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The human body is a hermetically sealed unit
that was never meant to be pierced or cut open. It is capable
of maintaining, healing, and even regenerating itself (given
the proper fuel, of course.) On rare occasions surgery may
be necessary, but most routine operations today can and should
be avoided.
The history of surgery reaches far back into the dimly lit
caves of antiquity. Many primitive cultures performed a surgical
procedure known as "trepining". During this operation
the skull was drilled into to release evil spirits (and, most
likely, also the pressure causing intense headache). We find,
in the archaeological record, many instances of freshly drilled
trepining holes which may have been the cause of death in
the patient. Other skull specimens display two or even three
holes in which the bone is not as sharp as the freshly drilled
holes, indicating that the patient survived and the old wounds
healed over. The procedure was usually performed with sharpened
stone knives or drills.
The operations were executed by the high priest,
shaman, medicine man or witch doctor who had more power than
the chief of the tribe because he had a "direct hotline"
to God or the gods. It appears that the doctors and surgeons
share that same position today. They are the ones who have
the power of life and death, and, as many people are not in
touch with the workings of their own bodies, they give themselves
over to the doctors and surgeons. It is because of the people's
faith in them that the doctors and surgeons have a great responsibility
to their patients to heal and care for them. There is no place
for ignorance, even though degrees may be passed on to the
medical student from his school. Outmoded forms of treatment,
including unnecessary surgery, must be questioned, if not
by the doctors then by the patients themselves. We are exposed
to a lot of literature and information that can enable us
to make our own decisions. There are many books in the public
libraries which explain surgery in easy terms and even discuss
whether surgery is always the answer. Many are written by
M.D.'s and even wise surgeons who see a lot of mistakes in
their own field.
We know that, in some cases, surgery is necessary
to save a life. It is not our position to condemn the surgical
profession. We are only suggesting that you be sure that there
is no other alternative. There are extreme cases of people
who have checked themselves into the hospitals as many as
20 times to "go under the knife." There are others
who seem to enjoy a hospital stay as a rest from duties. There
are others who are simply ignorant sheep going to the slaughter.
Education is the key.
Dr. S. Mendelsohn, M.D., calls himself a medical
heretic. He is the chairman of the Medical Licensing Committee
for the State of Illinois and Associate Professor of Preventive
Medicine and Community Health in the School of Medicine of
the University of Illinois. In his book, Confessions of a
Medical Heretic (Chicago: Warner Books, 1979) Mendelsohn illustrates
the dangers and frequency of unnecessary operations. He calls
the operations "ritual mutilations." There are actually
over three million unnecessary operations performed each year
according to the independent Health Research Groups. A congressional
subcommittee says that the conservative figure is 2.4 million,
costing four billion dollars and 72,000 lives. This is 5%
of the quarter million deaths following or during surgery
each year. Dr. Mendelsohn himself feels that "somewhere
around ninety percent of surgery is a waste of time, energy,
money, and life." We agree.
Let's go through some of the categories of useless
operations and talk about how we might prevent them.
Here are some headings we'll be reviewing:
1. Circumcision
2. Tonsillectomies
3. Appendectomies (compulsory in some states with exploratory
surgery)
4. Gall bladder Surgery
5. Hemorrhoidectomies
6. Hysterectomies
7. Mastectomies
8. Childbirth Atrocities
a. Forceps
b. Episiotomy
c. Caesarian delivery
9. Coronary Bypass Surgery
10. Cancer Surgery
TONSILLECTOMY
One of the most popular operations for children
is the tonsillectomy. It has been performed for over 2,000
years, and according to Dr. Mendelsohn, it's worth has never
been proven although about one million are done each year.
Mendelsohn was called on the carpet by his chairman at one
time for decreasing the number of unnecessary tonsillectomies
among the children in his pediatric ward. The surgical teaching
program for the interns had been disturbed. Imagine, using
children to "practice" surgery!
