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Asher, Cash. Bacteria, Inc. Milwaukee: Lee Foundation For Nutritional Research, 1955.
   Here are a few sentences from the booklet: "At the conclusion of his long and thorough experimentations, Dr. Campbell arrived at two important conclusions. 1. That smallpox is transmitted only by the bite of an infected bug. 2. That perversion of nutrition determines the degree of virulence. . . Today, the bedbug has all but vanished from this vacuumed and disinfected land of ours. . . . But the practice of vaccination is as popular as it was in the days of the plague. . . . Why, then, does the vaccination fetish persist? We must find the answer in economics---in the billion dollar serum industry and its correlative industry, medical practice." The copyrights for this book are now under the custodianship of the International Foundation For Nutrition And Health; this organization prints many valuable books by Royal Lee, Melvin Page and others. Downloads as a PDF file of about 250kb. OUT OF PRINT.

Atherton, Dr. Peter. The Essential Aloe Vera. Pagnell, UK: Mill Enterprises, 1996.
Almost certainly a self published booklet published by a practitioner mainly for the benefit of clients. Full of interesting and valuable information about Aloe and its uses. Thanks are owed to The Guild of Naturopathic Iridologists, at www.gni-international.org, the leading professional body for qualified iridologists in the UK, for providing this scan. Downloads as a PDF file of 600 kb. OUT OF PRINT.

Benjamin, Harry, N.D. Adventure In Living: The Autobiography of a Myope. London: Health For All Publishing Co., 1950.
   Healers rarely write their own life story, but Benjamin was more than merely a healer. He was also a Theosophist, acquainted with Krishnamurti, blessed with knowledge of his own whole lives history and naturally highly spiritually aware. Benjamin's book also conveys the ethos and events of holistic healing in the UK from the 1930s through the war years. And it is a pleasant read. Thanks are conveyed to John Fielder for the generous lend of this most rare book. Downloads as a PDF of 469 kb. OUT OF PRINT.

Benjamin, Harry, N.D. Everybody's Guide To Nature Cure. Surrey: Health For All Publishing Co., 1967.
   An immensely popular book that went through many reprintings between the first edition of 1936 and the Sixteenth Impression that is reproduced here. How many more printings this useful title enjoyed is not known. According to Dr. John Fielder who lent his copy to this library for scanning, "When it was in print it was considered the "handbook of Nature Cure", equal to, if not surpassing Henry Lindlahr's." The book has two main uses: for the beginner it explains the basics of why the body gets sick and how it heals very thoroughly. Then, the main section of the book is an encyclopedic listing of Nature-Cure handlings for disease conditions. A rather fat book; downloads as a PDF of 1.53 mb. OUT OF PRINT.

Bieler, Henry G., M.D. (1965). Food Is Your Best Medicine. New York: Random House.
    Here find one complete chapter and the front matter. There is only this small sample of the full text online because an inexpensive Random House paperback edition is currently available. Bieler, a disciple of John Tilden, was the last well-known fully-accredited M.D. that I am aware of who practiced hygienic medicine entirely without reliance on drugs or surgery and who wrote lucidly about his practice and never lost his license or fought to avoid doing jail time. Bieler's origin, through "modern" training and standard medical orientation gives his book a uniquely authoritative and up-to-date theoretical stance that Tilden can seem to lack. Dr. Moser gave away dozens of copies of paperback copies Bieler's book to her clients over the years. Everyone interested in natural medicine should own and read this book. Food Is Your Best Medicine is on my "read every five years list." Every time I do reread it I find new and amazing insights I was too stupid to realize were present the time I last read it. Downloads as a PDF of 127 kb. IN PRINT, ONE CHAPTER SAMPLE ONLY

Bird, Christopher. The Persecution and Trial of Gaston Naessens: The True Story of the Efforts to Suppress an Alternative Treatment for Cancer, AIDS, and Other Immunologically Based Diseases. Tiburon, California: H J Kramer Inc, 1991.
    The long title says it all. Sensitively written by the author of quite popular books that remain in print, including The Secret Life of Plants and Secrets Of The Soil. Downloads as a PDF of 1.04 mb. OUT OF PRINT.

Blair, Thos. S. M.D. A Practitioner's Handbook Of Materia Medica and Therapeutics: Based upon Established Physiological Actions And The Indications in Small Doses, etc. Philadelphia, The Medical Council, 1907.
    Thanks to a library patron for donating this scan. Downloads as a PDF of 324 kb. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Broadbent, John. The Australian Botanic guide, being a family handbook of botanic treatment. Melbourne: Kemp & Boyce, 1887.
   Thanks to a library patron for donating this scan. Not having the original to use as a style guide, it is put online with the formatting supplied. Doenloads as a PDF of 540 kb. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Campbell, Dr. Charles. A.R. Bats, Mosquitoes and Dollars. Boston: The Stratford Company, 1925.
   Charles Campbell showed the city of San Antonio, Texas how to rid the area of mosquitos in order to quell a yellow fever epidemic. This was easily accomplished by creating bat roosts. The book has great relevance today. Many people today believe that West Nile Virus is a real threat, leaving no alternative to using poisons to kill mosquitos. But poisons are useless in the long run, highly costly, kill natural mosquito preditors much less destroying entire ecosystems. Campbell's book represents a sane solution. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Coca, Arthur F., M.D. The Pulse Test. New York: Lyle Stewart, 1956.
    Coca viewed many disease conditions as being caused by food (and other sorts of) allergies and this is fully explained in his book. There are other easy-to use and quick but less "scientific" ways to test allergies than Coca's pulse test, such as biokinesthology, commonly known as muscle testing. But Coca's method has the advantage that it can be self-applied by anyone possessing determination and reasonable intelligence. To the best of my knowledge, this was the first book in its genre. To paraphrase one of the hygienists, you can clean and clean, but if you then pour in garbage again, what use was all the cleansing? A quick summary of the essentials of Coca's pulse test and how to do it are also found in the Appendix of Isabelle Moser's How And When To Be Your Own Doctor. Downloads as a PDF of 400 kb. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Colby, Benjamin. A Guide To Health: Being an exposition of the principles of the Thomsonian system of practice, etc. Milford, New Hampshire: John Burns, 1846.
   Downloads as a PDF of 920 kb. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Coles, L.B., M.D. The Philosophy of Health or Health Without Medicine. Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company, 1848.
Coles' recomendations are generally sensible and accord well with the developing understanding of hygienic practice. However this small book would not have been purchased for the Soil and Health Library at a rather high cost except that Ellen White, founder of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, plagarized Coles and put out the information as her own. To see evidence about this matter, click here. The book downloads as a PDF of 362 kb. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Cook, William H. The Physio-Medical Dispensatory: a treatise on therapeutics, materia medica and pharmacy in accordance with the principles of physiological medication. Cincinatti, Ohio: William Cook, 1969.
A classic and complete text on medical herbalism. This scan was pinched from mediherb.com, who also publishes a fine herblist journal. Downloads as a PDF of about 1.6 mb. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Cornaro, L. (1566). Discourses on the Sober Life (has been through many reprintings by various publishers). Only 68 KBytes. PUBLIC DOMAIN

