Bealle 1949 The Drug Story (Banned Book in Its Day) US Medical Mafia

The Drug Story Morris A.
Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust 1 / 210

The
DRUG
STORY
By Morris A. Bealle [Edited and formatted y !Me"#
A Factological History Of
America's $10,000,000,000
(in 1949) Drg !artel " #ts
$et%o&s, O'erations, Hi&&en
O(ner)*%i', +rofits An&
,errific #m'act On ,%e Healt%
Of ,%e American +eo'le-
$ulished y T%E %OR&ET'S &EST( $.O. Bo) *+( S,anish -or.( Utah
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3o,yright 4561. MRS. MORR7S A. BEA88E. All Rights Reser9ed
3o,yright 4505. 7n the United States and 3anada y Morris A. Bealle(
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Editor's &ote: .ea&ers s%ol& /e a(are t%at 0,%e .oc1efeller
Family2 is o(ne& an& o'erate& /y t%e .ot%sc%il& Family
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-rom the Editor of the
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As. yourself t<o =uestions and read the ans<er.
>uestion 4: 3%y is t%is /oo1 rele4ant to yo5
>uestion +: 3%at is yor life (ort% to yo5
Ho( a/ot t%e li4es of yor family an& frien&s5
Ans<er: Free&om or sla4ery- ,%ose are t%e c%oices,
an& t%ere are only t(o c%oices, as ol& .oman la(
recogni6e&- ,%e latter .oman economy (as fele& /y
sla4ery- *la4es lac1 c%oices- 7o, $r- or $s- 0free2
American &o %a4e c%oices, /t only to t%e e8tent t%at
yo're informe& of t%e facts (%en yo ma1e a c%oice-
#gnorant 'eo'le can't remain free- 9ac% of s is
ignorant or 0n&er)informe&2 a/ot one t%ing or
anot%er- *o (e all %a4e mc% to learn-
7o'4e 'ro/a/ly %ear& a/ot t%e 0rig%t2 to Free +/lic
Healt% !are- +eo'le (%o o''ose it call it 0*ociali6e&
$e&icine-2 3illiam :efferson !linton, (%o s''orts it
calls it 0.ig%ts t%at can ne4er /e ta1en a(ay-2 +eo'le
arge an& &e/ate t%is isse (it%ot e4er mentioning
one sim'le fact t%at (ill lig%t ' t%e (%ole s/;ect-
Or go4ernment %as alrea&y ta1en o4er me&icine- #t
%a''ene& in t%e not so &istant 'ast- ,%e reslts (ere
%orri/le- ,%at ta1e)o4er %as ne4er /een o4ertrne&-
,%e s/;ect of t%is /oo1 is<
,%e first time go4ernment too1 o4er %ealt% care-
$lease s,end t<enty minutes s.imming elo<.
,%in1 a/ot (%at (e ga4e ' ((%at it really ;ost) t%e
first time (e let go4ernment ta1ie o4er %ealt% care-
Try to imagine ho< mu;h health ;are is is going
to ;ost you <hen it is !free?"
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3O&TE&TS
1- 3%at >;ol *tarte&
2- ,%e *'i&er'* 3e/
=- ?o4ernment ?angsters
a) ,%e Foo& An& Drg @an&its
/) Aangaroo !ort
c) +atent Office
&) Drg ,rst A''ointments
4- *ociali6e& $e&icine
a) !o'elan& @ill, 19=B
/) 3agner @ill, 19=9
c) 3agner)$rray @ill, 194B
&) 3agner)$rray)Dingell @ill, 194C
e) ,rman)9(ing @ill, 1949
B- ,%e .ac1et #n !ancer !ontrol
C- ?et),%e)$oney @oys
D- Dangeros Doses
a) @ayer's As'irin
/) *al He'atica
c) Eic1's Eatro)>ol
&) 9'som *alts
e) @romo *elt6er
f) @ame @en ?ay
g) @romo Finine
%) Feen)A)$int
i) Aon&on'* >asal :elly
;) !arter'* Gittle Gi4er +ills
1) ,ms
l) @ell)Ans
m) 98 Ga8
n) !res For O/esity
o) !ol& ,a/lets An& Eaccines
H- *erm +/licity
9- !entries Of +rogress
10- 9nter ,%e $e&icine $an
11- ,%e Drg !%am/er Of !ommerce
12- !lose& *%o'
1=- *%a1e&o(n
14- ,ime $arc%es On
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3ha,ter 4 @hat &uAol Started
I# firmly /elie4e t%at if t%e (%ole materia me&ica col& /e sn1
to t%e /ottom of t%e sea, it (ol& /e all t%e /etter for man1in&
an& all t%e (orse for t%e fis%es-I
" Oli4er 3en&ell Holmes, $- D-
+rofessor of $e&icine at Har4ar&
,%irty years ago t%e *tan&ar& Oil !om'any /ecame im'resse&
(it% t%e met%o&s of t%e /ig 'ac1ing %oses (%ic% se&,
'rocesse& an& sol& e4ery 'art of t%e %og /t t%e sJeal-
,%eir sales researc% &e'artment (ent '(ay /ac1 to t%e 1HC0's
(%en IOl& @illI .oc1efeller, t%e itinerant 'a''y of :o%n D- (t%e
first) an& a 'atent me&icine s%o(man, se& to 'alm off /ottle&
ra( 'etrolem on t%e yo1els as a cre for cancer-
IOl& @illI (as an 'state >e( 7or1 farmer ntil 1HB0- He mo4e&
to !le4elan& t%en, entere& t%e 'atent me&icine rac1et an& %a&
%imself liste& as a I'%ysicianI in t%e city &irectory- #n selling ra(
'etrolem in a 'retty /ottle IOl& @illI &i& not%ing ne(-
He merely too1 a 'age ot of t%e /oo1 of ot%er 'atent me&icine
fa1irs (%o (ere t%en %a(1ing t%eir (ares from t%e /ac1s of
(agons " co4ere& an& nco4ere&- 3%en oil (as &isco4ere& in
nort%(est +ennsyl4ania (1HB0) t%e ;ac1als of t%e oil tra&e fon&
t%ere (as more gol& in t%e ;eans of t%e glli/le yo1els t%an t%ere
(as in (or1ing for it in t%e oil fiel&s-
,%ey /egan to /ottle t%e ra( 'etrolem an& 'alm it off n&er
4arios names as a cre for e4eryt%ing n&er t%e sn- ,%e
'o'lar mala&ies of t%e &ay (ere li4er com'laint, c%olera
mor/s, consm'tion an& /ronc%itis- Among t%e names gi4en
t%is ra( 'etrolem (ere I*eneca Oil,I I.oc1 OilI an& IAmerican
$e&icinal Oil-I
IOl& @illI o'ene& ' a ne( fiel& for %imself- He calle& %is /ottle&
'etrolem I>;olI (meaning ne( oil) an& sol& it to t%ose (%o
%a& cancer an& t%ose (%om %e col& ma1e fear t%ey (ol& %a4e
it-
,%is son&e& goo& to *tan&ar&'s researc%ists- #t son&e& e4en
/etter (%en t%ey fon& it cost /t $2-00 a /arrel to concoct
>;ol from cr&e 'etrolem- An& t%at from one /arrel of t%e ra(
stff t%ey col& ma1e 1,000 si8)once /ottles of finis%e& >;ol-
#nstea& of calling it a cre for cancer t%ey calle& it a cre for
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consti'ation-
,%e latest tra&e catalog lists >;ol as going to t%e &rggist at
2H)2/= cents a %alf 'int (H fli& onces)- ,%e &rggist t%s 'ays
a/ot 21 cents for a C)once /ottle of >;ol (%ic% costs
*tan&ar& Oil 1/B of a cent-
,%ese /reat%)ta1ing 'rofits from >;ol ma1e it ine4ita/le t%at
America's largest an& most rt%less in&strial com/ine (t%e
.oc1efeller 9m'ire) s%ol& soon a&& t%e &rg traffic to its
alrea&y 4ast 'ro&ction an& sales &omain- #t (asn't ntil 19=9,
%o(e4er, t%at t%e Drg ,rst (as forme& an& t%e '(ar& cr4e
in t%eir &rg 'rofits /egan to assme t%e 'resent gigantic
'ro'ortions (%ic% to&ay ma1e it a maca/re $10,000,000,000 a
year /siness- Ho( t%e American Drg ,rst (as forme& /y an
alliance (it% its o''osite nm/er in ?ermany is almost a story in
itself-
*oon after t%e 'resent)&ay >;ol (as 't on t%e mar1et it (as
&isco4ere& /y '%ysicians to /e %armfl- #t ro//e& t%e /o&y of fat
sol/le 4itamins an& case& serios &eficiency &iseases-
*tan&ar& Oil c%ec1e& t%e loss in sales /y a&&ing carotene (one
of t%e fat sol/le 4itamins) to >;ol an& claiming t%is o4ercame
t%ese in;ries- +%ysicians &isagree (it% t%e sales &e'artment of
*tan&ar& Oil on t%is 'oint-
An& (%at of >;ol, no( /eing sol& to t%e '/lic as a la8ati4e-
For some years /efore %is &eat% *enator .oyal *- !o'elan& of
>e( 7or1 se& to set ' a ra&io micro'%one e4ery morning in
%is *enate Office @il&ing Jarters in 3as%ington, frnis%e& /y
t%e American ta8'ayers, an& 'lg t%is greasy concoction " at
$DB,000 a year-
,%e >e( 7or1 *enator (as a &octor of sorts- Alt%og% %e
'ossesse& a me&ical &egree %e (as ne4er a/le to ma1e a li4ing
as a /e&si&e 'ractitioner- He (ent into 'olitics an& ma&e
me&icine 'ay in a /ig (ay- First %e /ecame %ealt% commissioner
of >e( 7or1 !ity, t%en a *enator from t%e 9m'ire *tate (%ere
%e se& t%e 'rominence t%s gaine& to /ally%oo >;ol to
nss'ecting ra&io listeners-
,o&ay >;ol is ma&e /y *tanco, #ncor'orate&, 21C 3est 14t%
*treet in >e( 7or1, liste& in $oo&y's $anal as one of t%e many
s/si&iaries of t%e *tan&ar& Oil !om'any- *tanco's only ot%er
'ro&ct is Flit, (ell 1no(n fly 1iller an& insectici&e, ma&e from
t%e same ra( materials an& /y 'retty mc% t%e same 'rocess-
3%en a ?erman /eer %all /m name& Hitler /egan to 'lan %is
1,000)year .eic%, t%e 'o(ers)t%at)(ere in ?ermany &i&n't
actally 1no( t%at American 'oliticians (ere going to sol4e t%eir
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acte em'loyment crisis /y forcing s into t%e secon& (orl& (ar
to again sa4e 9nglan&'s %i&e an& .oc1efeller's oil- @t t%ey
(eren't ta1ing any c%ances-
?ermany's %ge &ye trst (or c%emical cartel) 1no(n as t%e #-
?- Far/enin&strie A1tiengesellsc%aft, en;oye& a mono'oly on all
c%emical 'ro&cts manfactre& in ?ermany- ?erman #? ma&e
an alliance (it% American *tan&ar& Oil in or&er to control
im'ortant 'atents- ,%e general i&ea (as t%at t%e t(o (ere to
'ool t%eir 'rocesses- ,%is (as &one " in a one)si&e& (ay-
3it% t%e %el' of *tan&ar& Oil t%e ?erman /e%emot% 're4ente&
American c%emists from learning %o( to ma1e synt%etic r//er
ntil after t%e :a's too1 t%e $alayan +eninsla an& its 4ast
r//er 'lantations- ,%is almost lost (ar for t%e Knite& *tates-
*o, in 19=9, (%en it /ecame a''arent t%at ?ermany (ol& soon
/e n'o'lar in t%e Knite& *tates, *tan&ar& Oil %el'e& Hitler's
.eic% co4er its American %ol&ings in t%e &rg an& c%emical fiel&-
,%e American #? (as forme&, /y ta1ing o4er t%e *terling
+ro&cts !om'any, t%e ?rasseli !%emical 3or1s (alias t%e
?eneral Aniline 3or1s), t%e Agfa)Film !om'any, t%e 3int%ro'
!%emical an& t%e $agnesim De4elo'ment com'anies-
*tan&ar& Oil too1 1B % of t%e stoc1 in t%e ne( ?erman)
American c%emical trst- 9fforts to %oo1 t%e &+ont com'any
into t%is sitation 'artially faile&- Among t%e &irectors of t%is
Ico4er 'I com'any (ere 3alter ,eagle (+resi&ent of t%e
*tan&ar& Oil !om'any), +al 3ar/rg (a .oose4elt).oc1efeller
stooge), an& 9&sel For&-
Fi4e %n&re& t%osan& s%ares of stoc1 (ere isse& to 3alter
,eagle- At a later *ecrities L 98c%ange !ommission
in4estigation $r- ,eagle &enie& %is 'arentage of t%is stoc1,
claiming %e (as %ol&ing it as a &mmy for someone else-
3%en as1e& /y t%e e8aminer (%o t%is Isomeone elseI (as %e
/lan&ly re'lie& %e &i& not 1no(, alt%og% %e (as n&er oat%-
94eryone else 1ne( it (as eit%er one of t%e .oc1efeller clan in
'erson, or t%e *tan&ar& Oil !om'any-
,%e (ar (as getting 'retty close to t%is contry- +resi&ent
.oose4elt (as setting ' t%e +earl Har/or &isaster, an& %a&
or&ere& or ra&ar &efenses let &o(n at D o'cloc1 e4ery morning-
History recor&s t%at t%e :a's acce'te& t%is Io''ortnity') to
&estroy most of t%e American >a4y, ma&e &efenseless on or&ers
from 3as%ington- MEditor's &ote +22/: Ha4e yo loo1e& into
t%e allegation t%at FD. 1ne( a/ot, an& encorage& t%e
:a'anese attac1 on +earl Har/or, to get s into t%e (ar5N
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At t%is ;ctre American #? Far/en &eci&e& to camoflage its
?erman 'arentage an& sym'at%ies, (it% t%e %el' of *tan&ar&
Oil- #t c%ange& its name to t%e ?eneral Aniline L Film
!or'oration s%ortly /efore t%e +earl Har/or attac1- @efore &oing
t%is, American #? 'rc%ase& an n&isclose& nm/er of s%ares in
t%e O6ali& !or'oration, *c%ering L !om'any, $ission
!or'oration, $onsanto !%emical, Alminm !or'oration, Drg
(#ncor'orate&), Do( !%emical, Anti&olar !om'any, *tan&ar& Oil
of >e( :ersey, *tan&ar& Oil of #n&iana, *tan&ar& Oil of !alifornia
an& t%e &+ont !om'any- #t too1 o4er /o&ily t%e 'ri4ately)
o(ne& Hoffman)Ga.oc%e !om'any-
$ean(%ile, *terling Drg go//le& ' 3int%ro' !%emical, t%e
@ayer !om'any, ?eneral Drg, Eege8 (#nc-), !oo1 Ga/oratories,
t%e !entar !om'any an& Al/a +%armacal !om'any-
Drg, #nc-, o(ne& /y Gois A- Giggett (a 'o(erfl $assac%setts
'olitician &ring t%e Hoo4er a&ministration), %a& in 1929 ta1en
o4er t%e @ristol)$yers !om'any, Eic1 !%emical, Knite& Drg,
Gife *a4ers (#nc-), an& t%e Giggett c%ain of I.OI .etail &rg
stores-
3it% Eic1 !%emical, Drg, #nc- (an& t%e .oc1efeller)*tan&ar&
Oil)?erman #? Drg ,rst) got t%e :- ,- @a1er !%emical
!om'any, t%e 3illiam *- $errell !om'any, t%e :ensen)*als/erry
Ga/oratories, +rince $atc%a/elli (#nc-), Alfre& D- $cAel4y
!om'any, Goeser Ga/oratories (#nc-), ,aylor !%emical an& t%e
*ofs1in !om'any-
3%en t%e American &og%/oys slog%e& into ?ermany, an&
reac%e& t%e in&strial city of Fran1fort, t%ey (ere ama6e& to fin&
intact all of t%e /il&ings an& t%e %ge 'lant of t%e ?erman #?
Far/en !%emical ,rst- American a4iators, 'in'ointing t%eir
targets, %a& &emolis%e& e4ery ot%er strctre in to(n-
3%at t%e &og%/oys &i&n't 1no( (as t%at t%e *ecretary of 3ar,
one .o/ert +- +atterson, (as a .oc1efeller la(yer, a''ointe& /y
+resi&ent .oose4elt 'on .oc1efeller or&ers, fres% ot of Dillon,
.ea& an& !om'any- ,%e Dillon).ea& concern not only is a
.oc1efeller s/si&iary, /t (as t%e /an1ing %ose t%at finance&
?erman #? Far/en an& atten&e& to t%e financial &etails of
forming t%e American IcC4er 'I firm for t%e ?erman c%emical
cartel-
American a4iators, (%o gnas%e& t%eir teet% at t%eir or&ers to
miss t%e /iggest target in Fran1fort, %a4e ne4er acce'te& t%e
(ea1 ali/i gi4en t%em from %ea&Jarters- 3%ic% (as t%at t%is
;icy an& #$+O.,A>, target s%ol& /e sa4e& /ecase t%e
American 98'e&itionary Forces (ol& Inee& an office /il&ingI
(%en t%ey got into ?ermany 'ro'er-
,o s%o( %o( t%e ?erman !%emical !artel an& t%e .oc1efeller
Drg ,rst affect t%e li4es of most American 'eo'le, *terling
Drg's CC s/si&iaries manfactre among ot%er t%ings +%illi's'
Dentrifices an& !osmetics, Do/le Dan&erine, #roni6e& 7east,
An&re(s' Gi4er *alts, .oss' +ills, $e;oral, Astringosol, !am'%o)
+%eniJe, $olle, 9nergine, Diamon& Dyes, an& many
anaest%etics, 4itamins, anti)malarials, slfa &rgs, analgesics,
arsenicals, /ar/itrates, antise'tics, anti)/acterials an& &igesti4e
ferments-
,%e @ristol)$yers !om'any ma1es #'ana ,oot% +aste, *al
He'atica, Eitalis, #ngram's *%a4ing !ream, $m, $initr/,
,rs%ay, +eterman's #nsectici&es, @ene8 an& Ammer's +o(&er-
Do( !%emical ma1es 9'som *alts, /romi&es an& many ot%er
K*+ (K- *- +%armaco'oeia) 'ro&cts- $onsanto ma1es glycero)
'%os'%ate, 4anillin, as'irin, sacc%arin, /en6oic aci& an& many
me&icinals an& IfineI c%emicals- ,%e !entar !om'any ma1es
!astoria-
Hoffman)Ga.oc%e ma1es Allonal, Alrate, Anti%istamine, !al)!)
,ose, !itro),%iocol, Digitalis, +anto'on, *e&lon !og% *yr',
+resi&on (se&ati4e), ,%e'%orin ( a '%ony %ay fe4er nostrm),
Ei+enta Dro's an& Eitaminets- Hoffman)Ga.oc%e is 'ri4ately
o(ne&, an& is 'art of t%e *(iss /ranc% of ?erman #?, set ' in
19=9 to 're4ent confiscation as alien 'ro'erty-
3it% t%ese .oc1efeller concerns %a4ing all of t%ese t%ings to sell,
'ls t%osan&s of t%e 12,000 &rg items &escri/e& an&
a&4ocate& in me&ical te8t)/oo1s, it (as t%e most natral t%ing in
t%e (orl& " %man natre an& %man gree& /eing (%at it is "
for t%e .oc1efeller Fon&ation to /e c%ange& into an instrment
for Ie&catingI me&ical st&ents into t%e e8cessi4e se of &rgs-
,%e .oc1efeller Fon&ation (as first set ' in 1904, an& calle&
t%e ?eneral 9&cation Fn&- An organi6ation calle& t%e
.oc1efeller Fon&ation, ostensi/ly to s''lement t%e Fn&, (as
forme& in 1910 an& an effort (as ma&e to get a c%arter from
!ongress-
*enator >elson of !olora&o smelle& a mose /ecase t%e
.oc1efeller &e're&ations in t%e MG&lo(N !olora&o coal fiel&s
(ere still a stenc% in t%e nostrils of all &ecent !olora&oans-
MEditor's &ote: Ha4e yo loo1e& ' t%e 0G&lo( $assacre52N

