If	the	ignoramus	ever	stops	long	enough	to	ask	the
	
simple	question:	How	was	the	first	case	of	polio	"exposed"	to	polio,	he’ll	grab
	
his	hollow	needle	and	start	inoculating	every	child	in	sight. One	physician	who	estimated	that	he	was	inoculating	six	children	daily,	asked:
	
"When	mothers	come	in	and	ask	for	it	for	their	children,	what	else	can	we	do	but
	
give	it	to	them?" Behold	the	degradation	of	"medical	science!" It	is	reduced	to
	
the	base	position	of	a	mere	panderer	to	the	ignorant	wishes	of	the	frightened
	
layman. The	physician	is	no	longer	the	trusted	and	expert	adviser	of	the	people
—he	merely	keeps	a	supply	of	convalescent	juice	on	hand	and	sells	it	to
	
whomsoever	comes	to	buy,	just	as	the	dry	goods	salesman	sells	any	kind	of	cloth
	
his	customers	want. The	mother	prescribes,	the	physician	merely	carries	out	her
	
orders. What	can	they	do? They	have	frightened	the	wits	out	of	the	people	and	they	have
	
paraded	their	serum	in	the	public	press	in	the	most	dramatic	manner	for	days	and
	
weeks. They	created	the	demand	and	then,	with	an	air	of	hurt	innocence,	they
	
ask:	"What	can	we	do	when	the	people	ask	for	it?" I	could	tell	the	damned
	
rascals	what	they	could	do,	but	I	have	no	idea	that	there	is	enough	honesty	and
	
self	respect	left	in	the	profession	to	cause	them	to	do	it. This	thing	is	greatly
	
increasing	their	incomes	and	they	are	not	going	to	quit	it. It	is	significant	that	the	drug	stores	were	well	supplied	with	sufficient	gamma
	
globulin	to	meet	the	demand. Small	vials	containing	two	cc	of	the	serum	retailed
	
at	$6.75	a	vial	and	the	sales	were	described	as	"heavy." The	manufacturers	and
	
sellers	of	the	voodoo	concoction	were	ready	and	willing	to	cash	in	on	the
	
publicity	before	the	ultimate	failure	of	the	experiment	becomes	known. Every
	
physician	in	the	country	is	well	aware	that	the	gamma	globulin	will	not	prevent
	
polio. But	they	justify	their	pumping	of	this	soup	into	the	bodies	of	children	on
	
the	grounds,	to	quote	the	words	of	one	San	Antonio	pediatrician,	that	"We	don’t
	
want	to	support	any	useless	means	and	we	don’t	want	to	overlook	the
	
possibilities	of	its	success." The	gamma	globulin	is	not	only	expensive,	but	it	is	given	according	to	the
	
weight	of	the	child. One	pediatrician	explained	that	the	"cost	for	a	child	who
	
weighed	100	pounds	would	almost	be	prohibitive	and	the	shot	would	have	to	be
	
renewed	in	three	or	four	weeks." Even	before	the	results	of	the	experiment	are
	
known,	these	men	already	know	how	often	they	must	renew	the	"immunization." What	a	lucrative	source	of	income! Give	every	child	expensive	shots	of	gamma	globulin	every	three	or	four	weeks
	
throughout	the	summer	months,	nation	wide,	and	the	physicians	can	forget	about
	
the	remainder	of	their	practices. Who	would	want	to	fritter	away	his	time
	
looking	after	typhoid	cases	or	operating	for	appendicitis	or	bothering	about	oil
	
wells,	when	fifty	to	a	hundred	children	a	day	come	to	the	office	to	get	gamma
	
globulin	shots? Fear	was	expressed	that	the	gamma	globulin	supply	might	too	soon	be	exhausted
	
but	the	manufacturing	drug	houses	and	the	local	wholesale	distributing	firms,
	
knowing	what	the	publicity	would	do	for	business,	had	provided	against	this
	
contingency	in	advance. They	had	a	plentiful	supply	on	hand	in	San	Antonio. On
	
July	4,	a	spokesman	for	the	wholesale	drug	firms	of	San	Antonio	stated	to	the
	
press	that	these	firms	had	plenty	in	stock. The	demand	for	it	had	increased	four
	to	five	times	since	the	outbreak	of	the	Houston	crime,	but	there	was	no	shortage. Such	is	the	foresight	of	good	business	men. BEWARE	OF	THE	POLIO	VACCINE
DR.	SHELTON’S	HYGIENIC	REVIEW
SEPTEMBER,	1955
	
1)	You	need	not	have	your	children	inoculated	with	polio	vaccine	unless	you
	
want	this	inoculation	done. Every	parent	is	free	to	refuse	it,	and	the	Ministry	of	Health	says	that	no	child
	
will	be	inoculated	without	the	express	permission	of	its	parents. 2)	The	Salk	polio	vaccine	which	is	to	be	used	in	this	country	does	not	protect
	
from	paralytic	polio. In	the	trial	of	the	vaccine	in	America	in	1954,	71	children
	
who	had	been	fully	inoculated	with	it	developed	paralytic	polio. 3)	The	vaccine	may	have	the	power	to	start	polio. During	five	weeks	after	Salk
	
Vaccine	was	launched	on	the	world	by	the	National	Foundation	for	Infantile
	
Paralysis	in	America,	and,	at	the	time,	wrongly	declared	to	be	safe,	potent	and
	
efficient,	at	least	112	inoculated	children	developed	polio	and	two-thirds	of	the
	
cases	were	paralytic	polio	There	were	6	deaths	At	first	it	was	said	that	the
	
children	had	already	got	polio	before	they	were	inoculated;	then	it	was	said	that
	
the	inoculation	aroused	polio	which	was	already	there	and	caused	it	to	develop;
	
and	finally	it	was	believed	that	in	a	great	many	cases	it	was	live	virus	remaining
	
accidentally	in	the	vaccine	which	caused	the	cases	of	polio. 4)	Vaccinated	children	in	America	are	believed	to	have	given	polio	to	their
	
parents. 149	such	cases	have	been	reported	with	6	deaths;	the	first	two	cases
	
were	18-months	old	babies	who	became	ill	after	the	inoculation	and	were	taken
	
to	the	hospital. They	recovered,	and	on	returning	home	their	parents	developed
	
polio. The	Denver	Medical	Officer	of	Health	calls	this	"satellite"	polio. The
	
Franklin	Lakes	Board	of	Education,	New	Jersey,	asked	8	children	who	were
	
given	the	Salk	anti-polio	vaccine	to	stay	away	from	school	for	the	rest	of	the
	
term. Parents	of	other	children	were	afraid	they	might	be	polio	"carriers." (Daily
	
Telegraph,	June	21st,	1955). 5)	The	Salk	Polio	Vaccine	is	grown	on	monkey	kidney	tissue. It	is	said	not	to
	protect	for	longer	than	five	months,	if	it	protects	at	all,	and	an	eminent
	
physiologist	was	quoted	by	the	Manchester	Guardian	as	saying	that	"if	it	means
	
that	a	child	should	be	reinoculated	at	frequent	intervals	with	a	preparation
	
derived	from	monkey	kidney	‘it	is	terrifying	in	its	possibilities.’	Among	them	is
	
the	risk	of	the	child	developing	sensitivity	to	some	of	the	ingredients	of	the
	
vaccine." 6)	Every	inoculation	has	caused	serious	illness	and	not	a	few	deaths. There	are
	
official	records	of	1,700	deaths	from	vaccination	against	smallpox,	and	such
	
deaths	are	still	being	recorded	every	year,	many	of	them	being	deaths	of	babies. In	recent	months	babies	have	developed	encephalitis	from	anti-yellow	fever
	
vaccine,	as	has	been	admitted	in	the	Bulletin	of	the	Ministry	of	Health. There	are	3	deaths	on	record	from	tuberculosis	caused	by	B.C.G. inoculation. Inoculation	against	diphtheria	has	activated	paralytic	poliomyelitis. Past	history
	
of	all	the	vaccines	and	serums	justifies	fear	that	the	new	vaccine	will	damage
	
health	and	may	cause	death. 7)	Two	Medical	Research	Council	doctors	stated	in	Picture	Post,	May	7th,	1955
	
that	the	risk	of	contracting	poliomyelitis	is	1	in	25,000. The	vast	majority	of
	
children	are	never	in	any	danger	of	contracting	this	disease. To	go	out	of	your
	
way	to	give	a	child	an	inoculation	that	may	cause	illness,	and	even	give	it	the
	
disease	you	wish	to	guard	against,	when	the	likelihood	of	that	child	getting	that
	
disease	naturally	is	so	small	as	to	be	almost	negligible	is	the	height	of	folly. 8)	To	keep	your	child	healthy	carry	out	the	rules	of	health. See	that	it	has	proper
	
food,	and	plenty	of	fresh	air,	that	it	is	warmly	clothed	in	winter,	avoiding
	
exposure	to	damp	and	chills,	and	see	that	it	gets	enough	sleep. Make	sure	that
	
the	water	supply	is	pure,	and	that	the	house	is	properly	ventilated,	and	avoid
	
overcrowding. 9)	The	manufacture	and	testing	of	the	polio	vaccine	causes	gross	cruelty	to
	
animals,	chiefly	monkeys. Leaflet	issued	by	The	National	Anti-Vaccination	League,	London. SALK	VACCINE—MILESTONE	OR	MILLSTONE
	By	Therese	Gay
DR.	SHELTON’S	HYGIENIC	REVIEW	,	AUGUST	1955
HYGIETHICS
	
Just	about	a	month	ago	today	the	American	public	was	presented	with	what	was
	
publicized	as	one	of	the	great	milestones	of	medical	history,	the	Salk	Anti-Polio
	
Vaccine. At	the	time	I	got	out	an	article	on	the	contrived	look	of	the
	
unprecedented	promotion	of	the	new	vaccine. Through	an	unfortunate	set	of
	
circumstances	it	never	did	get	to	San	Antonio	to	meet	the	deadline. The	article	was	entitled	"Salk	Vaccine,	Science	or	Enterprise." It	dealt	more	with
	
the	peculiar	conditions	surrounding	the	unveiling	of	this	monument	of	medical
	
advance	than	with	the	vaccine	itself—the	soap	opera	props	employed	to	put	it
	
over,	how	it	was	timed	to	fall	on	the	anniversary	of	FDR’s	death	in	melodramatic
	
fashion	to	play	on	the	sympathy	and	sentiment,	for	whatever	it	was	worth	to	the
	
Purse	of	the	American	people	through	the	March	of	Dimes	collection	campaign. I	touched	on	various	aspects	of	the	great	hoax	that	was	being	perpetrated	by	the
	
seeming	collusion	between	profit	and	progress;	how	NBC	jumped	the	gun	and
	
broke	the	release	time	by	an	hour;	how	half	a	dozen	giant	pharmaceutical	houses
	
had	it	ready	for	the	market	even	before	the	fateful	V	day	when	the	great	men	of
	
science,	medicine	and	the	press	were	invited	to	hear	the	miracle	pronouncement
	
that	polio	had	been	conquered. I	spoke	of	how	parents	were	fooled	about	what	was	shot	into	their	children	in
	
order	to	make	the	1954	testing	program	effective;	how	statistics	had	been
	
handled	to	make	a	good	case	for	the	vaccine;	how	medical	societies	throughout
	
the	land	were	cautioning	physicians	against	profiteering	and	black	marketing;
	
how	the	research	wizards	had	studiously	avoided	any	approach	or	premise	that
	
even	hinted	at	causal	relationships;	how	the	25	million	said	to	have	been	spent
	
on	its	research	program	had	been	mulct	from	the	American	public	through	the
	
Polio	Foundation’s	collection	campaigns,	and	how	that	self-same	public	was	the
	
last	to	be	let	in	on	the	secret;	how	the	favored	drug	houses	had	invested	many
	
millions	in	new	equipment	and	materials	long	before	the	safety	of	the	vaccine
	
had	been	publicly	established,	and	how	they	were	outspoken	in	their
	
expectations	of	increasing	their	investments	tenfold	before	the	year	was	out,	with
	
even	brighter	prospects	for	the	years	to	come;	how	politicians,	preachers,
	
physicians,	professional	publicists,	the	press,	and	the	rest	of	the	army	of
	
panderers	of	the	public	good	all	joined	in	the	hosannas	and	hailed	the	new
	
Messiah	of	Medicine,	Jonas	Salk,	M.D.,	as	one	of	the	great	benefactors	of
	mankind,	etc.,	etc. And,	like	any	self-respecting	Hygienist	just	must,	when
	
confronted	with	such	a	stupendous	spectacle	of	studied	scientific	stupidity,	I
	
dealt	in	a	bit	of	prophecy—yes,	even	at	the	risk	of	being	labeled	a	Hygienic
	
crank. The	prophecy	was	to	the	effect	that	all	that	glitters	is	not	gold;	that	in	the	present
	
instance	there	wasn’t	enough	known	about	the	vaccine	to	warrant	or	justify	the
	
universal	inoculation	program	that	was	to	follow	the	announcement,	enthusiasm
	
to	the	contrary	notwithstanding;	that	in	my	humble	Hygienist	opinion	the	worst
	
was	yet	to	come. WELL,	the	prophecy	was	borne	out,	but	all	too	soon—and	with	a	directness	of
	
action,	or	should	I	say	reaction,	that	in	a	couple	of	weeks	the	fait	accompli	was
	
threatened	with	fiasco,	and	the	flexuous	mind	of	the	press	was	forced	to	turn	the
	
ferris	wheel	of	its	imagination	in	all	directions	to	stave	off	the	stench	that
	
threatened	to	wreck	the	whole	enterprise. The	unexpected	occurrence	of	a	high
	
percentage	of	afflictions	and	several	deaths	threw	the	whole	program	into	a
	
tailspin	of	chaos	and	confusion. Frankly	the	whole	country	was	scared	out	of	its
	
wits—and	with	good	reason. In	fact,	the	first	good	reason	it	had	shown. The
	
government	called	off	the	mass	inoculations. Towns,	cities	and	states	were	in	a
	
dither	of	indecision. The	parents	who	early	consented	and	whose	children	had
	
already	been	given	their	initial	shots	were	living	in	a	vacuum	of	panic	and	dread
	
anxiety. The	President	stepped	in,	Congressmen	and	Senators	started	calling	for
	
an	investigation. Salk,	his	colleagues	and	government	officials	were	locked	in
	
long	hours	of	conference	to	get	at	the	bottom	of	the	bottom	that	had	just	fallen
	
out	of	their	ill-founded	dreams. The	press	had	a	field	day	of	headlines	that	was	unprecedented	even	in	its	own
	