The tonsils are the tail end of the lymphatic
system. They swell up with pus and infection when the body
is overloaded with toxic material. When the system is overloaded
with waste that an inactive lymphatic system cannot eliminate,
the tonsils become enlarged and sore. They are a safety valve
of the body - a warning system, if you wish. They should never
be removed from the body. The lymphatic system can be cleared
through exercise. The lymph system has no pump such as the
bloodstream has the heart. Exercise can activate the lymph
system to carry waste products from the cells. The glandular
formula of 3 parts mullein and one part lobelia can be taken
internally as a tea or capsules and externally as a fomentation
around the neck covering the affected glands. Of course the
tonsils will diminish in size and infectious content with
adherence to the correct principles of nutrition contained
in the mucusless diet.
I was born with a set of tonsils which, when
infected, swelled almost up to the size of golf balls. My
parents, following the advice of the standard medical opinion
makers of the day ushered me off to the local hospital in
Salt Lake City and paid to have my tonsils removed. As most
of you know, the Good Lord left the plans and specifications
for the regeneration of the human body. So, my tonsils, being
faithful creations grew in again. I was very sickly as a child
and tonsillitis set in regularly. My folks again took me in
for procedural surgery. After the third set of tonsils grew
in my parents (rather than becoming tonsil-poor) decided to
let me live with the usual winter infections in the throat.
To this day I have been remembered as one of the only kids
on my block who grew in three sets of tonsils.
The surgeon looks upon the tonsils as the seat
of bacterial infection and states that he can stop bacterial
infiltration into the rest of the body by removing the tonsils.
Actually, this procedure does nothing but make it possible
for infection to settle in other lymph nodes. Clean up the
whole system and you can avoid cutting out the affected part.
APPENDECTOMY
In a publication called A Syllabus for the Surgeon's
Secretary by Jeannette A. Szulec and Z. Szulec, M.D., the
appendix is described as, "a worm-like projection of
the cecum. It is a blind sac subject to inflammation, abscess,
gangrene, perforation, and tumors." Although this statement
is true, note the orientation of the authors. We see the appendix
as a wonderful creation that disinfects and lubricates the
bowel. Once removed, these two functions can no longer be
performed within the bowel naturally. Our suggestion is to
clean the bowel and keep it open and clean, thus preventing
the need for an appendicitis attack and the resulting appendectomy.
Science has come up with the foolhardy notion that the appendix
is some sort of vestigial organ like the small toe which is
quickly fading out of the general picture of the human body.
Certainly people can and do survive after the appendix has
been removed, but not as a totally intact unit as they once
were. Mendelsohn wryly suggests that some doctors think of
the appendix as some of God's leftover physiological junk.
Symptoms
The symptoms of appendicitis are an inflamed,
painful condition of the appendix and the surrounding portion
of the bowels. Other symptoms are nausea, pain and distress
around the navel, constipation, quick pulse, and perhaps a
rise in temperature to 100° or 102° F. There may be
tenderness to the right of the navel and below, which is increased
by pressure or movement. The patient frequently flexes the
right knee to ease the pain.
Causes
It may be caused by a faulty digestion, intestinal
catarrh, fecal concretions and, in comparatively rare cases,
by foreign particles being lodged in the appendix. This is
the explanation given by Otto Mausert, N.D., Herbs (Elaine
M. Muhr, 375 Carolyn Drive, Eugene, Oregon 97402). Dr. Kloss
states:
Constipation is one of the causes of appendicitis
to an extent, and of course, wrong diet, which diet would
include the use of devitamized foods such as white flour products,
cane sugar, and cane sugar products (all refined sugars),
greasy and fried foods, tea, coffee, chocolate, and wrong
combinations of foods. These must be strictly avoided in appendicitis,
as must alcoholic drinks, tobacco, and all stimulating food
and drink.
Dr. Kloss recommends:
Cleanse the colon thoroughly with an enema,
preferably herb, take as much water as possible, as hot as
possible. The treatment is of great value and will often relieve
the pain immediately. If using an herb enema, use either spearmint,
catnip, white oak bark, bayberry or wild alum root. When herbs
are not available, use plain water. If the pain continues
after the colon has been cleansed, then use a very warm enema
of catnip alone. Then apply hot and cold fomentations to the
region of the appendix and the full length of the spine. This
will aid in the cleansing process and relieve pain. At night
prepare a poultice as follows: Combine a tablespoon of granulated
or powdered lobelia with a large handful of granulated or
crushed mullein leaves, and sprinkle with ginger. Mix the
herbs into a paste by adding powdered slippery elm or corn
meal. Apply the poultice as warm as the patient can stand,
leave on cool, then repeat. When suffering an attack of appendicitis,
go on a liquid diet, drinking alkaline broths, fruit juices,
and drink several glasses of slippery elm (or comfrey) every
day.