3%en *enator >elson /rog%t ot t%e fact t%at t%e 'ro'ose&
Fon&ation %a& $100,000,000 for 'ro'agan&a at its &is'osal,
+resi&ent ,aft an& %is Attorney ?eneral 4igorosly o''ose& t%e
c%arter an& it (as &efeate& in t%e !ongress-
For t%ree years t%e .oc1efeller lo//yists /esiege& or national
legislatre for a c%arter an& official res'ecta/ility- !ongress
trne& t%em &o(n year after year on t%e gron& t%at t%ey (ol&
gi4e no sanction to an organi6ation (it% $100,000,000 to s'en&
for commercial 'ro'agan&a-
,%ey ga4e ' %o'e an& &i& t%e ne8t /est t%ing- ,%ey got t%e
>e( 7or1 legislatre to isse a c%arter on $ay 14, 191=, t%rog%
t%e Igoo& officesI of t%e t%en *tate *enator .o/ert F- 3agner-
3it% .oc1efeller money an& 'olitical inflence t%is ?erman /orn
i&eologist later /ecame a *enator of t%e Knite& *tates an& one
of t%e %ammiest %m/gs in t%e entire I>e(I Deal set)'-
#t %as long /een &emonstrate& t%at t%e .oc1efeller interests
%a4e create&, /ilt ' an& &e4elo'e& t%e most far reac%ing
in&strial em'ire e4er concei4e& /y t%e min& of man-
*tan&ar& Oil is of corse t%e fon&ation in&stry 'on (%ic% all
of t%e ot%er in&stries %a4e /een /ilt- ,%e story of Ol& :o%n D-,
as rt%less an in&strial 'irate as e4er came &o(n t%e 'i1e, is
(ell 1no(n-
,%e 1eystone of t%is mammot% in&strial em'ire is t%e !%ase
>ational @an1 (it%, 2D /ranc%es in >e( 7or1 !ity an& 21 in
foreign contries- #t %as assets of $4,C=1,4D1,BH1 an&
otstan&ing loans of $1,B11,C0D,1BH- ,%e .oc1efeller 9m'ire
no( o(ns millions of s%ares of stoc1 in America's lea&ing steel,
railroa&, oil, to/acco, (%is1y, atomo/ile, insrance, 'o(er,
tility, &rg an& ot%er manfactring concerns-
>ot t%e least of its %ol&ings are in t%e &rg /siness- ,%e
.oc1efellers o(n t%e largest &rg manfactring com/ine in t%e
(orl&, an& se all of t%eir ot%er interests to /ring 'ressre to
contine an& increase t%e sale of &rgs- ,%e fact t%at most of
t%e 12,000 se'arate &rg items on t%e mar1et are %armfl is of
no concern to t%e Drg ,rst-
#n a&&ition to t%e com'anies controlle& from .oc1efeller !enter,
t%ere are %n&re&s " may/e t%osan&s " of ot%ers, in&irectly
/t ;st as tig%tly, controlle& t%rog% /an1 loans /y !%ase
>ational- One of t%ese is t%e Hearst ne(s'a'er em'ire- #t
&oesn't ta1e mc% Iste''ing ot of lineI to /ring a/ot t%e
calling of a /an1 loan-
A&4ertising me&ia recor&s for 194H list $1,104,224,=4D as
e8'en&e& for national a&4ertising on t%e ra&io net(or1s, an& in
t%e larger &aily ne(s'a'ers an& maga6ines- ,%e aggregate
estimate for all me&ims is estimate& at $1,B00,)000,000- Ho(
H0 P of t%is sm is tili6e& an& mani'late& to control
information on %ealt% an& &rg matters (%ic% fin&s its (ay to
t%e rea&ing '/lic is tol& in anot%er c%a'ter (,%e *'i&er's 3e/)-
,%ere are many ne(s'a'ers o(ne& /y in&e'en&ent)min&e&
'/lis%ers or '/lis%ing cor'orations- ,%ere are ot%ers of corse
(%ose o(ners are of t%e milJetoast ty'e, (%o li1e to stra&&le
e4ery isse an& s''ress altoget%er anyt%ing (%ic% mig%t case
a contro4ersy-
,%e most in&e'en&ent of ne(s'a'ers are still &e'en&ent on t%eir
'ress association for t%eir national ne(s- ,%ere is no reason for
a '/lis%er or a ne(s e&itor in Aalama6oo or 3alla 3alla to
ss'ect t%at a story concerning %ealt% matters, coming o4er t%e
(ires of t%e Associate& +ress, t%e Knite& +ress or t%e
#nternational >e(s *er4ice is gar/le&, 'artly s''resse& or only
%alf tre-
7et it is an ama6ing fact t%at t%is is (%at &oes %a''en time after
time, /ecase all Associate& +ress Ine(sI on %ealt% matters is
censore&, s''resse& or gar/le&- ,%e Drg ,rst %as one of its
&irectors on t%e &irectorate of t%e Associate& +ress- ,%e
.oc1efeller Fon&ation Director in Jestion is Art%r Hays
*l6/erger, '/lis%er of t%e >e( 7or1 ,imes an& t%erefore one
of t%e most 'o(erfl of t%e Associate& +ress &irectors-
#t (as t%s easy for t%e .oc1efeller cro(& to Iin&ceI t%e
Associate& +ress *cience 9&itor to a&o't a 'olicy (%ic% (ill not
'ermit any story to clear t%at is not a''ro4e& /y t%e Drg ,rst
censor, an& t%e Drg ,rst censor is not going to a''ro4e any
article t%at can in any (ay %rt t%e sale of &rgs-
,%e :ornal of t%e American $e&ical Association on :anary 20,
1940, /ragge& t%at t%e Knite& +ress %a& /een in&ce& to isse a
&irecti4e reJiring all articles on cres an& %man %ealt% to
IclearI t%rog% its >e( 7or1 @rea an& so)calle& science e&itor-
,%e most ironical featre of t%is 'rogram is t%at t%ese so)calle&
Iscience e&itorsI acce't Morris -ishein, &ictator of t%e
American $e&ical Association as an Ie8'ertI on me&ical matters-
,%e recor& s%o(s t%at $r- Fis%/ein ne4er 'ractice& me&icine a
&ay in %is life, &i& not com'lete t%e interns%i' 'art of %is me&ical
corse, an& col& only ma1e 4H in anatomy (%en %e trie& to
'ass t%e state /oar& me&ical e8amination-
3illiam .an&ol'% Hearst (as once a 4ery in&e'en&ent '/lis%er
an& amena/le to no man's (ill /t %is o(n- @t in t%e
&e'ression year of 19=2 %is great ne(s'a'er em'ire %it financial
roc1 /ottom- .eslt (as t%at !%ase >ational @an1 too1 o4er
many loans to I3.,I incl&ing $2B,)000,000 &e/t to
#nternational +o(er an& +a'er, an& foreclose& on t%e *age of
*an *imeon-
@ecase of t%e name %e %a& /ilt ' o4er t%e years of
sensational ;ornalism, 3illie (as gi4en t%e title of e&itor,
$100,000 a year in salary an& allo(e& to (rite any e&itorials an&
&irect t%e c%ain's e&itorial 'olicies in any (ay t%at &i&n't conflict
(it% .oc1efeller interests-
One concession (as ma&e to t%e Hearst ego " one (%ic% %as
&one little %arm to t%e .oc1efeller serm interests /ecase of
t%e carefl (ay in (%ic% it is %an&le&- Once a year %e is allo(e&
to /ello( an& fme an& rant at t%e crelty of 4i4i)section, /t
not at its ftility an& t%e %arm &one t%e %man system /y
serms-
*ince t%e Hearst em'ire o(ns t%e #nternational >e(s *er4ice
t%is se(s ' 100P t%e 'ress associations for t%e .oc1efeller
Drg ,rst, an& acconts for t%e many fa1e stories of serms
an& me&ical cres (%ic% go ot /ra6enly o4er its (ires to all
&aily ne(s'a'ers in t%e lan&-
9manel $- :ose'%son, $- D-, a >e( 7or1 '%ysician (%om
Fis%/ein an& t%e Drg ,rst %a4e /een na/le to t%rottle or e4en
to intimi&ate &es'ite many attem'ts, 'oints ot t%at t%e >ational
Association of *cience 3riters (as ca;ole& or /og%t into
a&o'ting as 'art of its co&e of et%ics t%is<

I*cience e&itors are inca'a/le of ;&ging t%e facts of
'%enomena in4ol4e& in me&ical an& scientific &isco4ery-
,%erefore, t%ey only re'ort '&isco4eries' a''ro4e& /y
me&ical at%orities, or t%ose 'resente& /efore a /o&y of
scientific 'eers-I

*ince t%e me&ico)'olitician ($r- Fis%/ein) (%o &oesn't 1no(
(%ere %alf t%e /ones, organs, ner4es an& tisses of t%e /o&y are
locate& " or e4en (%at t%ey are " is ran1e& /y t%em as an
Ie8'ertI t%e ri&iclos natre of t%is co&e is a''arent-
3%ile eac% se'arate trst n&er .oc1efeller control en;oys t%e
/est in 'ress agentry, t%e 'ro'agan&a of t%e Drg ,rst stan&s
ot a/o4e all t%e ot%ers for s%eer /n1ment of t%e American
'/lic- >e(s'a'ers are fe& (it% reams of 'ro'agan&a a/ot
&rgs an& t%eir I4ale,I in s'ite of statements /y %onest an&
corageos me&ical men t%at fe( of t%e 12,000 '%armacetical
items ma&e are of any 4ale an& most of t%em are &o(nrig%t
%armfl-
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,%e trt% a/ot cres (it%ot &rgs is careflly s''resse&,
nless it sits t%e 'r'ose of t%e censor to gar/le it or ;st tell
'art of t%e trt%- #t matters not (%et%er t%ese cres are effecte&
/y !%iro'ractors, >atro'at%s, Osteo'at%s, !%ristian *cience
+ractitioners or $e&ical Doctors (%o se t%e /rains ?o& ga4e
t%em- 7o ne4er rea& a/ot it-
#n or&er to teac% t%e &rg an& serm i&eology it is necessary to
teac% t%at ?o& &i&n't 1no( (%at %e (as &oing (%en %e ma&e
t%e %man /o&y- *tatistics isse& /y t%e !%il&ren's @rea of
t%e Fe&eral *ecrity Agency &o not /ear ot t%is i&eology- ,%ey
s%o( t%at since t%e all)ot &ri4e of t%e &rg trst for &rgging,
4accinating an& sermi6ing t%e %man system, t%e %ealt% of or
nation %as &ecline& enormosly, es'ecially among c%il&ren
!%il&ren are no( gi4en Is%otsI for t%is an& Is%otsI for t%at,
(%en t%e only immnity 1no(n to science is a %ealt%y %man
/o&y an& a 're /loo& stream- +on&er t%ese go4ernment
fin&ings<

>early %all a million c%il&ren are affecte& /y r%ematic
fe4er-
,en million /oys an& girls n&er 21 %a4e &efecti4e 4ision-
A %alf million %a4e ort%o'e&ic or s'astic con&itions-
,(o million %a4e im'aire& %earing-
*e4enteen t%osan& are &eaf-
For %n&re& t%osan& %a4e t/erclosis-
*e4enty)fi4e 'ercent %a4e &ental &efects-
,%ree ot of e4ery 100 &raft registrants (1H an& 19 years
ol&) %a& %eart tro/le-
,%ree ot of e4ery %n&re& %a& a mental &isease-
,(o ot of e4ery 100 %a& a nerological &ifficlty-
,en ot of e4ery 100 %a& &efecti4e 4ision-
One ot of 40 %a& &efecti4e %earing-

,%ese con&itions &i&n't e8ist in t%e yot% of to&ay's mi&&le age&
an& ol& 'eo'le- Eaccination (as t%e only nnatral 'ractice t%en
an& most of s %a& enog% 4itality e4entally to t%ro( off t%e
effects of t%is /loo& 'olltion- @t if (e %a& Ja&r'le& or
&ec'le& t%is &ose, as is /eing &one to c%il&ren to&ay, or
'resent mi&&le age& 'eo'le 'ro/a/ly (ol& /e ol& an& or
'resent ol& 'eo'le &ea&-
Kn&er t%e aegis of .oc1efeller Fon&ation fn&s me&ical colleges
for t%e most 'art teac% t%e names an& s''ose& ses of 12,000
&rgs- ,%e me&ical st&ent %as to (aste &ays an& nig%ts an&
mont%s of %is corse learning t%e names an& s''ose& ses of
t%ese items, (%en %e col& /etter /e st&ying t%e %man s'ine
an& ganglionic ner4os system as c%iro'ractic, osteo'at%ic an&
natro'at%ic st&ents &o-
,%ere is an ol& an& tre saying t%at %e (%o 'ays t%e 'i'er calls
t%e tne- ,%e .oc1efeller Fon&ation 'ays t%e me&ical college
'i'ers from t%e 'rofits ma&e /y t%e .oc1efeller Drg ,rst an&
of corse t%e Drg ,rst calls t%e tne-
#n its last annal statement t%e Fon&ation re'orts t%at, ' to
Decem/er =1, 194H, colleges an& '/lic agencies %a& /een
gi4en gratities totaling $44C,H=D,B2D- Dring 194H alone t%is
4ast sm (as s(elle& /y gifts of $=2,9=0,4BH-91-
One cannot critici6e a college 'resi&ent for acce'ting %ge sms
for e&cational 'r'oses, /t, college 'resi&ents are s''ose& to
/e smart- O/4iosly t%ey are not- A smart college +resi&ent
(ol& loo1 /e%in& gifts from a .oc1efeller, for Ol& :o%n D- (as
ne4er 1no(n to gi4e a(ay more t%an a &ime nless %e sa( /ig
'rofits coming /ac1-
He (ol& fin& t%at all of t%ese gratities are gi4en colleges (%ic%
teac% t%e se of &rgs- #f %e (ent &ee' enog%, if %e as1e&
corageos, intelligent an& %onest me&ical &octors t%ey (ol&
tell %im t%at a/ot 11,990 of t%ese &rgs are seless an& a/ot
11,9B0 of t%em &o(nrig%t %armfl to t%e %man system-
He (ol& also fin& t%at not a &ime of .oc1efeller Fon&ation
money %as e4er /een contri/te& to &rgless colleges, (%ose
st&ents are effecting cres e4ery &ay t%at %i&e/on& foot)in)
t%e)mot% me&icine consi&ers im'ossi/le, or at least miraclos-
,%e college 'resi&ent (ol& as1 %imself (%y an& %e (ol& come
' (it% /t one ans(er " t%e .oc1efeller Fon&ation is
'romoting t%e e8cessi4e se of &rgs (%ile 'reten&ing to /e
engage& in '%ilant%ro'y- He (ol& also fin& t%at t%e .oc1efeller
#nstitte (en&o(e& (it% $B0,000,000) is 'art of t%e Drg ,rst
team-
,%is IinstitteI engages in researc% an& em'loys many %ig%
class an& ca'a/le tec%nicians /t its acti4ities are &e4ote&
mainly to fin&ing ne( ses for .oc1efeller &rgs, to t%e en& t%at
more &rgs may /e sol& an& more 'rofits ma&e for t%e
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'%armacetical %oses-
,%e 'rofits of some of t%ese &rg factories, es'ecially t%ose
controlle& /y t%e .oc1efeller in&strial em'ire, are fantastic- ,%e
9- .- *Ji// !om'any, &ring t%e (ar year of 194B ((%en t%e
serm rac1et (as at its %eig%t, an& t%e American arme& forces
(ere loa&ing t%e /loo& streams of all &raftees an& 4olnteers
(it% Iimmni6ingI 'oisons), ma&e net earnings si8 times its
'%ysical assets-
$oo&y's #n&strial $anal for 194B s%o(e& tangi/le assets of
$D,=CC,4HH for *Ji// an& net earnings for 194B of
$42,4=2,4D2- ,%e 'rofita/le (ar %a& sto''e& in 194D- 3it% t%e
(ar 'rofits, or else /y /oo1)1ee'ing entries, t%e '%ysical assets
%a& increase& to $14,41C,DH=- ,%e earnings %a& /een re&ce&
to $9,C01,=H9-
@y (atering t%eir stoc1, t%ey %a& 'arlaye& t%is $14,)41C,DH= of
'%ysical assets into 1,DB0,000 s%ares of stoc1, Jote& on t%e
*toc1 98c%ange of :ly 1, 1949, at $2H-00 a s%are- *Ji//s t%s
%as a 'a'er 4ale of $49,000,000, or ===P of its actal
in4estment-
,a1e +ar1e)Da4is L !om'any- ,%eir o'erating income for 194D
(as $1C,DCC,0C0Q t%eir '%ysical assets only $14,)990,C2C-
,%ese 1B millions of actal 4ale %as /een 'arlaye& into
4,H9C,D00 s%ares of stoc1 no( tra&e& at $2H-HD a s%are, total
$141,=91,200 " almost 1,000P of its assets-
An& *%ar'e L Do%me- ,%eir 194D o'erating 'rofit (as
$B,2C=,2=CQ t%eir actal assets $C,24D,BB2- ,%eir 1,020,D12
s%ares of ca'ital stoc1 (as selling for $2D a s%are- ,otal "
$21,BB9,224-
Ge&erle Ga/oratories, one of t%e larger of t%e /iological
manfactrers, in 194B %a& an o'erating 'rofit of $29,=24,)B2B
an& 'ro'erty (ort% $=B,1=H,90H- !ommon stoc1 totalling
2,D0D,02C s%ares (as so 4ala/le t%at it (as not liste& or tra&e&
in on any 1no(n stoc1 e8c%ange-
#n 194C t%e entire concern (as 'rc%ase& /y t%e .oc1efeller)
controlle& American !ynami& !om'any an& it %el'e& to s(ell
t%is c%emical /e%emot%'s 194H income to $=D,)491,H94-
*terling Drg, #nc-, t%e main cog an& largest %ol&ing com'any in
t%e .oc1efeller Drg 9m'ire, an& its CC s/si&iary com'anies,
s%o(e& o'erating 'rofits in 194H of $20,)D42,=H2, an& '%ysical
assets of only $2=,9D9,42H- #ts =,H90,)C4D s%ares (ere /eing
%a(1e& on t%e e8c%ange at $=9 a s%are- ,%is totals
$1B1,D=B,2== of 'a'er 4ale, or se4en an& a %alf times t%e
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com/ine's aggregate assets-
$erc1 L !om'any %a& an o'erating income of $10,)120,0B=,
accor&ing to $oo&y's, an& '%ysical assets of only $19,9CB,H0B-
#ts 2,200,000 s%ares of $1-00 'ar 4ale common (ere Jote&
:ly 1, 1949, at $=1-DB, an& its 190,000 s%ares of 'referre& at
$10C-B0- ,otal $90,140,000-
$cAesson L .o//ins s%o(e& an o'erating 'rofit of $1C,H0D,4DC
on '%ysical assets of only $C,C2H,=42- #ts 1,)H=2,42C s%ares
(ere Jote& at $==-B0 " $C1,=HC,2=D-
!%arles +fi6er L !o-, #nc-, is a &rg trst nit (%ic% ma1es Ifine
organic c%emicalsI for ot%er nits to 'rocess into 4arios items-
#ts statement s%o(s a 194H 'rofit, of $1C,91D,11H an& '%ysical
assets of only $1B,421,C==- #ts 'rofit (as 109P of its actal
in4estment, (%ic% %as /een 'arlaye& into B0,000 s%ares of =R
P $100 'ar 4ale 'referre&, an& 1,4H0,0B0 s%ares of common-
,%e latter (as Jote& on t%e >e( 7or1 *toc1 98c%ange :ly 1,
1949, at $4B-B0 a s%are- ,%is gi4es t%e com'any's inflation,
4ale as $D2,=42,2DB, or 4DB P of its in4estment 4ale-
A usiness <hi;h ma.es 1B on its in9ested ;a,ital is
;onsidered a sound money ma.er and its in9ested ;a,ital
;an usually e Audged y its a;tual ,hysi;al assets.
3atering t%e stoc1 can ma1e its assets loo1 as %ig% as (aterers
(ant it to-
Here is $cAesson an& .o//ins ma1ing, not CP /t 2B4 P of t%e
actal 4ale in4ol4e& " (%en yo &on't consi&er t%e (ater or
inflate& /oo1 4ale-
*Ji// in 194B ma&e, not si8 'ercent, /t BDC P on t%e actal
4ale of its 'ro'erty- @t t%at (as &ring t%e lscios (ar years
(%en t%e Army *rgeon ?eneral's Office an& t%e >a4y @rea of
$e&icine an& *rgery (ere not only acting as 'romoters for t%e
Drg ,rst, /t (ere actally forcing &rg trst 'oisons into t%e
/loo& streams of or sol&iers, sailors an& marines, to t%e tne of
o4er 200 million Is%ots-I
3it% t%e (ar o4er (e fin& t%ese 'rofits re&ce&, /t still many
times %ig%er t%an t%e Ita1eI in any /siness t%is si&e of t%e
nm/ers rac1et- For instance, in 194H, *terling ma&e HDP of
its '%ysical 4ale, t%s inflating its stoc1 strctre an&
Jotations to C=2 P of actal assets-
*Ji// s%o(e& an earning of CCP an& inflation of ==HP- +ar1e)
Da4is earne& 112P of its assets, an& s%o(e& inflation to 9BC P-
$cAesson L .o//ins, (%ile earning only =9P of its assets
ne4ert%eless, /y stoc1 mar1et mani'lation, increase& its 'a'er
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4ale to 92C P of its actal assets-
An e8ten&e& list of t%ese inor&inate 'rofits from t%e &rg traffic
is gi4en in anot%er c%a'ter of t%is /oo1- #s it any (on&er t%at
t%e Hose of .oc1efeller, t%e most ra'acios in&strial em'ire
e4er concei4e& /y t%e min& of man, s%ol& ta1e to &rgs as a
money ma1er, e4en if in &oing it e4entally ma1es t%e Knite&
*tates a nation of in4ali&s-
#s it any (on&er t%at t%e .oc1efellers, an& t%eir stooges in t%e
Foo& an& Drg A&ministration, t%e K- *- +/lic Healt% *er4ice,
t%e +ost Office De'artment, t%e Fe&eral ,ra&e !ommission, t%e
@etter @siness @reas, t%e Army $e&ical !or's, t%e >a4y
@rea of $e&icine, t%e 3agner)$rray)Dingell ty'e in
!ongress, an& t%osan&s of %ealt% officers all o4er t%e contry,
s%ol& com/ine to 't ot of /siness all forms or t%era'y t%at
&iscorage t%e se of &rgs-
3e %a4e not gone to &rgless 'ractitioners for scientific
information on t%e %armflness of most of t%ose 12,000 &rg
items (%ic% in t%e &rg traffic t%e Hose of .oc1efeller an& its
colleages %a4e for sale an& is 'lgging (it% mig%t an& main
t%rog% all of its %ig% 'o(ere& an& (ell)finance& '/licity
a4enes- Get's go into t%e ran1s of ots'o1en me&ical
'ractitioners for or information-
,%e American Dis'ensatory lists o4er 12,000 items of &rgs on
t%e mar1et- # am tol& /y me&ical 'ractitioners t%at to teac% a
st&ent t%ese 12,000 &rgs or any more t%an (say) a certain
selecte& 100 of t%em, is 99)44/100P a (aste of time- @t it
DO9* %el' s(ell t%e 'rofits of t%e '%armacetical %oses-
Get s Jote an at%ority on t%is s/;ect, Dr- Da4i& G- 9&sall,
(%o (as at one time Dean of t%e Har4ar& $e&ical *c%ool<

'# (as, for a 'erio&, a 'rofessor of t%era'etics an&
'%armacology, an& # 1no( from e8'erience t%at st&ents
(ere o/lige& t%en /y me an& /y ot%ers to learn a/ot an
intermina/le nm/er of &rgs, many of (%ic% (ere
4aleless, many of t%em seless, some 'ro/a/ly e4en
%armfl, some ot%ers relati4ely 4aleless " all /ecase
t%ey (ere still &iscsse& in some te8t /oo1s, %a& ne4er
/een &iscar&e& an& (ere some times as1e& a/ot /y state
/oar& of me&ical e8aminers-I

Art%r .o/ertson !s%ny, $-D-, former +rofessor of $ateria
$e&ica an& ,%era'etics at t%e Kni4ersity of $ic%igan, is
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust 1H / 210
recogni6e& as one of t%e (orl&'s lea&ing at%orities on
+%armacology- His te8t /oo1 I+%armacology an& ,%era'eticsI is
recogni6e& as t%e lea&ing (or1 of its 1in& in t%e (orl&- #n it,
Dr- !s%ny says<

I,%e more a&4ance& teac%ers of me&icine %a4e 4ery
'ro'erly a//re4iate& t%eir lists of reme&ies, /t t%e
st&ent on going into 'ractice meets nm/ers of &rgs
're4iosly n1no(n to %im an& not a''reciating t%at t%ese
%a4e alrea&y /een trie& an& &iscar&e& /y %is teac%ers is
tem'te& to fall into t%e slog% of nreasoning em'iricism-
I,%ere is still a ten&ency, e4en among t%e e&cate&, to
ascri/e t%era'etic 4irtes to e4ery ne( (ee& an& e4ery
ne( 'ro&ct of t%e c%emical in&stry-
IAs long as t%e me&ical st&ent %as to learn t%e s''ose&
4irtes of a %ost of o/scre s/stances, %e (ill ten& to se
t%em in 'ractice- ,%is, in trn, necessitates t%eir inclsion
in t%e '%armaco'oeia, (%ic% again 'er'etates t%em as
s/;ects of teac%ing-I