mottled	career. Reevaluation	became	the	theme	of	the	delay. One	of	the	vaccine
	
producing	laboratories	on	the	west	coast	was	made	the	face	saving	scapegoat. The	nobby	Mrs.	Hobby	was	run	through	the	grinder	for	being	asleep	at	the
	
switch	and	even	threatened	with	Luce-ing	her	job. Errors	in	production,	errors	in
	
government	control	of	testing,	errors	in	the	type	of	preservative	employed	were
	
screeched	across	the	nation’s	news	wires. All	kinds	of	errors	were	put	forth
	
except	the	basic	error	of	the	vaccine	itself. The	rest	is	all	history—the	kind	you	buy	at	the	newsstands	every	day—the	kind
	
the	public	has	been	educated	to	retain	only	until	the	next	edition	comes	out—the
	
kind	that	has	little	effect	on	the	public	consciousness	because	it	isn’t	allowed	to
	
set	long	enough	to	take	hold. It	is	now	a	month	and	millions	of	headlines	away. At	the	risk	of	being	called	a
	
boasting	"I-told-you-so"	I	could	very	well	use	my	first	article	and	thus	spare
	
myself	the	toil	of	the	present	one. But	in	the	light	of	subsequent	happenings,
	
another	attempt	to	expose	this	newest	affront	to	human	health	and	the	dignity	of
	
the	individual	is	justified—so	here	goes—I’ll	fire	away	again	and	let	the	shots
	
fall	where	they	will. First,	let	us	break	the	word	"Poliomyelitis"	down. Polio	is	a	prefix	meaning	gray. Myel	means	the	spinal	cord. And,	as	we	all	know	by	various	experiences	with	it,
	
it	is	mean	inflammation. Put	them	all	together	and	they	spell	"Poliomyelitis,"	an
	
inflammation	of	the	grey	matter	of	the	cord. Current	medical	belief	holds	that
	
this	inflammatory	condition	of	the	spine	is	brought	about	by	a	group	of	three
	
viruses	that	are	thought	to	invade	the	human	body	through	portal	openings	in	the
	
mouth	and	the	nose,	and	through	cuts	and	wounds. After	they	(the	viruses)	gain
	
entrance	to	the	body	they	spread	along	the	nerve	fibers	to	different	parts	of	the
	
central	nervous	system. Specifically,	the	paralyzing	type	of	polio	is	considered
	
an	acute	infection	of	the	anterior	horns	of	the	gray	matter	of	the	spinal	cord,
	
causing	such	damage	and	destruction	to	the	nerve	cells	that	early	paralysis
	
develops,	the	extent	and	character	of	which	is	determined	by	the	particular	site
	
of	involvement	and	the	number	of	cells	attacked. It	may	affect	a	single	muscle,	a
	
single	limb	or	the	entire	body. The	viruses	are	supposedly	spread	by	contact	with
	
discharges	from	the	nose,	throat	and	bowels	of	diseased	persons,	or	carriers	of
	
the	virus. The	incubation	period	is	said	to	range	from	4	to	18	days. It	strikes	in
	
the	summer	and	the	fall,	and	generally	hits	its	peak	between	August	and
	
September. The	respiratory	centers	are	often	affected	as	a	complication	of	the	earlier
	
symptoms,	rendering	the	breathing	mechanism	incapable	of	functional
	
movement. This	is	called	bulbar	polio	and	its	victims	are	kept	alive	only	by	the
	
use	of	the	iron	lung,	a	mechanical	device	that	substitutes	for	the	normal
	
diaphragmatic	movements. The	greatest	incidence	is	amongst	children,	hence	the
	
name	infantile	paralysis. But	it	also	attacks	adults	as	well. Pregnant	women	have
	
a	better	than	average	susceptibility	to	the	disease. The	symptoms	that	precede
	
the	onset	of	paralysis	are	fever,	sore	throat,	headache,	vomiting,	fatigue,	stiffness
	
of	the	neck,	constipation,	diarrhea	and,	in	some	cases,	pain	in	the	extremities,	(to
	
the	Hygienist,	as	vague	an	assortment	of	diagnostic	factors	as	one	could	ever
	
hope	to	meet	up	with.) The	inability	to	move	the	affected	parts	of	the	body	is	due	to	the	destruction	of
	
the	particular	nerve	cells	related	to	the	motor	activity	of	those	parts. The	virus	is
	
commonly	excreted	in	the	stools	for	six	to	eight	weeks	after	the	disease	has
	
struck. It	is	said,	too,	that	the	virus	may	be	found	in	the	throat	for	a	short	time	at
	
the	outset	of	the	illness. The	usual	procedure	followed	when	polio	struck	a	community	was	to	close	down
	
the	swimming	pools	and	the	playgrounds	and,	where	the	disease	became
	
widespread,	to	close	down	the	schools	as	well. Those	afflicted	were	isolated	for
	
two	to	four	weeks. There	was	no	drug	or	serum	considered	specifically	effective
	
until	the	advent	three	years	ago	of	gamma	globulin,	a	human	blood	fraction
	
containing	antibodies. There	wasn’t	much	in	the	way	of	treatment	until	Sister
	
Kenny	came	along	with	her	original	concept	of	water	cure	methods	for	the	relief
	
of	pain	and	specialized	physiotherapy	for	the	restoration	of	movement,	wherever
	
it	was	deemed	possible. It	is	believed	that	there	are	many	more	cases	unreported,	due	to	mildness	of
	
symptoms	and	wrong	diagnoses,	than	there	are	cases	reported. The	disease	is
	
relatively	new	to	the	United	States	though	it	is	said	to	be	ancient	in	origin. It	was
	
not	recognized	here	until	1894. Today	it	is	found	in	all	parts	of	the	world,	and
	
temperate	climates	resembling	our	own	favor	it. It	is	not	a	disease	of	the
	
impoverished	nor	of	the	well-to-do. Yet	there	appears	to	be	a	parallel	between
	
the	rising	living	standards	of	the	nation	and	the	ever	mounting	yearly	epidemics
	
of	the	crippling	disease. The	first	epidemic	took	place	in	New	York	City	in	1907. The	1916,	1931,	1949	and	1952	epidemics	reached	the	greatest	proportions. In	a
	
few	short	years	the	disease	changed	from	one	of	rarity	to	one	of	epidemic	yearly
	
recurrence	and	the	medical	mind	has	been	in	a	state	of	desperate	and	constant
	
search	for	some	solution	in	the	form	of	an	immunizing	agent. Research	was	the	answer. But	research	took	money,	and	lots	of	it. Destiny	came
	
to	the	rescue	in	the	unfortunate	affliction	of	our	late	President,	Franklin	Delano
	
Roosevelt. This	circumstance	touched	off	the	organization	of	the	National
	
Foundation	for	Infantile	Paralysis	and	the	resulting	annual	March-of-Dimes
	
campaigns,	which	have	collected	270	million	dollars	in	the	17	years	since	their
	
inception. These	monies	are	purportedly	used	equitably	for	alleviating	the
	
discomfort	of	polio’s	suffering	victims	and	for	the	deemed	research	necessary	for
	
its	conquest. Here	indeed	was	big	business! And,	as	everyone	who	isn’t	living	in	a	cloud
	
knows,	big	business	has	to	produce. Research	indeed	was	the	answer. So—out	of
	courage	and	generosity,	out	of	sympathy	and	sentiment,	out	of	tender	hearted
	
pity	for	the	poor	suffering	kiddies	who	annually	fell	victim	to	this	modern
	
plague,	the	people	(sic!) determined	that	polio	had	to	be	licked	and	that
	
American	scientists	were	the	ones	to	do	it. Fancy	science	going	chauvinistic! But
	
scientists	are	ever	beset	with	their	own	unsolved	problems	and	are	ever	wary	of
	
taking	on	new	ones. So	science	had	to	be	organized. Thus	the	grant-in-aid	was
	
thought	up	and,	believe	you	me,	big	business	never	conceived	of	a	better	stunt	to
	
shake	some	of	the	lead-thargy	out	of	the	pants	of	the	lazy	tinkerers	that	comprise
	
the	great	majority	of	researchers. Especially	is	this	true	when	renewal	time
	
approaches. At	that	time	there’s	an	aura	of	OR	ELSE	in	the	air	that	gives	a
	
magic	spurt	to	scientific	inquiry. Now,	organization	spells	efficiency. So,	all	the
	
threads	of	the	polio	research	fabric	had	to	be	pulled	together—that	is,	all	the
	
threads	that	fit	into	the	color	scheme,	thus	automatically	ruling	out	all
	
undesirable	hues	and	shades	(of	though:). Well,	they	researched	to	the	very	beginning	of	polio	in	this	country,	and	found
	
there	was	nothing	until	1909,	when	Doctor	Karl	Landsteiner	proved	that	polio
	
was	caused	by	a	virus	and	not	by	the	bacteria	the	medical	profession	had	long
	
sought	in	vain	to	find. Landsteiner	discovered	that	this	virus	could	grow	only	in
	
the	spinal	nervous	tissues	of	monkeys	or	humans. (Maybe	this	was	the	answer	to
	
Jekyll	and	Hyde	complex	instead!) ,The	years	that	followed	showed	very	little	in
	
the	way	of	successful	polio	research. The	key	to	the	failures	of	these
	
unproductive	years	turned	up,	it	is	said,	when	in	1949	Drs. Bodian	and	Howe	of
	
Baltimore	discovered	there	were	three	well	defined	types	of	polio	virus	instead
	
of	the	single	type	heretofore	thought	to	exist. This	is	about	the	time	Dr.	Salk	first
	
enters	the	picture	for	Salk	was	one	of	the	four	laboratory	directors,	singled	out
	
by	the	Polio	Foundation	to	verify	the	findings	of	Bodian	and	Howe,	a	project
	
that	took	three	years	to	complete. 1949	turned	up	another	related	project	in	the	research	of	Dr.	Enders	of	Harvard,
	
who	showed	that	polio	virus	could	be	grown	in	non-nervous	tissue	cultures	in
	
test	tubes,	thus	freeing	research,	as	it	were,	from	total	reliance	on	monkeys. Up
	
until	this	time	the	cultures	in	which	the	virus	was	grown	were	considered
	
unacceptable	for	producing	a	commercial	vaccine	for	human	injection. Salk	then
	
took	on	from	Enders’	work	and	found,	as	Enders	had	already,	that	monkey
	
kidneys	were	the	most	successful	virus	growing	tissue,	at	least	up	until	that	time. All	that	remained	was	to	find	the	best	broth	in	which	to	grow	the	tissue	cells. Salk	settled	for	one	that	was	developed	by	Dr.	Parker	of	Toronto. Now	all	the	ingredients	of	a	successful	vaccine	were	at	hand. The	problem	of
	
live	virus	vaccine	as	against	the	killed	virus	vaccine	was	booted	about	furiously,
	
and	to	this	day	it	still	is. Salk	was	the	first,	I	believe,	to	suggest	a	dead	virus
	
vaccine	as	a	more	practical	means	of	protection. In	opposing	his	theory	many	of
	
his	colleagues	hold	that	a	live	virus	with	the	paralyzing	sting	bred	out	of	it	gives
	
the	patient	a	mild	non-paralyzing	disease	that	induces	a	lifetime	immunity. The
	
"dead	virusers"	are	said	to	be	more	concerned	with	the	element	of	risk,	claiming
	
that	the	live	virus	can	always	turn	to	a	paralytic	type. Salk,	of	course,	is	a	dead-to-center	dead	viruser. Salk’s	being	chosen	for	this	job
	
was	no	matter-of-chance	happening. In	his	medical	student	days	at	New	York
	
University	he	was	one	of	the	bacteriology	pupils	of	Dr.	Thomas	Francis,	Jr.,	head
	
of	the	department. Was	it	fate	spinning	the	wheel? Let’s	see. After	graduation
	
and	internship	at	Mt. Sinai	Hospital	in	New	York,	the	National	Research
	
Counsel,	on	the	basis	of	some	work	he	had	done	as	a	student	on	flu	virus	under
	
Dr.	Francis,	awarded	Salk	a	fellowship	at	the	University	of	Michigan,	where	he
	
worked	again	under	Dr.	Francis. Together	they	developed	the	flu	vaccine	now	on
	
the	market. It	just	so	happens	that	this	very	same	Dr.	Francis	was	in	charge	of	the
	
evaluation	of	the	whole	polio	project	sponsored	by	the	Foundation,	and	it	was	he
	
whose	history	making	report	on	that	fateful	April	day	stirred	the	nation	and	the
	
world	into	a	frenzy	and	enthusiasm	that	exceeded	anything	ever	before	accorded
	
a	medical	discovery. The	reception	and	reaction	well	befit	the	dawn	of	a	new	era. To	return	to	Salk—the	Francis	influence	was	felt	again. When	the	University	of
	