DeVries, Arnold. Therapeutic Fasting. Los Angeles: Chandler, 1963.
A complete, sensitive and intelligent survey of fasting and of fasting literature. Arnold DeVries was an American researcher, writer and hygienist, who already in the 1950's changed from a fruitarian (Fountain of Youth, 1946) to a paleolithic understanding of what constitutes optimum human nutrition (Primitive Man and His Food, 1952, Elixir of Life, 1952). Therapeutic Fasting, 1963) has been one of his most popular and widely used titles. Downloads as a single PDF of about 275 kb. Thanks are owed to Dr. Bass of the International Natural Hygiene Society for providing this excellent book. OUT OF PRINT.

Donsbach, Kurt. What You Always Wanted To Know About Sclerology. Huntington Beach, California: International Institute of Natural Health, 1978,
   Analysis of markings on the sclera (white of eye) is a simpler system for indicating the current state of bodily function than iridiology. Many thanks to Juergen Buche, a practicing naturopathic doctor in Quebec for his support and encouragement regarding the Iridology/Sclerology materials in this library. Downloads as a PDF of 328 kb. OUT OF PRINT

Ehret, Arnold. The Definitive Cure of Chronic Constipation. Benedict Lust, 1922.
   A short essay that was almost certainly written by Arnold Ehret and not the product of either Benedict Lust or Fred Hirsch, two disciples who, after Ehret's death, issued what they represented as Ehret's other publications. Includes the result of a complete bibliographical search for Ehret's titles. Successors of Fred Hirsch run Ehret Publishing, which offers many "Ehret" and Ehret titles in inexpensive paperback format.

Ehret, Arnold. Rational Fasting: Regeneration Diet and Natural Cure for All Diseases. Translated from the German, translator unknown. English version originally published prior to 1922. Downloads as a small PDF. PUBLIC DOMAIN
   There are two in-print versions available, each by a different and competing group of Ehretists, each in-print version containing much addenda to the original material. In this download is what Ehret wrote, the way he wrote it.

Foster, Harry. What Really Causes Alzheimer's Disease. The Author: 2004.
   Harry Foster gave permission for this library to offer valuable books that he also provides free of charge from his own website. Downloads as a PDF of 850 kb. IN PRINT; COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL.

Foster, Harry. What Really Causes Schizophrenia. The Author: 2003.
   Harry Foster gave permission for this library to offer valuable books that he also provides free of charge from his own website. Downloads as a PDF of 864 kb. IN PRINT; COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL.

Foster, Harry. What Really Causes AIDS. Victoria, B.C. Trafford: 2003.
   Harry Foster gave permission for this library to offer valuable books that he also provides free of charge from his own website. Downloads as a PDF of 864 kb. IN PRINT; COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL.

Foster, Harry. What Really Causes MS. The Author: 2006.
  Harry Foster gave permission for this library to offer valuable books that he also provides free of charge from his own website. Downloads as a PDF of 1.49 mb. COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL.

Gian-Cursio, Christopher, editor. Eternal Health Truths of A Century Ago. New York, Hygean Press, 1960. Published on the Occasion of the First Annual Convention of the International Federation of Hygienists.
   A collection of (mostly) mid-ninteenth-century writings of practitioners of Natural Hygiene, including Isaac Jennings, William A. Alcott, Sylvester Graham, Russell Trall, Thomas Nichols, George Taylor, James Jackson, Harriet Austin and Robert Walter. Thanks are owed by all our patrons to Dr. John Fielder of Cairns, Queensland, for the lend of this book. Downloads as a single html file of 335 kb. If any patron of this library possesses other writings of these remarkable individuals, please contact the librarian, Steve Solomon, to discuss how the material might be lent for scanning and inclusion in this library. Downloads as a PDF of 463 kb. OUT OF PRINT

Goldstein, Jack. Triumph Over Disease by Fasting and Natural Diet. New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1977.
   A personal testamonial in the vein of a true-confession story, only this story is not of love and betrayal, but of a young man who, through receiving much conventional medical treatment for ulcerative colitis, had been so damaged by the medicos that he approached death. In the nick of time he discovered natural hygiene, fasted for over 40 days and began to recover health and enjoyment of life. Gruesome in its detailed description of the disease and shocking in its recounting of the brutal and constitution-destroying treatments he received, interesting in the detailed inner-experience of a long-time water faster. Downloads as a PDF of 633 kb. OUT OF PRINT.

The Hadwen Papers. (ca. 1896-1925)
    Dr. Hadwen was a passionate opponent of Jennerian smallpox vaccination. These are a collection of his magazine pieces and a rousing speech, so vivid the reader feel present at an anti-vaccination rally. Our sincere thanks to John Scudamore (UK) for supplying OCR scans of these wonderful documents. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Hay, William Howard., M.D. Health via Food. East Aurora, NY: Sun Diet Health Service, 1929
   Dr. Hay began his practice in 1891. The first sixteen years were spent in regular medicine and surgery. When his own health broke down he began studying alternative approaches and became a naturopath; his main "weapon" was water and water fasting. Hay was a strong proponent of colon cleansing. Time to scan and format this book: 03:45 Downloads as a PDF of 1.mb. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Hazzard, Linda. B., D. O. (1927 edition). Scientific Fasting: The Ancient and Modern Key to Health. New York: Grant Publications. This is taken from one of a series of editions going back many years before 1927.
    One of the wisest books on natural medicine ever written, and written totally from decades of personal practice. Also contains a great deal of advice about handling children. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Horne, Ross. Health and Survival in the 21st Century. 1997. HarperCollins: Sydney.
   Here is THE book for someone with incurable disease that is stuck in the medical model. Horne says--eloquently and passionately--everything I believe to be true, and says it better than I ever have or could. Includes a cogent presentation of why AIDS is a "false" disease, the frauds behind AZT and the deaths AZT caused. . . . There is very little within Health and Survival that I find to disagree with. This modern book only recently gone out of print, is presented here with permission of the author.