,%ere are a fe( ots'o1en $e&ical Doctors (%o (ill tell yo
'oint /lan1 t%at, n&er t%is Drg ,rst aegis, &octors are trne&
ot of t%ese s/si&i6e& me&ical sc%ools li1e mac%ines- From %is
earliest st&ent &ays %e is not allo(e& to se %is min& or to
t%in1 for %imself-
He is ma&e to follo( certain (ell)forme& groo4es- He is not
gi4en time to &isco4er (%et%er t%e me&icines an& &rgs %e is
tag%t to 'rescri/e are of any /enefit- He is tol& t%at IAI says
t%is s%ol& /e &one in IOI illness, t%at I@I says sc%)an&)sc% a
c%emical com/ination %as /eneficial effects (%en t%e 'atient is
sffering from I7I &isease- Again let s Jote from Dr- 9&sall<

IAlmost all s/;ects mst /e ta1en at e8actly t%e same
time, an& in almost e8actly in t%e same (ay, /y all
st&ents, an& t%e amont intro&ce& into eac% corse is
sc% t%at fe( st&ents %a4e time or energy to e8'lore any
s/;ect in a s'irit of in&e'en&ent interest- A little
com'arison s%o(s t%at t%ere is less intellectal free&om in
t%e me&ical corse t%an in almost any ot%er form of
'rofessional e&cation in t%is contry-I

#t ta1es corage for a me&ical &octor to come ot an& say sc%
t%ings- ,%e Drg ,rst %as t%e American $e&ical Association so
(ell organi6e&, an& it %as sc% a &ynamic s'o1esman in $r-
Fis%/ein, t%at a (%is'ering cam'aign of ama6ing intensity is
imme&iately starte& against %im-
#f %e is a yong &octor %is 'ractice is rine&- He can /e 1ic1e&
ot of %is conty me&ical society on trm'e& ' c%arges an& t%e
reslting '/licity can ma1e %im loo1 li1e an incom'etent
'ractitioner-
Among me&ical 'ractitioners (%o %a4e %el'e& com'ile t%e
tec%nical information in t%is 4olme are t%e late Dr- !%arles G-
Goffler of !%icago, Dr- ?eorge *tarr 3%ite of Gos Angeles, Dr-
!%risto'%er O'Day of Honoll, Dr- !arl $- Frisc%1orn of >orfol1,
Ea-, Dr- ?eorge Fran1lin *mit% of !%icago, Dr- 3illiam F- Aoc% of
Detroit an& Dr- :ose'%son-
Dr- Frisc%1orn says %e ne4er ses /t t(o &rgs " se&ati4es
an& o'iates, an& t%ese s'aringly- He a4ers t%at t%ere are times
(%en t%e lac1 of t%em may &o more to t%e 'atient's ner4es t%an
t%e %arm t%e &rgs t%emsel4es &o-
Dr- Goffler often sai& t%at serms an& 4accines 't more to8ins
in t%e %man /loo& in one a&ministration t%an in;&icios eating
%a/its &o in a year- Dr- Goffler (as a /loo& s'ecialist (%o
eliminate& to8ins /y t%e o8yc%lorine met%o&-
Anot%er 'rogressi4e an& intelligent me&ical &octor of my
acJaintance %as ;st /een 't t%rog% t%e (ringer /y %is
conty me&ical society for es'osing t%e 'rinci'le of 'raying Ifor
t%e millennim (%en t%e one)sc%ool)t%og%t t%era'y may at
least /e /ro1en an& &et%rone& for all time-I ,%is 'articlar
&octor is no /ig %el' to t%e Drg ,rst- He ses as fe( of t%ese
concoctions as 'ossi/le an& t%ose only to meet or&inary me&ical
emergencies- He lists t%em as<

1- Digitalis an& ot%er car&iac (%eart) &rgsQ
2- *e&ati4es (rela8ers, rest 'ro&cers)Q
=- Hy'notics (slee' 'ro&cers)Q
4- Analgesics ('ain relie4ers)-

Dr- ?eorge *tarr 3%ite %as /ilt ' one of t%e largest me&ical
'ractices in t%e Knite& *tates /y sing t%e /rains ?o& ga4e %im-
He is in&e'en&ent of t%e $e&ical !%am/er of !ommerce, t%e
Drg ,rst, t%e F%rer of $e&icine an& all of t%eir satellites- He
&oesn't gi4e a %oot (%at t%ey t%in1 of %im, or try to &o to %im-
He says in 'lain (or&s t%at t%e I/enefitsI of slfa an& 'enicillin
%a4e /een misre'resente&- ,%at t%e term Istre' t%roatI is
%o1m- ,%at t%e socalle& 4irses are merely fancy (or&s for t%e
common col& " (or&s se to e8tract more money ot of t%e
4ictims of allo'at%ic gree&- # Jote %im<
IDring t%e 'ast year (194=) t%e me&ical 'rofession %as
recei4e& (arnings from 'ractically all of t%e large &rg
%oses, (%o manfactre slfa &rgs- ,%ese (arnings
state t%at t%e more (i&ely t%ese &rgs are se&, t%e more
e8'erience t%e 'rofession %as gaine& (%ic% is not (%olly
fa4ora/le to t%em-
I,%ese ta/lets %a4e /een o'enly sol& in &rg stores- # %a4e
seen many an ato &ri4er na/le to steer %is car, ta1en in
as a '&rn1', (%en 'on e8amination it (as fon& t%at %e
%a& sim'ly lost %is 'o(er of orientation, from ta1ing t(o or
t%ree slfa ta/lets t%e nig%t /efore 'to (ar& off a col&'-
I$any an air'lane 'ilot %as steere& %is 'lane into a
montainsi&e, casing &eat%s of all on /oar&- # %a4e
learne& t%at, at least se4eral of t%ese &ea& 'ilots, %a&
ta1en slfa ta/lets to '(ar& off a col&' t%e nig%t /efore-
I*lfa &rgs %a4e a ten&ency to case t%e 4ictim to lose
%is 'o(ers of orientation- He cannot reac% (it% %is arms
an& legs (%ere %e t%in1s %e is going to reac%- He cannot
steer %is atomo/ile or 'lane (%ere %e t%in1s %e is going
to steer it- He cannot gage &e't%s a/o4e or /elo( t%e
srface of t%e eart%- ,%ese &rgs tem'orarily &estroy a
'erson's a/ility to ;&ge &irection or &istance-
I+enicillin is not%ing more t%an a /rea& mol&, t%at or
gran&mot%ers se& to gro( in eart%en croc1s for ma1ing
'oltices to cre infecte& sores an& sore t%roats, no(
1no(n as a 'miracle &rg-' ,%e '%armacetical cartel, in
or&er to start a fa&, too1 a s%ort ct to ma1e t%e mol& an&
se& it /y (ay of t%e %y'o nee&le to ma1e it loo1 more
''rofessional-'
I#n ma1ing it Jic1ly, (it% e8'ensi4e mac%inery, t%ey
trne& a natral crati4e 'ro&ct into a 'oison- @y
in;ecting it into t%e /loo& stream t%ey contri4e& to 'oison
t%e (%ole system, (%ereas or&inary /rea& mol&, 'lace& on
t%e otsi&e as a 'oltice, &re( t%e 'oison from t%e /loo&-
I,%ey %a4e ta1en natral /rea& mol&, an& so 'refine&' it
t%at it /ecomes 'oisonos " casing /listers, %i4es,
art%ritic 'ains an& &e'osits of colon /acteria t%at ne4er
e8iste& /efore-I
,%e last annal re'ort of t%e .oc1efeller Fon&ation itemi6es t%e
gifts it %as ma&e to colleges an& '/lic agencies in t%e last =0
years, an& t%ey total ;st s%ort of a %alf /illion &ollars- ,%ese
colleges, of corse, teac% t%eir st&ents all t%e &rg lore t%e
.oc1efeller '%armacetical %oses (ant tag%t-
Ot%er(ise, t%ere (ol& /e no more gifts, ;st as t%ere are no
gifts to any of t%e =0 o&& &rgless colleges in t%e Knite& *tates-
,%e amonts otline& in t%e Fon&ation's re'ort cannot /e
ignore&-
Har4ar&, (it% its aristocratic /ac1gron& an& (ell)'/lici6e&
me&ical sc%ool, %as recei4e& $1,CH=,C21 of t%is Drg ,rst
money- 7ale got $CD4,D4=-
:o%ns Ho'1ins, &o(n in @altimore, $arylan&, an& its famos
me&ical sc%ool %as /enefite& since 1914 to t%e e8tent of
$H,DB0,000 of Drg ,rst largesse- On t%e +acific !oast, Gelan&
*tanfor& Kni4ersity in !alifornia lea&s t%e .oc1efeller 'ara&e
(it% $912,C1B- 3as%ington Kni4ersity in *t- Gois recei4e&
$4=B,1H4-
!olm/ia Kni4ersity in >e( 7or1 !ity, (%ic% is so /ig t%e
teac%ers &on't e4en 1no( eac% ot%er, too1 $H49,BDH from its
neig%/ors in $i&to(n $an%attan- D1e Kni4ersity in >ort%
!arolina got only $CC,9H=, /t t%en D1e &i&n't nee& any more
/ecase (%en 'o(er trst tycoon I@c1I D1e &ie&, %e left
$40,000,000 to little ,rinity !ollege 'ro4i&e& it c%ange& its name
to D1e Kni4ersity- #t &i&-
,fts !ollege in $assac%setts recei4e& $1B1,H1D- Ean&er/ilt
&o(n in ,ennessee $CD,911, >e( 7or1 Kni4ersity $CB,11C,
$em'%is' colore& $e%arry $e&ical !ollege $==B,)000, #o(a
*tate's corn /elt 1no(le&ge factory $H=,BBC, an& !ornell
Kni4ersity $4CB,C0D-
$any of or lea&ing state ni4ersities, (it% ta8 s''orte&
me&ical sc%ools, %a4e t%eir %an&s nnecessarily in t%e Drg
,rst till " an& of corse tailor t%eir me&ical corses to sit t%e
Fon&ation- 3e can mention t%e Kni4ersities of<

Ala/ama $ 40,000
!alifornia 1,1C0,D12
!olora&o 1H,110
#llinois 1C1,000
#n&iana HB,000
$ic%igan 11,40C
$innesota 21C,C4=
$issori 1D,2B0
>ort%!arolina =B,000
O%io *tate 4B,000
O1la%oma B0,000
Oregon 9,000
+ennsyl4ania =C=,=90
*ot%ern !alifornia 4,000
,ennessee 1,000
,e8as CC,000
Kta% C,000
Eirginia D2,DH1
3as%ington =H=,900
3isconsin ==4,H00

,%is ImissionaryI (or1 of t%e .oc1efeller Fon&ation 'ai& off
%an&somely " to t%e ?rim .ea'er " on Fe/rary 1H, 19B0,
(%en Deat% an& Drgs ro&e at t%e controls of a Gong #slan&
(>e( 7or1) .ailroa& commters' train- ,%irty)t(o 'assengers
(ere 1ille& an& 11C in;re&, in (%at (as ' to t%at time t%e
(orst railroa& (rec1 in recent American %istory- On *e'tem/er
11t%, == +ennsyl4ania >ational ?ar&smen (ere (antonly
mr&ere&, an& 24H in;re&, near !os%octon, O%io-
@ot% (rec1s (ere case& /y a &rg- ,%e let%al &ose in t%e Gong
#slan& catastro'%e (as gi4en t%e motorman /y a railroa& me&ic-
#n t%e case of t%e !os%octon (rec1, t%e Drg ,rst's cl'a/ility
may ne4er /e &efinitely 1no(n- 3it%in 24 %ors t%e
+ennsyl4ania .ailroa& retire& t%e engineer (%o %a& 'asse& fi4e
signal lig%ts at DB miles on %or O> A FKGG +9>*#O> an& tol&
%im not to (orry-
#t is 4ery significant t%at t%e +ennsyl4ania .ailroa& is o(ne& an&
controlle& /o&ily /y t%e .oc1efeller organi6ation " (%ic% also
o(ns t%e Drg ,rst- #nterloc1ing &irectorates %el' in t%e
control, /t t%e fiscal agents are t%e clinc%ers- ,%e last 1= /on&
isses of +.., totalling $B14,C0=,000 " (ere all %an&le& /y
sc% stal(art .oc1efeller affiliates as Halsey)*tart L !o-,
Ge%man @rot%ers, Harriman).i'ley, @ro(n)Harriman L
!om'any, *aloman @rot%ers an& Ht6ler, an& t%e 94ans)
*tillman !om'any-
,%m/s &o(n on any or all of t%ese /on& isses /y t%e !%ase
>ational @an1 (ol& %a4e sim'ly meant t%ere (ol& %a4e /een
no /on& isse- ,%s t%e .oc1efeller controlle& .ailroa& is
com'lete an& t%ere (ill /e no em/arrassment to t%e Drg ,rst
/ecase of t%e O%io (rec1-
,%e motorman " (%o (as t%e goat for t%e Gong #slan&
catastro'%e " %as %ig% /loo& 'ressre, so t%e !om'any me&ic
sai&- #nstea& of cleaning t%e to8ins ot of %is arteries an&
eliminating t%e &isease, %e (as gi4en ca'sles containing
'%eno/ar/itol, amino'%ylline an& 'otassim io&i&e an& t%en sent
/ac1 to &ty- Fifteen mintes /efore %e reac%e& t%e 'rotecting
atomatic signal %e fell aslee' at %is controls- An& no (on&er-
Dorlan&'s $e&ical Dictionary lists '%eno/ar/itol as a %y'notic
(slee' 'ro&cer)- #ts tra&e name is Gminol an& it is t%e most
'o'lar of all slee'ing 'ills- $any 'eo'le ta1e t%em an& ne4er
(a1e '- Amino'%ylline is liste& as a &iretic (to 'romote faster
flo( of rine)- +otassim io&i&e is liste& as an alternati4e for
sy'%ilis- ,%e me&ic (%o &i& t%is liste& in t%e Directory of t%e
American $e&ical Association as a Is'ecialistI in internal
me&icine-
#n t%e O%io (rec1 t%e story gi4en t%is at%or /y t%e engineer is
t%e most fantastic %e e4er %ear&- ,%is man 'ilote& t%e
+ennsyl4ania .ailroa& crac1 o4erlan& limite&- (I*'irit of *t-
GoisI) (%ic% cras%e& into t%e rear of a stalle& troo' train (it%
%orri/le reslts-
#n &oing so " %e a&mits " %e 'asse& a cation signal ((%ic%
meant =0 miles an %or) t(o miles from t%e (rec1, at DB miles
an %or an& 1e't going ntil %e (as almost on t%e troo' train-
,%is in s'ite of a re& fsee &ro''e& /y t%e troo' train's flagman
B00 feet /efore it sto''e&- ,%en t%e flagman (as (a4ing %is re&
lantern, an& t%re( a re& flare- ,%e near signal (as re& an&
4isi/le for t(o miles /t t%e engineer ne4er sa( any of t%em
ntil (as %e a'tly sai&) it (as too late-
An e8%asti4e in4estigation of t%e (rec1 scene /y t%is at%or,
an& a com'lete e8amination of t%e #nterstate !ommerce
!ommission's recor&, in&icate t%at t%e engineer (as son&
aslee' (%en %e 'asse& all t%ese (arning lig%ts-
He &enie& %e %a& ta1en a col& ta/let or sl'%a &rg- #n fact %e
&enie& %e %a& e4er ta1en a &octor's 'rescri'tion or 'atent
me&icine of any 1in& &ring %is CD years of life- ,%e facts s'ea1
for t%emsel4es, as Drg ,rst agents (ell 1ne( (%en t%ey %a&
t%eir railroa& ta1e care of t%ings so 'rom'tly-
,%e +ennsyl4ania .ailroa& is 20 years /e%in& t%e times- ,%e
ma;or airlines of t%e Knite& *tates fon&, t%e %ar& (ay, (%at
se& to case t%eir ma;or &isasters in (%ic% 'ilots ran into
montainsi&es, often in /roa& &aylig%t- #t (as sl'%a 'ills Ito
(ar& off a col&I or col& ta/lets to Icre one-I
From Agst =1, 1940, to $arc% 12, 194H, t%ey %a& 19 of t%ese
ImysteriosI (rec1s (%ic% too1 t%e li4es of 4=H 'ersons,
accor&ing to t%e !i4il Aeronatics @oar&- At t%at time t%e airlines
isse& or&ers gron&ing all flig%t 'ersonnel from 4H to D2 %ors
after t%ey %a& ta1en a &rg of any sort-
,%e reslts (ere more t%an satisfactory- ,%ere %asn't /een a ma;or
&isaster on an American commercial airline since-
3it% a nation still s%oc1e& at t%e O%io trage&y, t%e +ennsyl4ania
.ailroa& 'lle& anot%er one ot of its %at on >o4em/er 2=- ,%is
(as t%e (orst of all, for DD G#.. commters (ere 1ille& in a
rear)en& collision at .ic%mon& Heig%ts an& ==2 (ere in;re&-
#t (as a re'lica of t%e ot%er t(o- ,%e motorman of t%e Deat%
,rain ran 'ast re& an& am/er lig%ts of an atomatic /loc1
system (it%ot slo(ing &o(n- He ignore& t%e re& fse an& t%e
re& lantern of t%e flagman (%o %a& &ro''e& off t%e rear of t%e
stalle& train- O/4iosly, %e (as son& aslee'- ,%is motorman
(as 1ille& an& cannot tal1- ,%is at%or %as information t%at %e
%a& /een loa&ing ' on slfa 'ills or col& ta/lets, or some sc%
concoction, (%ic% 't 'eo'le to slee' at %ig% s'ee&-
,%e +.. (ent into action almost as Jic1ly as it &i& in O%io- ,%e
.oc1efeller !enter cro(& %a& its stooge in t%e *tate Hose at
Al/any (?o4ernor De(ey) annonce from a 4acation s'ot in
!/a t%at %e %a& Ior&ere&I a com'lete an& t%orog%
in4estigation of t%e (rec1- ,%e little man (it% t%e !%arlie
!%a'lin mstac%e got 'lenty of '/licity for %is ne8t election
cam'aign-
@t %ere is t%e 'ay)off- De(ey annonce& t%at %e %a& trne&
t%e entire in4estigation o4er to .o/ert +- +atterson, a stanc%
an& a/le .oc1efeller '''et (%o %as s'ent most of %is 'ri4ate
life on t%e .oc1efeller 'ayroll-

3ha,ter + The S,ider's @e
I#f yo tell a lie /ig enog%, an& lo& enog%, an& long
enog%, an& often enog%, t%e 'eo'le (ill /elie4e it-I
A&ol'% Hitler
MEditor's &ote: Ha4e yo e4er rea& a t%is Jote
in conte8t an& &isco4ere& t%at A- Hilter (as
sing it to e8'lain t%e stan&ar& o'erating 'olicy
of t%e .ot%sc%il&e Family an& t%eir frien&s an&
s''orters, (%o incl&e t%e .oc1efellers5
$ay/e yo s%ol& rea& A- Hitler's %atefl little
/oo1- After all, aren't (e tol& (e mst 01no(
or enemy52NN
$any rea&ers of my /oo1s an& maga6ines of t%e 'ast %a4e
as1e& me %o( it is 'ossi/le for t%e Drg ,rst to 're4ent t%e
'rinting of ne(s a/ot &rgless cres, to e8aggerate t%e efficacy
of &rgs, to falsify t%e recor& in t%e serm fiel& an& to sen& ot
gar/le& 'ress stories at (ill-
# &o not /lame t%e a4erage '/lis%er for t%is as mc% as # /lame
t%e IsystemI (%ic% (as create& an& &e4elo'e&, e4en /efore
K'ton *inclair (rote %is famos /oo1 on t%e 'ress an& 'ress
associations calle& I,%e @rass !%ec1-I $any times #'4e %ear&
/e(il&ere& citi6ens say Iyo can only /elie4e B0P of (%at yo
rea& in t%e ne(s'a'ers-I
#'4e %ear& ot%ers go /eyon& t%at an& say yo can't /elie4e 2BP
of (%at yo rea& in a Hearst 'a'er or BP of (%at yo rea& in a
commnist s%eet " $ars%all Fiel&'s 'a'ers, t%e former *tern
'a'ers, t%e 'resent >e( 7or1 +O*,, !O$+A** an& DA#G7
3O.A9.-
#t is t%e a4erage American ne(s'a'er an& t%e (ay it is ta1en for
a ri&e /y t%e Drg ,rst t%at (e are &ealing (it% in t%is c%a'ter-
*o, &on't /lame t%e '/lis%er- $c% less s%ol& yo /lame t%e
re'orter or e&itor if yor 'a'er let's yo &o(n as t%ey &i&, say,
on t%e !olm/s 'olio story (&escri/e& in t%is /oo1) an& on
many ot%er sc% items (%ic% ne4er sa( t%e lig%t of &ay-
$any years ago a %ig% 'ressre an& %ig% 'o(ere& a&4ertising
agent name& :- 3alter ,%om'son /egan t%e system of
inflencing ne(s t%r %ge a&4ertising a''ro'riations- $r-
,%om'son tie& %imself ' (it% t%e .oc1efeller interests an& t%e
$organ interests-
,%ese t(o financial /e%emot%s controlle& so many com'anies
/et(een t%em t%at t%e ,%om'son !om'any, (it% t%e fon&er
long since 'asse& to %is celestial re(ar& (if any) no( %as t%e
most st'en&os /siness of any a&4ertising agency in t%e
(orl&-
*tan&ar& A&4ertising .egister for 194H s%o(e& t%is firm %a4ing
9B large in&strial acconts- Any agency %a4ing %alf a &o6en
consi&ers itself lc1y an& (ell)to)&o- ,o %an&le t%is /siness t%e
:- 3alter ,%om'son !om'any %as eig%t /ranc% offices in t%e
Knite& *tates an& eig%teen in foreign contries " /ranc%es in
nearly all lan&s (%ere *tan&ar& Oil's &erric1s rise-
#ncl&e& in t%ese acconts are Ge4er @rot%ers ($1H,)CHC,=29),
*%ell Oil ($1,221,1H=)Q *tan&ar& @ran&s ($=,9C2,40H)Q 9astman
Ao&a1 ($1,HC1,49=)Q For& $otors ($11,)242,212)Q :o%ns)
$an4ille ($9BB,=9H)Q >as%)Ael4inator ($=,D21,B29)Q Gi//y,
$c>eill L Gi//y ($4,1H0,==H)Q +an American 3orl& Air(ays
($1,02D,BC9) Q .a&io !or'oration of America ($=,DBB,902) Q
Aaiser)Fra6er $otors ($B,04H,9=4) " to mention ;st a fe(-
@ecase a''ro'riations a&4ertising manfactre& 'ro&cts
nationally %as reac%e& an aggregate of a /illion an& a %alf, a
nm/er of ot%er agencies are no( 'artici'ating in t%e /siness
of t%e .oc1efeller 9m'ire, an& of (%at is left of t%e $organ
9m'ire since :- +- (t%e Gast) &ie&-
A recent com'ilation /y t%e maga6ine ADE9.,#*#>? A?9
s%o(e& t%at t%e larger com'anies e8'en&e& in 194H for
ne(s'a'er, ra&io an& maga6ine a&4ertising t%e aggregate sm
of $1,104,224,=4D- For many years it %as /een estimate& t%at
t%e .oc1efeller)$organ interests controlle& a/ot H0P of t%is
/siness-
,%is control is 4este& 'artly in t%ose com'anies o(ne& in (%ole
or in 'art /y t%e $oney ,rst, (%ic% also %as its %ea&Jarters in
.oc1efeller !enter- An e4en larger 'art of t%is control is
re'resente& in t%e %n&re&s of large cor'orations an& com/ines
t%at %a4e to go, from time to time, for financing to t%e !%ase
>ational @an1, ?aranty ,rst, >ational !ity an& ot%er /an1ing
%oses controlle& /y, or closely affiliate& (it%, t%e .oc1efellers-
,%is %ge a&4ertising figre (o4er a /illion an& a tent%) is only a
'art of t%e story, /t it is t%e only com'lete figres (e can 't
or fingers on- #t is /ro1en &o(n as follo(s<