After an individual is over an attack (which
is the effect), go immediately onto the mucusless diet as
suggested by Dr. Christopher in the Three Day Cleansing Program
and Mucusless Diet.
Appendectomies are the third most popular operation
in this country today. (The first are tonsillectomies and
D&C's). Surveys indicate that in some hospitals the removal
rate for normal appendices is as high as 80%. Diagnosis of
inflamed appendix is very difficult because the appendix is
located in many different positions within the abdomens of
different people. A lot of abdominal pain is often diagnosed
wrongly as appendicitis. Some states automatically remove
the appendix (by law) whenever exploratory surgery is done.
Far more appendix surgery is performed upon women than men.
During 1975, 784,000 appendectomies were done and 3000 patients
out of that figure died. Although most of those operations
were done to prevent the appendix from rupturing, one in four
appendices taken out were perfectly healthy. Patients who
have the appendix removed are twice as likely to get cancer
of the bowel later, according to one researcher. Mendelsohn
compares preventive appendectomy to chopping down the prettiest
elm tree in the yard before it gets Dutch Elm disease, IF
it does. Just in case it does. This principle is often seen
when doctors remove a woman's appendix while doing some unrelated
surgery such as the hysterectomy.
CIRCUMCISION
One of the earliest surgeries performed in history
was the circumcision. It is done on males (in our society
usually on babies a few hours or days old when blood loss
can be dangerous) and consists of removal of the foreskin
of the penis. In the Jewish rite, the operation is done on
the eighth day of life and according to strict laws. The baby
is given some ritual wine as an anesthetic. When modern surgeons
do the operation, no anesthetic is administered. Perhaps they
imagine that the baby cannot feel anything at that age, or
that they won't remember the agony because it was done so
long ago. Well, when you hear that baby scream bloody murder
you know he feels it. Mendelsohn feels that there is no need
for circumcision outside of a religious framework. Modern
hospitals perform their ritual circumcisions in the name of
cleanliness and hygiene. What can be dirty about a newborn
baby? The parents of an infant boy can keep the child's penis
clean by pushing the foreskin back and eventually the skin
will stretch back far enough to expose the head. A small boy
can be taught to cleanse himself while in the bath.
In some primitive tribes, circumcision is not
done until the man reaches an age where he will be a warrior.
Often this means that he will not be included in the traditional
role as a reproductive being, but will spend his days going
to war for the tribe. He often does not marry. This is clearly
a case of ritual mutilation.
I have seen parents opt for the circumcision
operation for their child just because THEY think that the
child will feel weird in gym class because his penis will
not be regulation like his classmates. Or choosing circumcision
because the nurse or the doctor has told them that it's better
for cleanliness. The only way to avoid these bizarre opinions
is to educate yourself so that you can make your own intelligent
decisions rather than idiotic incisions.
GALL BLADDER SURGERY
Dr. Sigfried J. Kra and Dr. Robert S. Boltax
refer to the gall bladder as "the gold bladder"
in their recent book, Is Surgery Necessary? because over one
billion dollars a year is spent on gall bladder surgery.
The gall bladder stores bile produced by the
liver. This bile, consisting of concentrated, recycled body
toxins is a digestive aid for fats and a natural laxative.
When the bile becomes too concentrated, gall stones may form
and obstruct the bile flow. The flow may also be blocked by
catarrhal slime. This phenomenon is prevalent among people
who eat meals high in cholesterol. The symptoms of gall bladder
disease are annoying and painful. There is gas, bloating,
indigestion, pain under the rib cage on the right side, and
perhaps even nausea and vomiting. Fried, greasy foods seem
to aggravate the condition. Doctors cannot guarantee that
a gall bladder removal will eliminate the gas and bloating
present in gall bladder disease. When the gall bladder is
removed, the bile has no storage reservoir, but drips directly
into the duodenum, the opening into the small intestine which
follows the stomach. This may lead to an irritated if not
ulcerated condition.