Horne, Ross. Improving On Pritikin: You Can Do Better. 1988. Published by the author, Australia.
   This one is Ross' most personal book; it tells his own story. This one also gets the deepest in to Gerson's method, and discusses all the major dietary systems. So it is most interesting! Whilst preparing this book I had a realisation about why Ross Horne is such a powerful writer: he was a flight instructor. Flight instructors are people who take enormous pride in doing some thing absolutely perfectly, and also being able to explain how-to to another. Downloads as a PDF of 670 kb. Presented here with permission of the author.

Horne, Ross. The Health Revolution. Fifth Edition, 1997. HarperCollins: Sydney.
    If you are the sort of person who considers the founders of natural hygiene to be "old fashioned" and "non-scientfic", then Ross Horne may be the writer who will explain some ageless truths to you in a fully modern, scientific manner, using the latest medical research. If you are suffering from life-threatening disease, this book may save your life. Chapter 15 presents probably the best and most objective discussion of proper diet I have ever read; it strongly recommends a raw-food diet. This modern book only recently gone out of print, is presented here with permission of the author.

Hygienic Review, miscellaneous articles from authors such as Herbert Shelton and Christopher Gian-Cursio.
   The Hygienic Review was a publication of the Herbert Shelton Society for many years. I have been receiving articles from this magazine ready to post, and am putting them here in what is so far an unorganised collection. A few of these short pieces are excerpts from Shelton's books. This is a sizeable collection: downloads as a html document of nearly 500 kb. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Immerman, Alan M., D.C. Health Unlimited. 1989.
   A very easy to understand summary and restatement of the basic hygienic viewpoint that would serve as an excellent introduction and guide to someone with insufficient time to study the fundamental books of the Founders (Tilden, Shelton, etc.) from which this book is drawn. It is vegetarian in outlook and disapproves of colon cleansing. Used by a chriopractic college in the United States as a basic text of diet and nutrition. The author, Alan Immerman, is in practice and may be reached at aimmerman1(at)cox.net. Downloads as a PDF of 514 kb. Placed on the world wide web with the permission of the author.

Immerman, Alan M., D.C. Three articles from the American Chiropractic Journal establishing the scientific basis of Natural Hygiene.

"Can Diet Prolong Lifespan." ACA Journal of Chriopractic, December 1980. Downloads as a PDF of 456 kb. OUT OF PRINT.

"Fasting and Diet Restriction." ACA Journal of Chiropractic, March, 1980. Downloads as a PDF of 946 kb. OUT OF PRINT.

"The Scientific Basis of Toxemia." ACA Journal of Chiropractic, June, 1981. Downloads as a PDF of 182 kb. OUT OF PRINT.

Just, Adolf. Return To Nature. New York, Benedict Lust, 1903
Authorized translation of the 4th German edition, done by B. Lust. A nature-cure classic. Downloads as a PDF of 2.29 mb. Total time to process this book: 12.00. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Kingston Chronicle (Rude Health). Various dates; various articles.
  The Kingston Chronicle was published by the Thomsons (Edinburgh School of Natural Therapeutics, Kingston) for a great many years. The periodical contains some of the finest nature cure writing ever produced in the UK. Within the issues we so far have in possession C. Leslie Thomson, Keki Sidhwa and Alex Milne wrote most of the articles; there are two by Kenneth Jaffrey. Linda Sheard of Devon, U.K., graciously sent the library a tall stack of photocopies of assorted issues of this magazine. Most of the articles in these issues may be read here. These articles are available for download in batches containing selected articles produced during a one-year periods. Soil and Health Library hopes that other clients may have possession of other issues of this periodical, and will lend them for scanning and inclusion in this collection. The copyright status of these articles is uncertain and so, to avoid any suggestion of copyright infringement, they are being considered OUT OF PRINT

Kirchfeld, Friedhelm & Wade Boyle. Nature Doctors: Pioneers in Naturopathic Medicine. 1994: Medicina Bilogica/Buckeye Naturopathic Press, Portland, Oregon/ East Palestine, Ohio.
   A thorough and scholarly historical survey of the development of naturopathic and nature cure practices from the 19th through the 20th century. A study of the individuals who made it happen. For many years Kirchfeld was librarian at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine until he recently retired. In March, 2006 the title was put back into print by the NCNM and is available for purchase through its bookstore. Contact http://www.ncnm.edu

Kriege, Theodor. The Fundamental Basis of Irisdiagnosis. London: L.N. Fowler, 1969. Translated from the German by A.W. Priest.
   A classic and complete manual of iridiagnosis. Thanks are owed to The Guild of Naturopathic Iridologists at www.gni-international.org, the leading professional body for qualified iridologists in the UK, for providing this scan. The scan is a little rough. Curently out of print but it is possible Random House (UK) may bring it back. Downloads as a PDF of 1.60 mb. OUT OF PRINT.

Kuhne, Louis. The New Science of Healing or the doctrine of the Oneness of all Diseases, forming the basis of a Uniform Method of Cure, without Medicines and without Operations. Leipzig: Published by the Author, circa. 1892. Translated from the original German.
   Despite its obvious errors in fact, this book is highly valuable because Kuhne possessed a full grasp of the theory of toxemia, which underscored all his treatments; this book is one of the few amongst hygienic literature that attends to tropical diseases such as leprosy and the tropical fevers, as well as offering a thorough discussion of the treatment of tuberculosis. Thanks are owed to Dr. John Fielder, Queensland, for the lend of this book. Time to process the book: 11:05. Downloads as a PDF of 1.46 mb. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Lovewisdom, Johnny. Modern Live Juice Therapy. .
   Permission to put this work here granted by David Mujahed, who asserts that he is the current copyright holder. David states: "Modern Live Juice Therapy was started in 1962 and finished in 1964, thus first published in 1964. Omangod press published in 1980. My publishing name is Paradisian Publications and I published it first in 2000. Offered with permission of David S. Mujahed . . ." David also states that he is in the process of printing Dr. Lovewisdom's books. If these ever become available Soil and Health Library will refer people to their point of purchase. Downloads as a single PDF of 135 kb.