Pittsburgh	decided	to	set	up	a	virus	laboratory	of	its	own,	Salk	was	asked	to	take
	
over. He	transferred	his	work	to	Pittsburgh	where	he	has	been	ever	since,	and
	
where	the	final	stages	of	the	vaccine	research	were	carried	on. There	may	be	no
	
implications	in	the	association	of	Drs. Francis	and	Salk,	but	the	sequence	and
	
turn	of	favorable	events	surely	points	a	finger	of	suspicion,	especially	at	the	big
	
business	aspect. Personally,	I	prefer	to	think	of	them	as	a	happy	combination	that
	
unfortunately	worked	the	wrong	side	of	the	street. The	respective	parts	each	played	in	the	huge	drama	must	remain	conjecture,	but
	
it	was	Salk	who	came	in	for	the	big	hero	worship. At	any	rate	both	helped	forge
	
another	link	in	the	chain	of	medical	advance	that	is	fast	reducing	the	human	race
	
to	a	state	of	medical	mesmerism. It	doesn’t	take	too	much	imagination,	with
	
things	going	as	they	are,	to	calamitously	view	the	supposed	success	over	the
	
summer	scourge	as	the	beginning	of	our	fall. The	Hygienic	perspective	naturally	rejects	the	whole	affair	and	shares	none	of
	
the	enthusiasm	for	this	newest	millennium. We’ve	seen	far	too	many	of	them. To
	
our	way	of	thinking,	all	the	vaccines	and	all	the	antibodies	they	can	arouse	do
	
not	answer	the	basic	questions	of	where	do	the	viruses	come	from;	why	do	they
	
attack	as	they	do	in	the	good	old	summertime;	and	how	do	they	get	into	the
	
human	body? As	I	understand	it,	medicine	has	failed	to	definitely	establish	a	true
	
portal	of	entry	for	the	virus,	and	this	has	brought	forth	the	further	controversy	of
	
endogeniety	and	exogeniety. There	are	many	theories. Some	investigators
	
consider	the	virus	as	an	enzyme-like	substance	with	a	deranged	cell	proclivity. Others	see	the	virus	as	a	biochemical	substance	that	goes	haywire. Others	think
	
oh	well,	why	go	on? Your	guess	is	a	good	as	theirs. As	far	as	we	are	concerned,
	
it	all	boils	down	to	this:	We	don’t	see	why	we	should	put	our	bodies	to	the	extra
	
effort	of	producing	antibodies,	to	combat	dead	viruses,	to	produce	artificial
	
immunity	to	something	we	needn’t	have	had	in	the	first	place. Frankly,	it	all
	
sounds	too	Quixotic. Moreover,	windmills	are	out	of	style. We	now	have
	
windbags	and	not	imaginary	ones	either. But	to	get	back	to	Salk. Despite	the	unquestioned	brilliance	of	his	mind,	in	our
	
opinion	he	is	barking	up	the	wrong	alley. The	logic	of	that	mind	cannot	make	up
	
for	the	incorrectness	of	its	premise. In	this	game	of	polio	research	(and	that’s
	
what	it	has	turned	out	to	be)	he	intercepted	the	ball	and	carried	it	across	the	line
	
to	a	delusive	touchdown. It	so	happens	the	goal	posts	of	victory	happened	to	be
	
his	own,,	and,	well—"that,	wont	win	any	games." In	the	final	score,	if	I	may
	
continue	the	metaphor,	I’m	sure	the	superior	ground	strategy	of	polio	will	easily
	
overpower	the	aerial	astigmatics	of	Salk	and	his	team. Any	qualified	coach	or
	
judge	would	advise	Salk	to	discard	his	theoretical	illusions	and	reconstitute	his
	
attack	and	defense	formations	on	more	practical	considerations	than	the	color	of
	
his	opponents’	uniforms	or	some	similar	superficies. This	might	explain	to	him
	
the	fact	that	polio	cannot	be	beaten	by	concentrating	on	its	symptoms	because
	
they’re	simply	a	camouflage	when	evaluated	on	a	prima-facie	basis. The	Hygienist	does	not	accept	symptoms	at	their	current	face	value. He	uses
	
them	as	legal	tender	to	gain	entrance	to	the	deeper	vaults	of	the	human	body
	
wherein	the	foundation	stones	of	disease	are	more	easily	discernible. As	these
	
stones	are	laid	so	does	he	deduce	the	weaknesses	in	the	human	structure. In	this
	
way	the	active	as	well	as	the	potential	factors	are	brought	out	into	the	clear	light
	
of	scientific	evaluation;	etiology	and	prognosis	are	more	truly	estimated;	and
	
acute	and	chronic	disturbances	are	nipped	in	the	bud	of	their	origin. The	fact	is
	
nobody,	Salk	included,	can	follow	the	phantasmagoria	of	symptomatology	and
	come	to	a	true	understanding	of	any	disease	for	the	simple	reason	that	symptoms
	
are	only	symptoms,	not	causes. Or	is	that	too	elementary	for	men	of	Dr.	Salk’s
	
caliber? His	error	is	not	one	of	logic	but	rather	of	the	superficial	premise	upon	which	he
	
launched	his	whole	research	program. Mankind’s	error	exists	in	its	being
	
constantly	deluded	by	the	specious	type	of	reasoning	men	of	medicine	employ
	
and	base	their	conclusions	on. We	forget	that	logic	is	a	means	to	an	end,	that	it
	
can	serve	the	villain	and	the	saint,	the	misguided	and	the	well	grounded,	the
	
people	and	their	exploiters. In	this	instance,	the	end	served	is	surely	not	ours,	for
	
had	it	been,	Salk	would	have	probed	deeper	than	the	symptoms	of	polio	to	get	to
	
the	underlying	bottom	of	the	problem. He	would	have	explored	other	approaches. He	would	have	considered	other
	
premises	than	the	germ	theory	of	the	disease. He	might	have	given	thought	to	the
	
possibility	that	perhaps	virology	was	not	the	only	beginning	to	so	serious	a
	
study. He	might	have	glanced	back	through	history’s	pages	and	refreshed	his
	
memory	on	the	course	of	pellagra	in	our	south;	on	the	scourge	of	scurvy;	on	the
	
incredible	incidence	of	beriberi	among	the	white	rice	eating	peoples	of	the
	
Orient. He	might	even	have	seen	the	related	significance	of	this	latter	condition
	
to	the	present	problem	of	polio	in	the	symptoms	of	its	advanced	stages	known	as
	
polyneuritis,	in	which	control	of	the	muscles	of	the	feet,	legs	and	arms,	and	in
	
severe	cases	of	the	trunk	too,	is	affected. He	might	have	learned	that	these	too
	
were	epidemic	diseases	and	were	endlessly	ascribed	to	various	germs,	and	that	in
	
the	final	analysis	all	medical	research	in	their	behalf	turned	out	to	be
	
meaningless	medical	meandering	down	the	insidious	avenue	of	infection;
	
proving	that	medical	research,	if	not	a	disease	in	itself,	is	surely	a	pathological
	
compulsion	in	most	cases. In	the	end	pellagra,	scurvy	and	beriberi	turned	out	to	be	diseases	of	dietary
	
deficiency	that	could	be	controlled	by	the	simple	process	of	putting	back	into	the
	
nutriment	of	nature	some	of	the	vital	elements	that	commerce	saw	profit	in
	
removing. These	and	many	more	correlatives	could	he	have	seen	had	his
	
immunological	perspective	recognized	the	true	relationship	of	Virology	to
	
Symptomology,	as	that	of	tweedledee	and	tweedledum. Hygienists	do	not
	
discredit	the	presence	of	the	three	guilty	viruses. We	say	that	they	are	merely	a
	
symptom	of	polio	rather	than	the	cause. And	we	openly	admit	our	skepticism	of
	
any	approach	to	the	problem	of	polio	that	systematically	or	unwittingly	ignores
	
the	basic	enervating	and	toxemic	forces	that	nurture	the	soil	of	its	growth	in	the
	
human	body. Furthermore,	we	look	askance	on	any	data	that	disregards	the	clues	inherent	in
	
the	study	of	the	comparative	eating	habits	of	our	own	rich	country	with	its	high
	
polio	rate	as	against	the	eating	habits	of	the	poor	countries	of	the	East	with	their
	
low	polio	incidence. Our	superiority	in	the	matter	of	advanced	sanitation	and
	
hygiene	apparently	offers	no	advantages	in	the	way	of	polio	prevention,	or	at
	
least	not	where	our	respective	diets	remain	the	same. The	one	clear	spot	in	the
	
statistical	panorama	is	the	difference	in	the	overall	consumption	of	white	sugar. Explicitly,	their’s	is	but	a	fraction	of	ours. It	may	stun	you	to	learn	that	in	the
	
year	1939	the	per	capita	consumption	of	white	sugar	in	China,	where	only
	
sporadic	cases	of	polio	were	seen,	was	3.2	lbs.,	whereas	in	the	United	States
	
103.2	lbs. per	person	were	consumed. I	understand	from	good	authority	that	this
	
pattern	ran	true	in	the	epidemics	of	1949	and	1952,	which	were	the	most	severe
	
in	our	history. This	is	not	a	rare	and	isolated	statistical	item. The	United	States	Army
	
documented	well	the	figures	of	our	soldiers	contracting	the	disease	in	the
	
Philippines,	in	China	and	in	Japan—with	no	outbreaks	among	the	native
	
children. The	Surgeon	General’s	Office	has	reports	filed	away	concerning	the
	
1945	outbreak	amongst	our	troops	in	the	Philippines,	when	250	were	afflicted
	
with	the	disease,	with	50	deaths	resulting—but	with	no	outbreaks	amongst	the
	
natives. The	only	plausible	answer	here,	and	one	which	has	been	reported	by	a
	
few	honest	investigators,	exists	in	the	fact	that	the	American	soldier	was	allowed
	
to	take	his	eating	habits	along	with	him. He	was	permitted	to	stuff	himself	with
	
ice	cream,	soda	pop,	candies,	pastries,	etc. With	all	due	respect	to	his	great
	
fighting	ability	he	was	coddled	into	ill	health	by	the	misguided	generosity	of	the
	
Army	authorities,	perhaps	to	recompense	for	some	of	the	ghastly	aspects	of	that
	
systematic	decimation	of	human	beings	called	war. In	one	account	I	read	the
	
following:	"Ice	cream	manufacturing	equipment	generally	soon	followed	combat
	
equipment." In	war	as	in	peace	polio	seems	to	strike	under	similar	conditions. The	pattern	of
	
epidemiological	statistics	clearly	indicate	a	correlation	between	sugar
	
consumption	and	epidemic	outbreaks	of	polio	in	the	various	countries	of	the
	
world. Our	own	country	is	perhaps	the	best	example	of	this	trend	of	figures. Salk
	
might	have	studied	the	effect	of	white	sugar	on	our	calcium	levels	and	learned
	
something	of	calcium	waste	and	its	effect	on	nerve	nutrition. I	do	not	pretend	to	have	made	a	special	study	of	polio,	to	have	any	data	or
	knowledge	difficult	of	access,	or	to	have	any	special	qualifications	that	permit
	
me	to	speak	with	authority. But	I	refuse	to	close	my	eyes	to	what	surely	appears
	
as	worthwhile	evidence	just	because	it	does	not	fit	into	the	running	crossword
	
puzzle	of	rigged	science	that	right	now	has	even	its	instigators	and	promoters	in
	
a	state	of	hopeless	confusion. If	Salk	was	really	the	well	grounded	man	he	should	have	been,	he	would	not
	
have	followed	so	quickly	in	the	footsteps	of	the	witch	hunters	bent	upon	finding
	
an	epidemic	borne	virus	for	the	disease. But	then	he	might	not	have	found	it	so
	
easy	to	retain	the	sponsorship	that	enabled	him	to	carry	out	the	project. Researchers	are	well	aware	that	funds	available	for	research	are	earmarked	with
	
if’s,	and’s	and	but’s,	and	that	they	all	spell	conformity	in	big	fat	letters. It’s	got	to
	
be	a	virus! It’s	got	to	be	specific! And	it’s	got	to	equate	with	some
	
manufacturing	scheme! "OR	ELSE,	Mr. Researcher,	you’re	gonna	have	to	get	off
	
of	your	hands	and	seek	your	own	way	in	the	cold,	cold	world." It’s	easy	to	see	how	self-preservation	can	gain	an	easy	ascendancy	over	the
	
nobler	impulses	of	race	preservation. Picture	an	idealistic	young	research	genius
	
(who	by	some	special	moral	stamina	is	reluctant	to	relinquish	his	standards)	up
	
against	the	dilemma	of	compromise	or	starvation. It	isn’t	long	before	integrity
	
gives	way	to	passive	acceptance	of	the	philosophy	"Well,	a	guy’s	got	to	live." And	the	downfall	of	an	honest	soul	is	well	on	its	way. Frankly,	I	don’t	know	that	such	a	thing	as	pure	research	exists	today	except	in
	
isolated	cases	and	in	the	small	remains	that	minds	disposed	to	science	never	lose. Yet,	where	in	the	world	is	true	research	more	needed	than	in	the	biological
	
sciences? And	where	in	the	world	is	it	more	bungled	than	in	our	own	great
	
country	where	human	health	has	become	the	most	profitable	means	of	mass
	
exploitation	yet	devised,	and	where	research	has	become	a	football	in	and	out	of
	
science,	and	where	all	the	avenues	of	public	health	education	are	aimed	at	the
	
enslavement	of	the	mass	mind	to	the	promptings	of	the	total	medical	industry. The	newspapers	and	the	airways	play	up	with	sickening	sentimentality	the	noble
	
sacrifices	of	the	dedicated	doctors	who	daily	sacrifice	their	own	personal
	
interests	by	working	in	the	wards,	the	clinics,	the	hospitals	and	the	laboratories. They	feed	us	glowing	word	pictures	of	little	children,	victims	of	leukemia
	
roaming	around	cancer	wards	awaiting	the	noble	ministrations	of	the	doctor. They	show	polio	victims	being	given	the	chance	to	learn	to	walk	again...on
	
crutches! They	describe	the	various	institutions	and	dramatically	paint	the
	altruism	of	those	doctors	engaged	in	helping	the	youngsters	rout	out	some	of	the
	
scars	that	follow	in	the	wake	of	their	afflictions. But	do	they	tell	you	those
	
kiddies	are	there	because	of	medicine’s	failure	to	serve	the	public	need? Do	they
	
tell	you	that	those	little	spastics	are	bearing	the	cross	for	the	mistakes	of
	
medicine? Do	they	tell	you	that	those	innocent	little	victims	of	polio,	diabetes,
	
cerebral	palsy,	nephrosis,	rheumatic	heart,	etc.,	are	living	symbols	of	the	low
	
standard	of	medical	practice? And	as	for	their	touching	sentiments—are	they	as
	
sentimental	in	reporting	the	investigations	of	those	able	men	who	disagree	with
	
current	medical	fancies? Not	by	a	long	way! They	either	ignore	or	scorn	those	whose	results	contradict	the	efforts	of
	
medicine. The	miracle	of	the	Salk	Vaccine	is	not	the	miracle	of	hope	we	were
	
told	to	accept. It	is	the	miracle	of	sensational	overselling. Even	the	President
	
admitted	this. To	put	it	in	the	words	of	one	of	Salk’s	henchmen,	Dr.	Robert	A.
	