Excesses in eating and drinking should be avoided.
If gallstones are present and the ducts are blocked, bile
may be forced back into the liver and enter into the bloodstream.
The skin may take on a jaundiced color. Ultimately, the bile
is excreted through the urinary tract. The urine is often
dark red or amber color and is very concentrated. Clay color
stools are another symptom. During a time of a gall bladder
inflammation, heavy eating should not be done. Fruit and vegetable
juices are recommended along with the liver-gallbladder herbal
formula. The bowels should be kept open and unconstipated
through the use of the lower bowel formula. The herbs that
compose the liver-gallbladder formula are: barberry, wild
yam, cramp bark, fennel seed, ginger, catnip and peppermint.
Olive oil (2 tablespoons, 3 times a day) should be taken to
lubricate the bile ducts. Our hydrangea root formula, made
with 1 quart of apple juice and one ounce of hydrangea root
soaked together for three days in a cool place and taken in
two ounce doses during the three day cleanse, is capable of
dissolving stones anywhere in the body. Light, more frequent
meals are preferred over large heavy ones.
The Book, Syllabus for the Surgeon's Secretary,
states that, "the bile duct and the hepatic ducts are
essential to life; the gallbladder is not since it only serves
the purpose of storage for bile." As we stated before,
surgery is sometimes necessary, but it is a means to an end,
not an end in itself. We should not define our body organs
as necessary and unnecessary as if the Creator intended them
to be thrown away on the non-functional spare parts pile.
HEMORRHOIDECTOMY
Ever since the time of Hippocrates (5th Century,
B.C.) hemorrhoids have been a painful problem to mankind.
Hippocrates suggests cauterizing them with a hot iron. Today's
methods are just as primitive. The hemorrhoids are cut out.
Hemorrhoids result from straining while having a bowel movement.
The blood vessels in the rectal and anal area become engorged,
often with toxic blood. There is often little circulation
to the area. With today's calcium-leaching foods and habits,
the blood vessels have not the strength to hold up under the
strain. The hemorrhoidectomy is extremely painful once the
anesthesia wears off. The hemorrhoids often occur again and
another operation is performed. After the third operation
there is usually so much scar tissue present that there is
hardly a place left to cut into.
In the case of hemorrhoids we suggest the following:
Number ONE: eliminate constipation. Use the lower bowel formula
along with the mucusless diet and drink plenty of water. Cayenne
pepper may also be taken internally to increase the calcium
content of the body and build up the blood vessels. As a local
treatment, an oak bark suppository (made with powdered oak
bark and pure vegetable glycerine) may be inserted into the
rectum preceded by a button of peeled garlic. Olive oil may
be used to lubricate the area. The oak bark, besides feeding
the blood vessels in the area with calcium, acts as an astringent
to tighten up loose tissues. If possible, the hemorrhoids
should be kept up into the rectum and very little gravitational
pressure should be exerted on the area. We have found that
over the years a sitz bath (the hips and buttocks in hot water)
brings relief and circulation to the area. We have had patients
that have had to wear harnesses to keep the hemorrhoids up
into place. With a few weeks on the program they were able
to be free of these bothersome hemorrhoids without surgery.
Pregnant women are also prone to hemorrhoids
if they do not follow a good dietary program. Free bowel movements
are a must. Hemorrhoids will not form if women will use plenty
of organic calcium foods and do not have to strain when eliminating
from the bowel.
Hemorrhoids are simply varicose veins in the
rectal area. Many books explaining that surgery is not necessary
do not go into the herbal treatments but state that they can
be controlled by diet and fluid intake. We are fortunate in
knowing that you do not have to "live with" the
pain, itching, and bleeding of hemorrhoids, even if it is
not a major problem.