Lindlahr, Henry. M.D. Iridiagnosis and other Diagnostic Methods. Third Edition. Chicago: Lindlahr Publishing Co., 1919.
   Iridology means analysis of the body's condition through appearanace of the iris. The book also contains numerous interesting case histories and describes how conventional medical treatment of that era induced quality-of-life-threatening and fatal conditions. This book downloads in two ways: as html files and also as a rather large zip file containing the entire book. There are many figures and even a colour plate showing irises.
   WARNING: Lindlahr expresses racial viewpoints in this book that today are considered highly politically incorrect. A paperback edition printed several decades ago abridged this material and "sanitized" Iridagnosis. The abridgment also left out data on the nature of drug therapy of that era. This library offers the whole story. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Lindlahr, Henry. Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease and Cure. 1913. Chicago: Nature Cure Publishing Co.
   Lindlahr was the founder of American Naturopathy, or perhaps more accurately stated, the bringer of the German Nature Cure to the States. In this remarkable century-old book will be found every new-agey, new-thought, self-help therapy currently in the public mind as well as the best of natural medical wisdom. My apologies in advance for the almost certain presence of many minor errors concerning uniformity of style. Lindlahr's copy editing was rather unprofessional and not consistent; although soilandhealth library tried to improve on the job, we have certainly missed many commas and improper capitalizations and the like.
   A contemporary American Naturopathic Christian doctor has made available online a pdf version of this book, downloadable from his website, OneFlesh.org/. The .pdf version has been carefully and deeply edited; some relatively minor parts of the original version are missing (the good doctor considered these excised bits to be irrelevant or too controversial or incorrect in light of today's knowledge); the .pdf version also contains two new chapters intended to "update" or "broaden" Lindlahr, and the .pdf also offers numerous helpfully-intended comments, mostly in the form of footnotes, that a novice to the study of this area may find quite useful, as they frequently explain Lindlahr's archaic language or modify, justify or rationalize his viewpoints (and what the editor considered his errors) in the light of more modern knowledge. It is a large download, about 1.3 mb. The Soil and Health Library version is, on the other hand, as accurate a rendering of the original as could be done. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Lindlahr, Henry. The Practice of Natural Therapeutics, fifth edition. Chicago, Lindlahr Publishing Co., 1922.
   The practical how-to of Lindlahr's methods explained in detail. The scan of this book was generously donated by Grant Campbell, a South African currently studying Naturopathy in England who hopes to settle in Australia or New Zealand. Grant is unexperienced in this sort of work and his scan required much effort to correct (fortunately, I had a copy of the book at the bottom of my "to-be-done" stack.) It took so much effort, in fact, that I ran out of willingness to do more than correct the formatting errors and fill in several missing bits. Thus, I must assign all minor errors in copy to Grant, and ask my patrons to be especially willing to inform me of these errors, so that they may be fixed. Grant also took strong exception to Lindlahr's recommendation to drink cow's milk. His statement about that can be read here. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Lindlahr, Victor H. The Natural Way to Health. New York: National Nutrition Society, 1939.
   Victor was the son of Henry Lindlahr. He was a prime assistant to his father throughout Henry's career. After Henry's death, Victor carried on the practice. This is but one of Victor's books. It is especially useful for providing insight into the character and personal/family life of the Henry Lindlahr family. Thanks are owed to a contributing member of the Soil and Health Library for suggesting this title and explaining its significance. Downloads as a PDF of 750 kb. OUT OF PRINT.

Lonsdale, Derrick, M.D. Why I Quit Orthodox Medicine. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing, 1994.
   Inspiring book that explains the whys of why a fully qualified and successful medical doctor abandoned AMA style practice and took up something resembling orthomolecular medicine. Offered here with the permission of Dr. Lonsdale. Expecially valuable for providing a full grasp of the siginficance of B vitamins. Downloads as a PDF of 1.3 mb. OUT OF PRINT.

Lonsdale, Derrick, M.D. A Monogram Of Clinical Research: Presentation Of A New Medical Model. Manuscript revised and updated by the Author in 2006 especially for Soil and Health Library. (Originally published as: A Nutritionists Guide to the Clinical Use of Vitamin B-1. Tacoma, Washington: Life Sciences Press, 1987.)
   This medical text, written in full medicalese, will prove beyond the comprehension of most readers. It explains with full scientific rigour much of the material Lonsdale explains in his Why I Q uit Orthodox Medicine. Offered here with the permission of Dr. Lonsdale. Downloads as a PDF of 2.8 mb. OUT OF PRINT.

MacFadden, Bernarr. Strengthening The Eyes: A System of Scientific Eye Training. New York: MacFadden Publications, 1925.
   A complete program of exercises (and dietary improvements) to overcome the need for eyeglasses. Many photos. Thanks to Gary Krasner of the Coalition for Informed Choice, for the lend of this book. PUBLIC DOMAIN

MacFadden, Bernarr and Felix Oswald. Fasting, Hydropathy and Exercise: Nature's Wonderful Remedies for the Cure of all Chronic and Acute Diseases. London, Bernarr MacFadden, no date (ca. 1900.)
   A young healer's enthusiastic encouragement to use fasting, exercise, cold water and dietary reform--especially the one meal per day plan--to cure disease. Interesting muscle pictures and daring (for the time) muscle-nudes. Thanks to John Polland of Greensboro, N.C., U.S.A. for the lend of this book. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Maimon, Moses ben (Maimonides). The Preservation of Youth: Essays on Health. Translated from the original Arabic with an Introduction by Hirsch L. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D., D.H.L. New York: Philosophical Library, 1958.
   Twelfth Century medical classic. This brief book is filled with wisdom. Downloads as a PDF of about 220 kb. OUT OF PRINT.

Moser, Isabelle, with Steve Solomon. How And When To Be Your Own Doctor. 1996. Available here in two formats: as PDF and also as html documents.
    Product of 25 years of clinical practice using every form of natural healing; Dr. Moser was tempermentally a hygienist but not a rigid, doctrinaire one. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Moser, Isabelle, en collaboration avec Steve Solomon. Comment et Quand Etre Son Propre Docteur.1996.
  Résultat de 25 années de pratique clinique utilisant toutes formes de traitements naturels; le Dr Isabelle Moser était "hygiéniste" de tempérament, mais pas de manière rigide, ni doctrinaire. Le traducteur, Claude MAURER, n'a pas encore totalement terminé son travail; il reste quelques contresens ou coquilles à corriger. Cependant, le travail de traduction est suffisamment avancé afin de permettre sa mise en ligne pour l'intérêt de nos lecteurs francophones. PDF 2.41 mb.

Moser, Dra. Isabelle A. e Steve Solomon, COMO e QUANDO SER SEU PRÓPRIO MÉDICO.
     Tradução: Élia Regina Previato. PDF 850 kb.

Moyle, Alan. Nature Cure Explained. Health For All Publishing Co. London, 1950.
   A survey of and elementary introduction to Nature Cure in all its forms and techniques. Thanks are owed to Linda Sheard (UK) for graciously contributing a photocopy of this rare book. Downloads as a PDF of 511 kb. OUT OF PRINT.

