, lance-
shaped leaves, and ears bearing twin rows
of seeds and long bristles.
Habitat & Cultivation Barley is
cultivated in temperate regions
worldwide. It is harvested when the
seeds are mature.
Parts Used Seeds.
Constituents Barley contains
polysaccharides, proteins,
sugars, fats, and vitamins B and
E. The young seedlings also
contain the amines tyramine
and gramine.Sea buckthorn is distinguished by its thorny stems
and narrow silvery leaves. The berries help improve  the body’s resistance to infection.
Parts Used Berries.
Constituents The fruit contains flavonoids,
flavones, carotenoids, vitamins A, C (present in
very high quantities), and E, and high levels of minerals including sulphur, selenium, zinc, and copper. The seeds contain appreciable levels of alpha-linolenic acid.
History & Folklore The sour-tasting berries
have traditionally been eaten with milk and cheese by Siberians and T artars, who also used them to make a pleasant-tasting jelly.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Sea buckthorn
berries are very high in vitamin C. They have principally been used to help improve resistance to infection. The berries are mildly astringent, and a decoction of them has been used as a wash to treat skin irritation and eruptions, and to promote healing.
Research Research into sea buckthorn fruit,
seed, and seed oil indicates that they have definite therapeutic value. The fruit especially supports heart and circulatory health and is useful in treating conditions such as capillary fragility, arteriosclerosis, and a weak heart. The seed oil nourishes the skin, promotes tissue healing, and will often prove useful in treating eczema.
Hoodia gordonii (Apocynaceae)
Hoodia
Description Unusual-looking succulent growing


headaches, of course, she had no reason to disbelieve further. But in most of these cases, the
sufferers have no ground in their past experience to give them hope that permanent relief can be
achieved.
Certainly none of the mere palliative treatments in vogue have given any confidence.
Ergotamine and other “pain killing" drugs, as well as coffee freely used, to damage and fail to
remove any causes.
It is rarely necessary for a sufferer with migraine to have more than a few headaches after she is
started on a
Hygienic
 program. Indeed, she is most likely to get rid of her aches while she is still
fasting and they are not likely to recur when eating is resumed.
There are long-standing cases where the nervous systems have been badly impaired by nerve-
depressing drugs. Here an extended period of strict self-discipline and a strong determination to
stick to a healthful program is required if the individual is to recover fully.
Aside from such rather infrequent cases, most women can get well of
their migraine by resort to
a relatively short fast. But this must be followed by a genuine correction of living habits
afterwards. Ten days to three weeks of fasting under experienced supervision, will suffice in most
cases.
After-care also, in both the breaking of the fast and in the general return to good living habits,
should be equally well supervised.
10425
Hay Fever
The woman was an invalid. She had to be carried from bed to chair and from chair to bed. She
was too weak to walk more than a few steps at a time. Among her several complaints was hay
fever with which she had suffered each season for a number of years. It was 1918, and we were
busy making the world safe for democracy.
Every Sunday she was taken by her husband to a Bible class. He would bring along a reclining
chair for her to use during the class. It was at this Bible class that she met a
Hygienist
 and was
induced to try
Hygiene
 as a means of recovering health. Weak as she was, she underwent not one
but several short fasts.
Today as I write her story she has reached what many would consider old age, 73 years. She is
in good health. She has been able to work through these decades. For more than forty years she has
had no recurrence of hay fever. She has lived all of this time in southern climates where the air is
filled with pollens almost all the year.
She has no allergies and eats any wholesome food that she desires. She is, however, but one
among thousands who have recovered from hay fever by the unloading of toxins and correcting the
mode of life.
In hay fever the Schneiderian membrane (a mucous membrane) of the nose becomes highly
sensitive as a consequence of a state of chronic irritation (inflammation) for a lengthy period of
time. Particles of dust, lint, and pollen, easily add to the irritation and cause it to “water” and
become congested. The excited, irritated and inflamed state of the mucous membrane of the eyes,
nose and throat seen in hay fever is but a state of what was formerly known as catarrh. To put this
very simply: the sensitive condition of those membranes is due to the fact that they are sick—
inflamed.
Today hay fever is said to be an allergy or to be caused by an allergy. Precise descriptions of
allergy vary greatly. In general it is defined as “a
 condition of unusual or exaggerated specific
susceptibility to a substance which is harmless in similar amounts for the majority of members of
the same species.”
Yet it seems to me to define allergy as an unusual sensitivity is to beg the question—and to
explain nothing.