Atrocities Performed Upon Women in the Name
of Science
There is an ever increasing number of hysterectomies
performed in the United States daily. It is almost standard
procedure that a woman undergo the surgical removal of her
uterus and ovaries when she reaches menopause. The hysterectomy
was originally performed upon women to cure them of hysteria.
So the word for the operation was not uterectomy or ovariectomy,
but hysterectomy. Truly a male chauvinist term.
The reasons for hysterectomy vary. Some women
develop a prolapsed condition of the abdominal organs and
pressure is put on other organs. This occurs when vaginal
muscle tone is lost from heavy manual labor or long and hard
childbirths. Other women develop painful or profuse menstruation.
Some women suffer from cancer of the uterus, cervix, etc.
Others develop fibroid tumors, severe anemia from bleeding
of the uterus, adenomyosis, which is that the lining of the
uterine cavity has penetrated the wall of the uterus. The
latter is a disease developed by women who have often had
several childbirths by Caesarian section. Endometriosis is
a similar disorder in which the lining of the uterine cavity,
the endometrium, is found in other places beside the uterine
cavity. The disease can infiltrate the ovaries and nearby
organs as well. Surgeons can eradicate the disease by removal
of the uterus, or the uterus and ovaries. Hormone therapy
is also available, but the side effects may be uncomfortable.
There is also the possibility of removal of most of the endometrium
in order to give the woman a few more years of childbearing.
The disease quite frequently reoccurs. Pelvic inflammatory
disease, sometimes caused by venereal disease, is surgically
"cured" by the removal of the uterus, tubes, and
ovaries. If a woman has ovarian cysts necessitating the removal
of the ovaries, the uterus is also removed because, according
to surgeons, the uterus is now a "functionless"
organ. Hernias of the bladder and the rectum into the vaginal
canal is also reason to perform a hysterectomy. (In all of
the above cases, the uterus has been neglected and suffers
from malnutrition.)
Dr. Bieler, in his book, Food is Your Best Medicine,
suggests that one of the causes of cancer of the uterus results
from eating the wrong types of foods. An overabundance of
animal protein in the diet is difficult for the body to handle
(as is an overabundance of starches) and the putrefied wastes
are eliminated monthly through the uterus. This is akin to
using the uterus as a garbage filter. After about 25 years,
the uterus simply has been disintegrated beyond repair. As
if the above operations and reasons for their performance
don't sound horrible enough, some women choose to have their
organs removed as a measure of sterility or as a future precaution
against uterine cancer.
One in every two women will have a hysterectomy
by the time they are 65. Most women are easily talked into
these operations by the doctor as a salesperson. Why bother
with having more children? Why bother with menstruation problems?
Mendelsohn cites examples of hysterectomies performed on poor
patients in charity hospitals. While the woman is in labor,
a doctor will say, "You really don't want any more children,
do you?" And convince her to undergo a hysterectomy.
A great contributor to female reproductive disorders
is the indiscriminate use of inorganic estrogen. There are
warnings printed in the drug company advertisements about
the possibilities of developing endometrial cancer from their
ingestion. This is the popular "Pill" that women
have been using for decades to prevent pregnancy.
There is neither time nor space here to discuss
all the heartbreaking stories of the gullible women who have
ruined their lives by trusting an ignorant or diabolical surgeon
without even obtaining the proverbial second opinion. Let
us recommend several of our natural herbal aids in this space.
First of all, many diseases, including female
reproductive organ disorders originate because the bowel and
the blood stream are filthy. The first task is to clean those
up and keep them clean. The Lower Bowel Formula and the Red
Clover Combination can accomplish this. The diet must adhere
as closely as possible to the mucusless diet, and plenty of
distilled water should be used. Fresh air, rest, exercise,
and sunshine, along with a healthy mental attitude are necessary.
The Female Corrective Formula consisting of golden seal root,
blessed thistle, cayenne, cramp bark, false unicorn root,
ginger, red raspberry leaves, squaw vine, and uva ursi is
recommended (at least 2 capsules morning and evening or three
times a day --- as a tea if you prefer). Red raspberry leaf
tea has always helped strengthen the reproductive system.