Moyle, Alan. Nature Cure For Asthma and Hay Fever. Health For All Publishing Co., London, 1951
   A small sewn book of 70 some pages. Thanks to Peter Schwarz of Little Mortley, NSW for the lend of this book. Downloads as a PDF of 270 kb. OUT OF PRINT.

Obomsawin, Raymond. Universal Immunization. Published by the Health Action Network Society, Burnaby, B.C., Canada.
   Readable by the layperson; fully-documented. The practice of childhood immunization is exposed as a dangerous fraud. Obomsawin points to nutrition and soil fertility as the real solutions to infective illness. The book contains one of the best summaries of the enormous values of some basic vitamins--A and C--in building resistance to disease, and shows how those who develop infectious disease are generally deficient. This book was based upon research that Obomsawin undertook in the early 1990s while serving as an Evaluation Analyst for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) conducting a field evaluation of a UNICEF Integrated Services Project serving over 900 villages in northeast Thailand over a several year period. CIDA then hired a bio-medical professional to refute what Obomssawin had written. Obomsawin holds a PhD in Health Sciences and Human Ecology (1992). Infomation received in 2005 stated that Obomsawin has no legitimate qualifications and was never commissioned by the Canadian Government to do this study. To view that information, click here. Universal Immunization downloads as a PDF of 644 kb. OUT OF PRINT

Perkins, Charles Eliot. The Truth About Water Fluoridation, Second Edition. Washington, D.C.: The Fluoridation Educational Society, 1952.
   This scan for this small and interesting book was provided by a library patron. Downloads as a PDF of 103 kb. OUT OF PRINT.

Purinton, Edward Earle. The Philosophy of Fasting: A Message for Sufferers and Sinners. ca 1905, many editions, earliest probably published by Benedict Lust, N.D., M.D., Butler, New Jersey.
   Not so much a manual of how-to fast (although there are some useful insights on this in the book). Purinton's effort is more about the affiliated aspects of fasting--the mental and spiritual benefits of the practice, and the state of mind one needs to cultivate in order to fast safely and with a good result. Purinton was a uniquely individualistic being who belonged to no identifiable group or movement. Clearly, however, he was friendly to Theosophy, Vedanta and had reality on his own past lives. Thanks to S. Fagan of Eagleby, Queensland for the lend of this book for purposes of scanning it. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Sandler, Benjamin P. Diet Prevents Polio. 1951.Lee Foundation for Nutritional Research, Milwaukee.
   Here is proof that polio can be prevented by simple dietary improvement. Vaccination is not needed. Although I have major disagreements with Sandler's dietary solution as the ideal, ongoing, lifetime human diet, this simple set of improvements was, in its time, far better than the average diet, and proved enough to prevent the disease. The Lee Foundation was the product of the admirable Dr. Royal Lee, a brave pioneer in American health research. Dr. Lee served time in jail for his beliefs that most disease conditions could be remedied by better nutrition. Thanks to John at Whale Books for providing this scan. Sandler's book and many others concerning cancer and vaccination issues can be found at John's website. The copyrights for this book are now under the custodianship of the International Foundation For Nutrition And Health; this organization prints many valuable books by Royal Lee, Melvin Page and others. Downloads as a PDF of 1.08 mb. OUT OF PRINT.

Sharan, Farida. IRIDOLOGY: A complete guide to diagnosing through the iris and to related forms of treatment. England: Thorson's Publishing Group, 1989.
   Offered here is an excerpt (pgs. 105-117) from the book concerning Sclerology. Sharan's book provides fine charts of sclera signs and drawings of sclera markings, their meaning and interpretation. A fine compliment to Lindlarh's Iridiagnosis and Donsbach's Sclerology. Many thanks to Juergen Buche, a practicing naturopathic doctor in Quebec for his support and encouragement on all the Iridology/Sclerology materials in this library. The entire book (and other valuable iridology texts) can be purchased online through Farida Sharan's website at http://www.purehealth.com. Downloads as a PDF of 465 kb. Total time to scan, ocr and format this material: 05:35. IN PRINT; ONE CHAPTER SAMPLE ONLY.

Sharan, Farida. Iridology: A complete guide to diagnosing through the iris and to related forms of treatment. Boulder, Colorado: School of Natural Medicine, 1989, 1992.
   Offered here, with the authorization of Farida Sharan, are three chapters of the book (the three largest chapters, "Clearing Space — The Elimininative Channels"; "Restoring Harmony", and "Putting It All Together". There are many large and detailed iris charts. The entire book can be purchased online through Farida Sharan's website at http://www.purehealth.com. Downloads as a PDF of 3.25 mb. IN PRINT; HERE BY PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER.

Sharan, Farida. Herbs of Grace: Becoming Independently Healthy. Boulder, Colorado: Wisdome Press, 1974.
   Offered here is a substantial excerpt of this in print book, consisting of three chapters: "Health Ecology," (about why the body gets sick); "Nourishment," (about how to feed it to make and keep it well); "Iridology and Inner Ecology," (a relatively complete treatment of iridology and iridiognosis). This excerpt is here with the permission of Farida Sharan. To purchase this book, visit her website at http://www.purehealth.com Downloads as a PDF of 1.63 mb. IN PRINT, HERE WITH PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER.

Sharan, Farida. Creative Menopause: Illuminating Women's Health & Spirituality. Boulder, Colorado: Wisdome Press, 1974.
   Even for a man this book offers a fascinating look at the inner life of women. And for women it is full of wisdom and helpful information about how to age with grace and dignity. Here with the permission of Farida Sharan and the primary illustrator, Mara Friedman, this book is offered up in full text, unabridged except that many of the fine illustrations have been left out to reduce the file size and download time. However, a representative sample of the drawings are included. To purchase this book, visit Farida's website Downloads as a PDF of 1.52 mb. THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY IN PRINT, OFFERED HERE WITH PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER.

Shelton, Herbert. Historical chronology. An brief admiring biography and complete historical bibliography of Shelton by a staunch follower, Victoria Bidwell. HERE WITH PERMISSION OF VICTORIA BIDWELL.