$=H9,2C1,000 to t%e larger of or 1-HD= &aily ne(s'a'ersQ
$4=0,BD=,=99 to 9D national maga6inesQ
$4C,D09,CH= to si8 maga6ine sections for *n&ay ne(s'a'ersQ
$=H,CH4,B2= to B0 farm '/licationsQ
$19H,99B,D42 to net(or1 ra&io stations-

,%is &oes not ta1e into accont t%e %n&re&s of non)net(or1
(in&e'en&ent) ra&io stations in t%e contry, nor any of t%e
10,0BC (ee1ly ne(s'a'ers, 4ery fe( of (%ic% lac1 a Jota of
national a&4ertising acconts- A conser4ati4e estimate of t%e
total sets it at aron& $1,B00,000,000-
9ig%ty 'er cent of t%is (ill a&& ' to 1,200 million a&4ertising
&ollars annally (%ic% a''arently are controlle& from .oc1efeller
!enter /y t%e o(ners an& management of t%e Drg ,rst, t%e
*teel ,rst, t%e Oil ,rst, t%e +o(er ,rst, t%e #nsrance ,rst,
t%e Ktilities ,rst, t%e $etals ,rst an& %n&re&s of ot%er
'o(erfl com/inations in restraint of free enter'rise-
,%e American ,%og%t !ontrollers 'ay 'lenty of attention to t%e
(ee1ly ne(s'a'er- # (ell remem/er 1B years ago (%en # (as
rnning a conty seat ne(s'a'er in $arylan&, contigos to t%e
nation's ca'ital- ,%e metro'olitan 'o(er com'any ser4ing my
commnity se& to rn a Jarter of a 'age a&4ertisement e4ery
(ee1- ,%ey 'ai& 'rom'tly an& (ell, an& t%is accont too1 Jite a
lot of (orry off my s%ol&ers (%en t%e /ills came &e-
One &ay (e too1 ' t%e c&gels for some of or rea&ers (%o
(ere /eing gi4en 'oor ser4ice an& inslting treatment from t%e
'o(er com'any- #t (as or first e8'erience in t%e realm of Hell
/rea1ing loose- ,%e isse (as in t%e mails only a fe( %ors
(%en t%e tele'%one rang an& # recei4e& t%e &ressing &o(n of my
life from t%e a&4ertising agency (%ic% %an&le& t%e 'o(er
com'any's accont-
@riefly an& 'lainly t%ey tol& me t%at any more sc% Iste''ing
ot of lineI (ol& reslt in t%e imme&iate cancellation of t%is
contract, as (ell as t%at of t%e gas com'any an& t%e tele'%one
com'any-
# still remem/er (%at a tremen&os let&o(n t%is (as for meQ
%o( it o'ene& my eyes to t%e meaning of a Free +ressQ %o( #
t%en an& t%ere &eci&e& to get ot of t%e ne(s'a'er /sinessQ
%o( # /egan to see1 a /yer an& finally sol& ot at t%e /est
figre # col& get an&, of corse, at a %ge loss-
3%en # reali6e t%at t%is is (%at e4ery ne(s'a'er o(ner is '
against, an& t%at (%ere # %a& only a fe( t%osan&s tie& ' most
&aily ne(s'a'er '/lis%ers cont t%eir in4estments in t%e
millions, # really feel sorry for t%em- ,%at is, all e8ce't t%e
(orms, of (%ic% t%e ne(s'a'er /siness %as its s%are-
>o( t%at # %a4e ma&e it clear %o( t%e .oc1efeller interests
%an&le t%e 4arios me&ims of '/lic information, # am going to
gi4e a list of t%e 2B largest a&4ertisers in t%e contry an& t%e
amonts t%ey e8'en& (it% t%e 4arios me&ims- # am t%en
going to s%o( yo %o( .oc1efeller !enter controls eac% an&
e4ery one of t%ese concerns t%r (%at is calle& interloc1ing
&irectorates- 7o %a4e alrea&y seen %o( t%e (ell traine& (in
.oc1efeller $et%o&s) a&4ertising agencies can %an&le I'ro'erlyI
so many ne(s'a'ers, maga6ines an& ra&io stations-
Here are t%e @ig ,(enty)Fi4e of American @siness<
+roctor an& ?am/le $=4,99=,=41
?eneral $otors 2D,0HC,B14
!olgate)+almoli4e)+eet 1H,DD=,21=
Ge4er @rot%ers 1H,CHC,=29
?eneral Foo&s 1D,=0=,HD2
?eneral 9lectric 1B,0BH,+1H
*terling Drg 1=-C24-2HD
?eneral $ills 12-09H-0C1
*(ift L !om'any 11,=BB,BB1
.eynol&s ,o/acco 11-2D1,1=C
*eagram 10,009,9CD
For& $otors 11,242,2B2
?illette .a6or 9,49D,H20
Giggett L $yers ,o/acco 9,24=,==C
!am'/ell *o' H,992,11B
!%rysler $otors D,H==,D=B
American Home +ro&cts D,C9B,=40
American ,o/acco D,4D9,DBB
+%ilco .a&io C,992,1BB
3esting%ose 9lectric C,DBC,01C
$iles Ga/oratories C,410,B1=
>ational Dairy +ro&cts C,H=9,99B
@ristol)$yers B,D0=,HC2
Aaiser)Fra6er $otors B,04H,9=4
@or&en's $il1 4,1D9,CC4
Of t%ese to' flig%t a&4ertisers Ge4er @rot%ers, *terling Drg,
American Home +ro&cts, an& $iles Ga/oratories manfactre
&rgs an& 'ro'rietary me&icines- @or&en's an& >ational Dairy
+ro&cts are t%e t(o largest nits of t%e Mil. Trust, an& t%e
greatest /eneficiaries of t%e 'asteri6ation rac1et- ,%is
,asteuriCation ra;.et is so lcrati4e t%at >D+ can 'ay its
'resi&ent (G- A- Eon @omel) $1B0,000 a year for &oing not%ing
mc% e8ce't going aron& an& registering %orror at t%e t%og%t
of anyone &rin1ing ra< mil.-
MEditor's &ote: Ha4e yo loo1e& into t%e allegations t%at
'astri6e& mil1 is actally a slo( 'oison to yor /o&y5 3%y &on't
yo &o t%at5N
>o one claims t%at .oc1efeller o(ns any of t%ese com'anies
otrig%t e8ce't *terling Drg- @t t%at t%e Hose of .- %as large
stoc1 %ol&ings in most of t%em is atteste& /y t%e 'ersonnel of
t%e se4eral &irectorates- 3%en a Financial Aing in4ests money in
an enter'rise %e al(ays arranges to %a4e a stooge sitting on t%e
/oar& of &irectors-
Get's start at t%e to' (it% +roctor an& ?am/le- #ts 'resi&ent is
.ic%ar& D'ree, (%o also is a &irector of t%e @altimore L O%io
.ailroa& an& of t%e !oca !ola !om'any- ,%is railroa& is al(ays
in financial &ifficlties an& going to 3all *treet /an1s for
financing an& refinancing- ,%at alone is enog% to i&entify $r-
D+ree as a man (%om t%ey trst at .oc1efeller !enter-
,%e !oca !ola !om'any is also (ell)amena/le to t%e .oc1efeller
(ill- ,%e c%airman of its @oar& is one .o/ert 3- 3oo&rff, a
&irector of t%e ?aranty ,rst !om'any (%ic% (as formerly a
$organ)controlle& /an1 /t (%ic% is no( (ell n&er t%e
.oc1efeller t%m/-
?eneral $otors %as as &irectors ?eorge 3%itney (a Hose of
$organ 'artner), an& Ge(is 3- Doglas of t%e Hose of
.oc1efeller- ,%e .oc1efellers t%og%t so mc% of Doglas'
seflness to t%em t%at t%ey %a& %im a''ointe& Am/assa&or to
9nglan&, to control t%e flo( of American &ollars to t%at tig%t little
islan&, to 'rotect t%e .oc1efeller oil an& international /an1ing
interests o4er t%ere-
!olgate)+almoli4e)+eet %as as a &irector ?eorge 3- $erc1,
'resi&ent of $erc1 L !om'any " t%e &rg /e%emot% (%ose
stoc1 strctre %as /een inflate& to 4B1P of its actal assets /y
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust =0 / 210
t%e 'rofits in t%e &rg traffic- Also $- F- *- .ssell of t%e K- *-
+i'e L Fon&ry !om'any (%ose 'resi&ent (+%ilo 3- +ar1er) is a
/ig 'i'e in *tan&ar&)Eacm Oil !om'any-
Ge4er @rot%ers ma1es +e'so&ent an& t%s (ill &o not%ing to
interfere (it% t%e fallacy t%at &rgs an& cosmetics an&
'ro'rietary reme&ies aren't /est for (%at ails e4eryone-
?eneral Foo&s is so n&er t%e .oc1efeller t%m/ t%at t%eir
&mmy &irectors electe& a &irector of t%e !%ase >ational @an1
(Amstin *- #gle%art) 'resi&ent- On ?F's &irectorate are .o/ert +-
Ge%man (of t%e .oc1efeller)controlle& Ge%man @rot%ers /an1ing
%ose), !arl *c%mi&la'' (anot%er !%ase >ational Director) an&
$rs- $ary +- Da4ies of a famos family affiliate& closely (it% t%e
Hose of .oc1efeller-
?eneral 9lectric %as on its &irectorate as t%e .oc1efeller
re'resentati4e *loan !olt of t%e .oc1efeller)controlle& @an1ers
,rst !om'any-
Get's loo1 at /ot% si&es of t%e 'ictre- ,a1e t%e 4arios &irectors
of t%e !%ase >ational @an1 an& see (it% (%om t%ey are tie& '
as &irectors<

3int%ro' 3- Al&ric%
(A,L,, 3esting%ose, #nternational +o(er L +a'er, $etro'olitan
Gife)

9arl D- @a'st
(10 large insrance com'anies) Ho(ar& @ayne (+/lic +ress,
#nc-, of !ana&a)

F- H- @ro(nell
(Fe&eral $ining L *melting !om'any, !oo'er #nstitte, >ort%ern
+acific .ail(ay, ?eneral !a/le !or'oration)

H- Donal& !am'/ell (!onsoli&ation !oal !om'any, $at%ieson
Al1ali 3or1s, 3estern Knion ,elegra'%, American *melting L
.efining !om'any)

Francis 3- !ole
(Knite& Aircraft, for insrance com'anies)

:- F- Dra1e
(+llman !om'any, ?lf Oil, American .olling $ill, .oc1(ell
$anfactring, nine ot%er oil com'anies)

+ercy :- 9//ott
(>as%)Ael4inator, $oore)$c!ormic1 Gines)

H- O- Ha4emeyer
(Aennecott !o''er, @ra&en !o''er)
Astin *- #gle%art
(?eneral Foo&s) A- >- Aem' (not%ing of conseJence)

:ames ,- Gee (American 98'ress, 3ells)Fargo, eig%t >e( 7or1
/il&ing an& insrance firms)

Geroy A- Gincoln
($etro'olitan Gife) Art%r A- $c!ain (not%ing of conseJence)

:eremia% $il/an1
($etro'olitan Gife, @or&en's $il1)

Art%r 3- +age (A,L,, !ontinental Oil, 3esting)%ose 9lectric,
Aennicott !o''er, +r&ential Gife, +anama .ailroa&, *ot%ern
@ell ,L,)

,%omas #- +ar1inson
(A,L,, !onsoli&ation !oal, @or&en's $il1, 3esting%ose 9lectric,
fi4e insrance concerns)

A- 3- .o/ertson
(.eliance Gife, 3esting%ose 9lectric)
@- Garence *- .oc1
(not%ing of conseJence)

!arl :- *c%mi&la''
(?eneral Foo&s, !ontinental #nsrance, !/an)Atlantic *gar,
.ayonier #nc-, !%icago +nematic ,ool)

Gyne *el&en
(American 98'ress, 3ells)Fargo, Amre8 Hol&ing !or'oration)

.o/ert !- *tanley
(#nternational >ic1el, !ana&ian +acific .ailroa&, American $etal,
Amalgamate& $etal, ?eneral 9lectric, K- *- *teel, !o''er
De4elo'ment Assn)

Geroy A- 3ilson
(A,L,, ! L + ,ele'%one)

.o/ert 9- 3ilson
(+an American +etrolem, First >ational @an1 of !%icago)

,%is 1in& of set)' is calle& /y statisticians an& actaries t%e
S,ider's @e 3hart- #f a c%art (ere ma&e s%o(ing t%ese
concerns in Jestion in a 4ertical colmn, an& t%e 4arios
&irectors in a %ori6ontal colmn, t%en a line &ra(n from eac%
&irector to t%e concerns %e is s''ose& to &irect, t%e effect
(ol& loo1 not nli1e a s'i&er's (e/-
As a reslt of t%is tig%t control of t%e nation's t%in1ing " from
.oc1efeller !enter to t%ese #n&strial !oncerns an& !om/ines,
to t%e A&4ertising Agencies, to t%e $e&ims of +/lic
#nformation, to t%e .ea&ing +/lic a sm estimate& /y a censs
of manfactrers as eJalling $10,000,000,000 in 194H %as
/een 'ai& in to t%e &rg concerns in t%e Knite& *tates for &rgs
(%ic%, as (e %a4e s%o(n, intelligent me&ical at%orities
consi&er, in large 'art, seless-
,%e enormos 'rofits reslting from t%is enormos &rg traffic "
&o'e traffic as some ots'o1en '%ysicians call it " %a4e reslte&
in inflation of t%e stoc1 strctres of many of t%ese Dealers in
Deat%- *ome %a4e increase& t%eir stoc1 strctre as %ig% as 20
s%ares to one- Ot%ers %a4e ;st let natre ta1e its corse in t%e
stoc1 mar1et-
3e can get a 4ery goo& 'ictre of t%is from $oo&y's $anal of
#n&strials- #ts crrent one s%o(s, for instance, t%at A//ott
Ga/oratories, /y ma1ing an o'erating 'rofit in one year of HD P
of its actal '%ysical assets, %as so inflate& its stoc1 t%at it is
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust == / 210
selling on t%e mar1et for C=2P of t%e com'any's actal '%ysical
assets-
#t s%o(s 'rofits 1=9 P o4er assets /y American Home +ro&cts
(manfactre of Anacin, Aolynos, @iso&ol an& Hill's !ol&
,a/lets), of 112P /y +ar1e)Da4is, of 109P /y +fi6er L !om'any
an& also /y >ational Drg an& !%emical-
#t s%o(s a 1,H=9P inflation /y American Home +ro&cts, a 92CP
inflation /y $cAesson L .o//ins, a DB0P inflation /y Eic1
!%emical an& a C=2P inflation /y *terling Drg-
A ran&om com'ilation of 1B of t%ese large &rg concerns is
s%o(n on t%e ne8t 'age-
#t (as a (ise '%iloso'%er (%o sai& " IHe (%o 'ays t%e 'i'er
calls t%e tne-I

-7GURES TE88 T%E STORY

9arn)

ings #nflation
Actal
O'erating #nflate& O4er O4er
+%ysical +rofit
$ar1et Eale Actal Actal
Assets 194D or 194H
of *toc1 Eale Assets

A//ott Ga/oratories -$2=,9D9,42H $20,D40,=H2 $1B1,D=B,4==
HDP C=2P
American Home +ro& B,9CB,1C0 H,=09,BHD 109,H2D,1D2
1=9P 1,H=9P
!ommercial *ol4ents 1D,C=2,=CD D,21D,HH4
=C,91C,292 49P 209P
Drg +ro&cts- #nc 411,D19 2==,922
DHD,B00 BDP 190P
9merson Drg 2,C44,B9C 2,2DH,H=2
2,D2D,=C4 H9P 10=P
Gam/ert +%armacal =,4=0,42C 2,B40,CDB
1H-DCD,D00 DDP B4DP
Ge&erle Ga/oratories =B,1=H,90H 29,=24,B2B >ot ,ra&e&
$cAesson & .o//ins C,C2H-=42 1C,H0D,4DC C1,=HC,2=D
=9P 92CP
$ea&):o%nson & !o B,H2=,410 =,22B,CH2 DC,900-000
BBP 4D0P
$erc1 & !om'any 19,9CB,H0B 10-120-0B2
90-140,000 B1P 4B1P
>ational Drg & !%em 919,919 99B,D21 1,2B1,90B
109P 1=CP
+ar1e)Da4is 14,990,C2C 1C,DCC,0C0
141,=CD,D29 112P 9BCP
+fi6er 1B,421-C== 1C-91D,11H
D2,=42,2DB 109P 4DBP
+log%- #nc- 1,=4C,1C1 CD=,0DD
D,2B0,000 B0P B40P
*%ar' & Do%me C,24D,BB2 B,2C=,2=C
2D,BB9,224 H4P 441P
*mit%, Aline & Frenc% 4,4DC,0BH H,00=-B20
H0D,29B >o +ar s%ares,

s'lit 20 for 1, /t not tra&e&
*Ji// 14-41C,DH= 9,C01,=H9
49,000,000 CCP ==HP
*terling Drg 2=,9D9,42H 20,D40,=H2
1B1,D=B,4== HDP C=2P
Eic1 !%emical C,429-9HC C-104-99B
4H-2CH-=00 9CP DB0P

3ha,ter D Go9ernment Gangsters
*ince t%e regimentation of $e&icine /y Jac1s an& me&ical
gangsters in control of t%e American $e&ical Association,
t%is organi6ation %as /ecome one of t%e most 4icios
rac1ets in t%e contry- A large ma;ority of t%e 'eo'le %a4e
lost fait% in t%e me&ical &octor an& loo1 else(%ere for
relief-
" !%arles Gyman Goffler, $- D
,%e (or& I+rotectionI se& to %a4e a sinister meaning in
Democratic 'arty concils an& 'ro'agan&a- #t meant t%e
+rotecti4e ,ariff, a 'et isse of most of t%e /siness tycoons (%o
finance& t%e .e'/lican 'arty-
,%e fact t%at t%e 'rotecti4e tariff 'rotecte& American la/or as
(ell as American in&stry (as con4eniently lost sig%t of /y
Democratic s'ell/in&ers- @t (it% t%e coming of t%e .oose4elt
A&ministration in 19== t%e (or& I'rotectionI Jic1ly got lost
from t%e Democratic Ge8icon-
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust =B / 210
The Ro;.efeller interests( <ho finan;ed Roose9elt's
original foray into ,oliti;s, also finance& %is 19=2 /lit6 at
!%icago an& too1 o4er t%e &irection of some of %is ma;or 'olicies
(%en %e mscle& into t%e 3%ite Hose-
,%eir yac%t I>orma%alI (o(ne& /y Eincent Astor of t%e !%ase
>ational @an1) (as 'lace& at %is &is'osal for (ee1en& 'arties-
,%is (as 1e't ' ntil t%e @lac1 s/committee of t%e *enate
interce'te& ra&io messages from a 3all *treet international
/an1ing %ose to Eincent Astor telling %im (%at t%ey (ante&
.oose4elt to &o-
,%ese messages (ere ne4er ma&e '/lic- *enator @lac1, (it%
e4ery /it of a year an& a %alf's e8'erience as a 'olice cort
;&ge, sentencing %alf)'int /ootleggers to t%e Ala/ama c%ain
gang, (as ma&e a ;stice of t%e Knite& *tates *'reme !ort- #t
(as t%at easy-
,%e first large scale 'rotection isse& /y t%e .oose4elt
A&ministration (as to t%e American an& ?erman &ye trsts, a
mo4e t%at nearly lost 3orl& 3ar ## for t%e Knite& *tates-
,o ma1e t%e recor& com'lete (e s%ol& 'oint ot t%at ;st
/efore t%e Hoo4er De'ression 'lace& .oose4elt in t%e 3%ite
Hose, t%e .e'/lican A&ministration itself (as gilty of
'rotecting t%e o(ner of a %ge &rg concern (%ic% 1ille& o4er
B,000 'eo'le (it% a mis/ran&e& e8tract of :amaica ?inger-
*o it seems t%at t%e .oc1efeller (.oose4elt) A&ministration
merely 'ic1e& ' (%ere t%e $ellon (Hoo4er) a&ministration left
off- @t, n&er t%e .oose4elt aegis, a %alf &o6en agencies of t%e
Fe&eral ?o4ernment (ere trne& o4er to t%e .oc1efeller Drg
,rst to &o (it% as t%ey (ille&- #t is to t%ese &is%onest an&
corr't agencies t%at t%is c%a'ter is &e&icate&-