The next formula (and it can be taken together with the female
formula) is the hormone and estrogen formula containing black
cohosh, sarsaparilla, ginseng, licorice, false unicorn, blessed
thistle, and squaw vine. This herbal formula will supply the
necessary hormones and estrogens missing in today's processed
foods. These two formulas will rebuild the uterus, the ovaries
and the fallopian tubes. For strengthening the organs which
have been prolapsed, the slant board routine can be used along
with the Slant Board Combination of herbs. (#25 in Dr. Christopher's
Three Day Cleansing Program and the Mucusless Diet.)
The Vaginal Bolus routine (#24) will draw out
toxic waste material from the female reproductive area. Many
women have gotten rid of cancers, cysts, and tumors in addition
to infections and the like through the use of this suppository
routine. Just recently, we have heard of two cases of cervical
cancer (previously diagnosed) that were completely healed
within several weeks. Not a trace of the cancerous material
was left upon a follow-up examination. These were two women
who didn't want to change their diets, but tried the herbs
alone.
We urge women to at least give the alternatives
a try instead of succumbing to the scalpel.
MASTECTOMY
The most disgusting fact concerning mastectomy
is that many times cancer of the breast in women is misdiagnosed,
leaving a patient without a breast or breasts needlessly.
The eagerness with which surgeons are willing to remove the
breast simply because of a lump discovered has reached epidemic
proportions. Many women have found that there was another
alternative to the radical mastectomy after the operation
was performed upon them. During the last decade mastectomies
increased by 50%. Two wives of prominently political men,
one, the First Lady, in fact, had their breast removed. They
valiantly lived with their sacrifice. It seemed that after
they were tops in the news, many women followed suit. We actually
heard of a program where women could have their breasts removed
before they even developed any sort of disease in them. This
is one of the most sadistic and masochistic programs we have
ever heard of.
Many modern medical practices have added to
the development of cancer of the breast. The Pill, a contraceptive
and inorganic estrogen is one. DES, used to dry up milk in
nursing mothers, or as a "morning after" pill is
another. Unnecessary X-rays is another contributing factor.
When there is any problem with the breast, and
this should be noticed early, we use the fomentation of 3
parts mullein and one part lobelia over the affected area.
It may be taken internally as well. Many Indian tribes have
used a fomentation of poke root externally to draw out the
cancer. As with all cancers, they begin in the blood stream
and radiate out to other parts of the body where they are
manifested. The Red Clover Combination can be used to purify
the bloodstream, the nutrient transport system of the body.
Cysts and tumors will not grow in an atmosphere where there
is enough potassium. Elderberry tincture can be taken for
potassium increase along with foods that are high in potassium.
CHILDBIRTH
There are three really unnecessary and dangerous procedures
executed in childbirth at the operating room. One is the forceps
delivery of the baby, the next, the episiotomy, and the third
the famous Caesarian section. All three reflect the lack of
patience on the part of the medical staff for a simple and
natural procedure such as childbirth. We have looked into
the irises of some people who are now 35 or 40, and see that
the medulla (involving motor nerve function) has been damaged
long ago because of a forceps delivery. The baby's head is
a delicate thing and can easily be damaged by the use of this
steel instrument. Of course, the B&B tincture can be used
to help these people with damage to the brain area, as can
the BF&C fomentations, but mothers, why subject your baby
to such torture?
The episiotomy is an incision made in the perineum
so that the mother will not tear and the baby can come out
more easily. This operation is standard on 85% of the first
time mothers in this country. The reasons given by the surgeons
are obsolete. Recent research shows that the perineum does
not heal any better than a normal tear. With patience during
a birth and proper coaching the mother will not tear. Many
of the midwives we know use olive oil or wheat germ oil throughout
pregnancy to give the perineum some elasticity. It can also
be massaged into the perineum during the birth.
This operation requires a local anesthetic.
A slipup could send the needle into the baby's brain. The
incision is often a site where infection can set in. The episiotomy
takes longer to repair than a small natural tear. Some of
the midwives use comfrey poultices or fomentations to decrease
the healing time should a tear occur.