Shelton, Herbert M. The Hygienic Care of Children. San Antonio, Texas: Dr, Shelton's Health School, 1931.
    Not reprinted by the American Natural Hygiene Society! Shelton at his most aggressive, a vigorous defence of innocent children. The book was very badly printed and lacked the copy-editor's polishing given Shelton's other manuscripts. Thus it contained many, many errors, mispellings and even mis-used words. Many of these have been corrected. Many others were missed. Don't miss the very last chapter wherein Shelton ruthlessly attacks the alleopathic medicos for their greed and willful killing of the young; don't miss his detailed condemnation of vaccination. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Shelton, Herbert M. The Hygienic System, Vol. II, Orthotrophy. San Antonio, Texas: Dr. Shelton's Health School, Sixth Edition, 1975. First published 1935.
   The question of what constitutes a proper and healthy diet has long been the matter of the greatest controversy among holistic healers. It is still a matter of great confusion among the public. Here is Shelton's thorough examination of eating and foodstuffs. Includes the complete data on food combining, feeding of infant and children, the digestive system, etc. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Shelton, Herbet M. The Hygienic System, Vol. III, Fasting and Sun Bathing. San Antonio, Texas: Dr. Shelton's Health School, Third Revised Edition, 1950. First Published 1934.
   In his exhaustive study of therepeutic fasting, Shelton claimed: " In more than thirty years of conducting fasts, I have conducted over twenty-five thousand fasts, ranging in duration from three days to more than two months. I have conducted about six fasts that have gone sixty or more days, the longest being sixty-eight days. I have had literally hundreds of fasts that have lasted from forty to fifty and more days." Despite Shelton's possible overstatement of "twenty-five thousand," likely no one else has ever equalled his experience with fasting for the purpose of healing disease. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Shelton, Herbert M. The Hygienic System, Vol. VI, Orthopathy. San Antonio, Texas: Dr. Shelton's Health School, 1939.
   The word "orthopathy" means something like "corrective suffering," or "repairing disease by experiencing the symptoms instead of suppressing them." Contains one of Shelton's most powerful statements of the fundamental nature of natural hygiene. Downloads as a PDF of 1.7 mb. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Shelton, Herbert M. Natural Hygiene: Man's Pristine Way Of Life. San Antonio, Texas: Dr. Shelton's Health School, 1968.
    This rather long polemic painstakingly, passionately and rather aggressively examines certain key concepts of Shelton's version of Natural Hygiene: no one who reads this book carefully will ever think of the words cure and medicine as being compatible with Hygiene or healing or health. There is also an excellent history of the development of the Hygienic movement. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Shelton, Herbert M. Syphilis: Is it a Mischievous Myth or a Malignant Monster. Mokelumne Hill, California, Health Research Press, 1962
   Shelton at his scathing best!, explaining that there is not now and never has been a disease called "syphilis" but that by diagnosing many minor and usually transient symptoms as "syphilis" the medical profesion has obtained a herd of terrified sheeple who take pay large fees to take their poisonous remedies. The remedies must go on for years and the toxicity of the very remedies themselves causes the dreaded symptoms of so-called tertiary syphilis Thanks to Gary Krasner of the Coalition for Informed Choice for the lend of this book. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Shook, Edward E. Elementary Course In Herbology. Mokelumne Hill, California: Health Research, 1977.
   Reproduced from Shook's typewritten manuscript, issued about 1948. Downloads as a PDF of 450 kb. OUT OF PRINT.

Shook, Edward E. Advanced Treatise On Herbs. Mokelumne Hill, California: Health Research, 1977.
   Reproduced from Shook's typewritten manuscript, issued about 1948. Downloads as a PDF of 870 kb. OUT OF PRINT

Sinclair, Ian. Vaccination: The Hidden Facts. Ryde, NSW: Published by the Author, 1992.
    Available here with the permission of the Author is one chapter of this fine book. The book itself can be purchased via mail order from Sinclair's admirable website,

Sinclair, Ian. You Can Overcome Asthma. Ryde, NSW: Published by the Author, 1993.
   Available here with the permission of the Author is one chapter of this admirable book. The book itself can be purchased via mail order from Sinclair's admirable website,

Sinclair, Upton. (1921). The Fasting Cure. Originally published by the author circa 1920. 215KBytes. Public domain.
    A famous author's personal experience with the fasting cure. The main chapter of this book, "Perfect Health" is also offered in French, the translation, Parfaite Santé!, translation courtesy of Paul Barbu & Diane Hébert. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Spira, Leo, M.D. The Drama of Fluorine: Arch Enemy of Mankind. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Lee Foundation, 1953.
   Dr. Spira spend his life researching the effects of fluorine and found his conclusions and dire warnings ignored. The copyrights for this book are now under the custodianship of the International Foundation For Nutrition And Health; this organization prints many valuable books by Royal Lee, Melvin Page and others. Downloads as a PDF of 502 kb. OUT OF PRINT

Spira, Leo, M.D. The Clinical Aspect Of Chronic Poisoning By Aluminium and its Alloys. London: John Bale Sons & Danielson Ltd., 1933.
   A monograph of 30 pages that discusses the nature of fluorine poisoning. Downloads as a non-searchable PDF of about 1 mb. OUT OF PRINT.

Székely, Edmond. Medicine and Dialectics. Published for the Bureau of Cosmotherapy, Lawrence Weaver House, by the C.W. Daniel Company, Ltd., London, 1937.
   Better known for his Essene Gospels, this 36 page booklet is early Székely. It was originally printed without any notice of copyright. Thanks to Dr. John Fielder of Queensland for providing a lend of the booklet so it could be scanned. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Székely, Edmond. Medicine Tomorrow: An Introduction to Cosmotherapy with a Guide to Treatment. London: C.W. Daniel, 1938 and 1951.
   Perhaps this is Székely's magnum opus of the physical. The rare book is little known outside circles with spiritual orientation, it is a complete guide to health and healing based upon the esoteric. With good fortune, the valuable copy provided by Dr. John Fielder who practices Nature Cure near Cairns, Queensland (thanks a heap, John!) contained all the folding charts in the back pocket of the book, reproduced here. Rendering these charts large enough to be useful is the main reason the book's download is large: PDF of 4.69 mb. Time to scan and format this text: 08:20. OUT OF PRINT.

Székely, Edmond Bordeaux. The Theory of Cosmotherapy. Tecate, California. Essene School of Life, 1941.
   Available here are six of the original fifteen booklets in this series. One of them contains an interesting list of Székely's publications as of the date of issue. Thanks are owed to Mrs. Deborah Székely for lending these rare booklets for OCR. Downloads as a PDF of 430 kb. OUT OF PRINT.

Székely, Edmond Bordeaux. Fasting and Grape Cure. Tecate, California: Essene School of Life, 1950.
   This booklet, one of a series of many similar publications, provides Székely's take on two related subjects. The text also includes a full list of publications of the Essene School of Life. Thanks are owed to Mrs. Deborah Székely for lending this rare booklet for OCR. Downloads as a PDF of 217 kb. OUT OF PRINT.