T%E -OOD A&D DRUG BA&D7TS
>early 40 years ago t%at ol& (ar%orse for t%e 'rotection of t%e
American +/lic from s'oile& an& 'oisonos foo& an& &rgs (t%e
late Dr- Har4ey 3- 3iley) %a& a fine la( enacte& for t%is
'r'ose- @t t%e Drg ,rst got its %oo1s into t%e go4ernment
/rea (%ic% (as c%arge& (it% enforcing t%e la( soon after Dr-
3iley's &eat%-
,%is @rea " no( 1no(n as t%e Foo& L Drg A&ministration "
is se& 'rimarily for t%e 'er4ersion of ;stice /y Icrac1ing &o(nI
on all (%o en&anger t%e 'rofits of t%e Drg ,rst- ,%e @rea
occasionally 'rosectes, on its o(n initiati4e, smalltime
o''ortnists (%o s%ol& /e 'rosecte&- ,%s in a fe( small
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust =C / 210
cases t%e @rea &oes goo& (or1-
#ts 'rinci'al acti4ities, %o(e4er, are as ser4ants of t%e Drg
,rst- >ot only &oes t%e FLDA (in1 at 4iolations /y t%e Drg
,rst (sc% as t%e mass mr&ers in t%e ginger ;a1e an&
slfat%io6ole cases) /t it is 4ery assi&os in 'tting ot of
/siness any an& all 4en&ors of t%era'etic &e4ices (%ic%
increase t%e %ealt% inci&ence of t%e '/lic an& t%s &ecrease t%e
'rofit inci&ence of t%e Drg ,rst-
3%en t%e FLDA, (%ose officials all %a4e to /e acce'ta/le to
.oc1efeller !enter /efore t%ey are a''ointe&, recei4e or&ers to
&estroy an in&e'en&ent o'erator it goes all ot to carry ot
t%ese or&ers- ,%e or&ers &o not come from *tan&ar& Oil or a
&rg %ose &irector-
,%e American $e&ical Association is t%e front for t%e Drg ,rst-
,%e A$A frnis%es t%e Jac1 &octors to ItestifyI t%at, (%ile t%ey
often 1no( not%ing of t%e 'ro&ct in4ol4e&, it is t%eir o'inion
t%at it %as no t%era'etic 4ale-
Finance& /y t%e ta8'ayers, t%ese Drg ,rst 'ersections lea4e
no stone ntrne& to &estroy t%e 4ictim- #f %e is a small
o'erator, t%e reslting attorney's fees an& cort costs 't %im
ot of /siness, (%ic% is ;st (%at t%e Drg ,rst (ants-
Occasionally t%e Drg ,rst, an& its 3as%ington stooges, rn '
against a tartar " one (%o /attles t%em &o(n to t%e last &itc%-
3e can name se4eral of t%ese /attlers off%an&- First, Dr-
A&ol'%s Ho%ensee of *cranton, +a-, 1no(n as one of America's
lea&ing 4itaminologists-
Dr- Ho%ensee %as a file of o4er 120,000 'ersons (%o %a4e
atten&e& %is lectre corses an& (%o 'ractice %is a&4ice on
'ro'er eating- ,%osan&s of t%em still conslt %im an& /y t%e
4itamins (%ic% %e 'rocesses an& 'ac1ages as &ietary ai&s-
>ee&less to say, t%e Drg ,rst %as ne4er lost an o''ortnity to
I'rosecteI %im t%r its stooges in t%e FLDA- ,%e most recent
%arassment (as /rog%t in t%e K- *- District !ort for Ari6ona
an& t%e met%o&s se& to con4ict %im (ol& &efy t%e imagination
of a mo4ie scri't (riter-
,%e s'ecific c%arge (as t%at " (%en %e s%i''e& a consignment
of 4itamins from +%oeni8, Ari6ona, to H#$*9GF in Gos Angeles
(for %is ne8t series of lectres) " %e Imis)/ran&e&I t%em- >o(
comes t%e comic o'era 'art (%ic% (asn't fnny to t%e &octor-
,%e go4ernment %a& to contra&ict t%e re'orts of its o(n agents
in or&er to e4en get into cort- 3%en t%e s%i'ment (as first
sie6e& (A'ril 10, 194B) t%e go4ernment c%emist (%o e8amine& it
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust =D / 210
sai& t%ey (ere Ie8actly accor&ing to la/elI an& not mis/ran&e&-
3%en t%e trial came ' (Fe/rary 1D, 194H) t%e Foo& L Drg
@an&its 'ro&ce& anot%er go4ernment (itness (%o &enie& t%e
re'ort of t%e first e8aminer-
,%e Drg ,rst &i&n't t%in1 t%e Ari6ona &istrict attorney (as 4ery
/rig%t, so t%ey sent &o(n from 3as%ington (at ta8'ayers'
e8'ense) t(o ot%er go4ernment Ie8'erts-I ,%ey (ante& t%e
(or1s 't to Dr- Ho%ensee /a&ly-
,en local me&icos " all mem/ers of t%e A$A " (ere 't on t%e
stan&- ,%eir stories (ere so ali1e as to gi4e t%e im'ression t%at
t%ey %a& /een (ell coac%e&-
,%ey re4erse& all 1no(n me&ical t%eories /y ItestifyingI t%at
I4itamins are not necessary to t%e %man /o&y-I ,%ey (ere
confronte& (it% go4ernment /lletins to t%e contrary /t merely
(iggle& ot of t%at one /y o'ining t%at t%ese stan&ar&
'/lications (ere ot&ate&-
,%e go4ernment 'ro4e& not%ing- Accor&ing to an affi&a4it in or
'ossession, a go4ernment (itness &i& actally tam'er (it% t%e
;ry- >ot%ing a/ot 're4ios %arassments of Dr- Ho%ensee in
>e( 7or1 in a similar frame)' (as intro&ce& at t%e trial, /t a
;ry (oman a4erre& t%at anot%er mem/er of t%e ;ry tol& t%is
story to %is colleages, t%s 're;&icing t%e case of ;stice-
A con4iction of Dr- Ho%ensee an& an $1,H00 fine (as secre&-
@t t%e cort &enie& Dr- Ho%ensee %is constittional rig%t of a
ne( trial- An& to frt%er 't t%e slg on %im, t%e ;&ge sa( to it
t%at %e col&n't a''eal t%e 4er&ict in s'ite of t%is o4er(%elming
e4i&ence of a miscarriage of ;stice- He &ecree& t%at Dr-
Ho%ensee mst go to ;ail ntil %e 'ai& t%e fine-
,%is son&s more li1e Hitler ?ermany or *talinesJe .ssia t%an
li1e a contry (%ic% is s''ose& to %a4e or !onstittional
safegar&s to life, li/erty an& t%e 'rsit of /siness- >o( let's
ta1e t%e case of !ol- Dins%a% +- ?%a&iali of $alaga, >e( :ersey-
!ol- Dins%a% %as a system of %ealing /y colors- Knli1e t%e
Ho%ensee 4itaminology it is too scientific for or lay min&, /t it
$K*, /e effecti4e /ecase o4er 9,000 satisfie& 'atients %a4e
ta1en %is corse an& 'rc%ase& %is normalating a''arats at
$90 'er-
,%e +ost Office's 1angaroo cort isse& a fra& or&er against
!ol- Dins%a%- ,%is s'rre& t%e Foo& & Drg @an&its on- ,%ey
annonce& t%ey (ol& fin& e4ery *'ectro)!%rome eJi'ment
t%ey col& an& ta1e it a(ay from its 'rc%aser an& rig%tfl
o(ner- ,o &o so t%ey resorte& to legali6e& /rglary, claiming
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust =H / 210
t%ey (ere (it%in t%eir legal rig%ts in ta1ing 'ri4ate 'ro'erty-
@t an Oregon ;&ge faile& to agree (it% t%em- He (asn't as
amena/le to t%e Drg ,rst slg as t%e Ari6ona ;&ge- ,%e Foo&
L Drg @an&its entere& t%e %ome of 3illiam .- Olsen in +ortlan&
an& forci/ly ma&e off (it% %is a''arats-
Olsen %ale& t%em into cort- ,%eir ali/i (as t%at t%ey &i&n't
t%in1 t%e mac%ine (or1e& " t%at $r- Olsen s%ol& %a4e sent for
one of t%ose me&ical &octors ((%o 'romote t%e sale of &rgs,
serms an& /iologicals)- ,%e cort rle& t%at (%et%er or not t%e
Foo& L Drg @an&its (ere correct in t%eir o'inions of t%e
a''arats (as /esi&e t%e 'oint-
A man's %ome is still %is castle, t%e cort rle&- ,%e $90 (ort% of
'ri4ate 'ro'erty (as retrne& to $r- Olsen- ,%e ;&ge (as 1in&
to t%e Foo& L Drg @an&its- He &i&n't cite t%em to %is gran& ;ry
for nla(fl entry an& /rglary-
@t t%e Drg ,rst %oo1s (ere &ee'er into or ;&icial system
t%an anyone col& srmise- ,%e Foo& L Drg @an&its a''eale&
t%e case to t%e K- *- !ircit !ort of A''eals (%ic% rle& t%at a
man's %ome isn't %is castle after all, an& t%at (in effect) an
American citi6en %as no 'ro'erty rig%ts if sc% rig%ts interfere
(it% t%e 'rofits of t%e Drg ,rst-
,%at is all anyone can ma1e ot of sc% an nconstittional
&ecision (%ic%, (e n&erstan&, t%e %onest ;&ge of t%e District
!ort calle& Igo4ernment's ma&ness-I
,%e Foo& L Drg @an&its &i& not sto' %ere- ,%eir or&ers from
t%e Drg ,rst (ere to &estroy Dins%a% at any cost- ,%ey (ere
tol& to ta1e %im into cort an& frame %im (it% t%e ItestimonyI of
/ro1en &o(n me&ical Jac1s (%o 1ne( not%ing (%atsoe4er
a/ot *'ectro)!%rome-
,%is (as &one in t%e Fe&eral !ort at !am&en, >- :-, /efore a
;&ge name& Forman- ,%is ;&ge 4irtally acte& as 'rosector
for t%e Drg ,rst as (ell as t%e ;&ge on t%e /enc%- ,%e
&efen&ant (as a/le to fin& an& ron& ' 120 of %is 'atients "
one)time sic1 'eo'le (%o %a& /een cre& /y *'ectro)!%rome-
,%ey testifie& to t%e facts " to (%at t%ey 1ne(-
,%e I(itnesses for t%e go4ernmentI testifie& to o'inions an&
a&mitte& t%ey %a& ne4er trie& *'ectro)!%rome- ,%e ;&ge
c%arge& t%e ;ry not to /elie4e t%e (itnesses for t%e &efense- He
calle& t%em I&el&e&I 'eo'le (%o, not /eing t%e /earers of
me&ical &egrees, &i&n't 1no( (%et%er t%ey %a& /een cre& or
not- ,%s :&ge Forman re4erse& all 1no(n rles of e4i&ence
(%ic% %a4e /een 'ractice& in American an& 9nglis% corts since
t%e magna c%arta-
A ;ry of morons con4icte& !ol- Dins%a%- ,%e ;&ge (as as
tog% as %e col& /e, /t %e (as afrai& to gi4e !ol- Dins%a% a
;ail sentence- He so state& in (or&s an& sai& t%at if %e &i& %e
(ol& ma1e a martyr of t%e !olonel an& /ring many ot%ers to
%im an& %is follo(ers to /e cre&- He col& (ell %a4e a&&e&
" Ian& t%s frt%er &ecrease t%e 'rofits of t%e Drg ,rst-I
!ol- Dins%a% (as fine& $20,000 an& all of %is 'ri4ate 'ro'erty
connecte& (it% t%e manfactre an& sale of *'ectro)!%rome
&e4ice (as sie6e& an& forci/ly ta1en from %im-
,a1e t%e case of Dr. @illiam -. Eo;h of Detroit, one of t%e fe(
'ractitioners in America (%o sccessflly %an&les cancer cases-
3%en t%e +ar1e)Da4is re'resentati4e in @ra6il /ecame so
incense& at %im for intro&cing a science into t%at *ot%
American contry t%at (ol& cre cancer (it%ot &rgs, ra&im,
O)ray or srgery, %e imme&iately ca/le& %is %ea&Jarters in t%is
contry-
,%e Foo& L Drg @an&its (ent into action- ,%ey ca/le& Dr- Aoc%
t%at t%ey (ante& to &iscss %is la/els (it% %im 'ersonally- Dr-
Aoc% corteosly, an& at %is o(n e8'ense, came /ac1 to t%e
Knite& *tates to straig%ten t%em ot- @t t%ey, &i&n't (ant to /e
straig%tene& ot- ,%ey %a& %im frame& /efore t%ey starte&, an&
/efore %e &oc1e& at $iami-
,%ey refse& to consi&er t%e e4i&ence of accracy %e 'resente&
/t t%re( %im into ;ail at $iami, Fla-, (it%ot a s%re& of %onest
e4i&ence against %im- #n attem'ting to get t%e /on& set at
$10,000, t%e Flori&a D- A- sai& t%e Fe&eral D- A- in Detroit %a&
ma&e t%is reJest /y tele'%one, claiming Dr- Aoc% %a& starte&
(or1 in @ra6il (%ic% %e (t%e Detroit K- *- District Attorney) &i&n't
(ant %im to go /ac1 an& finis%-
,(o long an& costly trials (ere %el& " t%e ta8'ayers footing t%e
/ill for t%e Drg ,rst an& Dr- Aoc% 'aying %is o(n e8'enses-
>ot%ing (as 'ro4e& /y t%e Igo4ernment,I /t a fe( morons on
t%e 'anels case& /ot% ;ries to /e %ng-
,%is failre (as in s'ite on t%e fact t%at large sms of ta8 money
(ere s'ent sen&ing Foo& L Drg Iin4estigatorsI t%rog% t%e
contry trying 4ainly to fin& IfailresI from t%e Aoc% treatment-
Or, at least, genine failres-
#n !alifornia, !%arles $- +ierce in4ente& a &e4ice (%ic% %e calle&
a slanting /oar&- ,%is (as a ta/le not nli1e an ironing /oar&, on
(%ic% a 'erson can lie (it% %is feet 12 or more inc%es a/o4e %is
%ea&- Dr- ?eorge *tarr 3%ite of Gos Angeles recommen&e& it- #
trie& it an& fon& it to /e a (on&erfl rela8er-
# also fon& t%at it ga4e instant, e4en t%o tem'orary relief from
%ay fe4er attac1s- Alt%o it costs /t $12-B0, it (as (ort% $1,000
to me t%e 'ast smmer (%en t%e %eat trne& t%e &st, in t%at
geogra'%ical sacer 1no(n as t%e District of !olm/ia, into fine
'o(&er an& ma&e life misera/le (%ene4er # left an air)
con&itione& room or /il&ing-
Dr- 3%ite, in analy6ing t%e /oar&, says t%at t%e gra4itational 'll
on or /o&ies ten&s to 'rola'se an& t%ere/y ener4ate t%e
internal organs- #t is only (%en (e lie (it% t%e %ea& lo(er t%an
t%e %eart, an& t%e /o&y in t%e incline& 'osition, t%at genine
rela8ation seems to /e /rog%t a/ot- Also, %e says, /y se of
t%e *lanting @oar& t%e /loo& circlation in t%e /rain irrigates to a
/etter a&4antage, (as%es ot an& clears ' &e'osits an& rene(s
its normal fnctions-
$r- +ierce %as sol& 11,000 of t%ese /oar&s in t%e last ten years
an& %as yet to %ear from a single 'rc%aser t%at t%e &e4ice isn't
all t%at is claime& for it- 7et, (%en t%e Drg ,rst %ear& a/ot it
t%e Foo& L Drg @an&its (ent into action-
>ine times t%ey cite& $r- +ierce /efore a Fe&eral cort at great
e8'ense to %im an& to t%e ta8'ayers- ,%e last time %e (as fine&
$100-00, /t s&&enly t%is 'ersection sto''e&- 3%y5
,#$9 $aga6ine recently carrie& an item a/ot t%e sorce of
+resi&ent ,rman's nsal %ealt% an& fitness- #t sai& %e se& a
*lanting @oar& e4ery &ay an& &i& a nm/er of I'll)'sI on it-
,%e +ierce *lanting @oar& is fitte& (it% a foot stra' /y t%e se of
(%ic% t%e ser can e8ercise %is torso in e4ery (ay %e (or s%e)
&esires-
,%e Foo& L Drg @an&its o/4iosly (ere afrai& of contracting a
se4ere case of re& face, s%ol& t%e +resi&ent e4er fin& ot t%ey
(ere lo()rating t%e &e4ice (%ic% 1ee's %im in /etter %ealt% t%an
a +resi&ent %as e4er /een 1no(n to /e in at %is age-
@ert Go(ry in *an Diego in 1921 in4ente& a little contra'tion
(%ic% mig%t /e terme& a c%iro'ractic self)a&;ster- #t is a sim'le
&e4ice t%at fits n&er t%e c%in an& /ac1 of t%e %ea&, (it% a ro'e
an& 'lley to /e attac%e& to a ;oist, rafter or &oor ;am/-
,%e ser lifts %imself ' an& off a c%air " (%ic% can &o no
'ossi/le %arm- Actally it a&;sts all s/l8ations (e8ce't t%e
sacrm an& coccy8) an& t%e ser can feel t%e 4ital ner4e force
flo(ing &o(n t%e s'ine from t%e /rain an& into t%e 4ital organs-
# %a4e se& it 'ersonally for a year, feel ten years yonger, &o
not fatige easily any moreQ elimination, a''etite an&
meta/olism %a4e im'ro4e& B0P- 7et $r- Go(ry %a& to sen& me
my &e4ice /y e8'ress " t%e +ost Office %a& /arre& it from t%e
mail 'ri4ileges grante& me, yo, $r- Go(ry an& e4ery ot%er la(
a/i&ing citi6en /y !ongress-
3%en t%e Drg ,rst &isco4ere& t%at t%is little &e4ice col&
concei4a/ly &estroy 'er%a's B0P of &rg sales, if it e4er
/ecame ni4ersally 1no(n an& se&, t%ey %a& t%e Foo& L Drg
@an&its come &o(n on $r- Go(ry li1e a ton of /ric1s- He (as
cite& into cort a nm/er of times- He an& t%e ta8'ayers 'ai& a
'retty /ill for cort costs-
,%is 1e't ' ntil ,om *cri''s, a Icity fat%erI of *an Diego an&
a &istant cosin of t%e famos ne(s'a'er family of t%at name,
as1e& t%e Foo& L Drg @an&its in 3as%ington (%at t%e Hell (as
t%e matter (it% t%em- He %a& a Go(ry &e4ice in %is o(n %ome,
%e 'ointe& ot, an& (as more t%an 'lease& (it% its /enefits-
3%ere'on Foo& L Drg 'eo'le calle& off t%e &ogs-
@t t%ere are ot%er ?o4ernment ?angsters in 3as%ing)ton
o'erating at t%e /ec1 an& call of t%e Drg ,rst- 3%en t%e Foo&
L Drg @an&itti faile&, t%e Drg ,rst calle& in t%e +ost Office
De'artment (%ic% %as effecti4ely sto''e& t%e &issemination of
t%ese %ealt%)'ro&cing ga&gets for t%e time /eing-
$r- Go(ry %as /een /arre& from se of t%e mails in eit%er
&irection " /y t%e 1angaroo cort o'erate& on a onesi&e& /asis
/y t%e +ost Office De'artment- ,%e at%or of t%is /oo1 %as /een
/arre& from t%e mails also (%en %e (rites to $r- Go(ry- His mail
is retrne& to %im mar1e& Ifra&lentI an& t%e go4ernment
1ee's t%e = cents (%ic% (as 'ai& for t%e e8'ress, !onstittional
an& stattory rig%t to %a4e t%is mail &eli4ere&-
,%ere is no &o/t in t%e min&s of &octors (%o n&erstan& t%e
s'ine an& t%e ganglion ner4e system t%at se of t%e Go(ry
*'ine)9ase (ol& sto' t%e no( fas%iona/le I&isc o'erationsI "
t%e ty'e (%ic% nnecessarily rine& t%e ma;or leage /ase/all
career of !%arley Aeller of t%e >e( 7or1 7an1ees-
,%e I&iscI is not%ing more t%an cartilagenos anterior 'rocess of
t%e s'inal colmn- @y lig%tly stretc%ing t%e (%ole s'inal colmn,
t%e s/)l8e& 4erta/rae (ol& strig%ten itself ot " somet%ing
e4ery com'etent c%iro'ractor or osteo'at% can &o (it% %is
%an&s-
,o ta1e ot t%at cartilagenos cs%ion from a %man s'ine is a
crime in any langage- #t not only 'ermits s%oc1 (%en t%e s'ine
is /ent for(ar& in t%at s'ot, /t 'ermits more an& often serios
interference (it% t%e flo( of ner4e force to 4ital organs in t%e
torso- @t t%at is alrig%t (it% t%e Foo& L Drg @an&its an& t%e
American $e&ical Association, /ecase sc% a con&ition (ill
/ring t%e 4ictim /ac1 to t%e offices of me&icos (%o (ill %a4e to
se &rgs to ease t%e 'ain an& to co4er ' t%e effect for t%e
/alance of %is s%ortene& life-
,%e I'rotectionI t%eme of t%e Foo& L Drg /an&its sometimes
4aries- 3e %a4e in min& t%e ?inger :a1e $r&ers of 19=0 an&
19=1, &ring t%e &ays (%en (e %a& legal 'ro%i/ition (%ic%
'ro%i/ite& not%ing- Gois A- Giggett (as national committeeman
from $assac%setts, treasrer an& a financial angel of t%e
.e'/lican 'arty-
He (as also t%e o(ner of t%e Giggett Drg !om'any, a large an&
(ealt%y '%armacetical concern- ,%e Giggett !om'any 'rocre&
some s/)stan&ar& an& &angeros fli& e8tract of :amica
?inger- ,%ey /egan to &istri/te it-
Ho(ar& Am/rster, an im'orter of ergot (%o (as %a4ing tro/le
(it% t%e Foo& L Drg rac1eteers, /egan to com'lain of t%ese
s%i'ments of &angeros I;a1e-I *ince it containe& alco%ol
t%osan&s of 'eo'le (ere /ying it for /e4erage, rat%er t%an
me&icinal 'r'oses-
$r- Am/rster (as tol& t%at it (as a /ootleg 'ro&ctQ t%at t%e
+ro%i/ition at%orities s%ol& %an&le it- ,%e +ro%i/ition
at%orities 'ointe& ot t%at t%ey %a& to 'ro4e sales for /e4erage
'r'osesQ t%at it (as sol& /y &rgstores &isgise& as me&icine
" only t%e FLDA col& sto' its sale-
$r- Giggett (as a 'o(er in t%e A&ministration- >ot%ing (as &one
ntil 'eo'le /egan to &ro' &ea& on t%e streets of cities an&
to(ns in Ar1ansas, O1la%oma an& ,ennessee (%ere t%is &ea&ly
concoction %a& /een (i&ely sol& to &rg stores- All tol& B,000
'eo'le (ere mr&ere& /y t%e Giggett com'any an& t%e Foo& L
Drg A&ministration- O4er =0,000 (ere 'araly6e& an& maime&
for life-
,%is (as /efore Hoo4er I'ros'erityI %a& %it t%e nation- ,%e
A&ministration (as all)'o(erfl- 9fforts to %a4e t%e De'artment
of :stice &o its s(orn stattory an& !onstittional &ty met (it%
stone(all resistance- 9fforts to %a4e !ongress 'ro/e t%is &isaster
met (it% eJally strong resistance-
As a so' to t%eir consciences, t%e Foo& L Drg A&ministration
%a& t(o (%olesale &rg &ealers in&icte& an& con4icte&, an&
gi4en C)mont% ss'en&e& sentences- ,%e main cl'rit (as
in&icte& as I'arty n1no(nI an& ne4er /rog%t to trial-
,%e (orst case of conni4ance /et(een Dealers in Deat% an&
Fe&eral officials since t%e ?inger :a1e $r&ers of 19=0 an& 19=1
(as t%e *lfat%ia6ole case of 1940- #n t%e 'rotecte& mr&er of a
large nm/er of innocent American citi6ens t%e Foo& L Drg
@an&itti %a& t%e acti4e co)o'eration of $orris Fis%/ein an& %is
s%a1e&o(n rac1et-
A ne( 'ro&ct calle& slfat%ia6ole ta/lets (as concocte& /y
3int%ro' Drg !om'any, one of t%e CC s/si&iaries of ?erman
Far/en)American *tan&ar& Oil's &rg cartel- @eing ma&e /y t%is
.oc1efeller nit it (as atomatically n&er t%e 'rotection of /ot%
t%e Foo& L Drg A&ministration an& t%e American $e&ical
Association-
Fis%/ein annonce& in %is :ornal of t%e American $e&ical
Association on :anary 2B, 1941, t%at - - - I*lfat%ia6ole)
3int%ro' %as /een acce'te& /y t%e !oncil of +%armacy an&
!%emistry for inclsion in its official 4olme of ne( an& non)
official reme&ies-I
94ery mem/er of t%e me&ical 'rofession (%o is na(are of t%e
ty'e of 'erson Fis%/ein is regar&s sc% an Iacce'tanceI as a
solemn garantee to t%em /y officers of t%e A$A t%at an
in4estigation %as /een ma&e an& t%at t%e 'ro&ct can /e relie&
on for Jality an& efficacy-
,%is concoction (as also a''ro4e& /y one Dr- :- :- Drrett of t%e
Foo& L Drg A&ministration " t%e official in c%arge of ne(
&rgs- Dr- Drrett /eing a .oc1efeller)a''ro4e& a''ointee (as
only &oing (%at %is n&erco4er /osses e8'ecte& %im to &o-
For %n&re& t%osan& slfat%ia6ole ta/lets (ere nloa&e& on
t%e mar1et in Decem/er, 1940- ,%ese ta/lets (ere a mi8tre of
t%e Igerm &estroyingI slfa &rg an& Gminal, t%e &rg (%ic%
'ts 'eo'le to slee'- Alt%og% t%e sal safe &osage of Gminal
is one grain, some of t%e slfat%ia6ole ta/lets (ere fon& to
contain fi4e grains-
$any 'eo'le (%o /og%t an& too1 t%ese 3int%ro's really &i& go
to slee'- ,%ey ne4er (o1e '- #t (as t%en &isco4ere& t%at, to /e
c%arita/le, t%e Foo& L Drg A&ministration %a& /een aslee' at
t%e s(itc%- ,%ey %a& a''ro4e& &ea&ly ta/lets a''arently (it%ot
1no(ing (%at t%ey containe&- >o one (as e4er 'nis%e&, or
e4en em/arrasse&, for t%ese mr&ers-
After rea&ing of t%e /an&itry 'erforme& /y Foo& L Drg agents
an& ins'ectors for t%e /enefit of t%e Drg ,rst, it is %ar& to
/elie4e t%at t%e Foo& L Drg A&ministration actally &oes goo&
(or1 (%en it confines itself to t%e &ties allocate& to it /y
!ongress-
#n t%e case of t%e small fry, or of firms not o(ne& /y t%e Drg
,rst, t%e FLDA often crac1s &o(n on t%ose (%o sell 'tri& foo&
or a&lterate& an& mis/ran&e& &rgs an& 'ro'rietary reme&ies
to t%e '/lic- 3e can name some rac1ets (%ic% t%e FLDA ni''e&
in t%e /&- ,%ey (ill incl&e<