Moore,	Vice	Chancellor	of	the	University	of	Pittsburgh	Schools	of	the	Health
	
Professions:	"Health	is	too	important	to	hide	under	a	bushel. We	have	something
	
to	sell,	and	if	we	are	convinced	our	product	is	good,	let	us	use	the	same
	
techniques	others	use	in	our	society	to	sell	their	products." (Emphasis	mine.) This	statement	speaks	for	itself. Does	the	learned	Doctor	not	realize	the	potential
	
for	harm	he’s	condoning? Does	he	not	realize	the	callousness	of	his	attitude? I’m
	
wondering	what	he	actually	means	by	"good." Good	to	sell	or	good	to	take? AND	what,	does	he	mean	by	"health"? Falling	for	every	gimmick	medicine	and
	
the	drug	industry	parades	before	our	eyes? Before	we	can	consider	the	new	vaccine	the	dawn	of	a	new	era	it	had	better
	
dawn	on	us	to	get	rid	of	the	old. The	change	we	need	is	not	merely	a	switch	of
	
affections	to	a	new	vaccine	(heaven	knows	they	come	too	often). What	we	need
	
is	to	get	rid	of	the	whole	nonsensical	apothecary	of	medicine	and	to	adopt	a	sane
	
approach	that	will	start	at	the	bottom	of	things	and	not	somewhere	in	the	middle
	
of	nowhere,	as	Salk	did. And	that	approach	must	of	necessity	aim	at	the	unity	of	disease—not	at	one	of
	
its	manifestations. Salk	and	all	he	represents	in	method	and	philosophy	see
	
health	only	in	terms	of	a	suppression	of	symptoms. We	Hygienists	look	upon
	
health	as	a	high	standard	of	physiological	efficiency. We	say	this	difference	is
	
not	only	a	matter	of	philosophy,	but	that	it	is	a	starting	point	that	leads	on	one
	
side	to	an	endless	hunt	for	techniques	of	covering	up	or	masking	the	setbacks	we
	
bring	on	to	ourselves	by	incorrect	living;	and	on	the	other	side	to	a	system	of
	
honest	inquiry	into	the	real	foundations	of	health. We	say	with	Byron,	"The	best
	prophet	of	the	future	is	the	past." On	the	past	record	of	medicine	we	must	reject
	
the	work	of	Dr.	Salk	and	his	team	of	co-workers. In	short,	we	look	upon	the	new
	
vaccine	as	a	bane	rather	than	a	boon	to	humanity,	however	slow	its	accumulative
	
effects	may	appear	in	the	records. As	for	immunity	to	polio	and	all	the	other	disease	designations,	we	Hygienists
	
choose	to	keep	faith	with	our	principle	of	vital	fitness. We	consider	the	integrity
	
of	our	physical	economy	the	only	real	safeguard	against	any	of	the	incursions	of
	
ill	health,	whatever	the	symptom	complex	may	be. We	view	the	phenomenon	of
	
artificially	induced	immunization	as	the	mere	prelude	to	a	pathological	change
	
of	venue,	a	delaying	action	and	therefore	an	obstruction	of	the	laws	of
	
physiology. We	say	you	just	cannot	beat	disease	by	preventing	its	symptoms. True
	
prevention	must	start	with	the	elimination	of	cause. We	contend	the	elimination
	
of	polio	must	follow	the	same	course	lest	it	leave	worse	evils	in	its	tracks. No,
	
we	do	not	think	it’s	Polio’s	last	summer	at	all. As	for	the	vaccine,	its	mistakes
	
are	already	apparent. Its	consequences	only	time	can	evaluate. Salk’s	statement,
	
on	his	day	of	glory,	to	the	effect	that	he	would	like	the	prevention	of	mental	ills
	
to	be	his	next	target,	confirms	my	contention	that	research	can	become	a
	
compulsive	neurosis. As	a	followup	of	his	work	we	have	been	threatened	with
	
vaccines	for	the	common	cold,	for	sneezing	and,	there	have	been	hints,	even	for
	
cancer. Come	to	think	of	it,	it	may	not	be	too	long	before	they	come	up	with	one
	
for	thinking. Maybe	Salk’s	work	has	paved	the	way	for	it,	too. We	wish	we	could
	
think	disease	could	be	whitewashed	so	simply. We	just	can’t,	and	look	the
	
figures	of	our	national	health	in	the	face. Those	figures	belie	the	efficiency	of	the
	
vaccines. the	serums,	the	drugs	and	all	the	rest	of	the	claptrap	of	the	medicine
	
man. It	is	regrettable	that	man	has	long	confused	promise	with	performance	and	hope
	
with	illusion;	that	in	the	fatuity	of	his	dreams	the	lessons	of	the	past	have	eluded
	
him;	and	that	despite	his	sad	experience	he	continues	to	patiently	bear	the
	
burdens	that	error	places	in	his	path. In	the	cool	sobering	light	of	retrospect,
	
when	the	mind	dwells	on	the	ledger	of	man’s	progress	down	the	ages;	when	the
	
balance	sheets	show	our	losses	and	gains,	our	aims	and	our	accomplishments,
	
our	investments	and	our	dividends;	when	we	think	of	the	state	of	the	world	and
	
the	despair	that	exists	everywhere,	and	of	our	descending	spiral	of	achievement
	
in	a	moral	sense:	when	we	examine	what	science	has	brought	us	to. and	where	it
	
might	have—it	is	then	that	the	spirit	saddens	and	man	is	left	to	face	the
	disquieting	fact	that	he	has	never	truly	learned	to	distinguish	between	the
	
milestone	and	the	millstone. The	above	articles	are	quoted	from	Dr.	Shelton	Hygienic	Review	Box	27	San
	
Antonio,	Texas	by	special	permission. A	MAN’S	OPINION	IS	NO	BETTER	THAN	HIS
	
INFORMATION
	
1. Bechamp,	(the	real	discoverer	of	bacteria)	writes	“Bacteria	do	not	cause
	
disease,	and	that,	therefore	serums	and	vaccines	can	neither	prevent	nor	cure
	
disease." 2. Dr.	James	A.	Shannon	of	the	National	Institute	of	Health,	U.S.	Government,
	
June	23,	1955,	states:	"The	only	wholly	safe	vaccine	is	a	vaccine	that	is	never
	
used." 3. The	famous	Doctor	Harry	R.	Bybee	says:	"My	honest	opinion	is	that	vaccine
	
is	the	cause	of	more	disease	and	suffering	than	anything	I	could	name." 4. Human	Biochemistry,	in	discussing	"PYROGENS"	points	out	injections	of
	
distilled	water	may	be	potentially	dangerous...surely	"monkey-juice"	isn’t	fit	to
	
inject	into	little	children. 5. Dr.	T.	M.	Schippel	of	Washington,	D.	C.,	writes,	"Parents—play	safe! Let
	
other	callous	parents	permit	this	poisoning	of	their	children. Just	take	your
	
youngster	off	candy,	soft	drinks	and	colas	and	infantile	paralysis	will	pass	your
	
family	by. Remember,	polio	is	not	‘catching’—it	comes	from	the	insides	of
	
‘over-indulged’	kiddies." 6. Dr.	S.	A. Mills,	so	correctly	defines	polio	as..."POLIO	IS	A	TOXIC	WASTE
	
PARALYSIS,	TOXIC...because	of	how	it	affects. WASTE...because	of	what	it
	
really	is. PARALYSIS...because	of	what	it	does." 7. Prof.	Yutaka	Mukai	(Japan),	states—"Polio	is	not	caused	by	the	Virus,	but
	
essentially	the	physical	constitution. Health	promoting	foods	can	prevent	Polio
	
completely." 8. Scientist	and	physician,	Dr.	William	F.	Koch,	M.D.,	Ph.D.,	says,	"The
	
injection	of	any	serum,	vaccine,	or	even	penicillin,	has	shown	a	very	marked
	
increase	in	the	incidence	of	POLIO,	AT	LEAST	400%. Statistics	on	this	are	so
	
conclusive,	no	one	can	deny	it." 9. September	20,	1953,	The	United	Nations	World	Health	Organization
	
Committee	reports,	"Efforts	to	Control	Polio	Complete	Failure"	and	condemns
	
any	large	scale	intramuscular	injections. 10. Dr.	Charles	Creighton	M.	D.,	(Encyclopedia	Britannica)	reports:	"In	England
	
1733	newly	vaccinated	infants	died	from	syphilis." 11. Robert	S.	Allen. Washington	correspondent,	reported	in	the	New	York
	
Post..."doctors	and	others	on	the	staff	of	the	National	Institute	of	Health	are	not
	
inoculating	their	own	children	with	the	Salk	vaccine." WHY?? 12. The	world’s	greatest	brains	and	scientists	all	agree	THERE	IS	NO	SUCH
	
THING	AS	A	VIRUS...merely	a	mythical	word	to	confuse	the	public. Read	Dr.
	
A.	J.	Shadman’s	(M.D.) new	book,	"Who	Is	Your	Doctor	And	Why." God	bless	little	Jackie	Moore	crippled	by	polio	who	would	today	be	healthy	had
	
not	"medical	phonies"	concocted	a	fraudulent	polio	vaccine. Any	polio	vaccine	is	fraudulent	and	dangerous. Inoculation	for	immunity	is
	
strictly	a	vicious	"myth"	...	making	the	body	"unclean"	and	subject	to	sickness
	
which	may	be	polio. Vaccinated	children	are	far	more	susceptible	to	polio	than	children	whose
	
bloodstreams	are	not	polluted. Robert	S.	Allen,	Washington	correspondent,	reported	in	the	New	York	Post
	
"Doctors	and	others	on	the	staff	of	the	National	Institute	of	Health	are	not
	
inoculating	their	own	children	with	the	Salk	vaccine." WHY??? Scientific	American	Magazine	states,	"No	human	virus	disease	has	yet	been
	
brought	under	control	by	a	killed	virus	vaccine." The	world’s	greatest	brains	and	scientists	all	agree	THERE	IS	NO	SUCH
	THING	AS	A	VIRUS...merely	a	mythical	word	to	confuse	the	public. Read	Dr.
	
A.	J.	Shadman’s	(MD)	new	book	"Who	Is	Your	Doctor	And	Why". The	fact	that	polio	vaccines	are	sold	on	the	"virus"	myth	and	since	there	is	no
	
such	thing...isn’t	it	common	horse	sense	to	classify	this	vaccine	as	fraudulent? The	practice	of	vaccination	is	ENTIRELY	EMPIRICAL	completely	devoid	of
	
scientific	certitude...which	bypasses	all	glandular	guards	of	the	body	making	it
	
"unclean",	dangerous	and	subject	to	sickness	which	may	be	polio. No	vaccine
	
has	or	can	achieve	any	scientific	purpose. The	U.S.P.H.S. has	developed	into	a	high	pressure	sales	organization	to	promote
	
the	wishes	of	vaccine	producers. Could	it	be	the	U.S.P.H.S. is	"loaded"	with
	
Russian	doctors	and	could	it	be	they	don’t	have	American	citizenship	papers?? The	non-thinking	American	public	have	been	viciously	lied	to,	brainwashed	and
	
deceived	by	these	"rascals"	who	recall	the	old	sideshow	puppets	dancing	and
	
singing	anything	the	string	puller	desires...yet	not	a	brain	in	their	heads. Little	Jackie	Moore	had	his	polio	shot...now	his	right	leg	is	in	braces. There	are
	
thousands	of	similar	cases	with	untold	numbers	now	sleeping	in	their	little	white
	
coffins	all	because	of	the	most	inhuman,	unGodly,	unchristian,	money	making
	
racket	known	to	mankind. As	Robt. Burns	said,	"Man’s	Inhumanity	To	Man
	
Makes	Countless	Thousands	Mourn." Duon	H.	Miller. 300	Bird	Road
Coral	Gables,	Florida
	
AN	OPEN	LETTER	TO	DR.	LEROY	E.	BURNEY
	
DUON	H.	MILLER
300	BIRD	ROAD
	
CORAL	GABLES,	FLA
January	8,	1958
	
Dr.	LeRoy	E.	Burney
U.	S.	Public	Health	Service
Washington,	D.	C.	
When	you	report	to	the	Associated	Press..."the	incidence	of	all	types	of	Polio
	
declined	62%	in	1957	as	compared	with	1956.	and	Paralytic	cases	declined
	
about	73%’...upon	what	FACTS	do	you	base	such	a	ridiculous	statement? If	these	figures	are	a	brain	child	of	the	National	Foundation	for	Infantile
	
Paralysis,	that	alone	will	label	them	worthless	as	far	as	being	truthful	is
	
concerned. Knowing	the	inner	workings	of	this	corrupt	group	from	their
	
President	down	to	their	local	"hatchet	men",	I	trust	giving	out	these	false
	
percentages	was	not	intentional	on	your	part. Why	continue	taking	the	public	on
	
an	expedition	into	Alice	of	Wonderland? First,	their	President,	Basil	O’Connor,	KNOWS	of	clinics	in	this	country	who
	
have	long	successfully	treated	Polio,	has	received	invitations	to	visit	the	clinics
	
and	even	when	he	is	in	their	vicinity	he	ignores	them...WHY?? Does	he	place
	
GOLD	before	GOD?? Second,	an	M.D. lecturing	for	them	at	a	public	meeting	admitted	they	had	no
	
immediate	positive	diagnosis	for	POLIO...so	for	the	past	several	years	it	is	very
	
clear	they	"juggle"	the	figures	erroneously,	simply	to	brainwash	and	lie	to	the
	
public. We	expect	the	TRUTH	from	public	servants. If	a	sick	child	were	brought	into	your	office,	could	you,	any	member	of	your
	
Department,	or	any	member	of	the	A.	M.	A.	that	you	know	give	an	immediate,
	
correct	and	positive	diagnosis	as	to	Polio. I	doubt	it. You’ll	recall	the	"puppets"	in	the	old	fashioned	sideshow	where	they	danced
	
sang,	etc.,	yet	didn’t	have	a	brain	in	their	head	but	were	simply	doing	the
	
planned	wishes	of	the	"experts"	pulling	the	strings. It	looks	like	the	Money
	
Beggars	and	the	monkey-juice	peddlers	are	pulling	the	strings	with	our	Health
	
officials,	dancing	and	singing	while	innocent	little	children	die	from	the
	
unnatural	injection	of	a	foreign	protein	into	the	body	in	violation	of	every	law	of
	
God	and	Nature. Polio	is	a	CONDITION...as	is	a	sprained	ankle. It	is	not	a	disease	caused	by	any
	
mysterious	live	virus,	as	no	such	virus	exists. Polio	vaccine	has	NEVER
	
prevented,	or	mitigated	Polio	in	even	ONE	child	or	adult...yet	look	at	the
	
DEATHS	on	the	doorsteps	of	vaccine. An	honest	Congressional	investigation	would	shock	this	nation. I	suggest	you
	
call	for	such	an	investigation	immediately. Let	us	bring	order	out	of	chaos,
	
eliminate	this	shameful	"racket",	prevent	further	suffering,	deaths	and	disgrace. You	may	rest	assured	I’m	eager	and	willing	to	cooperate	without	any	personal
	
recompense. Will	greatly	appreciate	a	copy	of	the	department’s	findings	of	fact	which	you	no
	
doubt	have	had	prepared	to	support	the	Press	release	referred	to	in	the	first
	
paragraph	of	my	letter. Respectfully,
Duon	H.	Miller
	
Rabies	Past	Present	in	Scientific	Review
Millicent	Morden	(Physician	&	Surgeon)
	