Székely, Edmond Bordeaux. Health, Youth and Longevity through Food - Water - Air - Sun - Exercise - Breathing - Mind; The Golden Rules of Life and Happiness; Introduction to Cosmotherapy; The Essene School of Life. Tecate, California: The Essene School of Life, 1943.
   The paper used for this stapled booklet has become so browned and the printing job so fuzzy that OCR is not possible; thus this valuable document could not be provided as searchable text. Instead, it is offered as a bitmap scan of rather large file size. Thanks are owed to Mrs. Deborah Székely for lending this rare booklet. Downloads as a PDF of 5.17 mb. OUT OF PRINT.

Székely, Edmond Bordeaux, Prof. Dr. The Therapeutics of Fasting. Tecate: Essene School of Life, 1942.
   The poor quality wartime paper used to print this booklet had become browned to the point that Optical Character Recognition was not possible. Thus it was first offered as a bitmap scan of rather large file size (1.86 mb. (The scanned images were adjusted in Photoshop to brighten the background and make the type more legible.) Then a patron of the library hand-typed a small text file of only 44 kb, which you can download by clicking this link. Thanks are owed to Mrs. Deborah Székely for lending this rare booklet. OUT OF PRINT.

Székely, Edmond Bordeaux. Sleep: A Source Of Harmony. Tecate: Essene School of Life, 1945.
   This small booklet additionally contains a valuable review of Székely's entire philosophy, written by Dion Byngham and originally published in a periodical called Health and Live, July, 1936. Thanks are owed to Mrs. Deborah Székely for lending this rare booklet. Downloads as a PDF of 228 kb. OUT OF PRINT.

Székely, Prof. Dr. Edmond Bordeaux . Introduction To The Mineral, Vitamin & Herb Therapeutics. Tecate: Essene School of Life, 1943.
   Thanks are owed to Mrs. Deborah Székely for lending this rare booklet. The poor wartime paper was badly browned and it is likely that the book will crumble to dust within a few decades., thus making electronic preservation essential. Downloads as a PDF of 356 kb. OUT OF PRINT.

Thomson, James C. The Question of V.D. Originally appeared as article(s) in The Kingdom Chronicle, a U.K. health magazine. Published circa 1945.
   This small booklet contains world-view-changing viewpoints. The treatment of syphilis had long been a most lucrative money maker for the medical profession. But there may have been no such disease. In fact, the destructive symptoms of so-called tertiary syphilis are, Thompson explains, merely the poisoning of medical drugging. Once the reader begins to see how diseases and cures are "sold" to the public then wonders must begin to appear about the currently most lucrative disease there is — cancer. Thanks to Dr. John Fielder of Queensland for providing a lend of the booklet so it could be scanned. Downloads as a PDF of 253 kb. OUT OF PRINT.

Thomson, James C. Nature Cure From The Inside: The why of chronic disease, with many case histories and home treatments. Edinburgh: The Kingston Clinic, 1953.
   A small and inexpensive paperback issued by the Kingston Clinic. In much the same way as presented in Thomson's The Question of V.D., in this book Thomson shows how medical model's cancer "treatment" causes most of the trouble with cancer. Thanks to Dr. John Fielder of Queensland for providing a lend of the booklet so it could be scanned. Because the book remains in print, only one chapter could be legally offered online. Fortunately for the reader, this one chapter, Chapter 8, is quite extensive and comprises the majority of the book. Downloads as a PDF of 435 kb. Nature Cure From The Inside is kept in print by TK Publishing, maintained by the doughty widow of C. Leslie Thomson, May Thomson. To order the book, write to TK Publishing, The Coach House, 70 Kingston Ave., Edinburgh, EH16 5SW, Scotland. TK Publishing also maintains a number of other most worthy titles written by assorted Thomsons. IN PRINT

Thomson, James C. Toward High Level Health. Edinburgh: Kingston Clinic, 1959.
   The title would lead one to believe the booklet is encouragement toward the individual using the practice of Nature Cure. Not at all. This is a most powerful—yet relatively brief—polemic against the medical model. Thomson shows in excruciating detail how the drugging system, in combination with schools, the press, the national "health" system, etc., virtually brainwashes the public so that they automatically discount any approach but the official medical model. Thomson also demonstrates with his own case histories how medical doctors are adept at denial of his successes by claiming mis-diagnoses: Thomson's patient recovered from cancer because he "never had it in the first place." But these were patients who had been diagnosed by numerous "specialists" and then, desperately ill, sent home to die as untreatable. Probably only Thomson's fierce Scottish sense of independence and personal freedom allowed him to both practice Nature Cure and to keep out of prison. Thanks to Dr. John Fielder, who practices near Cairns, Queensland, for providing the lend of this booklet so a portion of it could be put in this library. Athough the book is virtually impossible to purchase through the usual channels of retail trade, still, it is in print, so we can offer only a one chapter excerpt, Chapter 7. Toward High Level Health is kept in print by TK Publishing, maintained by the doughty widow of C. Leslie Thomson, May Thomson. To order the book, write to TK Publishing, The Coach House, 70 Kingston Avel, Edinburgh, EH16 5SW, Scotland. TK Publishing also maintains a number of other most worthy titles written by assorted Thomsons. Downloads as a PDF of 122 kb. IN PRINT

Thomson, Jessie R. Healthy Childhood. London: Thorsons Publishers Ltd, Enlarged edition,1952.
   Jessie Thomson was the wife of C. James Thomson; she shared the operaton of the Kingston Clinic. A slim book of 160 pages, yet it contains a grandmother's lifetime of wisdom. Healthy Childhood is kept in print by TK Publishing, maintained by May Thomson, the doughty widow of Jessie's son, C. Leslie Thomson. To order the book, write to TK Publishing, The Coach House, 70 Kingston Avel, Edinburgh, EH16 5SW, Scotland. TK Publishing also maintains a number of other most worthy titles written by assorted Thomsons. This library is allowed to offer only a small segment; in this case, the first chapter, "Preparation for Motherhood." Downloads as a PDF of 127 kb. IN PRINT