Get6 & *c%ramm "
mose %airs an& ro&ent s1in in t%eir a''le /tterQ
!alifornia +ac1ing !om'any "
&ecom'ose& sar&inesQ
Gy&ia +in1%am "
for a&4ertising a /a/y in e4ery /ottleQ
9raft)+%eni8 !%eese !or'oration "
insects an& ro&ent %airs in t%eir 'ro&ctQ
9&na 3allace Ho''er "
for saying %er restorati4e cream (ol& ta1e t%e (rin1les
ot of any faceQ
9stis +ac1ing !om'any "
for nee&ling t%eir tangerinesQ
Eita Foo& +ro&cts !om'any "
for selling (ormy fis%Q
94eritt +ac1ing !om'any "
for selling mol&y cats'Q
,%e +arme&a !om'any "
for saying t%eir %air tonic (ill ma1e %air gro(-

,%ese are ty'ical of t%e rotine ;o/s 'erforme& /y t%e Foo& L
Drg A&ministration- @t (e ne4er %ear of t%em sto''ing t%e
sale of @ayer's as'irin, (%ic% is &o(nrig%t %armfl, as s%o(n in
t%e c%a'ter of t%is /oo1 entitle& IDangeros DosesI or of any of
t%e ot%er %armfl an& e4en &ea&ly 'ro&cts sol& /y nits of t%e
.oc1efeller Drg ,rst-
EA&GAROO 3OURT
!ongress enacte& a mail fra& la( to 'rotect t%e '/lic against
mail fra&s an& create& t%e *olicitor's Office in t%e +ost Office
De'artment to a&minister it- @t !ongress ne4er inten&e& for
t%e la( to /e mala&ministere&, or se& as an instrment for t%e
Drg ,rst's /lac1;ac1 acti4ities-
3%en a 4ictim gets 'ast t%e Foo& L Drg A&ministration /y
'ro4ing to a ;ry t%at t%e c%arges are trm'e& ', t%e Drg
,rst t%en %as t%e +ost Office De'artment ;m' on %im- ,%ere
%e %as no recorse to a ;ry-
He is frame& /y +ost Office officials an& Icon4icte&I /y t%e +OD's
o(n Aangaroo Icort-I An& t%en %e is &enie& %is !onstittional
rig%t to se t%e K- *- mails an& %is li4eli%oo& is &estroye&-
Facts are not allo(e& to /e 'resente&- A cstomer 'atient, a
'rc%aser, (%o %as se& t%e 'ro&ct com'laine& against an&
(%o 1no(s e8actly %o( it (or1s an& (%et%er or not it is goo& or
(ort%less, is not allo(e& to testify-
,%ere is a ni4ersal rle in corts of ;stice t%at (itnesses
cannot testify to t%eir o'inions " only facts- Facts are e8cl&e&
from t%e 'rocee&ings of t%e +ost Office De'artment's Aangaroo
!ort-
#n t%eir 'lace are allo(e& t%e /ilios o'inions of Jac1 me&icos,
on t%e '/lic 'ayroll /ecase t%ey (ere failres at 'ri4ate
'ractice- #n many instances t%ese Jac1s are force& to a&mit
t%at t%ey A>O3 >O,H#>? of t%e 'ro&ct t%ey are con&emning-
,%ey claim t%ey are Ie8'ertsI an& t%s 1no( e4eryt%ing (it%ot
actally 1no(ing anyt%ing-
,%is 1angaroo cort is 'resi&e& o4er /y a gentleman 1no(n as
It%e trial e8aminer-I *ome of t%ese e8aminers %a4e /een goo&
men, %onest men, (%o 1no( t%e (%ole 'rocee&ing is illegal an&
namerican- One of t%em tol& s as mc%, /t sai& %e col& &o
not%ing a/ot it, as %is s'eriors reJire& %im to ren&er a
I&ecisionI /ase& on t%ese n;&icial rles-
#f t%ere (ere any la(yers in t%e *olicitor's office t%ey (ol&
1no( t%is entirely illegal /ecase t%e *'reme !ort %as rle&
so- #t (as in t%e Oct- 1902 term, in t%e case of t%e American
*c%ool of $agnetic Healing an& :- H- Aelly 4s- :- $- $cAnnlty,
an& is to /e fon& in K- *- *'reme !ort .e'orts (1HD)190),
+age 90, officially title& 1HD K* 94-
@oile& &o(n, t%is &ecision " (%ic% is still t%e la( of t%e lan& "
re4erse& t%e *olicitor of t%e +ost Office De'artment an& sai& %e
(as >O, ;stifie& in issing a mail fra& or&er I(%ere t%e
effecti4eness of t%e treatment in Jestion is a mere matter of
o'inion-I #t s'ecifically a&&e& t%at t%e stattes are only inten&e&
to co4er actal F.AKD #> FA!,-
#n t%e 'rocess of 'rotecting t%e %ge 'rofits of t%e Drg ,rst
t%e +OD occasionally 'rosectes an& 'ts ot of /siness a real
fra&- @t t%ere is no (ay to tell (%et%er or not a 'ro&ct /arre&
/y t%e +ost Office is actally fra&lent- ,%at's t%e '/lic's %ar&
lc1-
*c% a t%reat to t%e Drg ,rst 'rofits is t%e Go(ry *'ine)9ase,
t%at t%e +ost Office %as &enie& %im an& %is cstomers, t%eir
stattory rig%t to se t%e mails, e4en after t%e Foo& L Drg
@an&its calle& it a &ay- 94en t%e 'o(erfl *cri''s family seems
to %a4e /een na/le to call off t%e *olicitors' Office from t%eir
'rotection rac1et of Drg ,rst 'rofits-
#n t%e case of !ol- Dins%a% t%ey %a4e gone to n/elie4a/le
lengt%s " em/e66lement of $20,000, it (ol& /e calle& if
'erforme& /y a 'ri4ate in&i4i&al- $any of %is satisfie& 'atients,
(%o %a& 'rc%ase& %is &e4ice for $90, &i& so (it% 'ostal money
or&ers-
#t (as t%e !olonel's %a/it to %ol& eac% sc% or&er a mont% or
t(o /efore cas%ing t%em, to gi4e t%e 'atient time to ma1e a
com'laint if t%e &e4ice (asn't e8actly as re'resente&- 3%en t%e
fra& or&er (as isse&, %e %a& a''ro8imately =00 money or&ers
on %an& an& rea&y for &e'osit-
3it%ot t%e slig%test at%ority of la( or morality, t%e *olicitor's
Office of t%e +ost Office De'artment %a4e &eclare& t%ese money
or&ers I(ort%less-I All 'ost offices %a4e /een or&ere& not to
cas% t%em, alt%o t%e go4ernment %as t%e money, t%e cstomers
%a4e t%e &e4ices an& !ol- Dins%a% %as ne4er recei4e& a
com'laint t%at t%ey are not ;st as %e re'resente& t%em- An&
satisfactory to t%e /yers-

$ATE&T O--73E
@ac1 in 19=B, (%en t%e :ornal of t%e A$A (as cag%t 'rinting
fa1e 'ictres of (%at it claime& to /e t%e 9llis $icro&ynameter,
sccessfl &emonstrations on mem/ers of t%e Hose !ommittee
on !ommerce &iscorage& efforts to se !ongress for t%is
'r'ose-
Fis%/ein %a& in&ce& Doctor)*enator !o'elan& to 'lace in t%e
!ongressional .ecor& a totally false &escri'tion of t%e 9llis
mac%ine (&escri/e& in anot%er c%a'ter of t%is /oo1)- I+lain ,al1
$aga6ine,I of (%ic% # (as e&itor, e8'ose& t%e fa1ery of /ot% t%e
A$A :ornal an& *enator !o'elan&, t%s /loc1ing efforts to 1ee'
t%e micro off t%e mar1et-
*ecretly, Fis%/ein set ot to &o frt%er &amage to t%e 9llis
'eo'le- 3%en F- !- 9llis a''lie& for a 'atent, to 'rotect %is
in4ention from t%e ;ac1als (%o al(ays s'ring ' (%en someone
&isco4ers or in4ents somet%ing of a 4ala/le natre, %e fon&
t%at t%e Drg ,rst %a& reac%e& into t%e +atent Office also-
For eig%t years t%e +atent Office sccee&e& in stalling off any
action on t%e in4ention- #t 1ic1e& t%e t%ing aron& sccessi4ely
into eig%t &ifferent classification &i4isions, e4en 'reten&ing to
t%in1 it (as eit%er a /olt or a nt- At one time it (as gat%ering
&st in t%e @olts an& >ts Di4ision-
One e8aminer after anot%er tol& $r- 9llis t%at t%e t%ing (as
&efinitely 'atenta/le, /t t%at %e (t%e e8aminer) (as not allo(e&
to a''ro4e issance of letters 'atent- $r- 9llis (ent from t%ere
to t%e !ort of +atent A''eals (it% t%e same reslt- ,%e Drg
,rst a''arently (as re'resente& on t%at /o&y also-
$r- 9llis (as not to /e intimi&ate&, so %e file& a sit in Fe&eral
!ort at !%icago to force t%e +atent Office to com'ly (it% t%e
la(s of t%e Knite& *tates- #n t%is action %e fon& an %onest an&
intelligent ;&ge (@ars1&ale) (%o insiste& on %earing all t%e
e4i&ence an& not ;st t%at (%ic% t%e Drg ,rst &esire&
'resente& to t%e cort-
One of t%e e8%i/its of t%e Igo4ernmentI (as a Ire'ortI of $r-
Fis%/ein, alias t%e @rea of #n4estigation of t%e American
$e&ical Association- ,%is Ire'ortI /ra6enly sai&<

I,%e @rea of #n4estigation %as ma&e no e8amination of
t%e mec%anics of t%e micro&ynameter-I

:&ge @ar1s&ale as1e& t%e 'rosection if it %a& any e4i&ence
an& 'on /eing tol& t%at t%e Igo4ernmentI consi&ere& t%at
Ire'ortI e4i&ence, or&ere& t%e +atent Office to isse t%e 'atent
fort%(it%-

FBETTERF BUS7&ESS BUREAUS
#n 1922 t%e great international /an1ing rac1et 1no(n as :- +-
$organ L !om'any lai& ela/orate 'lans for s(in&ling t%e
in4esting '/lic t%r t%e sale of /illions of &ollars in (ort%less
/on&s of foreign go4ernments-
,%e o4erall 'lan (as (%i''e& ' /y t%e t%en *ecretary of t%e
,reasry an& /oss of t%e reigning .e'/lican 'arty " An&re( 3-
$ellon- $r- $ellon first gently ta''e& any foreign go4ernment on
t%e noggin (%ic% s%o(e& any signs of %onesty an& (or)
&emrre& against issing /on&s or&ere& /y t%e Hose of
$organ-
3%en t%e /on&s (ere rea&y to nloa& on t%e 4ictim +/lic,
$ellon %a& %is /an1 e8aminers from t%e ,reasry De'artment
IsggestI to all national /an1s t%at t%e $organ foreign /on&s /e
/og%t as a Isecon&ary reser4eI an&, if necessary, to call all
goo& time)teste& loans to local /sinesses- ,%e net reslt (as
t%e closing of o4er =,000 national /an1s (%en t%ese foreign
/on&s (ere fon& (ort%less-
#n or&er to e8tract t%e last 'ossi/le &ollar from t%e 4ictim '/lic
t%e $organ $o/ &eci&e& to stifle all com'etition from
in&e'en&ent /ro1ers, financiers an& firms- ,%ey %a& t%eir
affiliates, t%e in4estment /an1ers of t%e >e( 7or1 *toc1
98c%ange, gi4e $100,000 to a 'romoter to organi6e (%at (as
calle& t%e @etter @siness @reas of America-
@ranc%es (ere organi6e& in e4ery large an& many me&im si6e&
cities, an& some of t%em set an all time %ig% for %y'ocrisy an&
fra&- ,%e annonce& fnctions of t%ese /reas (as fine, /t
t%e annonce& fnctions (ere too often a co4er ' for acti4ities
(%ic% (ol&n't /ear t%e lig%t of &ay-
,%r local '/licity t%e @@@ /ecame 1no(n as an organi6ation to
'rotect t%e '/lic against (ort%less secrities an& s/stan&ar&
local merc%an&i6e- ,%e @@@ (as al(ays carefl to a&4ise t%e
'rc%ase of secrities nloa&e& /y $organ an& %is affiliates "
an& &iscorage t%ose sol& /y any ot%er sorce- Gocally t%ey
loo1e& after t%e interests of t%ose merc%ants (%o 'ai& &es, an&
(ere often rog% on t%ose (%o &i&n't-
One of t%e @@@'s first acti4ities (as to lo//y t%r a/ot 40 state
legislatres a stan&ar& @le *1y Ga(- An ama6ing /t ra(
featre of t%ese @* la(s (as t%at t%ey e8em'te& secrities liste&
on t%e stoc1 e8c%ange " no matter %o( (ort%less t%ey (ere
1no(n to /e-
#n t%e early =0s a committee of !ongress cag%t some of t%ese
3all *treet /rglars re&)%an&e& /ri/ing t%e e&itors an& financial
(riters of t%e large >e( 7or1 &ailies " incl&ing t%e ,imes an&
3all *treet :ornal " to 'rint fa1e stories of (ort%less secrities
to I'eg t%e mar1et-I $illions of &ollars (ere lost /y t%e 4ictims
of t%ese Iins'ire&I ne(s'a'er articles-
,%e @@@s (ere not a/o4e selling /lac1;ac1ing ser4ices to t%e
American $e&ical Association to ai& in t%e Drg ,rst's
/lac1;ac1ing of ri4al 'ac1age& me&icine 4en&ors-
,%e K- *- !ircit !ort of A''eals, for t%e Ct% !ircit, in a
&ecision %an&e& &o(n in t%e case of t%e .ala&am !om'any
(%ic% %a& also incrre& ill(ill of t%e $e&ical F%rer /y refsing
to /e s%a1en &o(n, s%o(e& %o( t%is (as &one-
#t 'ointe& ot t%at t%e American $e&ical Association (as
engage& in a cam'aign against 'ro'rietary reme&ies (%ic% it
I/elie4e&I s%ol& /e se& not at all or only n&er t%eir
Is'er4ision-I ,%e cort fran1ly sai&, in s'ea1ing of t%e $e&ical
@n& an& its F%rer ($orris Fis%/ein, F-A-) <

I#t %as a @rea for t%at an& ot%er 'r'oses- 3%en it is
t%og%t t%at a 'articlar a&4ertisement s%ol& /e sto''e&
t%e @rea ta1es t%e matter ' (it% t%e Fe&eral ,ra&e
!ommission an& (it% t%e Ass'n of @etter @siness @reas
(%ic% are scattere& o4er t%e contry- S S S ,%e @etter
@siness @reas e8'lain to t%eir local ne(s'a'ers an& to
t%e general 'erio&icals, t%at it (ol& /e (ise to refse t%is
a&4ertising- S S S I

,%is is not an in&ictment of all local /rea managers- $any of
t%em are conscientios, as are some local &irectors- @t t%e
o4erall 'rotection of stoc1 e8c%ange secrities mst go on-
Gogan @illingsley of t%e $an%attan @oar& of !ommerce, (%o %a&
Jite a setto (it% t%e @@@ in t%e 19=0s tol& a committee of t%e
!ongress<
I$any of or citi6ens lost t%eir life sa4ings t%r s'eclation
in stoc1s an& /on&s, an& 1in&re& secrities, /elie4ing t%ey
(ere &ealing in legitimate in4estment secrities- $ore t%an
B0 /illion &ollars %a4e /een (i'e& ot t%r &e'reciation
o4er a s%ort 'erio& of mont%s- +eo'le are &a6e& /y t%is
sitation an& see1ing to &isco4er t%e case-I

9- !- .iegal of t%e !onsmers ?il& of America sai&<

I,%e @etter @siness @reas are t%e militant arm of t%e
>7 *toc1 98c%ange- ,o call t%is nefarios system a rac1et
is to com'liment it- A rac1et at least %as t%e %onesty to
&eclare itself, (%ile t%e 'rofesse& 'r'ose of t%e @etter
@siness @reas is ''/lic 'rotection' at t%e 'reten&e&
e8'ense of self)sacrificing, self)rig%teos contri/tors - - -
*lan&er, /lac1mail, e8tortion, %y'ocrisy, corr'tion, terror,
timi&ity, ss'icion an& /siness 'aralysis " t%ese are t%e
reslts-I

The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust B0 / 210
DRUG TRUST A$$O7&TME&TS
3%en +resi&ent ,rman too1 o4er t%e +resi&ential reins an& fire&
a fe( !ommies an& incom'etents from %ig% 'laces on t%e
?o4ernment 'ayroll, many 'eo'le (ere o'timistic enog% to
t%in1 t%at %e (as going to &o a goo& ;o/- @t %e sto''e& far
s%ort of t%at, as recent %earings /y committees of /ot% t%e
Hose an& *enate %a4e 'ro4en-
,%ere is no recor& of %im %a4ing cleane& ot t%e .oc1efeller
a''ointees in t%e *tate De'artment, nor in any of t%e 4arios
agencies %a4ing to &o (it% t%e '/lic %ealt%- # list t%ese, as
follo(s, an& as1 'ar&on for t%ose (%ic% # may %a4e misse&<

Foo& & Drg A&ministration
Fe&eral ,ra&e !ommission
*olicitor's Office of t%e +ost Office De'artment
K- *- +/lic Healt% *er4ice
K- *- Eeterans A&ministration
*ocial *ecrity @oar&
*rgeon ?eneral of t%e Air Force
Army *rgeon ?eneral's Office
>a4y @rea of $e&icine & *rgery
>ational Healt% .esearc% #nstitte
>ational .esearc% !oncil
>ational Aca&emy of *ciences

,%e a''ointment of t%e %ea& of t%is latter /o&y is a concrete
e8am'le of %o( t%e Drg ,rst is gi4en com'lete control of all of
t%ese agencies " no Jestions as1e&, no Jarter gi4en (t%e
'/lic)- Giste& in t%e crrent !ongressional Directory as
+resi&ent of t%e >ational Aca&emy of *ciences is Alfre& >-
.ic%ar&s-
,%e >ational Aca&emy of *ciences is consi&ere& in 3as%ington
t%e all(ise /o&y (%ic% in4estigates e4eryt%ing n&er t%e sn,
es'ecially in t%e fiel& of %ealt%, an& gi4es to a 'al'itating '/lic
t%e last (or& in t%at science-
,o t%e im'ortant 'ost at t%e %ea& of t%is agency t%e Drg ,rst
%as %a& one of t%eir o(n a''ointe&- He is none ot%er t%an Alfre&
>- .ic%ar&s, one of t%e largest stoc1%ol&ers an& &irectors of
$erc1 L !om'any, (%ose inor&inate 'rofits %a4e inflate& t%e
mar1et Jotations of t%eir stoc1 to 4R times t%e 4ale of its
assets-
$r- .ic%ar&s, (%o is ma1ing %ge 'rofits from t%is &rg traffic,
cannot /e e8'ecte& to loo1 at any IscientificI &isco4ery or
a&4ance e8ce't t%r t%e eyes of t%e Drg ,rst- 3%et%er %e
1no(s it or not, %is first Jestion (ill /e "

I3ill t%is, or (ill it not ma1e more 'rofits for $erc1 &
!om'any5I

,%at %e acts accor&ingly is 'ro4en /y t%e fact t%at t%e >ational
Aca&emy of *ciences (# og%t to Jote t%e (or& IsciencesI) %as
ne4er lifte& a finger to try ot t%e Aoc% treatment (%ic% %as
cre& %n&re&s of cases of cancer, or any of t%e 4arios
D.K?G9** met%o&s of treatment (%ic% s%ol& %a4e %ig% rating
in any /o&y (%ic% calls itself scientific-
#n fact, $r- .ic%ar&s is 'art of t%e *ystem (%ic% %as ma&e e4ery
effort 'ossi/le to s''ress t%ese sccessfl t%era'ies-

