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DEVICE "FINDS' DISEASE-Dcspite warnings by distinguish
ed physicians, reputable medical associations and federal
authorities, thousands of persons suffering from cancer and
other diseases turn each year to groups and individuals who
promise "cures." One such device, a "radonic machirj!," is
shown. A state drug inspector underwent anexamination by
the "radionics natureopath" who used the device to diagnose
that the insDector was suffering from "canrpr nf thp liviv-
with 91 degrees of mftignancy." The same machine selected'
the correct drug for a complete cure." The inspector, how
ever, previous;'.' had been pronounced in perfect health by a
group of reputable physicians. (UPI Telephoto)
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
A Recipe for Curing Boils , , ,
Bird Shot and Biscuit? 1
Inquiry revealed the star
tling fact that home remedies
and attempted prevention of
the painful occurrence of
boils on the human epidermis
were many and varied a few
years ago.
Back then the curner drug
store didn't exist. The nearest
doctor was many miles away
find the only way to get him
was by horseback or buggy.
So people used home, reme
dies and they came up with
some dandies. They mixed
various materials with super
ttition. The supposed cure for the
common boil took some odd
turns. In the light of piusent
day knowledge some of those
old cures seem ridiculous.
Some rural families used
egg-shells. The shells were
roasted in an oven, then pul
verized fine with a rolling
pin. The resultant' gritty
brown powder was supposed
1,0 be held in the patient's
mouth until it dissolved or
became a swallowable po,te.
Some pioneers mixed the
eggshells with molasses.
'Pulling Materials'
Others waited until the
boil developed, then attempt
ed to "draw it out" with vari
ous "pulling materials" of
which there were a great
many. Some desperate inuivi
duals, suffering as long as
they could, stand it, placed
'the open end of a heated glass
bottle over the boil. As the
bottle .cooled a terrific suc
tion was exerted which, if the
person playing host to the
boil coulfj stand still long
enough, could pull the core
out and into the bottle. It
hurt but so did the boil.
In the list of "cures" or pre
ventives, there were bound to
be some that bordered on the
fantastic. Here of course was
where superstition came in
and it came In strong. One of
these, that could well have
been called the "shot treat
ment," strains our belief in
home remedies to the break
ing point. The gentleman,
who told me about it, claimed
he has never beer, bothered
with boils since he treated
himself and that was, he said,
"a good many years ago."
The recipe was simple. He
said the treatment consisted
of eating a "biscuit that had
half a dozen bird-shot buried
in it." He could not tell me
just why the shot had to be
placed in a biscuit to be ef
fective, bu ,that was the pro
per procedure. "The patient,"
he added, "was usually free
of boils by the following
day."
Having half a dozen lead
pellets in one's system cer
tainly boded no good for the
patient, but perhaps those
less hardy souls who blindly
accepted any measure to cure
themselves, were the ones
that sucwimbed, and their un
timely demise probably was
attribtued to other causes
rather than the "remedy."
And it could have been that
the so-called "lead-poisoning,"
which was said to have killed
so many of the "bad-men -of
the old VV'est," was adminis
tered by placing half dozen
lead bird-shot in a biscuit.
And all the time I always sup
posed it was done with a six-
gun.
(Released by The Register
and Tribune Syndicate, 1960)
Porter Inlroduces
Flag Legislation
Washington -flIPD- Rep.
Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) has
introduced legislation to
make abuse of the U. S. flag
a misdemeanor, punishable
by a $100 fine or 30 days
in jail or both.
Porter drafted the bill
after learning no federal law
appeared to have been brok
en in the recent sale of sur
plus 48-star and 49-Gar flags
in Haiti for use as dress goods,
window curtains, and scrub
rags.
The existing flag code sug
gests proper handling of the
ensign but does not make this
mandatory.
Porter's bill would make it
Illegal to mutilate, deface, de
file, defy, trample on, or
"cast contempt" on the flag,
by word 'or act. It also would
ban the manufacture, sale of
or gift of flags for purposes
of such misuse.
Unorthodoxy Whips Some
m m
In Line Aqainst Medical Men
Editor'! note: Thli If the final ot
three dlipalrhet written by Helena
FrOit of the Amerlran Cancer So
city reportlnf on cancer quackery.
By HELENA FROST
Written for
United Press International
"Doctors are people."
Dr. Louis M. Orr, president
of the American Medical As3
sociation, voiced the thought
and added:
They have wives, children
and grandchildren, sisters
and brothers parents and
grandparents . . .
How many will cancer
strike?"
The answer is one in four.
Those are the oddsJor all of
us. Doctors aren't immune,
nor do they have a secret
cure. ,
Somrrjpeople don't like doc
tors "on principle." They are
entitled to their independent
view, but it ceases to be inde
pendent when it is whipped
into the "party line" of un
orthodoxy. For example by
something UKe tills:
"America s composed of
the sickest people in the
world. Doctors . . . intention
ally keep their patients sick,
so as to continue deriving
profits and income from
them . . ,"
The statement was made in
a speech by Fred J. Hart at a
meeting in the National
Health Federation (NHF) in
RivprsiHp Pnlif Thp fprlprn.
ion, a "health freedoiUl
movement" of conflicting cults
and "cures," attacks "orga
nized medicine," the "drug
trust and "their goveiment
tools," in speeches, leasts,
publications and other media
of organized selling.
NHF members have accept
ed Hart as their prudent and
spokesman.
At the Riverside meeting
he likened the American
Medical Association to a "la
ta o r organization under
rOffa."