Julius Caesar's mother had died during the course
of childbirth. The standard Roman practice was to leave the
infant in the mother and the infant would die also. Some quick
thinker decided to cut open the mother to see if the infant
had a chance to live. This was the origin of the Caesarian
section. It was originally performed on mothers who had died
during delivery. Nowadays it is quickly becoming standard
medical practice. Why? For one, it is quicker for the doctor
to open up the woman and take the baby rather than waiting
for the labor to run its course. Secondly, a Caesarian operation
brings in more money. There are many poor excuses that a doctor
will make up in order to justify a Caesarian delivery. Not
progressing in labor is one of the most ridiculous. Once a
woman has had a Caesarian section, her obstetrician will not
usually permit her to have a normal vaginal delivery.
A Caesarian section should only be performed
if the life of the mother or the child is truly at stake.
It is a serious operation involving great risks to the mother
and the baby. There are many books available on natural childbirth
and pre-natal care. If a mother must have a hospital birth,
we suggest that she find a doctor who is not accustomed to
performing Caesarian sections on most of his patients.
CORONARY SURGERY
There are many men and women who have gone into
the hospital for the coronary bypass operation. While in some
cases this operation has prolonged the lives of some men,
in others it has done nothing. Where the heart is concerned,
we recommend the Hawthorn Berry Syrup no matter what the ailment.
This is a food that will strengthen and rebuild the heart.
Coronary disease is a result of our poor living habits. Again,
these must be changed in order to preserve our hearts.
Studies have shown that the coronary bypass
operation had not reduced the heart attack rate significantly.
The only thing that will help is to reduce the intake of saturated
fats so that they cannot clog the arteries. Cayenne pepper
will also help strengthen the arteries. Moderate exercise
and reduction of stress will also help the heart. The coronary
bypass is one of those operations that has unfortunately faddishly
reached great popularity and seems to by losing ground.
At the time of this writing, the first artificial
heart was placed into a human being. The patient is reportedly
doing well as can be expected. Although this seems miraculous,
we feel that we, as a progressive nation, wait too long before
we investigate the simple principles that were put forth by
such great men as Samuel Thomson, Jethro Kloss, and Dr. Shook.
These men worked with nature to simplify our lives and put
us on the road to health.
CANCER SURGERY
Just a word about cancer. It is a systematic
disease. It depends on filth in the bowel and the blood stream.
Our understanding of cancer is different from that of the
surgeon's. We see the body being able to "clean up its
act" and stop recycling the same old toxins around and
around in the body. All channels of elimination (including
the skin) must be functioning. The food intake must be pure.
Even though a person is operated upon for a
cancerous tumor, there is no guarantee that the cancer will
not return simply because the cause was not studied.
"Cancer" is a frightening word. The
one we use is "cell deterioration." This explains
the process in the body more clearly than the word, "cancer."
Sometimes, during an operation for a tumor,
blood spills over into the rest of the body. This blood contains
some of the tumor cells. The doctors sometimes say, "Oh,
the body will take care of those." Mendelsohn suggests
that surgery would be unnecessary if the body could take care
of the cells by itself.
The medical alternative to cancer surgery, chemotherapy,
presents side effects that sound like horrors out of an old
Frankenstein movie.
Our program, "The Incurables," is
a safe, nontoxic method to restore health and strength. It
is not as easy as surgery, however, it involves retraining
the little tyrants known as the tastebuds.
Remember the old Biblical statement from the
Old Testament, "If the eye offends you, pluck it out!"
This phrase seems to be the general rule in most allopathic
treatment from tumors to tonsils. We now view the old medical
practice of bloodletting (to let out the bad blood) to be
primitive. How much more primitive it is to exclude an entire
organ from the body as punishment for its diseased condition.
An automobile will not function without a carburetor. A faulty
carburetor can be replaced, rebuilt, or cleaned out and the
car will run again. The design of the auto makes it necessary
for each part of the engine to be integral. Parts cannot expect
to be ripped out of the system and still have good driving
possibilities. Every human organ is functional and contributes
to the smooth operation of the entire organism. It's erroneous
to think that removal of an organ is standard procedure. Surgery
is no replacement for cleansing and rebuilding the body. We
need to work with Nature instead of trying to second guess
it.