Rabies	was	an	old	superstition—a	relic	of	the	times	when	devils	ran	to	and	fro
	
between	animal	and	man	carrying	disease. Pasteur,	who	had	previously	had	a	hemorrhage	of	the	brain,	changed	this	old
	
superstition	into	a	money	making	disease. Rabies	is	now	a	pet	child	of	the	Vivisection	Trust	which	works	internationally. If	vivisection	has	proven	anything	it	has	proven	the	impossibility	of	man
	
contracting	any	real	disease	from	a	dog. How	long	will	filthy	lucre	keep	the	facts	from	the	fooled	public? In	early	times,	as	recorded	in	articles	available	in	old	libraries,	the	kiss	of	a	king
	
would	cure	rabies. It	was	later	discovered	that	a	piece	of	the	king’s	garment
	
would	be	as	efficacious. Still	later	the	"mad	stone"	when	applied	over	the	area	of	the	bite	would	"draw
	
out	the	madness". Later	some	of	the	"hair	of	the	dog	that	bit	you"	could	either	be
	
chewed	and	swallowed	or	bound	on	the	wound. A	still	later	discovery	was	that	which	employed	an	extract	of	"wild	cockroach". In	1806	a	Mr.	Kraus	was	awarded	$1000,	by	the	then	rulers	of	New	York
	
temtory	for	his	scientific	discovery	which	had	kept	rabies	out	of	New	York	for
	
Over	twenty	years. His	formula	is	a	matter	of	record	and	consisted	of	the	ground
	
up	jaw	bone	of	an	ass	or	dog,	a	piece	of	colt’s	tongue	and	the	green	rust	off	a
	
penny	of	George	the	First	reign. This	latter	seems	to	have	kept	rabies	out	of	the	limelight	until	the	time	of
	
Pasteur. Medicine	has	heard	much	of	the	startling	cure	of	Joseph	Meister	by
	
Pasteur. Little	mention	is	made	of	the	fact	that	three	relatives	of	the	Meister	boy
	
were	bitten	by	the	same	dog	and	without	benefit	of	the	Pasteur	treatment
	
recovered	completely. Dr.	H.	Bastian,	a	contemporary,	took	sharp	issue	with	Pasteur’s	scientific	ideas
	
and	conclusions. Another	contemporary	of	Pasteur,	Dr.	Antoine	Bechamp,	took
	
violent	exceptions	to	Pasteur’s	reports	on	rabies	and,	incidentally,	it	was	Dr.
	
Bechamp	who	claimed	to	have	previously	discovered	the	cause	of	the	silkworm
	
disease. He	also	(Bechamp)	was	the	man	who	made	the	discoveries	on
	
fermentation. The	records	of	the	French	Academy	of	Science	substantiate
	
Bechamp’s	claims. Dr.	W.	R.	Hadwen	of	England	was	also	in	controversy	with	Pasteur. Dr.	William
	
A.	Bruette,	former	assistant	chief	of	the	Bureau	of	Animal	Industry	in
	
Washington,	was	also	a	contemporary	of	Pasteur	and	gave	many	proofs	of
	
Pasteur’s	incorrect	findings. Dr.	Bruette	has	proved,	as	a	matter	of	fact,	that
	
rabies	vaccine	is	not	only	a	fraud,	but	harmful. He	scores	the	use	of	rabies
	
vaccine	and	states	that	"inoculation	spreads	disease." He	goes	as	far	as	to	call	the
	
sale	of	rabies	vaccine	an	out	and	out	racket. Dr.	Matthew	Woods,	another	contemporary	of	Pasteur,	then	a	leading	member	of
	
the	Philadelphia	Medical. Society,	wrote	much	on	the	subject	of	rabies. He
	
stated,	"at	the	Philadelphia	dog	pound,	where	on	an	average	more	than	6,000
	
vagrant	dogs	are	taken	annually,	and	where	the	catchers	and	keepers	are
	
frequently	bitten	while	handling	them,	not	one	case	of	hydrophobia	has	occurred
	
during	it’s	entire	history	of	twenty-five	years,	in	which	time	150,000	dogs	have
	
been	handled." "The	records	of	the	London	Hospital,	a	few	years	ago,	showed	2,668	persons
	
bitten	by	angry	dogs. None	of	them	developed	hydrophobia." St.	George’s	Hospital,	London,	records	4,000	patients	bitten	by	dogs	supposed	to
	
have	been	mad. No	case	of	hydrophobia. "In	the	record	of	all	the	diseases	which	have	occurred	at	the	Pennsylvania
	
Hospital	in	one	hundred	and	forty	years,	only	two	cases	which	were	supposed	to
	
be	hydrophobia	have	occurred. One	of	these,	however,	the	only	one	submitted	to
	
bacteriological	test,	did	not	confirm	the	diagnosis,	‘hydrophobia’	and	the	local
	
health	authorities	refused	to	register	the	death	as	due	to	rabies." Dr.	Charles	W.	Dulles,	lecturer	on	the	History	of	Medicine	at	the	University	of
	
Pennsylvania,	who	was	appointed	by	the	Medical	Societies	of	the	state	to
	
investigate	rabies	stated	that	he	is	"inclined	to	the	view	that	there	is	no	such
	
specific	malady"	because	after	sixteen	years	of	investigation	he	had	"failed	to
	
find	a	single	case	on	record	that	can	be	conclusively	proved	to	have	resulted
	
from	the	bite	of	a	dog	or	any	other	cause." The	report	and	Dr.	Woods’	letter	were
	
endorsed	by	Dr.	Theophilus	Parvin	of	Jefferson	Medical	College	and	President
	
of	the	National	Academy	of	Medicine;	Dr.	Thomas	G.	Morten,	Coroners
	
Physician;	Dr.	Charles	K.	Mills	of	the	University	of	Pennsylvania	and	Dr.
	
Thomas	I.	Mays	of	the	Polyclinic	Hospital. Dr.	Woods	recently	wrote	a	discourse	of	mimetic	diseases,	in	which	he	discussed
	
rabies. His	evidence	supports	the	view	that	so-called	human	rabies	is	the	result
	
of	a	disordered	imagination	(fear). In	animals,	so-called	rabies	is	fundamentally
	
due	to	maltreatment	or	malnutrition	or	both. Dr.	Wilcox	of	New	York	investigated	a	"rabies	scare"	because	of	eleven	alleged
	
deaths	from	rabid	dog	bites. Upon	complete	investigation,	it	was	found	that	not
	
one	of	these	deaths	was	due	to	rabies. With	the	publication	of	his	report	to	the
	
city	council,	the	"rabies	scare"	ended	forthwith. Dr.	Elmer	Lee	ended	another	rabies	scare	on	Staten	Island. On	autopsy	the	rabid
	
dog	was	found	to	have	died	of	thread	worms	and	not	rabies. The	worms	were
	
lodged	in	the	heart	of	the	animal. A	similar	finding	of	worms	ended	the	Kiondike	Rabies	Panic. Dr.	Stillman,	in	1922	voiced	the	opinion	that	rabies	was	"pure	humbug"	and	that
	
in	over	forty	years	as	a	practicing	physician	with	a	very	busy	practice	and	wide
	
travels	throughout	Europe,	he	stated	that	he	had	"never	seen	a	case	of
	
hydrophobia	or	rabies." In	a	letter	answering	a	request	for	information,	Dr.	Stillman	stated:
		
"Several	years	ago	there	was	considerable	excitement	occasioned	by	the
	
declaration	of	a	rabies	quarantine	by	the	state	department	of	agriculture	in
	
Albany,	N.	Y. It	lasted	two	years. Many	dogs	were	killed. Their	heads	were	sent
	
on	for	official	examination	at	Cornell	College	Veterinary	department. Many	were
	
pronounced	rabid,	but	the	test	was	dependent	upon	the	presence	of	certain	Negri
	
bodies	in	the	animal’s	brain." "I	was	told	by	a	pupil	of	Pasteur	in	France	that	these	Negri	bodies	were
	
sometimes	present	when	there	was	no	suspicion	whatever	of	rabies. We	sent	the
	
head	of	a	harmless	little	dog	without	any	disease	symptoms	whatever	to	Cornell
	
and	it	was	promptly	pronounced	rabid. Finally	I	went	to	the	department	of
	
Agriculture,	which	had	charge,	and	insisted	that	our	society	would	hold	all	dogs
	
declared	rabid	and	we	would	see	if	any	cases	of	rabies	would	develop. Not	one
	
case	of	rabies	appeared	and	we	have	never	had	any	since. When	the	animals
	
were	held	simply	to	show	whether	they	had	rabies,	none	of	them	died	and	the
	
entire	scare	subsided	after	two	years	of	fanatical	unrest	and	excitement	which
	
ought	to	have	developed	lyssophobia,	or	imaginary	hydrophobia." Dr.	J.	W.	Hodge	reported	that	of	56,000	stray	dogs	and	cats	collected	in	one	year,
	
not	one	case	of	rabies	was	found. He	further	states	that	there	is	no	rabies	in
	
England	nor	is	the	Pasteur	treatment	permitted	to	be	used. Dr.	Hodge	has	in	his
	
possession	the	names	and	addresses	of	more	than	2500	persons	reported	as
	
having	died	of	"hydrophobia"	shortly	after	having	received	the	Pasteur
	
preventive	treatment. This	would	seem	to	prove	that	the	cure	is	more	deadly	than
	
the	disease	when	one	considers	that	nearly	300	of	these	"victims"	of	the	Pasteur
	
treatment	had	no	recollection	of	ever	having	been	bitten	by	a	dog. Dr. Hedge
	
predicted	that	"future	generations	will	look	upon	the	present	day	delusion	about
	
hydrophobia	and	the	Pasteur	treatment	with	feelings	akin	to	those	which	we
	
experience	when	reading	the	history	of	witchcraft	delusion." Dr.	Dulles,	previously	referred	to,	has	said,	"I	might	cite	my	own	experience	in
	
the	treatment	of	persons	bitten	by	dogs	supposed	to	be	mad,	which	has	furnished
	
not	a	single	case	of	the	developed	disease	in	thirty	years. And	I	have	probably
	
seen	more	cases	of	so-called	hydrophobia	than	any	other	medical	man." Dr.Dulles	was	lecturer	on	the	History	of	Medicine	at	the	University	of
	
Pennsylvania,	Consulting	Surgeon	to	Rush	Hospital	and	Manager	of	University
	
Hospital. Dr.	William	Brady,	nationwide	columnist,	has	stated	that,	"The	Pasteur	treatment
	
for	rabies	is	a	blind	treatment	and	no	one	knows	whether	Pasteur	treatment
	
confers	any	protection	against	rabies. I’d	never	willingly	receive	Pasteur
	
treatment	or	give	it	to	any	one	under	any	conceivable	circumstances,	because	I
	
fear	the	material	so	injected	has	a	disastrous	effect	in	some	instances. It	is	not
	
always	successful	and,	occasionally,	paralysis	follows	its	use." It	Is	Dr.	Brady’s
	
opinion	that	rabies	"does	not	occur	in	man." "We,	of	the	medical	profession,	have	witnessed	many	errors	perpetrated	by	good
	
intentioned,	but	misguided	individuals	and	methods. The	digitalis
	
standardization	by	the	dog’s	heart,	it	will	be	recalled,	resulted	in	a	300%
	
variance	from	standard." In	a	hook	entitled,	"Bechamp	or	Pasteur,"	by	E.	D.	Hume,	there	may	be	found
	
much	proof	pertinent	to	our	discussion. A	notable	failure	of	the	Pasteur	treatment
	
was	that	of	a	young	postman,	named	Pierre	Roscol,	who,	with	another	man,	was
	
attacked	by	a	dog	supposed	to	be	mad,	but	was	not	bitten,	for	the	dog’s	teeth	did
	
not	penetrate	his	clothing;	but	his	companion	received	severe	bites. The	latter
	
refused	to	go	to	the	Pasteur	Institute	and	remained	in	perfect	health;	but	the
	
unfortunate	Roscal	was	forced	by	the	postal	authorities	to	undergo	the	treatment,
	
beginning	March	9th. On	the	following	April	12th	severe	symptoms	set	in	with
	
pain	at	the	point	of	inoculation,	not	at	the	place	of	the	bite,	for	he	had	never	been
	
bitten. On	April	14th	he	died	of	paralytic	"hydrophobia"	the	new	disease	brought
	
into	the	world	by	Pasteur. Another	incident	extracted	from	the	same	book	shows	the	power	of	suggestion
	
or	fear	in	the	causation	of	so-called	rabies. It	is	hard	to	credit,	but	the	case	is
	
recorded	as	follows. "Two	young	Frenchmen	were	bitten	by	the	same	dog	at	Havre. One	died	from
	
the	effects	within	a	month,	but,	before	this,	his	friend	had	sailed	for	America,
	
where	he	lived	for	fifteen	years	in	ignorance	of	the	end	of	his	former	companion. Returning	to	France,	he	heard	of	the	tragedy	and,	actually	himself,	developed
	
symptoms,	and	within	three	weeks	was	dead	of	"hydrophobia." Another	interesting	recorded	case	is	that	of	a	lady,	who	returning	from	bathing,
	
stated	that	she	had	been	bitten	by	a	dog. "The	anxious	parents	rushed	her	for
	
Pasteur	treatments,	she	became	violently	ill,	death	followed. On	the	way	home
	
from	the	funeral	the	girl	companions	who	were	bathing	with	her	told	the	parents
	
of	the	dead	girl	that	she	was	not	bitten	by	a	dog	but	by	her	young	man	friend." There	are	over	3,000	deaths	on	record	in	reports	from	the	Pasteur	Institute,	of
	
persons	bitten	by	dogs. All	died	after	treatments. On	the	other	hand,	the	record
	
of	the	London	Hospital,	a	few	years	ago,	showed	2,668	persons	bitten	by	angry
	
dogs:	not	one	of	them	developed	hydrophobia	and	not	one	had	been	treated	by
	
the	Pasteur	method. "Who	was	this	man	Pasteur? What	did	he	actually	discover? The	answer	to	the
	
first	is	that	he	was	a	chemist	of	sorts. The	second	question	can	be	answered	only
	
with	the	reminder	that	he	separated	L	&	D	tartic	acids. That	is	absolutely	all	he
	
did. The	rest	of	his	work—yea—even	the	silkworm	disease	and	bacterial	work
	
was	plagiarized	from	that,	not	too	well-known	and	much	neglected	professor	of
	
Montpellier,	Antoine	Bechamp. Professor	Bechamp’s	writings,	when	properly
	
studied,	will	be	found	to	have	afforded	the	solution	to	many	of	the	problems
	
which	had	puzzled	biologists,	physiologists,	pathologists	and	philosophers	for
	
many	years." —flume. Speaking	of	Professor	Bechamp’s	works,	Dr.	Leverson	of	England	says,	"I	also
	
found	in	those	truths	absolute	proof	of	the	absurdity	of	the	germ	theory	of
	
disease;	and,	by	the	study	of	the	writings	of	Pasteur,	to	which	Bechamp’s	works
	
unavoidably	led	me,	I	found	full	proof	that	the	great	god	of	the	(supposedly)
	
men	of	science	of	the	latter	half	of	the	last	century	and	of	many	of	the	present,
	
was	in	fact,	the	most	astonishing	of	plagiarists	and	distorter	of	other	men’s
	
discoveries;	chiefly	those	of	Professor	Antoine	Bechamp,	and	of	his
	
collaborators	and	pupils;	and	that	this	plagiarist	was	the	most	monumental
	
charlatan,	whose	existence	is	disclosed	to	us,	in	the	entire	recorded	history	of
	
medicine." "You	have	already	surmised	who	was	this	plagiarist	and	charlatan. It	was	Louis
	