In his San Francisco office
he said: "They are fighting
for their lives against sup
pression by the American
Medical Association," retCrr
ing to other proponents of un
orthodox "cures." And again:
"This is the thing :tW Albert
Abrams bled and died for."
In 1916, Dr. Albert Abrams
"invented" a number of ma
chines, ar.Ti a theory of diag
nosis and treatment called
"radionics." He also organized
the College of Electronic
Medicine, which later became
the electronic Medical Foun
dation. Hart is president of
theQElectronic Medical Foun
dation. Renegades Found
Dr. Abrams had the right to
call himself M.D. a graduate
of Heidelberg at 19. and pro
fessor of pathology by the
time he was 30. What side
tracked such a brilliant man,
and others like him? For
other renegade medical men
have been lounQ in the ranks
of the cancer quacks.
"In my opinion," said Dr.
Orr, "thejiuack who has rea
son to know better is the most
detestable of all. He may
have scientific and human
knowledge of cOicer and yet
he is ready to capitalize on
human misery."
According to the California
Medical Association, the
state's new anti-quack law is
"also a mechanism for clean
ing our own backyard." A
doctor convicted under the
law would lose his license for
unprofessional conduct.
Abrams, for example, said
he could diagnose disease
from a spot of blood sent
through the mail. His diagnos
tic device was supposed to
"tune in" to different dis
eases, I n c 1 u,d 1 n g cancer.
Another machine, the "oscil
loclast," could be rented by
the patient's practitioner for
$250, plus $5 monthiy - on
condition that it wasn't
opened. A'orams threw in a
"prescription" for the wave
length to be used in treat
ment. He died a rich man in 1924.
Years later, FDA investiga
tors took apart the "boxes"
duplicates of the prototypes in
the Electronic Medical Foun
dations San Francisco office.
One type produced a magnet,
ic field, as in a vacuum clean-
er or doorbell. Another was
a low-powered transmitter,
generating radio waveson
the short wave band used' by
police or taxicabs.
Other FDA investigators
sent three spots blood to
the foundation's diagnostic
service in San Francisco, with
these reported
A rooster suffered from
sinusitis.
An amputee had arthritis in
the lost foot and ankle.
A corpse had colitis.
In 1954 a federal court in
junction prohibited the foun-sald, "we were saving one out
dation, and Hart as its presi
dent, from snipping any of
the "misbranded devices"
across state lines. An "in
junction by consent" wts re
corded. But the fact that
many of these machines are
scattered in offices in vari
ous parts of the country still
remains.
How can people be so gul
lible? Dr. Orr replied:
"Unfortunately too many
people are seekivE short-cuts
to health. They We to think
they can buy Instant health
like instant coffee especial
ly when the salesman wears
a white coat and calls himself
a doctor."
Can Look Ahead
And what is the outlook of
groups as the AMA. the Amer-Cj
ican Cancer Society and the
National Cancer Institute for
dissovering a proven cure for
cancer?
"We can begin to look
ahead to that wonderful day
when we can go out of busi
ness the day when cancer is
finally conquered," said Dr.
Harold S. Diehl, senior vice
president for research and
medical affairs of the Ameri
can Cancer Society.
Sober Hope
"Twenty years ago," he
of seven cancer patients. To
day we are saving one in
three. And we should be able
to cut that down to one in two
by Instructing the public and
the medical profession In ear
lv detection and even earlier
prevention.
"We know people need to
hope that the conquest of can
cer is somewhere in sight on
the horizon We can give them
a sober hope.
"Some 85,000 people die
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Wednesday, 1, 160
needlessly every year. We
don't know how many are
victims of oncer quacks, but
all ore victims of 'too late:' of
fear, apathy and despair all,
of which spring from ignor
ance. A very good reason why
the society allocates 31 per
cent of funds raised annually
to public and professional"
education."
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Socialist Party
Leader Proposes
Peace Program
Washington -rtlPD - Socialist
Party Leader Norman Thom
as has proposed a four-point
nroeram for the United States
which he said would establish
a "life-line to peace."
Tbe veteran figure of the
American political scene urg
ed disarmament down to a
police level, a strong United
Nations, progressive d i s e n-
gagement in the Far East,
Middle East and along the
Iron Curtain in Europe, and
an international effort to con
quer world poverty.
Thomas, who ran six times
as the Socialist candidate for
president, spoke at a final
convention banquet of the So
cialist Party-Social Democra
tic federation.
Tn his rtrpnarrtd address, he
said: "War in the nuclear age
has become impossible it our
civilization, perhaps even our
human race, is to live.
He told the convention del
egates that they must decide
whether the Socialist cause
can best be served by nomi
nating their own candidate
fof president or by working
toward "a meaningful realign
ment of the major parties."
Thomas noted that "the
Democrats cheerfully and the
Republicans reluctantly" now
enrkirse many proposals
which once were called so
cialistic, o
Russia Requests
Flight Statement
Bonn (UPB The Soviet
TTninn has asked Bonn for a
statement on reports the Uni
ted States is carrying out spy
flights over the Soviet Union
from it air base at Frankfurt,
the Foreign Ministry has an
nounced.
The demand was made by
Knvipl Ambassador Andrei
Smirnov In a meeting with
Foreign Ministry Secretary of
State Hilger van scnerpen
hprir thp sDokesman said.
"The subject was d'.scussed
the spokesman said, in con
firming earlier reports from
the Soviet Embassy.
Van Scherpenberg, how
ever, did not make any com
mitments to Smirnov, he said.
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