3ha,ter 0 So;ialiCed Medi;ine
IA ;st go4ernment 'rotects all in t%eir li/erty of c%oice-I
" ?eorge I3as%ington
Or crrent *ociali6e& $e&icine @ill (*enate 1CD9) (ill go &o(n
n&er its o(n (eig%t if t%e ne(s'a'ers of America e4er &ig
/e%in& its 3%ite Hose 'ro'agan&a an& let t%e '/lic in on t%e
salient featres of t%is remar1a/le 'ro'osal-
First off, t%e /ill is a t%inly)4eile& 'olitical 'ay)off to Oscar
9(ing, or a/le (too a/le) Fe&eral *ecrity A&ministrator- $r-
9(ing %as /een claiming e4er since >o4em/er C, 194H " t%r
t%e mot%s of %is frien&s an& 'olitical %enc%men " t%at %e
raise& more money for t%e ,rman /lit6 of last fall t%an Gois A-
:o%nson, t%e money)getting (%i6-
$r- 9(ing is no( see1ing t%e /iggest 'olitical 'ayoff e4er as1e&
in American 'olitics- ,%e /ill calls for at least $B,000,000,000 a
year for $r- 9(ing to control, s'en&, 'lay (it%, 'oliticate on an&
(may/e) se to rn for +resi&ent-
#t calls for a =P ta8 on e4ery &ollar of salaries an& (ages earne&
in t%e Knite& *tates for t%e com'lsory %ealt% insrance featre-
#n a&&ition it calls for an nname& 'ercentage for &ental an&
nrsing insrance- A 4P gran& total is not an nreasona/le
estimate-
,%e De'artment of !ommerce tells s t%at t%e total 194H 'ayroll
(as $1=4,400,000,000 an& t%at a total of B9,)=DH,000 'ersons
(ere em'loye& gainflly to &ra( t%is sm in (ages an& salaries-
,%is means t%at eac% (age earner too1 from %is em'loyer
(/efore income an& ot%er Ine(I &eal ta8es) $2,2C= eac% on an
a4erage-
For 'ercent of $2,2C= means t%at eac% (age earner (ill /e
com'elle& to 'ay $90-B2 to $r- 9(ing to %a4e %is %ealt% insre&-
*omet%ing t%e A&ministration 'ro'agan&ists for *ociali6e&
$e&icine %a4e >9E9. ,OGD K* is t%at one t%ir& of t%ese
B9,=DH,000 (age earners are alrea&y insre& n&er efficiently
manage& %ealt% insrance 'lans of t%e @le !ross an& ot%er
'ri4ately rn co)o's-
,%e @le !ross c%arges eac% in&i4i&al insree H0c a mont% for
%is me&ical insrance an& $1-10 for %os'itali6ation- He can get
/ot% for $1-90 a mont%, or $22-H0 a year-
7et t%e 9(ing +lan 'ro'oses to slg for times as mc% ot of
%im for I%ealt% insranceI (%et%er %e (ants it or not- 3%ile t%e
/ill 4agely garantees t%e &octor of t%e insrer's c%oice, t%ere
is no garantee t%at sc% a 'lan (ill /e 't into effect-
#n fact, t%is is only B0P tre- ,%e I&octor of yor o(n c%oiceI
means one a''ro4e& for yo /y t%e Drg ,rst " one (%o %as
/een traine& to se enog% &rgs to /ring a/ot fantastic 'rofits
for '%armacetical %oses controlle& /y t%e Hose of
.oc1efeller, et al-
*%ol& t%is socio)commnistic /ill 'ass, it (ol&n't /e ot of t%e
line of Drg ,rst mo&s for '%ysicians to /e instrcte& (%at
&rgs to se, an& %o( many, in eac% an& e4ery s'ecific
&iagnosis-
,%e @ill ta8es e4ery (age earner in America " /t e8cl&es at
least =0 P of t%em from its &o/tfl /enefits- #n 4ie( of t%is
fact, an& t%at one)t%ir& of or 'eo'le are alrea&y insre& at 2BP
of t%e rates $r- 9(ing 'ro'oses to c%arge t%em, (%at mem/er
of !ongress (%o 1no(s t%ese facts (ill 4ote for t%e /ill 5
,%e =0 P (%o are e8cl&e& are t%ose American citi6ens (%o
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust B= / 210
%a4e o/taine& /etter reslts from t%e &rgless sciences "
c%iro'ractic, osteo'at%y, natro'at%y an& !%ristian *cience "
t%an from &rgs an& t%e me&ical t%eory of &isease-
*ociali6e& $e&icine is /t t%e o'ening (e&ge, %o'e& for /y t%e
!ommnists, to sociali6e e4eryt%ing n&er t%e sn in t%e Knite&
*tates- !ommnist &ictators%i' &oes not contem'late letting t%e
in&i4i&al citi6en %a4e anyt%ing to say a/ot anyt%ing-
#f yo &on't /elie4e t%e 'arlor 'in1s an& nati4e IAmericanI re&s
are /e%in& t%is /ill loo1 at t%e names of fi4e of t%e si8 *enators
(%o s'onsor t%e measre-
!la&e +e''er of Flori&a, 1no(n as t%e $osco(
$ot%'iece /ecase of %is 4ociferos a&miration for
e4eryt%ing .ssian- He e4en goes so far as to a&4ocate
gi4ing .ssia t%e secret of t%e atom /om/-
?len ,aylor of #&a%o, (%o (as Henry 3allace's rnning
mate of last fall on t%e !ommnist's +resi&ential ,ic1et-
3illiam 9- (I+in1yI) $rray of $ontana, (%ose entire
recor& %as /een t%at of es'osing cases (it% at least a
'in1is% tinge-
Dennis !%a4e6 of >e( $e8ico, (it% a recor& similar to
$rray's, /t not so acti4e-
.o/ert F- 3agner of >e( 7or1, ?erman /orn tool of all
.oc1efeller interests, incl&ing t%e Drg ,rst-

,%ere is anot%er name on t%e /ill " *enator Ho(ar& $c?rat% of
.%o&e #slan&- *en- $c?rat%, c%airman of t%e Democratic
>ational !ommittee, is in no sense eit%er a re& or 'in1- He
a''en&e& %is name to t%e /ill to gi4e it A&ministration an& 'arty
sanction, /ecase $r- 9(ing mst /e 'ai& off for /ringing in t%e
money-
*ince intro&ction of t%e /ill for sociali6ation of me&icine,
*enator $c?rat% %as resigne& from t%e *enate to acce't t%e
a''ointment as Attorney ?eneral of t%e Knite& *tates-
#n 'ro'erly analy6ing a contro4ersial isse it is al(ays a&4isa/le
to e8amine t%ose 4arios s'ecial interests (%ic% are for an&
against it- #n t%e case of *ociali6e&, or !ommni6e& $e&icine,
(%ic% (e %a4e %a& (it% s since 19== t%is is not %ar& to &o-
,%ere are for se'arate an& &istinct *'ecial #nterests 'lgging
t%e 1949 4ersion " nig%t an& &ay, early an& late, toot% an&
toenail- ,%ese for interests are<

1- ,%e Drg ,rst (%ic% aims, t%rog% its 3as%ington
stooges an& me&ical &ictators%i', to s''ress all forms of
t%era'y, e8ercise an& &iets (%ic% (ill re&ce t%e se of
&rgs in any manner-
2- #ncom'etent me&ical &octors (%o see in *)1CD9 a c%ance
to %a4e 'atients, (%o %a4e no c%oice in t%e matter,
assigne& to t%emQ an& a c%ance t%at t%e go4ernment (ill
ma1e for t%em (%at t%ey cannot ma1e for t%emsel4es-
=- ,%e American !ommnists (%o see, in t%e 'ossi/le
'assage of !ommni6e& $e&icine legislation, t%e o'ening
(e&ge to commni6e e4eryt%ing else n&er t%e sn-
4- Oscar 9(ing, .oc1efeller attorney, Fe&eral *ecrity
A&ministrator (%o, n&er *)1CD9, (ol& not only /e t%e
!6ar of me&icine, /t (ill %a4e t%e a&ministering of a fn&
of 'ro/a/ly fi4e /illion &ollars a year " (it% all t%e 'o(er,
'om', 'ano'ly, 'restige, glory an& /enefits t%at go (it%
$B,000,000,000-

,%ere are t%ree gro's an& entities t%at are o''ose& to it- ,%e
first t(o (gro's) are 'ermanently an& naltera/ly o''ose& to it-
,%e t%ir& (in&i4i&al) is o''ose& only ntil t%ey ma1e %im an
offer of a !a/inet ;o/ to s''ort it-

1- ,%e American '/lic- +eo'le (ant to /e allo(e& to c%oose
t%eir o(n &octor an& mo&ality- ,%ey o/;ect to 'aying
'oliticians $90-B2 for somet%ing t%ey can get (if t%ey (ant
it) for $22-H0-
2- ,%e &octors of America, (%o &o not (ant to /e regimente&
as t%eir conter'arts in .ssia are-
=- $orris Fis%/ein, s'o1esman for an& &irector of t%e
American $e&ical Association- $r- Fis%/ein (as 4ery mc%
for t%e first (!o'elan&) sociali6e& me&icine /ill-, (%ic%
(ol& %a4e ma&e %im *ecretary of Healt%- 3%en !o'elan&
&ie& an& t%e ne8t sc% measre, /y *en- 3agner, name&
t%e *rgeon ?eneral, K*+H*, c6ar of me&icine, Fis%/ein
%ollere& Ico'-I

A /rief %istory of t%e 4arios sociali6e& me&icine /ills (%ic% %a4e
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust BB / 210
'lage& !ongress since 19==, is in or&er- #t %as often /een sai&
t%at t%e ,g(ell @ill of 19== an& t%e !o'elan& @ill of 19=4 (ere
sociali6e& me&icine measres- ,%is is not e8actly tre, e4en t%o
+rof- ,g(ell " a mem/er of Fran1 D- .oose4elt's original B)
man !oncil of !lo(ns " (as a 'in1o (it% a yen to ma1e
America o4er- @ot% t%is, an& t%e sccee&ing measre (%ic% /ore
Doctor)*enator !o'elan&'s name, (ere sc%emes to emasclate
t%e famos ol& 3iley Foo& L Drg @ill in or&er to 'rotect (ealt%y
an& 'olitically 'o(erfl manfactrers of &angeros &oses-

3O$E8A&D B788( 45D*
Dr- !o'elan&'s *)B, also 1no(n as t%e Fis%/ein @ill, (as t%e first
measre intro&ce& to /ring sociali6e& (or commni6e&)
me&icine ot into t%e o'en- Kn&er t%is a ca/inet 'ost of
*ecretary of Healt% (as to /e create&- *ens- !o'e)lan& of >e(
7or1 an& Ge(is of #llinois 'romise& t%e ;o/ to $r- Fis%/ein, (%om
it %a& /een s%o(n col& ma1e only 4H in an anatomy e8am- ,%e
/ill 'ro'ose& to regiment all &octors in t%e contry an& &o a(ay
(it% t%e &rgless 'ractitioners- Dr- !o'elan& &i&n't %a4e (%at it
too1- >eit%er &i& %is an& Fis%/ein's /ill- Dring t%e ne8t for
years it langis%e& an& finally &ie& (%en /ot% *enators also
'asse& on-
@AG&ER B788( 45D5
*ociali6e& $e&icine a''eale& mig%tily to t%e 'arlor 'in1s an&
4irlent re&s of 3as%ington- *o, (it% t%e &eat% of Dr- !o'elan&,
t%e I>e(I Dealers &eci&e& to ta1e t%e /all a(ay from $r-
Fis%/ein an& 'ass it to one of t%eir o(n 1in&- *enator .o/ert F-
3agner, ?erman /orn fascist from >e( 7or1, one of t%e
%ammiest of t%e I>e(I Deal %m/gs, (as selecte& to front for
*ociali6e& $e&icine-
,%ey (rote a /ill for %im an& %e intro&ce& it early in 19=0- #t
(as nm/ere& *)1C20 an& calle& a I>ational Healt% @ill-I
Fis%/ein (as left a(ay ot on %is o(n lim/- ,%e !6ar of Healing,
n&er t%e 3agner @ill, (as to /e ,om +arran, fres% ot of
.oc1efeller !enter, t%en t%e *rgeon ?eneral of t%e K- *- +/lic
Healt% *er4ice-
Fis%/ein sa( re& " an& not t%e .oose4elt A&ministration ty'e of
re& eit%er " (%en t%is /ill came ot- O4ernig%t %e /ecame a
/itter foe (on t%e srface) of *ociali6e& $e&icine- *ince %e %asn't
/een offere& a ca/inet 'ost to c%ange o4er again, %e is still
o''ose& to t%e !ommni6ation of America's me&ical &octors as
(e go to 'ress-
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust BC / 210
,%e first 3agner @ill a''ro'riate& $=B,000,000 for maternal an&
c%il& %ealt% ser4ices, $C0,000,000 for '/lic %ealt% (or1 an&
in4estigations, $=B,000,000 for grants to states (%ic% (ol& set
' systems of sociali6e& me&icine- ,%e /ill also a''ro'riate& an
in&efinite amont a&&itional if t%is =B million (asn't enog%-
#n or&er t%at t%e I>e(I &ealers a&ministering t%is in&efinite fn&
col& &o (it% it (%at t%ey (ille&, t%e langage of t%e /ill (as
ma&e as confsing an& in&efinite as 'ossi/le, for it sai&<

IFrom t%e sms a''ro'riate& t%erefor, an& t%e allotments
ma&e in accor&ance t%ere(it%, 'ayments s%all /e ma&e to
sc% state (%ic% %as a 'lan a''ro4e& for eac% year or 'art
t%ereof co4ere& /y t%e sai& 'lan- ,%ese 'ayments s%all /e
in sc% 'ro'ortion to t%e total amont of '/lic fn&s
e8'en&e& n&er sc% 'lan &ring eac% year or 'art t%ereof
co4ere& /y sc% 'lan as is &etermine& 'on t%e /asis of
t%e financial resorces of t%e state, not conting so mc%
of sc% total e8'en&itres /y t%e state are - - -I

#f yo're not ot of /reat% trying to follo( t%is in4ol4e& an&
meaningless grammatical conglomeration, rea& on<

I(1) #n e8cess of $20 for eac% in&i4i&al eligi/le for
me&ical careQ
I(2) 98'en&e& for t%e care in %os'itals, instittions an&
ot%er organi6e& facilities an& in cases of mental &isease,
mental &efecti4eness, e'ile'sy an& t/erclosisQ
I(=) #ncl&e& in any ot%er state 'lan s/mitte& or grants
to a state n&er any ot%er title of t%is act-I

3%at &oes all t%is legislati4e mm/o ;m/o mean5 Damne& if
(e 1no(- 3ell %ere's anot%er section in (%ic% t%e (riter seems
to /e trying to 'ro4e t%at t%e &ictionary means e8actly t%e
o''osite to (%at it says- *ec- 40B, n&er t%e general %ea&ing of
IDefinitions,I seems to say<

I,%e term 'tem'orary &isa/ility com'ensation' means cas%
'ayments 'aya/le to in&i4i&als an& for not more t%an B2
(ee1s an& (it% res'ect to &isa/ility not arising ot of in
corse of em'loyment-I
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust BD / 210
@AG&ERGMURRAY B788( 450*
,%e first 3agner /ill %a4ing &ie& a natral &eat% /ecase t%ere
(ere too fe( collecti4ists in !ongress, t%e *enator from
.oc1efeller !enter (aite& for years an& t%en trie& to sli'
anot%er one /y t%e national legislatre- ,%is (as 1no(n as *)
1C0C an& calle& t%e I>ational Healt% Act of 194B-I #t carrie& a
catc%'%rase I$e&ical !are +ro4isions-I
#t (ol& %a4e ma&e t%e *rgeon ?eneral of t%e K- *- +/lic
Healt% *er4ice t%e !6ar of $e&icine, so $r- Fis%/ein too1 ' t%e
c&gels against it- ,%is /ill also carrie& t%e name of *enator
:ames 9- (I+in1yI) $rray of $ontana, an in%eritor of great
(ealt% (%o ro&e into t%e *enate on %is ncle's money an& t%en
t%og%t es'osing collecti4ist measres t%e s%ortest (ay to
fame an& notoriety-
Dring t%e %earings on t%e /ill *enator 3agner /lan&ly tol& an
inJiring *enator (Hill of Ala/ama) t%at t%e @ill (as Iall
inclsi4eI an& co4ere& e4ery/o&y, (%en as a matter of fact t%e
%earings /rog%t ot t%e fact t%at o4er =0P of t%e 'eo'le in t%e
Knite& *tates ('atients of !%ristian *cientists an& &rgless
'ractitioners) (ere ineligi/le to any of t%e &/ios /enefits
carrie& in t%e measre-

@AG&ERGMURRAYGD7&GE88 B788( 4501
#n 194C t%e !ommnists (ere feeling t%eir oats an& or&ere& an
all ot &ri4e for sociali6e& me&icine- ,%ey &eci&e& t%at t%en (as
t%e time to get t%e camel's nose n&er t%e tent " t%at a&o'tion
of !ommni6e& $e&icine (ol& /e t%e first ste' to(ar&
commni6ing e4eryt%ing else in t%e Knite& *tates-
#n 19=4 Fran1lin .oose4elt's entorage %a& secretly incor'orate&
si8 cor'orations in Dela(are, %a4ing t%e collecti4e 'o(er to ta1e
o4er e4ery /siness an& 'rofession in t%e Knite& *tates- A
tremen&os &ri4e, consisting mainly of men&acios 'ro'agan&a,
(as 't on in 'ress an& ra&io /y t%e !ommies-
Fis%/ein's otcries against t%e /ill %el'e& its 'ro'onents- ,%e /ill
(1no(n as *)1C0C) (as /ottle& ' in t%e Hose .les
!ommittee /y !ongressman !o8, t%e nreconstrcte& Democrat
from ?eorgia, (%o ((it% t(o ot%er Democrats) ;oine& (it% t%e
.e'/lican minority in 're4enting consi&eration /y t%e Hose
(%ile t%e collecti4ist lo//y (as at t%e 6enit% of its 'o(er-
,%e (in& (as ta1en ot of t%e !ommnist sails t%at >o4em/er
(%en t%e 4oters ga4e a /a& lic1ing to many of t%eir can&i&ates
an& retrne& a .e'/lican !ongressional ma;ority for t%e first
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust BH / 210
time since 192H-
,%e /ill (as a %orrific corr'tion of t%e Aing's 9nglis% " DH
'ages of nintelligi/le gi//eris%- ,%e o/;ecti4e of t%is ty'e of
4er/al s%ortc%anging is to gi4e t%ose (%o (ol& %a4e
a&ministere& t%e /ill an e8cse (in t%eir o(n min&s) to inter'ret
it any (ay t%ey (ante&- #n t%e 'ro'agan&a &ri4e for 'assage no
attention (as 'ai& to facts- Des'ite (%at t%e American '/lic
(as tol&, %ere is t%e (ay t%e /ill (ol& %a4e affecte& &octors<

I*ec- 20B (a)- Any '%ysician, &entist, or nrse legally
Jalifie& /y a state to frnis% any ser4ices incl&e& as
'ersonal %ealt% ser4ice /enefits n&er t%is title s%all /e
Jalifie& to frnis% sc% ser4ices as /enefits n&er t%is title
(e8ce't as ot%er(ise 'ro4i&e& in s/)section McN of t%is
section or in s/)section MfN of section 214, an& t%is
'ro4ision s%all e8ten& to any gro' of '%ysicians, &entists,
or nrses or com/inations t%ereof (%ose mem/ers are
similarly Jalifie&-I

Accor&ing to t%e /est researc% into ?erman an& .ssian
totalitarian met%o&s, t%e 'attern of (%ic% %as /een closely
follo(e& /y most Ine(I &eal 'olicies, t%is is (%at t%e /ill, if
'asse& actally (ol& %a4e meant to t%e &octor<
Doctors (ol& %a4e /een %ire& an& 'ai& /y t%e go4ernment on a
salary, 'er &iem or 'er ca'ita /asis- ,%ey (ol& %a4e (or1e&
t%e con4entional eig%t %ors an& col&n't %a4e gone ot on a
call (e4en /y *t- +eter) after t%e (%istle-
,%ere (ol& %a4e /een no incenti4e for t%em to %a4e /ecome
s1ille& in me&icine, /ecase t%e Jalifications for a&4ancement
(ol& %a4e &e'en&e& on t%eir &ogro//ing an& inflence (it%
'oliticians, instea& of t%eir s1ill or c%aracter of (or1 &one-
,%e &octor (ol& %a4e %a& little or no 'ersonal interest in %is
'atients " (%en it (as &eci&e& for %im /y t%e commissars (%at
an& %o( many 'atients %e (ol& %an&le- He (ol& %a4e /een
'ai& t%e same, (%et%er %e &i& a goo& ;o/ or let t%e 'atient
sffer an& &ie /y carelessness or neglect-
,%e !6ar of $e&icine, as calle& for in t%at 'articlar *ociali6e&
$e&icine /ill, (ol& %a4e /een t%e *rgeon ?eneral of t%e K*
+/lic Healt% *er4ice, a Drg ,rst minion (%o %a& ne4er
&emonstrate& any a/ility as a 'ri4ate 'ractitioner an& (%o %a&
come to t%e Fe&eral 'ayroll &irect from t%e .oc1efeller
Fon&ation-
Here is (%at t%e /ill sai& a/ot t%e American citi6en (%o (as to
'ay t%e freig%t<

I(/) 94ery in&i4i&al entitle& to recei4e general me&ical or
general &ental /enefit s%all /e 'ermitte& to select, from
among t%ose &esignate& in s/section (a) of t%is section,
t%ose from (%om %e s%all recei4e sc% /enefit, s/;ect to
t%e consent of t%e 'ractitioners selecte&, an& e4ery
in&i4i&al an& e4ery gro' of sc% in&i4i&als s%all /e
'ermitte& to ma1e sc% selection t%r a re'resentati4e of
%is or %er o(n c%oosing, an& to c%ange sc% selection-I

#f t%e citi6en in nee& of a &octor &oesn't get &i66y trying to figre
ot (%at t%is section actally means, t%en %e &oesn't nee& a
&octor- He's as %ealt%y as a (oo&c%o''er- ,%e I>e(I Dealers
(ill inter'ret for %im if %e isn't " an& of corse t%ey (ill 't
t%eir o(n constrction on it- As :stice IHot DogI Fran1frter
says " e4en if !ongress enacts a la( t%at anyone can
n&erstan& it still &oesn't mean (%at it says-
#t (as im'ossi/le to tell %o( mc% money t%e t%ing a''ro'riate&
for t%is e8'eriment in socialism- ,%e langage (as so confsing
t%at one col& %a4e rea& it eit%er a''ro'riating a flat
$4,000,000,000 a year, or $4,000,000,000 for eac% of t%e 4H
states-