Pasteur,	to	whose	memory	France	has	erected	statues	all	over	the	land	and
	
endowed	the	Pasteur	Institute." Since	this	record	is	not	an	enviable	one,	let	us	view	rabies	from	the	standpoint	of
	
the	known	facts. We	have	seen	that	normal	dogs	are	also	classified	as	rabid	by
	
the	so-called	microscation	of	these	so-called	Negri	bodies. We	have	also	seen
	
that	the	identification	of	these	so-called	Negri	bodies	is	dependent	upon	the
	
individual	observer. Seldom	do	observers	agree. Experts	at	the	Pasteur	Institute
	
admit	that	Negri	bodies	are	not	a	specific	indication	of	rabies. They	also	record
	
many	deaths	by	treatment	with	the	Pasteur	system. On	the	other	hand,	reported	untoward	effects	in	nontreated	patients	(very	few
	
cases	are	reported	it	will	be	noticed)	can	be	explained	on	the	basis	of	fear	or
	
susceptibility	to	slight	injuries. For	example,	Dr.	W.	W.	Duke	of	Kansas	City,
	
among	others,	on	writing	on	allergy,	cites	cases	of	violent	convulsions	and
	
deaths	following	slight	injuries	in	individuals	seemingly	in	perfect	mental	and
	
physical	condition. These	violent	deaths	are	reported	as	resulting	from	scratches,	tooth	extraction,
	
hypodermic	injections,	extremes	of	heat	or	cold,	shock	due	to	various	causes,
	
love	affairs,	etc. The	allergy	experts	often	lay	stress	on	the	relative	importance	of
	
former	illness	which	may	have	undermined	the	health	of	the	patient. Such	varied
	
causes	would	indicate	"fear"	plays	a	profound	role	in	the	sequelae	observed. Dr.	Buisson	of	France	had	been	badly	bitten	by	a	dog	and	was	given	up	to	die	of
	
hydrophobia. He	recited	that	his	fear	was,	of	course,	intense	as	was	his	suffering. He	decided	to	try	to	relieve	his	sufferings	by	a	warm	bath. After	soaking	for	one
	
and	a	quarter	hours,	his	convulsions	disappeared	and	he	became	well. He	cured
	
all	other	cases	which	came	to	him	in	a	similar	way. The	Buisson	baths	were
	
employed	with	great	success	in	France	in	rabies	cases. In	Germany,	cases	of	dog	bites	are	sensibly	treated	by	applying	suction	to	the
	
wound	or	squeezing	it	to	induce	and	low	free	bleeding. They	leave	the	clotted
	
and	dried	blood	on	the	wound	without	further	treatment	and	they	never	have
	
further	trouble. In	my	experience,	nothing	stronger	than	mild	soap	and	water	should	be	used	on
	
such	wounds. I	feel	that	cauterization	is	too	shocking	to	the	tissues. Is	rabies	then	a	disease? Have	we	isolated	a	virus	or	germ? Is	the	Pasteur-
treatment	specific? Is	rabies,	in	short,	fact	or	fancy? I	believe	it	is	fancy,	for	I
	
have	handled	so-called	rabid	animals	and	humans	without	benefit	of	Pasteur
	
treatment	and	in	no	case	has	there	been	a	death	or	any	other	symptoms	of	rabies. I	submit	that	rabies	is	non-existent	and	that	the	Pasteur	treatment	for	rabies	is
	
worse	than	the	disease,	if	it	were	a	disease,	which	it	is	not. P.	S.	I	have	examined	and	witnessed	the	repeated	examinations	of	every	part	of
	
the	brains	of	the	so-called	rabid	dogs. The	mouse	and	rabbit	tests	have	proved
	
ridiculous	ever	since	the	time	of	Pasteur. MILLICENT	MORDEN
Physician	&	Surgeon
72	Norman	Ave.
Brooklyn	22,	NY
	
"THE	SALK	MONKEY	KIDNEY	JUICE"
	
HERALD	OF	HEALTH	AND	NATUROPATH
Dr.	T.	M.	Schippell,	N.D. The	Doctors	Talk	it	Over
June,	1956
	
"WE,	NATUROPATHS,	HAVE	BEEN	holding	our	breaths,	worried	about	the
	
revelations	that	are	sure	to	make	themselves	manifest	as	a	result	of	this	Salk
	
vaccine	craze. And	it	is	a	"craze"—which	later	will	be	frankly	dubbed	‘crazy’	by
	
the	scientists	who,	in	the	future,	look	back	on	our	present	way	of	life. You	cannot
	
poison	the	human	bloodstream	with	the	decaying	products	of	a	diseased
	
monkey’s	kidney	and	not	eventually	pay	the	price	to	the	Almighty. "When	human	bloodstream	was	sealed	from	outside	contamination—that	was
	
the	silent	warning	Nature	gave	to	man	not	to	monkey	with	the	body’s	lifeline
	
with	monkey	kidney	juice	or	other	foreign	substance. But	our	haywire	scientists
	
seem	to	believe	that	they	know	more	about	the	functioning	of	the	human	organs
	
than	the	Creator. "This	dosing	with	‘Salk	slop’	is	in	the	same	category	of	so-called	medical
	
research	which	permits	a	surgeon	to	yank	the	tonsils	from	a	helpless	child	or
	
‘scare’	an	appendix	operation	from	a	grownup.
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        If	the	ignoramus	ever	stops	long	enough	to	ask	the
	
simple	question:	How	was	the	first	case	of	polio	"exposed"	to	polio,	he’ll	grab
	
his	hollow	needle	and	start	inoculating	every	child	in	sight. One	physician	who	estimated	that	he	was	inoculating	six	children	daily,	asked:
	
"When	mothers	come	in	and	ask	for	it	for	their	children,	what	else	can	we	do	but
	
give	it	to	them. " Behold	the	degradation	of	"medical	science. " It	is	reduced	to
	
the	base	position	of	a	mere	panderer	to	the	ignorant	wishes	of	the	frightened
	
layman. The	physician	is	no	longer	the	trusted	and	expert	adviser	of	the	people
—he	merely	keeps	a	supply	of	convalescent	juice	on	hand	and	sells	it	to
	
whomsoever	comes	to	buy,	just	as	the	dry	goods	salesman	sells	any	kind	of	cloth
	
his	customers	want. The	mother	prescribes,	the	physician	merely	carries	out	her
	
orders. What	can	they	do. They	have	frightened	the	wits	out	of	the	people	and	they	have
	
paraded	their	serum	in	the	public	press	in	the	most	dramatic	manner	for	days	and
	
weeks. They	created	the	demand	and	then,	with	an	air	of	hurt	innocence,	they
	
ask:	"What	can	we	do	when	the	people	ask	for	it. " I	could	tell	the	damned
	
rascals	what	they	could	do,	but	I	have	no	idea	that	there	is	enough	honesty	and
	
self	respect	left	in	the	profession	to	cause	them	to	do	it. This	thing	is	greatly
	
increasing	their	incomes	and	they	are	not	going	to	quit	it. It	is	significant	that	the	drug	stores	were	well	supplied	with	sufficient	gamma
	
globulin	to	meet	the	demand. Small	vials	containing	two	cc	of	the	serum	retailed
	
at	$6. 75	a	vial	and	the	sales	were	described	as	"heavy. " The	manufacturers	and
	
sellers	of	the	voodoo	concoction	were	ready	and	willing	to	cash	in	on	the
	
publicity	before	the	ultimate	failure	of	the	experiment	becomes	known. Every
	
physician	in	the	country	is	well	aware	that	the	gamma	globulin	will	not	prevent
	
polio. But	they	justify	their	pumping	of	this	soup	into	the	bodies	of	children	on
	
the	grounds,	to	quote	the	words	of	one	San	Antonio	pediatrician,	that	"We	don’t
	
want	to	support	any	useless	means	and	we	don’t	want	to	overlook	the
	
possibilities	of	its	success. " The	gamma	globulin	is	not	only	expensive,	but	it	is	given	according	to	the
	
weight	of	the	child. One	pediatrician	explained	that	the	"cost	for	a	child	who
	
weighed	100	pounds	would	almost	be	prohibitive	and	the	shot	would	have	to	be
	
renewed	in	three	or	four	weeks. " Even	before	the	results	of	the	experiment	are
	
known,	these	men	already	know	how	often	they	must	renew	the	"immunization. " What	a	lucrative	source	of	income. Give	every	child	expensive	shots	of	gamma	globulin	every	three	or	four	weeks
	
throughout	the	summer	months,	nation	wide,	and	the	physicians	can	forget	about
	
the	remainder	of	their	practices. Who	would	want	to	fritter	away	his	time
	
looking	after	typhoid	cases	or	operating	for	appendicitis	or	bothering	about	oil
	
wells,	when	fifty	to	a	hundred	children	a	day	come	to	the	office	to	get	gamma
	
globulin	shots. Fear	was	expressed	that	the	gamma	globulin	supply	might	too	soon	be	exhausted
	
but	the	manufacturing	drug	houses	and	the	local	wholesale	distributing	firms,
	
knowing	what	the	publicity	would	do	for	business,	had	provided	against	this
	
contingency	in	advance. They	had	a	plentiful	supply	on	hand	in	San	Antonio. On
	
July	4,	a	spokesman	for	the	wholesale	drug	firms	of	San	Antonio	stated	to	the
	
press	that	these	firms	had	plenty	in	stock. The	demand	for	it	had	increased	four
	to	five	times	since	the	outbreak	of	the	Houston	crime,	but	there	was	no	shortage. Such	is	the	foresight	of	good	business	men. BEWARE	OF	THE	POLIO	VACCINE
DR. SHELTON’S	HYGIENIC	REVIEW
SEPTEMBER,	1955
	
1)	You	need	not	have	your	children	inoculated	with	polio	vaccine	unless	you
	
want	this	inoculation	done. Every	parent	is	free	to	refuse	it,	and	the	Ministry	of	Health	says	that	no	child
	
will	be	inoculated	without	the	express	permission	of	its	parents. 2)	The	Salk	polio	vaccine	which	is	to	be	used	in	this	country	does	not	protect
	
from	paralytic	polio. In	the	trial	of	the	vaccine	in	America	in	1954,	71	children
	
who	had	been	fully	inoculated	with	it	developed	paralytic	polio. 3)	The	vaccine	may	have	the	power	to	start	polio. During	five	weeks	after	Salk
	
Vaccine	was	launched	on	the	world	by	the	National	Foundation	for	Infantile
	
Paralysis	in	America,	and,	at	the	time,	wrongly	declared	to	be	safe,	potent	and
	
efficient,	at	least	112	inoculated	children	developed	polio	and	two-thirds	of	the
	
cases	were	paralytic	polio	There	were	6	deaths	At	first	it	was	said	that	the
	
children	had	already	got	polio	before	they	were	inoculated;	then	it	was	said	that
	
the	inoculation	aroused	polio	which	was	already	there	and	caused	it	to	develop;
	
and	finally	it	was	believed	that	in	a	great	many	cases	it	was	live	virus	remaining
	
accidentally	in	the	vaccine	which	caused	the	cases	of	polio. 4)	Vaccinated	children	in	America	are	believed	to	have	given	polio	to	their
	
parents. 149	such	cases	have	been	reported	with	6	deaths;	the	first	two	cases
	
were	18-months	old	babies	who	became	ill	after	the	inoculation	and	were	taken
	
to	the	hospital. They	recovered,	and	on	returning	home	their	parents	developed
	
polio. The	Denver	Medical	Officer	of	Health	calls	this	"satellite"	polio. The
	
Franklin	Lakes	Board	of	Education,	New	Jersey,	asked	8	children	who	were
	
given	the	Salk	anti-polio	vaccine	to	stay	away	from	school	for	the	rest	of	the
	
term. Parents	of	other	children	were	afraid	they	might	be	polio	"carriers. " (Daily
	