Thurston, J. M., M.D. The Philosophy of Physiomedicalism: its theorem, corollary, and laws of application for the cure of disease. Richmond, Indiana, 1900.
   One of the foundation texts of herbalism. Downloads as a PDF of 2.6 mb. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Tilden, J. H., M.D. (1909) Appendicitis: The Etiology, Hygienic and Dietetic Treatment. Denver: Self-published. 273 KBytes. Currently in print by Kessinger Publishing Co.
    One of the pithiest and most crusty of cantankerous doctors, John Tilden had little respect for his fellow MDs, but enormous respect for the ability of a human body to heal if only given a chance. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Tilden, J.H., M.D. (1928) Children: Their Health and Happiness. Denver: Self-published.
    How to raise happy, healthy children per Dr. Tilden. The good doctor's firmly-stated views are definitely not the wishy-washy uncertainties that many young parents seem to hold these days. Some may find great wisdom here; others will be repelled by his sociology of human nature and his view of how to accomplish its moulding into a happy, and most importantly, healthy, adult. Tilden was opposed to vaccination and spoiling children. He was in favor of discipline, and felt effective discipline of children began with the parents' self-discipline. Currently in print by Kessinger Publishing Co. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Tilden, J. H., M.D. (1924) Constipation: A New Reading On the Subject. Dr. Tilden's Health School.
    This ubiquitous ailment analyzed, dissected and its real cure indicated. Contains an interesting analysis of types of cases that pertains to all diseases. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Tilden, J. H., M.D. (1921). Impaired Health: Its Cause and Cure, Volume I. (reprint of original). Mokelumne Hill, California: Health Research. Currently in print by Kessinger Publishing Co.
    Tilden's magnum opus, wherein the attempts to explain almost everything he understood in one book. Volume 1 covers the general causes of disease and his general approach to restoration of health. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Tilden, J. H., M.D. Impaired Health: Its Cause and Cure, Volume II. (reprint of original). Mokelumne Hill, California: Health Research. Not in print at this time.
    The second half of this two-volume work. In part two, Dr. Tilden details treatment protocols for many different diseases. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Tilden, J. H., M.D. Toxemia Explained. Dr. Tilden's Health School, Denver, Colorado, 1935. Available in both html and .PDF versions.
    This polemic was printed and reprinted by Tilden, its prose re-polished half a dozen times from 1926-1935 as Tilden struggled to explain his thesis ever-more-clearly. Then, in the early 1950s, followers of Herbert Shelton, who had a rigid ideological structure concerning capital "N" Natural capital "H" Hygiene. Shelton's true-believing followers were heirs to a system using highly-politicalized nomenclature laying great weight on dicotomies like "cure" verses "heal." They had a go at Tilden's text and "improved it". The Sheltonites, strict, rigid vegetarians, also had serious problems with Tilden's acceptance of eating meat under certain conditions. Their 1950s edition also "improved" Toxemia Explained in this respect. Toxemia Explained is in print today but the paperback version available is derivitive from the 1950's Sheltonite alterations. The one here in the Soil and Health Library is an accurate rendering of Tilden's last revision, complete and unaltered. Public domain. Perhaps the finest explanation ever writen explaining why a body gets sick and what to do about it. Currently in print by Kessinger Publishing Co. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Trall, J. R. The True Healing Art. Or, Hygienic vs. Drug Medication. An address, considered a classic of hygienic literature, delivered at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War. Downloads as a single long docuiment of about 150k.
     Trall's talk is one of the first cogent, consistent statements of the hygienic viewpoint.Thanks to Rex Harrill for providing an accurate scan of this interesting document. Rex can be reached at <brixman@erols.com>. He is building an interesting website mainly concerned with evaluating and improving the nutritional content of foodstuffs, the site can be found at http://www.crossroads.ws/ PUBLIC DOMAIN.

J. R. Verner, C. W. Weiant, R. J. Watkins. Rational Bacteriology. Self Published by the authors, 1953.
    This book is like a double barreled elephant gun. On one hand it prepares chiropractic students to pass their state medical licensing board examinations. To pass this gauntlet of orthodoxy the student must walk a tightrope, parroting the official line and viewpoints about bacterial diseases. So reading the first part of this book fully explains the official medical model. On the other hand the book simultaneously offers an alternative view of bacteria and the diseases they are reputed to cause, a viewpoint that does not support vaccination or most other forms of attacking bacteria whilst seeking to cure a disease that the bacteria did not cause. Perhaps more than any other book in our collection, Rational Bacteriology expounds the best alternative to the conventional theory of infectious disease—a viewpoint that which was begun by Béchamp and refined later by Tisot and others. While some minor assertions in the book are out of date (as science learned a few things in microbiology since 1953), the theoretical framework is as sound as it was when Bechamp was alive.Thanks are owed to Gary Krasner, founder and director of Coalition For Informed Choice in New York City, for supplying the scans of this book. Downloads as a PDF of 1.55 mb. OUT OF PRINT.

Waerland, Are. In The Caludron of Disease. David Nutt: London, 1934.
  Are Waerland was a charismatic health pioneer in Scandinavia, UK and Gmany. He advocated physical fitness, natural food, outdoor exercise—not only for a better life but also as the best treatment of diseases. He campaigned tirelessly against processed foods, smoking and alcohol. He even inspired many physicians. In Sweden there still exists an association of physicians directed to complemntary medicine which started due to Waerlands thinkings. The scan was provided by Lars Hedström, whose website is http://www.gaia.st/english.htm. Downloads as a PDF of 1.24 mb. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Wattles, Wallace D. and Elizabeth Towne. Health Through New Thought and Fasting. Holyoke, Massachusetts: The Elizabeth Towne Co., Inc., 1924.
   A small book that contains great wisdom. A main point is that sleep, deep, restful sleep, is what recharges the vital force, and that this force is what runs the body and energizes it . . . no the food. How to manage the mind so as to create health. We eat too much, far beyond what the body needs for nutrition. Downloads as a PDF of 467 kb. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Wilson, Sir Graham S. The Hazards of Immunization. London: The Athlone Press, 1967.
   Wilson's book won't interest the general reader. In fact, the general reader will find its full-blown medical terminology so entirely daunting that it is a virtual certainty they'll give up on it after going unconscious attempting to follow the first chapter. The information in this book, however, supplies infinite ammunition to anti-immunization activists and its presence in this library is primarily to serve this cause. Thanks are owed to Gary Krasner, founder and director of Coalition For Informed Choice in New York City, for urging this books inclusion. Wilson, a medical doctor himself, who believes in the efficacy of vaccination, provides a full historical survey of all immunization disasters, details the often catastrophic side effects. Downloads as a PDF of 1.68 mb.The idea of doing an OCR on the multi-lingual reference section was so daunting that no attempt was made; instead the references are offered as a separate download in the form of slightly fuzzy bitmap images on the order of a poor-quality photocopy. It is assumed that very few readers will be interested in following up on these citations. To download the references, click here and receive a 1.09 mb PDF. OUT OF PRINT.

The Hygienic Dictionary

    Understanding nomenclature, the names of the parts, is essential to a solid understanding of any area of study. If the technical words used in a field are properly understood, the subject itself is usually easy to grasp. For this reason the Hygienic Dictionary was created.

     Click here to see The Hygienic Dictionary. This is a work in progress. You are invited to contribute new words and new citations by hygienic writers (and others) defining them. Public domain.