The baffled expert hides behind the brilliant obscurity of his definitions. Allergy is now said to
be due to failure of one of the normal defense mechanisms of the body. If there is truth in this, it
must not be permitted to blind us to the fact that the symptoms that are called allergic reactions
represent the calling into play of another of the body’s normal defense mechanisms. If one means
of defense fails or is inadequate, there are other modes of defense at the command of the living
organism which it may call upon. It is not left helpless because of the failure of one mechanism.
Whatever else we may think of allergy, we must recognize that it is not a self-caused state. Why
is one man allergic and another not? Or, take the theory that allergy represents the failure of a
defense mechanism, why does the defense mechanism of one fail while that of another does not?
To answer this question, we return to our basic cause of disease—toxemia.
What is the cause of hay fever? It is a chronic inflammation of the nasal passages growing out of
a pronounced toxemic condition that commonly has lasted for years. Toxemia is the basic cause of
105all inflammations of the lining membranes of the hollow organs of the body. So long as the toxemic
state is maintained by enervating habits and so long as overeating is persisted in, there is no
possibility of recovering from hay fever.
Anyone can test this statement for himself. Abstain from food for a time and watch the nasal
discharge and other symptoms of hay fever clear up. There is simply no need for any one to go on,
year after year, suffering with hay fever. Let the sufferer bear in mind that the pollens, the hair of
animals, and other substances to which he is sensitive of allergic, are normal elements of his
environment and he will realize that his sensitivity of them must be due to something within
himself, rather than in those perfectly normal things that do not trouble other people. All of these
elements are sources of allergic annoyance only to the sick. The healthy are not allergic.
The hay fever sufferer will cease to be troubled as soon as he is restored to health. He will not
again be affected by them so long as he maintains a state of high level health. There are numerous
means of palliating the symptoms of hay fever, but as none of these remove any causes, none
restore the patient to health.
Each season he is forced to return to the means of palliation, to rush off somewhere to escape
the source of his irritation. This is expensive, time-consuming and—futile.
The hay fever sufferer should take a real vacation: he should go to bed and abstain from food.
This will be both less expensive and more effective than sea voyages or junkets to pollen-free
mountains. Once the sufferer has been freed of his toxic load and the irritated state of the
membrances of his eyes, nose and throat has been corrected, all symptoms of hay fever come to an
end and they do not recur if he lives healthfully. Any return to enervating habits and to overeating
will result in a recurrence of the hay fever.
The period of fasting required in hay fever is commonly longer than that required for the more
simple ailments. The time will run, in the average case, from ten days to four or even five weeks.
Overweight individuals will require a longer fast than those of average weight or less.
Allergy in hay fever, as well as in migraine headache, is not a cause but a symptom.
The answer in both instances lies in disintoxication by fasting, by cleansing, by proper modes of
living.
10626
High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is said to be second to hardening of the arteries as a cause of heart disease in
this country. By high blood pressure in this instance is meant that form of increased blood pressure
that is called hypertension. Due to a narrowing of the arteries, pressure builds up behind the
constricted vessels, thus adding to the work of the heart.
Blood pressure may be understood if we think of a water hose through which water is flowing.
The water flows through the unobstructed hose with a certain degree of pressure. If a nozzle is put
onto the hose, so that there is some obstruction to the flow of the water, there is an increase in
water pressure. If the opening of the nozzle is reduced, the water pressure increases still more. The
smaller the opening of the nozzle, the more water pressure is built up behind it.
The same thing occurs in the arteries, in what is known as
essential hypertension
. The aorta, the
largest artery in the body, may be compared to a tree trunk. The main arteries branch off from this
and other arteries branch off from these, like the branches of a tree. The branching continues, until
some of the branches are so small that they may be regarded as the twigs of the arterial tree.
It is the narrowing or constriction of these arterioles that results in the
 building up of blood
pressure. Far from being disease of old age, hypertension is frequently seen in the young, even, in
rare instances, in babies.
It is estimated that today five million Americans suffer with some degree of hypertension. As the
standards of normal blood pressure are not valid, the probability is that a far higher number of
Americans than this figure indicates have high blood pressure of the hypertensive type. Perhaps in
the vast majority of instances, the pressure is not high enough to constitute an annoyance or a
hazard, but its tendency is to increase with time. In no case should its causes be neglected.
It is essential that we recognize the fact that high blood pressure is an ending in a chain of
causes and effects that extend back in the life of the patient for years—tensions in business and
personal affairs over-taxing the nervous system.
Excessive