Telegraph,	June	21st,	1955). 5)	The	Salk	Polio	Vaccine	is	grown	on	monkey	kidney	tissue. It	is	said	not	to
	protect	for	longer	than	five	months,	if	it	protects	at	all,	and	an	eminent
	
physiologist	was	quoted	by	the	Manchester	Guardian	as	saying	that	"if	it	means
	
that	a	child	should	be	reinoculated	at	frequent	intervals	with	a	preparation
	
derived	from	monkey	kidney	‘it	is	terrifying	in	its	possibilities. ’	Among	them	is
	
the	risk	of	the	child	developing	sensitivity	to	some	of	the	ingredients	of	the
	
vaccine. " 6)	Every	inoculation	has	caused	serious	illness	and	not	a	few	deaths. There	are
	
official	records	of	1,700	deaths	from	vaccination	against	smallpox,	and	such
	
deaths	are	still	being	recorded	every	year,	many	of	them	being	deaths	of	babies. In	recent	months	babies	have	developed	encephalitis	from	anti-yellow	fever
	
vaccine,	as	has	been	admitted	in	the	Bulletin	of	the	Ministry	of	Health. There	are	3	deaths	on	record	from	tuberculosis	caused	by	B. C. G. inoculation. Inoculation	against	diphtheria	has	activated	paralytic	poliomyelitis. Past	history
	
of	all	the	vaccines	and	serums	justifies	fear	that	the	new	vaccine	will	damage
	
health	and	may	cause	death. 7)	Two	Medical	Research	Council	doctors	stated	in	Picture	Post,	May	7th,	1955
	
that	the	risk	of	contracting	poliomyelitis	is	1	in	25,000. The	vast	majority	of
	
children	are	never	in	any	danger	of	contracting	this	disease. To	go	out	of	your
	
way	to	give	a	child	an	inoculation	that	may	cause	illness,	and	even	give	it	the
	
disease	you	wish	to	guard	against,	when	the	likelihood	of	that	child	getting	that
	
disease	naturally	is	so	small	as	to	be	almost	negligible	is	the	height	of	folly. 8)	To	keep	your	child	healthy	carry	out	the	rules	of	health. See	that	it	has	proper
	
food,	and	plenty	of	fresh	air,	that	it	is	warmly	clothed	in	winter,	avoiding
	
exposure	to	damp	and	chills,	and	see	that	it	gets	enough	sleep. Make	sure	that
	
the	water	supply	is	pure,	and	that	the	house	is	properly	ventilated,	and	avoid
	
overcrowding. 9)	The	manufacture	and	testing	of	the	polio	vaccine	causes	gross	cruelty	to
	
animals,	chiefly	monkeys. Leaflet	issued	by	The	National	Anti-Vaccination	League,	London. SALK	VACCINE—MILESTONE	OR	MILLSTONE
	By	Therese	Gay
DR. SHELTON’S	HYGIENIC	REVIEW	,	AUGUST	1955
HYGIETHICS
	
Just	about	a	month	ago	today	the	American	public	was	presented	with	what	was
	
publicized	as	one	of	the	great	milestones	of	medical	history,	the	Salk	Anti-Polio
	
Vaccine. At	the	time	I	got	out	an	article	on	the	contrived	look	of	the
	
unprecedented	promotion	of	the	new	vaccine. Through	an	unfortunate	set	of
	
circumstances	it	never	did	get	to	San	Antonio	to	meet	the	deadline. The	article	was	entitled	"Salk	Vaccine,	Science	or	Enterprise. " It	dealt	more	with
	
the	peculiar	conditions	surrounding	the	unveiling	of	this	monument	of	medical
	
advance	than	with	the	vaccine	itself—the	soap	opera	props	employed	to	put	it
	
over,	how	it	was	timed	to	fall	on	the	anniversary	of	FDR’s	death	in	melodramatic
	
fashion	to	play	on	the	sympathy	and	sentiment,	for	whatever	it	was	worth	to	the
	
Purse	of	the	American	people	through	the	March	of	Dimes	collection	campaign. I	touched	on	various	aspects	of	the	great	hoax	that	was	being	perpetrated	by	the
	
seeming	collusion	between	profit	and	progress;	how	NBC	jumped	the	gun	and
	
broke	the	release	time	by	an	hour;	how	half	a	dozen	giant	pharmaceutical	houses
	
had	it	ready	for	the	market	even	before	the	fateful	V	day	when	the	great	men	of
	
science,	medicine	and	the	press	were	invited	to	hear	the	miracle	pronouncement
	
that	polio	had	been	conquered. I	spoke	of	how	parents	were	fooled	about	what	was	shot	into	their	children	in
	
order	to	make	the	1954	testing	program	effective;	how	statistics	had	been
	
handled	to	make	a	good	case	for	the	vaccine;	how	medical	societies	throughout
	
the	land	were	cautioning	physicians	against	profiteering	and	black	marketing;
	
how	the	research	wizards	had	studiously	avoided	any	approach	or	premise	that
	
even	hinted	at	causal	relationships;	how	the	25	million	said	to	have	been	spent
	
on	its	research	program	had	been	mulct	from	the	American	public	through	the
	
Polio	Foundation’s	collection	campaigns,	and	how	that	self-same	public	was	the
	
last	to	be	let	in	on	the	secret;	how	the	favored	drug	houses	had	invested	many
	
millions	in	new	equipment	and	materials	long	before	the	safety	of	the	vaccine
	
had	been	publicly	established,	and	how	they	were	outspoken	in	their
	
expectations	of	increasing	their	investments	tenfold	before	the	year	was	out,	with
	
even	brighter	prospects	for	the	years	to	come;	how	politicians,	preachers,
	
physicians,	professional	publicists,	the	press,	and	the	rest	of	the	army	of
	
panderers	of	the	public	good	all	joined	in	the	hosannas	and	hailed	the	new
	
Messiah	of	Medicine,	Jonas	Salk,	M. D. ,	as	one	of	the	great	benefactors	of
	mankind,	etc. ,	etc. And,	like	any	self-respecting	Hygienist	just	must,	when
	
confronted	with	such	a	stupendous	spectacle	of	studied	scientific	stupidity,	I
	
dealt	in	a	bit	of	prophecy—yes,	even	at	the	risk	of	being	labeled	a	Hygienic
	
crank. The	prophecy	was	to	the	effect	that	all	that	glitters	is	not	gold;	that	in	the	present
	
instance	there	wasn’t	enough	known	about	the	vaccine	to	warrant	or	justify	the
	
universal	inoculation	program	that	was	to	follow	the	announcement,	enthusiasm
	
to	the	contrary	notwithstanding;	that	in	my	humble	Hygienist	opinion	the	worst
	
was	yet	to	come. WELL,	the	prophecy	was	borne	out,	but	all	too	soon—and	with	a	directness	of
	
action,	or	should	I	say	reaction,	that	in	a	couple	of	weeks	the	fait	accompli	was
	
threatened	with	fiasco,	and	the	flexuous	mind	of	the	press	was	forced	to	turn	the
	
ferris	wheel	of	its	imagination	in	all	directions	to	stave	off	the	stench	that
	
threatened	to	wreck	the	whole	enterprise. The	unexpected	occurrence	of	a	high
	
percentage	of	afflictions	and	several	deaths	threw	the	whole	program	into	a
	
tailspin	of	chaos	and	confusion. Frankly	the	whole	country	was	scared	out	of	its
	
wits—and	with	good	reason. In	fact,	the	first	good	reason	it	had	shown. The
	
government	called	off	the	mass	inoculations. Towns,	cities	and	states	were	in	a
	
dither	of	indecision. The	parents	who	early	consented	and	whose	children	had
	
already	been	given	their	initial	shots	were	living	in	a	vacuum	of	panic	and	dread
	
anxiety. The	President	stepped	in,	Congressmen	and	Senators	started	calling	for
	
an	investigation. Salk,	his	colleagues	and	government	officials	were	locked	in
	
long	hours	of	conference	to	get	at	the	bottom	of	the	bottom	that	had	just	fallen
	
out	of	their	ill-founded	dreams. The	press	had	a	field	day	of	headlines	that	was	unprecedented	even	in	its	own
	
mottled	career. Reevaluation	became	the	theme	of	the	delay. One	of	the	vaccine
	
producing	laboratories	on	the	west	coast	was	made	the	face	saving	scapegoat. The	nobby	Mrs. Hobby	was	run	through	the	grinder	for	being	asleep	at	the
	
switch	and	even	threatened	with	Luce-ing	her	job. Errors	in	production,	errors	in
	
government	control	of	testing,	errors	in	the	type	of	preservative	employed	were
	
screeched	across	the	nation’s	news	wires. All	kinds	of	errors	were	put	forth
	
except	the	basic	error	of	the	vaccine	itself. The	rest	is	all	history—the	kind	you	buy	at	the	newsstands	every	day—the	kind
	
the	public	has	been	educated	to	retain	only	until	the	next	edition	comes	out—the
	
kind	that	has	little	effect	on	the	public	consciousness	because	it	isn’t	allowed	to
	
set	long	enough	to	take	hold. It	is	now	a	month	and	millions	of	headlines	away. At	the	risk	of	being	called	a
	
boasting	"I-told-you-so"	I	could	very	well	use	my	first	article	and	thus	spare
	
myself	the	toil	of	the	present	one. But	in	the	light	of	subsequent	happenings,
	
another	attempt	to	expose	this	newest	affront	to	human	health	and	the	dignity	of
	
the	individual	is	justified—so	here	goes—I’ll	fire	away	again	and	let	the	shots
	
fall	where	they	will. First,	let	us	break	the	word	"Poliomyelitis"	down. Polio	is	a	prefix	meaning	gray. Myel	means	the	spinal	cord. And,	as	we	all	know	by	various	experiences	with	it,
	
it	is	mean	inflammation. Put	them	all	together	and	they	spell	"Poliomyelitis,"	an
	
inflammation	of	the	grey	matter	of	the	cord. Current	medical	belief	holds	that
	
this	inflammatory	condition	of	the	spine	is	brought	about	by	a	group	of	three
	
viruses	that	are	thought	to	invade	the	human	body	through	portal	openings	in	the
	
mouth	and	the	nose,	and	through	cuts	and	wounds. After	they	(the	viruses)	gain
	
entrance	to	the	body	they	spread	along	the	nerve	fibers	to	different	parts	of	the
	
central	nervous	system. Specifically,	the	paralyzing	type	of	polio	is	considered
	
an	acute	infection	of	the	anterior	horns	of	the	gray	matter	of	the	spinal	cord,
	
causing	such	damage	and	destruction	to	the	nerve	cells	that	early	paralysis
	
develops,	the	extent	and	character	of	which	is	determined	by	the	particular	site
	
of	involvement	and	the	number	of	cells	attacked. It	may	affect	a	single	muscle,	a
	
single	limb	or	the	entire	body. The	viruses	are	supposedly	spread	by	contact	with
	
discharges	from	the	nose,	throat	and	bowels	of	diseased	persons,	or	carriers	of
	
the	virus. The	incubation	period	is	said	to	range	from	4	to	18	days. It	strikes	in
	
the	summer	and	the	fall,	and	generally	hits	its	peak	between	August	and
	
September. The	respiratory	centers	are	often	affected	as	a	complication	of	the	earlier
	
symptoms,	rendering	the	breathing	mechanism	incapable	of	functional
	
movement. This	is	called	bulbar	polio	and	its	victims	are	kept	alive	only	by	the
	
use	of	the	iron	lung,	a	mechanical	device	that	substitutes	for	the	normal
	
diaphragmatic	movements. The	greatest	incidence	is	amongst	children,	hence	the
	
name	infantile	paralysis. But	it	also	attacks	adults	as	well. Pregnant	women	have
	
a	better	than	average	susceptibility	to	the	disease. The	symptoms	that	precede
	
the	onset	of	paralysis	are	fever,	sore	throat,	headache,	vomiting,	fatigue,	stiffness
	
of	the	neck,	constipation,	diarrhea	and,	in	some	cases,	pain	in	the	extremities,	(to
	
the	Hygienist,	as	vague	an	assortment	of	diagnostic	factors	as	one	could	ever
	
hope	to	meet	up	with. ) The	inability	to	move	the	affected	parts	of	the	body	is	due	to	the	destruction	of
	
the	particular	nerve	cells	related	to	the	motor	activity	of	those	parts. The	virus	is
	
commonly	excreted	in	the	stools	for	six	to	eight	weeks	after	the	disease	has
	
struck. It	is	said,	too,	that	the	virus	may	be	found	in	the	throat	for	a	short	time	at
	
the	outset	of	the	illness. The	usual	procedure	followed	when	polio	struck	a	community	was	to	close	down
	
the	swimming	pools	and	the	playgrounds	and,	where	the	disease	became
	
widespread,	to	close	down	the	schools	as	well. Those	afflicted	were	isolated	for
	
two	to	four	weeks. There	was	no	drug	or	serum	considered	specifically	effective
	
until	the	advent	three	years	ago	of	gamma	globulin,	a	human	blood	fraction
	
containing	antibodies. There	wasn’t	much	in	the	way	of	treatment	until	Sister
	
Kenny	came	along	with	her	original	concept	of	water	cure	methods	for	the	relief
	
of	pain	and	specialized	physiotherapy	for	the	restoration	of	movement,	wherever
	
it	was	deemed	possible. It	is	believed	that	there	are	many	more	cases	unreported,	due	to	mildness	of
	
symptoms	and	wrong	diagnoses,	than	there	are	cases	reported. The	disease	is
	
relatively	new	to	the	United	States	though	it	is	said	to	be	ancient	in	origin. It	was
	
not	recognized	here	until	1894. Today	it	is	found	in	all	parts	of	the	world,	and
	
temperate	climates	resembling	our	own	favor	it. It	is	not	a	disease	of	the
	
impoverished	nor	of	the	well-to-do. Yet	there	appears	to	be	a	parallel	between
	
the	rising	living	standards	of	the	nation	and	the	ever	mounting	yearly	epidemics
	
of	the	crippling	disease. The	first	epidemic	took	place	in	New	York	City	in	1907. The	1916,	1931,	1949	and	1952	epidemics	reached	the	greatest	proportions. In	a
	
few	short	years	the	disease	changed	from	one	of	rarity	to	one	of	epidemic	yearly
	
recurrence	and	the	medical	mind	has	been	in	a	state	of	desperate	and	constant
	
search	for	some	solution	in	the	form	of	an	immunizing	agent. Research	was	the	answer. But	research	took	money,	and	lots	of	it. Destiny	came
	
to	the	rescue	in	the	unfortunate	affliction	of	our	late	President,	Franklin	Delano
	