We have unfortunately found that one of the
most lucrative operations for some surgeons is the "wadectomy."
This is an intricate operation where the wallet is extracted
and the contents removed. If we had been true to the principles
of living intended for us by the Creator, the last surgical
operation would have been the one performed in the Garden
of Eden by God on Adam's rib.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Giustini, F. G., M.D. and F. J. Keefer, M.D.
1979 Understanding Hysterectomy. A Woman's Guide. New York:
Walker and Company.
Kra,
Sigfried J., M.D. and Robert Boltax, M.D.
1981 Is Surgery Necessary? New York: Macmillan Publishing
Co., Inc.
Mendelsohn, Robert S., M.D.
1979 Confessions of A Medical Heretic. New York: Warner Books.
1981 Male Practice. How Doctors Manipulate
Women. Chicago: Contemporary Books.
Montagna, F. Joseph.
1979 P.D.R. (People's Desk Reference.) Lake Oswego, Oregon:
Quest For Truth Publications.
Szulec, Jeannette A., B.S., R.R.A. and Z. Szulec,
M.D.
1965 and 1970 A Syllabus for the Surgeon's Secretary, and
Michigan: Medical Arts Publishing Company.
Williams, Lawrence P., M.D.
1971 How To Avoid Unnecessary Surgery. Los Angeles: Nash Publishing
Company.
BOOK REVIEW
History of a Crime Against the Food Law, by
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, M.D.
History of a Crime is a biting history of the
FDA as told by one of it's founders who became disenchanted
and bitter because of the negative course the new "food
safety" commission was taking. Wiley tells how the law
that formed the Food and Drug Administration was at first
intended to protect the people from harmful substances in
food and instead ended up protecting manufacturers' "rights"
to use chemicals and preservatives at the people's expense.
Wiley compares this treatment to Victor Hugo's
History of a Crime, which tells of the French Revolution and
the takeover by Louis Napoleon and the injustices of the takeover
of the French government. From hence he "stole"
the name for his book, as he puts it in his forward. He considered
the FDA as equal an injustice against the populace by government
as with the French government in Hugo's time.
Dr. Wiley, who was the author of the Pure Food
and Drug Law of 1906 and the one 'responsible for its enforcement
until 1912, was forced to resign his post due to "his
refusal to bow before the pressures of the giant chemical
and drug interests," according to Max Huberman in his
"Footnotes to the FDA" article in the October 1982
issue of Health Foods Retailing. He added Wiley, who passed
away June 30, 1930, would have been very disappointed at the
present FDA and USDA administrations and their continued bowing
to pressures of industry.
Wiley starts his book out by telling how "experts"
and manufacturers insisted benzoate of soda and other additives
were safe substances for food use, then explains his own findings
to the contrary.
He tells of his "poison squad" experiments
which showed the detrimental effects of preservatives and
coloring on a group of healthy young men.
The book goes into the politics and lobbying
involved in the Food and Drug laws and how the structure of
the laws setting up the FDA are detrimental to the consumer.
Wiley tells of congressional discussions and other background
leading up to the rules and regulations passed into law, and
of his subsequent resignation from his position as chief of
the Bureau of Chemistry, the fore-runner to the FDA, and his
reasons for doing so.
Huberman noted how Wiley always used his expertise
in "protecting rather than exploiting" consumers.
He adds that the greatest tributes to public servants come
many years after they pass away. He quotes Supreme Court Justice
Douglas as having said, some years ago, "Dr. Harvey W.
Wiley should be in our Hall of Fame."
In 1956, in fact, Dr. Wiley's portrait appeared
on a commemorative stamp issued by the U.S. Post Office.
Just in passing, you may be interested in what
a former FDA Commissioner, Dr. Herbert L. Ley, Jr., said about
the FDA: "What the FDA is doing and what the public thinks
it's doing are as different as night and day." (Associated
Press, January 1, 1970)
History of a Crime Against the Food Law, has
402 pages plus the index and is reprinted by the Lee Foundation
for Nutritional Research, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is available
from Christopher Publications for $3.00, plus $2.00 shipping
and handling.
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