Roosevelt. This	circumstance	touched	off	the	organization	of	the	National
	
Foundation	for	Infantile	Paralysis	and	the	resulting	annual	March-of-Dimes
	
campaigns,	which	have	collected	270	million	dollars	in	the	17	years	since	their
	
inception. These	monies	are	purportedly	used	equitably	for	alleviating	the
	
discomfort	of	polio’s	suffering	victims	and	for	the	deemed	research	necessary	for
	
its	conquest. Here	indeed	was	big	business. And,	as	everyone	who	isn’t	living	in	a	cloud
	
knows,	big	business	has	to	produce. Research	indeed	was	the	answer. So—out	of
	courage	and	generosity,	out	of	sympathy	and	sentiment,	out	of	tender	hearted
	
pity	for	the	poor	suffering	kiddies	who	annually	fell	victim	to	this	modern
	
plague,	the	people	(sic. ) determined	that	polio	had	to	be	licked	and	that
	
American	scientists	were	the	ones	to	do	it. Fancy	science	going	chauvinistic. But
	
scientists	are	ever	beset	with	their	own	unsolved	problems	and	are	ever	wary	of
	
taking	on	new	ones. So	science	had	to	be	organized. Thus	the	grant-in-aid	was
	
thought	up	and,	believe	you	me,	big	business	never	conceived	of	a	better	stunt	to
	
shake	some	of	the	lead-thargy	out	of	the	pants	of	the	lazy	tinkerers	that	comprise
	
the	great	majority	of	researchers. Especially	is	this	true	when	renewal	time
	
approaches. At	that	time	there’s	an	aura	of	OR	ELSE	in	the	air	that	gives	a
	
magic	spurt	to	scientific	inquiry. Now,	organization	spells	efficiency. So,	all	the
	
threads	of	the	polio	research	fabric	had	to	be	pulled	together—that	is,	all	the
	
threads	that	fit	into	the	color	scheme,	thus	automatically	ruling	out	all
	
undesirable	hues	and	shades	(of	though:). Well,	they	researched	to	the	very	beginning	of	polio	in	this	country,	and	found
	
there	was	nothing	until	1909,	when	Doctor	Karl	Landsteiner	proved	that	polio
	
was	caused	by	a	virus	and	not	by	the	bacteria	the	medical	profession	had	long
	
sought	in	vain	to	find. Landsteiner	discovered	that	this	virus	could	grow	only	in
	
the	spinal	nervous	tissues	of	monkeys	or	humans. (Maybe	this	was	the	answer	to
	
Jekyll	and	Hyde	complex	instead. ),The	years	that	followed	showed	very	little	in
	
the	way	of	successful	polio	research. The	key	to	the	failures	of	these
	
unproductive	years	turned	up,	it	is	said,	when	in	1949	Drs. Bodian	and	Howe	of
	
Baltimore	discovered	there	were	three	well	defined	types	of	polio	virus	instead
	
of	the	single	type	heretofore	thought	to	exist. This	is	about	the	time	Dr. Salk	first
	
enters	the	picture	for	Salk	was	one	of	the	four	laboratory	directors,	singled	out
	
by	the	Polio	Foundation	to	verify	the	findings	of	Bodian	and	Howe,	a	project
	
that	took	three	years	to	complete. 1949	turned	up	another	related	project	in	the	research	of	Dr. Enders	of	Harvard,
	
who	showed	that	polio	virus	could	be	grown	in	non-nervous	tissue	cultures	in
	
test	tubes,	thus	freeing	research,	as	it	were,	from	total	reliance	on	monkeys. Up
	
until	this	time	the	cultures	in	which	the	virus	was	grown	were	considered
	
unacceptable	for	producing	a	commercial	vaccine	for	human	injection. Salk	then
	
took	on	from	Enders’	work	and	found,	as	Enders	had	already,	that	monkey
	
kidneys	were	the	most	successful	virus	growing	tissue,	at	least	up	until	that	time. All	that	remained	was	to	find	the	best	broth	in	which	to	grow	the	tissue	cells. Salk	settled	for	one	that	was	developed	by	Dr. Parker	of	Toronto. Now	all	the	ingredients	of	a	successful	vaccine	were	at	hand. The	problem	of
	
live	virus	vaccine	as	against	the	killed	virus	vaccine	was	booted	about	furiously,
	
and	to	this	day	it	still	is. Salk	was	the	first,	I	believe,	to	suggest	a	dead	virus
	
vaccine	as	a	more	practical	means	of	protection. In	opposing	his	theory	many	of
	
his	colleagues	hold	that	a	live	virus	with	the	paralyzing	sting	bred	out	of	it	gives
	
the	patient	a	mild	non-paralyzing	disease	that	induces	a	lifetime	immunity. The
	
"dead	virusers"	are	said	to	be	more	concerned	with	the	element	of	risk,	claiming
	
that	the	live	virus	can	always	turn	to	a	paralytic	type. Salk,	of	course,	is	a	dead-to-center	dead	viruser. Salk’s	being	chosen	for	this	job
	
was	no	matter-of-chance	happening. In	his	medical	student	days	at	New	York
	
University	he	was	one	of	the	bacteriology	pupils	of	Dr. Thomas	Francis,	Jr. ,	head
	
of	the	department. Was	it	fate	spinning	the	wheel. Let’s	see. After	graduation
	
and	internship	at	Mt. Sinai	Hospital	in	New	York,	the	National	Research
	
Counsel,	on	the	basis	of	some	work	he	had	done	as	a	student	on	flu	virus	under
	
Dr. Francis,	awarded	Salk	a	fellowship	at	the	University	of	Michigan,	where	he
	
worked	again	under	Dr. Francis. Together	they	developed	the	flu	vaccine	now	on
	
the	market. It	just	so	happens	that	this	very	same	Dr. Francis	was	in	charge	of	the
	
evaluation	of	the	whole	polio	project	sponsored	by	the	Foundation,	and	it	was	he
	
whose	history	making	report	on	that	fateful	April	day	stirred	the	nation	and	the
	
world	into	a	frenzy	and	enthusiasm	that	exceeded	anything	ever	before	accorded
	
a	medical	discovery. The	reception	and	reaction	well	befit	the	dawn	of	a	new	era. To	return	to	Salk—the	Francis	influence	was	felt	again. When	the	University	of
	
Pittsburgh	decided	to	set	up	a	virus	laboratory	of	its	own,	Salk	was	asked	to	take
	
over. He	transferred	his	work	to	Pittsburgh	where	he	has	been	ever	since,	and
	
where	the	final	stages	of	the	vaccine	research	were	carried	on. There	may	be	no
	
implications	in	the	association	of	Drs. Francis	and	Salk,	but	the	sequence	and
	
turn	of	favorable	events	surely	points	a	finger	of	suspicion,	especially	at	the	big
	
business	aspect. Personally,	I	prefer	to	think	of	them	as	a	happy	combination	that
	
unfortunately	worked	the	wrong	side	of	the	street. The	respective	parts	each	played	in	the	huge	drama	must	remain	conjecture,	but
	
it	was	Salk	who	came	in	for	the	big	hero	worship. At	any	rate	both	helped	forge
	
another	link	in	the	chain	of	medical	advance	that	is	fast	reducing	the	human	race
	
to	a	state	of	medical	mesmerism. It	doesn’t	take	too	much	imagination,	with
	
things	going	as	they	are,	to	calamitously	view	the	supposed	success	over	the
	
summer	scourge	as	the	beginning	of	our	fall. The	Hygienic	perspective	naturally	rejects	the	whole	affair	and	shares	none	of
	
the	enthusiasm	for	this	newest	millennium. We’ve	seen	far	too	many	of	them. To
	
our	way	of	thinking,	all	the	vaccines	and	all	the	antibodies	they	can	arouse	do
	
not	answer	the	basic	questions	of	where	do	the	viruses	come	from;	why	do	they
	
attack	as	they	do	in	the	good	old	summertime;	and	how	do	they	get	into	the
	
human	body. As	I	understand	it,	medicine	has	failed	to	definitely	establish	a	true
	
portal	of	entry	for	the	virus,	and	this	has	brought	forth	the	further	controversy	of
	
endogeniety	and	exogeniety. There	are	many	theories. Some	investigators
	
consider	the	virus	as	an	enzyme-like	substance	with	a	deranged	cell	proclivity. Others	see	the	virus	as	a	biochemical	substance	that	goes	haywire. Others	think
	
oh	well,	why	go	on. Your	guess	is	a	good	as	theirs. As	far	as	we	are	concerned,
	
it	all	boils	down	to	this:	We	don’t	see	why	we	should	put	our	bodies	to	the	extra
	
effort	of	producing	antibodies,	to	combat	dead	viruses,	to	produce	artificial
	
immunity	to	something	we	needn’t	have	had	in	the	first	place. Frankly,	it	all
	
sounds	too	Quixotic. Moreover,	windmills	are	out	of	style. We	now	have
	
windbags	and	not	imaginary	ones	either. But	to	get	back	to	Salk. Despite	the	unquestioned	brilliance	of	his	mind,	in	our
	
opinion	he	is	barking	up	the	wrong	alley. The	logic	of	that	mind	cannot	make	up
	
for	the	incorrectness	of	its	premise. In	this	game	of	polio	research	(and	that’s
	
what	it	has	turned	out	to	be)	he	intercepted	the	ball	and	carried	it	across	the	line
	
to	a	delusive	touchdown. It	so	happens	the	goal	posts	of	victory	happened	to	be
	
his	own,,	and,	well—"that,	wont	win	any	games. " In	the	final	score,	if	I	may
	
continue	the	metaphor,	I’m	sure	the	superior	ground	strategy	of	polio	will	easily
	
overpower	the	aerial	astigmatics	of	Salk	and	his	team. Any	qualified	coach	or
	
judge	would	advise	Salk	to	discard	his	theoretical	illusions	and	reconstitute	his
	
attack	and	defense	formations	on	more	practical	considerations	than	the	color	of
	
his	opponents’	uniforms	or	some	similar	superficies. This	might	explain	to	him
	
the	fact	that	polio	cannot	be	beaten	by	concentrating	on	its	symptoms	because
	
they’re	simply	a	camouflage	when	evaluated	on	a	prima-facie	basis. The	Hygienist	does	not	accept	symptoms	at	their	current	face	value. He	uses
	
them	as	legal	tender	to	gain	entrance	to	the	deeper	vaults	of	the	human	body
	
wherein	the	foundation	stones	of	disease	are	more	easily	discernible. As	these
	
stones	are	laid	so	does	he	deduce	the	weaknesses	in	the	human	structure. In	this
	
way	the	active	as	well	as	the	potential	factors	are	brought	out	into	the	clear	light
	
of	scientific	evaluation;	etiology	and	prognosis	are	more	truly	estimated;	and
	
acute	and	chronic	disturbances	are	nipped	in	the	bud	of	their	origin. The	fact	is
	
nobody,	Salk	included,	can	follow	the	phantasmagoria	of	symptomatology	and
	come	to	a	true	understanding	of	any	disease	for	the	simple	reason	that	symptoms
	
are	only	symptoms,	not	causes. Or	is	that	too	elementary	for	men	of	Dr. Salk’s
	
caliber. His	error	is	not	one	of	logic	but	rather	of	the	superficial	premise	upon	which	he
	
launched	his	whole	research	program. Mankind’s	error	exists	in	its	being
	
constantly	deluded	by	the	specious	type	of	reasoning	men	of	medicine	employ
	
and	base	their	conclusions	on. We	forget	that	logic	is	a	means	to	an	end,	that	it
	
can	serve	the	villain	and	the	saint,	the	misguided	and	the	well	grounded,	the
	
people	and	their	exploiters. In	this	instance,	the	end	served	is	surely	not	ours,	for
	
had	it	been,	Salk	would	have	probed	deeper	than	the	symptoms	of	polio	to	get	to
	
the	underlying	bottom	of	the	problem. He	would	have	explored	other	approaches. He	would	have	considered	other
	
premises	than	the	germ	theory	of	the	disease. He	might	have	given	thought	to	the
	
possibility	that	perhaps	virology	was	not	the	only	beginning	to	so	serious	a
	
study. He	might	have	glanced	back	through	history’s	pages	and	refreshed	his
	
memory	on	the	course	of	pellagra	in	our	south;	on	the	scourge	of	scurvy;	on	the
	
incredible	incidence	of	beriberi	among	the	white	rice	eating	peoples	of	the
	
Orient. He	might	even	have	seen	the	related	significance	of	this	latter	condition
	
to	the	present	problem	of	polio	in	the	symptoms	of	its	advanced	stages	known	as
	
polyneuritis,	in	which	control	of	the	muscles	of	the	feet,	legs	and	arms,	and	in
	
severe	cases	of	the	trunk	too,	is	affected. He	might	have	learned	that	these	too
	
were	epidemic	diseases	and	were	endlessly	ascribed	to	various	germs,	and	that	in
	
the	final	analysis	all	medical	research	in	their	behalf	turned	out	to	be
	
meaningless	medical	meandering	down	the	insidious	avenue	of	infection;
	
proving	that	medical	research,	if	not	a	disease	in	itself,	is	surely	a	pathological
	
compulsion	in	most	cases. In	the	end	pellagra,	scurvy	and	beriberi	turned	out	to	be	diseases	of	dietary
	
deficiency	that	could	be	controlled	by	the	simple	process	of	putting	back	into	the
	
nutriment	of	nature	some	of	the	vital	elements	that	commerce	saw	profit	in
	
removing. These	and	many	more	correlatives	could	he	have	seen	had	his
	
immunological	perspective	recognized	the	true	relationship	of	Virology	to
	
Symptomology,	as	that	of	tweedledee	and	tweedledum. Hygienists	do	not
	
discredit	the	presence	of	the	three	guilty	viruses. We	say	that	they	are	merely	a
	
symptom	of	polio	rather	than	the	cause. And	we	openly	admit	our	skepticism	of
	
any	approach	to	the	problem	of	polio	that	systematically	or	unwittingly	ignores
	
the	basic	enervating	and	toxemic	forces	that	nurture	the	soil	of	its	growth	in	the
	
human	body. Furthermore,	we	look	askance	on	any	data	that	disregards	the	clues	inherent	in
	
the	study	of	the	comparative	eating	habits	of	our	own	rich	country	with	its	high
	
polio	rate	as	against	the	eating	habits	of	the	poor	countries	of	the	East	with	their
	
low	polio	incidence. Our	superiority	in	the	matter	of	advanced	sanitation	and
	
hygiene	apparently	offers	no	advantages	in	the	way	of	polio	prevention,	or	at
	
least	not	where	our	respective	diets	remain	the	same. The	one	clear	spot	in	the
	
statistical	panorama	is	the	difference	in	the	overall	consumption	of	white	sugar. Explicitly,	their’s	is	but	a	fraction	of	ours. It	may	stun	you	to	learn	that	in	the
	
year	1939	the	per	capita	consumption	of	white	sugar	in	China,	where	only
	
sporadic	cases	of	polio	were	seen,	was	3. 2	lbs. ,	whereas	in	the	United	States
	
103.
The author is strongly opposed to the vaccine and believes it is a scam, stating that it is not a cure for polio, but rather a way for the medical industry to make a profit.
What is the author's opinion on the polio vaccine?
The author does not accept the idea that germs or viruses cause disease, instead, they believe that disease is caused by a disordered imagination or fear.
What is the author's stance on the concept of "germs" causing disease?
The author believes that the Salk vaccine is a hoax and that it is not a solution to the problem of polio. They also state that the vaccine may actually cause more harm than good.
What is the author's opinion on the Salk vaccine?
The author is highly critical of the medical industry, accusing them of profiteering and prioritizing profits over the well-being of the public.
What is the author's view on the medical industry?
The author is strongly opposed to the use of vaccines and serums, believing that they are ineffective and potentially harmful.
What is the author's stance on the use of vaccines and serums?