TRUMA&GE@7&G B788( 4505
*)1CD9, (%ic% is no( /efore t%e !ongress, is calle& t%e I>ational
Healt% #nsrance an& +/lic Healt% @ill-I #t is s'onsore& /y all
t%e re&s an& 'in1s in t%e *enate " 'ls t%e c%airman of t%e
Democratic >ational !ommittee- #t (as (ritten /y $r- 9(ing an&
%is t(o c%ief ai&s (!%airman Altmeyer of t%e *ocial *ecrity
A&ministration an& Director *c%eele of t%e +/lic Healt%
*er4ice)- @ot% t%ese gentlemen (ill /e minor c6ars (or /ig
commissars) in t%e 'ro'ose& set)'-
94en t%og% %e %asn't /een gi4en a tm/le /y any mem/er of
!ongress since Dr- !o'elan& &ie&, yo'4e got to gi4e F1-
Fis%/ein cre&it- He's still in t%eir 'itc%ing- At t%e 1949
con4ention in Atlantic !ity %e %a& %is o(n little 'et resoltion
'asse&- #t rea&<

The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust C0 / 210
I,%e American $e&ical Association a&4ocates creation of a
Fe&eral De'artment of Healt% of !a/inet *tats (it% a
*ecretary (%o is a &octor of me&icine an& t%e co)
or&ination an& integration of all Fe&eral %ealt% acti4ities
n&er t%is &e'artment, e8ce't for military acti4ities of t%e
me&ical ser4ices of t%e arme& forces-I

#t is sai& t%at t%e &elegates at Atlantic !ity 4ote& for t%e Fis%/ein
agen&a (it% gsto, %o'ing t%at it mig%t come a/ot as a (ay to
get ri& of t%e $c1ra1ing $ot%'iece of $e&icine- As a matter of
fact t%ings %a& come to sc% a 'ass t%at t%e more res'ecta/le
mem/ers of t%e A$A felt t%ey %a& to m66le %im to some e8tent
to sa4e t%e association's face-
,%ey col&n't (ait for %is '%ysical &isa/ility to ta1e %im off t%eir
%an&s- ,%ey 'asse& anot%er resoltion in (%ic% t%is All)American
Fac1 (as a&monis%e& to "

1- *to' ma1ing '/lic s'eec%es on contro4ersial s/;ectsQ not
to s'ea1 at all (it%ot a''ro4al of t%e e8ecti4e
committee-
2- 9liminate all inter4ie(s an& 'ress conferences-
=- */mit all e&itorials on contro4ersial s/;ects to t%e
e8ecti4e committee /efore '/lis%ment-
4- Discontine %is I&iaryI an& so)calle& colmn I,onics an&
*e&ati4es-I ,%ese ot'orings from a I&octorI (%o col&
not ma1e 4H in anatomy (ere, it (as sai&, offensi4e to
&ignifie& mem/ers of t%e me&ical 'rofession-

,%e 9(ing),rman /ill is &ilte& in or&er to assist in its 'assage-
#t is in se4en sections, 4i6< 9&cation of Healt% +ersonnel,
$e&ical .esearc%, Hos'ital *r4ey an& !onstrction, *'ecial Ai&
for .ral Areas, ?rants to *tates for *tate an& Gocal Healt%
3or1, .esearc% in !%il& Gife an& +re'ai& +ersonal Healt%
#nsrance @enefits-
,%is last title is t%e core of t%e (%ole /ill, an& it %as t%e
'oliticians of t%e I>e(I Deal lic1ing t%eir c%o's in antici'ation of
getting t%eir %an&s on t%at fi4e /illion a year 'ls (%ic% t%e /ill
carries for Icarrying on t%e (or1-I
,%e first section of t%is title (*ec- D01) e8cl&es /et(een =0 an&
B0 'ercent of t%e 'eo'le of t%e Knite& *tates, /y ma1ing eligi/le
only in&i4i&als nee&ing Ime&ical ser4ices, &ental ser4ices,
%ome)nrsing ser4ices, %os'ital ser4ices an& a8iliary ser4ices-I
,%e term a8iliary ser4ices means O)ray, ra&im, 'at%ological,
c%emical, an& t%e ty'e of a me&ical &octor 1no(n as a s'ecialist-
A&&e& 'artici'ants n&er t%e term a8iliary are liste& as
o'tometrists an& c%iro'o&ists- +atients (ill %a4e free c%oice of
t%eir 'ractitioner, ;st so t%ey c%oose one from t%e gro' to
(%ic% t%e first section of t%e title narro(s it &o(n-
,%at's (%at *ection D0= says, /t *ection D04 tells a &ifferent
story- ?o//le&egoo1 is resorte& to ma1e t%is a&&itional
reJirement for eligi/ility so confsing an& nonn&erstan&a/le
t%at t%ose a&ministering t%e /ill can inter'ret it to sit t%e nee&s
of t%e Democratic 'arty as long as it stays in 'o(er- Here is t%e
e8act (or&ing- 7o figre it ot- 3e can't-

E87G7B787TY -OR BE&E-7TS
*ec- D04- (a) 94ery in&i4i&al s%all /e eligi/le for /enefits
n&er t%is title t%rog%ot any /enefit year if "
(1) %e %as recei4e& (or, in t%e case of income from self)
em'loyment, %as accre&) "
(A) >ot less t%an $1B0 in (ages &ring t%e first for of
t%e si8 calen&ar Jarters 'rece&ing t%e /enefit yearQ or
(@) not less t%an $B0 in (ages eac% of si8 calen&ar
Jarters &ring t%e first t(el4e of t%e last forteen
calen&ar Jarters 'rece&ing t%e /eginning of t%e /enefit
year (not conting as one of sc% forteen calen&ar
Jarters any Jarter in any 'art of (%ic% t%e in&i4i&al
(as n&er a total &isa/ility (%ic% contine& for si8 mont%s
or more)Q
(2) %e is entitle&, for t%e first mont% in t%e /enefit year, to
a /enefit n&er title ## of t%e *ocial *ecrity Act, as
amen&e&, or to an annity n&er t%e !i4il *er4ice
.etirement Act, as amen&e& (B K- *- !-, c%- 14)Q or
(=) %e is on t%e first &ay of t%e /enefit year a &e'en&ent of
an in&i4i&al (%o is eligi/le n&er 'aragra'% (1) or
'aragra'% (2)-
(/) 94ery in&i4i&al, not eligi/le t%erefor n&er s/section
(a), s%all /e eligi/le for /enefits n&er t%is title &ring t%e
remain&er of a /enefit year, /eginning (it% "
(1) t%e first &ay of any calen&ar Jarter in sc% /enefit
year, if %e %as recei4e& (or, in t%e case of income from
self)em'loyment, %as accre&) not less t%an $1B0 in
(ages &ring t%e first for of t%e last si8 calen&ar Jarters
'rece&ing t%e /eginning of sc% calen&ar JarterQ
(2) t%e first &ay of t%e first mont% in sc% /enefit year for
(%ic% %e is entitle& to a /enefit or annity referre& to in
s/section (a) (2)Q or
(=) t%e first &ay in sc% /enefit year on (%ic% %e is or
/ecomes a &e'en&ent of an in&i4i&al (%o is eligi/le for
/enefits n&er s/section (a) (1) or (2) or n&er
'aragra'% (1) or (2) of t%is s/section-

,%e /ill calls for t%e a&ministering of t%e act /y a /rea of t%e
Fe&eral *ecrity Agency 1no(n as a >ational Healt% #nsrance
@oar&- ,%is @oar& s%all /e com'ose& of t%e Fe&eral *ecrity
A&ministrator, t%e *ocial *ecrity A&ministrator, t%e *rgeon
?eneral of t%e K- *- +/lic Healt% *er4ice, an& t%ree +resi&ential
A''ointees at $12,000 a year salaries-
,%e @oar& s%all fnction n&er t%e Fe&eral *ecrity
A&ministrator, t%s ma1ing t%e .oc1efellers' $r- 9(ing t%e c6ar
of America's *ociali6e& $e&icine set)'- #t s%all ma1e
a''ointments of state an& area /oar&s, all of corse to /e
a''ointe& /y t%e 'atronage c%ief of t%e Democratic >ational
!ommittee (it% $r- 9(ing stic1ing %is finger in t%e 'ie (%ene4er
an& (%ere4er %e (ants-
,%e /ill a''ro'riates, for t%e fiscal year en&ing :ne =0, 1942,
sms eJal to t%ree 'ercent (=P) of all (ages estimate& to /e
recei4e& /y t%e American 'eo'le &ring sc% fiscal year< +ls
sms eJal to t%e estimate& cost of frnis%ing &ental ser4ices
an& %ome nrsing as 'ersonal %ealt% ser4ice /enefits &ring
sc% fiscal year< Any frt%er sms reJire& to meet t%e
e8'en&itres ma&e /y t%e A&ministrator-
,%e /ill frt%er a&&s for t%e first year of t%is no/le e8'eriment,
t%e fiscal year 19B1, t%ere s%all /e a''ro'riate& a sm eJal to
one 'ercent of all (ages estimate& to /e recei4e& &ring t%e
sai& fiscal year-
,%is is t%e main /ill (%ic% t%e ,rman A&ministration is in an all)
ot &ri4e, flan1e& /y t%e !ommnists, to 't o4er in t%e H1st
!ongress- #t is a /ill (%ic% $r- ,rman is merely fronting for, as
t%ey say in t%e /est +ro'agan&a !ircles-
Get's e8amine t%e recor&s of t%e t%ree men (%o (ol&
a&mininster t%is B)/illion &ollar fn&- $r- 9(ing, of corse, (ol&
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/e t%e /oss (it% t%e ot%er t(o some(%at in t%e figre%ea&, or
Istan&)in,I class- $r- 9(ing %as /een a 'olitician an& a la(yer all
%is life " (it% no e8'erience in a&ministering a million &ollars,
mc% less fi4e or ten /illion-
$r- 9(ing's recor& is mainly t%at of a 3all *treet attorney, %is
'rinci'al clients /eing *tan&ar& Oil an& t%e Alminm !om'any
of America- @eing /e%ol&en to t%e .oc1efeller interests, %e is
t%eir can&i&ate for !6ar of $e&icine /ecase %e can /e &e'en&e&
on to see t%at t%e &rg in&stry is t%e main /eneficiary of
sociali6e& me&icine- ,%e ,rman)9(ing /ill is &ra(n ' to t%is
en&-
$r- 9(ing %as for many years /een a mem/er of t%e firm of
!%arles 9- Hg%es, :r-, (%ic% &efen&e& t%e *tan&ar& Oil
!om'any at a 3as%ington in4estigation in 194D- *tan&ar& Oil
&oesn't ta1e a /ac1 seat to anyone in 'aying %ig% (ages for
im'ortant (or1- Dring t%e (ar, $r- 9(ing re'resente& t%e
Alminm !om'any at a sti'en& of $DB0,000 a year " a fact
(%ic% is of recor& in t%e files of t%e ,rman 3ar #n4estigating
!ommittee of t%e Knite& *tate *enate-
At t%e time t%is (as /rog%t ot, 9(ing (as alrea&y 'lm'ing
for sociali6e&, or commni6e&, or nationali6e& me&icine
((%ic%e4er yo (ant to call it)- $r- 9(ing's %eart /le& for t%e
'oor common man (so %e sai&) (%o %a& to 'ay %ig% 'rices for
me&ical care- He sggeste& t%at &octors og%t to /e content
(it% $4,000 or $B,000 a year-
*enator @re(ster sggeste& t%at t%e 'oor common man nee&e&
legal ser4ices alsoQ t%at may/e la(yers s%ol& also /e
nationali6e&Q t%at instea& of $r- 9(ing ma1ing $DB0,000 a year
%e too s%ol& /e content (it% $B,000-
9(ing ne4er forga4e *enator @re(ster for t%at crac1- #nstea&, %e
/og%t t%e @angor Daily !ommercial in t%e metro'olis of
*enator @re(ster's state- His son is in c%arge an& t%e 9(ings
%a4e &eclare& (ar on t%e *tate's a/le *enator- ,%ey %a4e 4o(e&
to &efeat %im (%en %e comes ' for re)election in 19B2-
Art%r :- Altmeyer, t%e 'resent *ocial *ecrity A&ministrator, is
a mem/er of t%e >ational 7ot% A&ministration an& a nm/er of
ot%er organi6ations &esignate& as !ommnist Fronts /y t%e
Hose !ommittee on Kn)American Acti4ities- At least %is 'ress
agent says so-
Dr- Geonar& A- *c%eele, srgeon)general of t%e K- *- +/lic
Healt% A&ministration, %as /een on t%e '/lic 'ayroll e4er since
%e gra&ate& from me&ical college- He %as a/soltely no recor&
of ac%ie4ement as a 'racticing '%ysician, nor %as %e e4er %a&
any e8'erience as a /e&si&e &octor-
He (as for for years connecte& (it% Icancer controlI acti4ities
of t%e >ational !ancer #nstitte- Dr- *c%eele's recor& (as one of
100P ftility in t%is 'ost, ;st as t%e #nstitte's recor& is one of
100P ftility in locating t%e cancer I/gI or controlling cancer in
any (ay- After t%e (ar Dr- *c%eele /ecame Director of t%is same
ftile /rea, again (it% a recor& of 100 P ftility in &oing
anyt%ing a/ot cancer- For t%is negati4e recor& %e (as name&
*rgeon ?eneral of t%e K*+H* in 194H-
+resi&ent ,rman recently isse& a '/licity /last (ritten for %im
/y some 4ery goo& 'ress agents of t%e interests t%at are trying
to ram t%is /ill &o(n t%e '/lic t%roat- #t ma&e t%e first 'ages of
e4ery ne(s'a'er in t%e contry " often (it% H)colmn
%ea&lines-
#t (as re'lete (it% %alf trt%s an& ntrt%s- $r- ,rman
ne4er rea& t%e /ill, or %e 'ro/a/ly ne4er (ol& %a4e
en&orse& it- A letter to %im /y t%e at%or of t%is /oo1
as1e& (%y %e 'ro'ose& to ta8 e4eryone in t%e lan& an&
e8cl&e %alf of t%em from its f66y /enefits- ,%is is t%e
letter<

2= a'ril 1949-
$r- Harry *- ,rman
,%e 3%ite Hose
$y &ear $r- +resi&ent< "
# am 're'aring a /oo1 for fall '/lication " ,H9 D.K?
*,O.7- #n it (ill /e incl&e& a c%a'ter on sociali6e&
me&icine, starting from its ince'tion, t%e ,g(ell @ill- # (ill
a''reciate t%e follo(ing information at an early &ate-
# %a4e rea& t%orog%ly t%e te8t of yor statement of A'ril
22&, a&4ocating a certain %ealt% insrance 'rogram- ,o
t%ose (%o 1no( (%at t%is is all a/ot t%e follo(ing stic1s
ot li1e >otre Dame Ga t%e national foot/all 'ictre<
3%y &o yo a&4ocate ta8ing all of t%e 'eo'le, yet lea4ing
ot more t%an B0P of t%em from t%e /enefits to /e
&eri4e& t%erefrom5
7o (ant more me&ical sc%ools /ilt 7o (ant t%is an& yo
(ant t%at for me&icine- 7et yo &o not (ant a single &ime
s'ent for c%iro'ractic or natro'at%ic sc%ools, not a single
&ime s'ent for t%ese ser4ices-
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Get me call yor attention to t%e #llinois $e&ical *ociety's
:ornal (%ic%, in a some(%at e8aggerate& article, sai&
t%at HBP of t%e American 'eo'le 'refer c%iro'ractors,
natro'at%s, osteo'at%s an& !%ristian scientists to
me&icos-
3%y &o yo a&4ocate ta8ing t%e 'atients of t%ese 4ery
efficient 'rofessions an& e8cl&e t%em from t%e /enefits to
/e 'ro4i&e& /y t%eir ta8 money5
A(aiting yor 4ale& re'ly-
$O..#* A- @9AGG9-
Knreconstrcte& Democrat-
ma//rg

Ha4ing ne4er rea& t%e /ill (*)1CD9) $r- ,rman &i&n't 1no(, so
%e sent it t%e IA&ministrator for t%e 'rogramI in t%e Fe&eral
*ecrity Agency- ,%e A&ministrator &i&n't 1no( eit%er, /t ma&e
a /ra4e attem't to ans(er t%e letter- ,%e only tro/le (as t%at
t%e ans(er (as 100 P at 4ariance (it% t%e facts-
#t sai& t%e /ill D#D incl&e 'atients of c%iro'ractors an&
osteo'at%s- Ha& t%e letter (riter rea& t%e /ill, 'articlarly +age
104, %e (ol& %a4e 1no(n t%e /ill s'ecifically e8cl&es all /t
t%e 'atients of I'%ysicians engage& in t%e general or family
'ractice of me&icine,I me&ical s'ecialists, &entists, nrses,
me&ical tec%nicians, o'tometrists an& c%iro'o&ists-
*ome &el&e& mem/ers of t%e c%iro'ractic 'rofession, (it% no
i&ea of t%e (or&ing of t%e /ill, %a4e follo(e& t%e I>e(I Dealers
an& 'arlor 'in1s in 'lm'ing for *)1CD9< On t%e ot%er %an&, Dr-
@- :- +almer, 'resi&ent of t%e #nternational !%iro'ractors
Association, %as &one somet%ing 'ractical to(ar& correcting t%is
'art of it " ;st in case t%e /ill gets /y !ongress-
Dr- +almer's /ac1gron& in t%is res'ect is goo&- He is o(ner of
t%e +almer *c%ool of !%iro'ractic in Da4en'ort, #o(a, an& son of
t%e fon&er of t%e science of c%iro'ractic- Dr- +almer a''arently
is a t%orog% (or1er /ecase %e too1 e4ery 'ractical ste' it (as
'ossi/le to ta1e to %a4e c%iro'ractors incl&e& in any /ill (%ic%
mig%t /e 'asse&-
?eorge *%eri&an of ,acoma, 3as%ington, is t%e non)'ai&
legislati4e re'resentati4e of t%e #nternational !%iro'ractors
Association- $r- *%eri&an %a& $on !- 3allgren, former go4ernor
of %is state an& a ,rman crony, arrange an a''ointment (it%
+resi&ent ,rman for Dr- +almer-
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Dr- +almer %a& an a&ience (it% +resi&ent ,rman on :ly 1=,
1949, an& a/ly s''lemente& t%e letter t%is at%or (rote $r-
,rman A'ril 2=r&- Also " # ss'ect " Dr- +almer 'ointe& ot to
t%e +resi&ent t%e large nm/er of 4otes re'resente& in t%e
'atients of 40,000 &rgless &octors, an& in t%e frien&s an&
relati4es of t%ese 'atients-
3it% t%e +resi&ential sanction (of going after t%ese 4otes) in t%e
/ag, t%e #!A (as not inacti4e on t%e ot%er en& of +ennsyl4ania
A4ene " as t%e !a'itol is calle& in connection (it% t%e 3%ite
Hose- $r- *%eri&an too1 t%e case &irect to one of %is *enators
" 3arren ?- $agnson-
*enator $agnson lost no time going into action- @y Agst 20
%e %a& an Iamen&ment to *)1CD9I &rafte& an& into t%e
legislati4e %o''er of t%e Knite& *tates *enate- ,%is amen&ment
first &escri/e& !%iro'ractic *er4ice as consisting of It%e
&etermination an& a&;stment of t%e s/l8ations of t%e s'inal
colmn for t%e 'r'ose of releasing 'ressre 'on ner4es, as
&efine& /y t%e la(s of t%e states-I
#t a&&e& t%e (or& Ic%iro'ractorI after t%e (or& I'%ysicianI in all
'arts of t%e /ill, an& a&&e& t%e (or& Ic%iro'racticI after t%e
(or& Ime&ical-I ,o ca' t%e clima8 an& ma1e assrance &o/ly
sre, t%e $agnson amen&ment a&&e& t%at It%e term me&ical
incl&es c%iro'ractic an& t%e term '%ysician incl&es
c%iro'ractor an& t%e term me&ical ser4ices incl&es c%iro'ractic
ser4ices ---I
A re'ort from 9nglan& ga4e t%e Drg ,rst mc% ;oy- *ince
@ritain's *ocialist go4ernment %a& sociali6e& me&icine, an& ma&e
'ills an& &rg concoctions Ifree,I t%e @ritis% 'eo'le %a& tri'le&
an& Ja&r'le& t%eir consm'tion of t%ese nnatral 'ro&cts-
+ill s(illers " t%e @ritis% 'eo'le are /eing calle&- 3%en yo
Ja&r'le t%e 10 /illion &ollar annal &rg /ill of t%e American
'eo'le yo get t%e figre $40,000,000,000- ,a1e 90P of t%at
an& yo get $=C,000,)000,000 'rofits-
Fi4e s/stitte /ills %a4e /een intro&ce&, an& (ill /e 'resente&
to t%e *enate as Iin lieI /ills (%en (an& if) *)1CD9 gets to t%e
floor of t%e *enate for &e/ate an& action- ,%e most sensi/le is
/y *en- .o/ert ,aft of O%io- #t (ol& consoli&ate t%e 44
o4erla''ing Fe&eral agencies, (%ic% %a4e t%eir fingers in t%e
'/lic %ealt% 'ie, an& sa4e mc% of t%at $1,2B0,000,000 (%ic%
is (aste& annally, accor&ing to t%e re'ort of t%e Hoo4er
!ommission-
,%e ,aft /ill (ol& ma1e t%e a&ministrator of t%ese 44
consoli&ate& o4erla''ing agencies a &octor of me&icine, /t %e
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust CD / 210
&i& not fall for t%e Fis%/ein &esire t%at t%e a&ministrator /e
gi4en !a/inet *tats an& Fis%/ein gi4en t%e ;o/-

3ha,ter * The Ra;.et 7n 3an;er
3ontrol
I,%e 'cre&it' for intro&cing &isease e8'loitation, as a
means of ta''ing an en&less flo( of &ollars from an
nss'ecting '/lic, goes to Harry G- Ho'1ins- First trie&
on t%e '/lic on an e8tensi4e scale /y t%e >e( 7or1
,/erclosis an& Healt% Association, of (%ic% Ho'1ins (as
gi&ing genis an& &irector, it 'ro4e& an instant an&
lcrati4e sccess for its organi6ers-I
9manel $- :ose'%son, $- D-

,%e /est of me&ical statistics in&icates t%at one ot of e4ery
eig%t %man /eings &ies of cancer- An& it is eJally a matter of
recor& t%at cancer %as increase& manifol& since t%e Drg ,rst
sol& t%e me&ical 'rofession on its %ig%ly 'rofita/le
Iimmni6ationI 'rogram-
Aoc% an& Goffler an& @lass an& Ho8sey %a4e 'ro4en t%at cancer
is a con&ition in (%ic% t%e /loo& stream is o4erloa&e& (it%
to8ins- ,%ey %a4e cre& cancer /y cleaning t%ese to8ins ot-
Ort%o&o8 me&ical met%o&s %a4e ne4er cre& a case of cancer in
all its %istory " nless yo consi&er t%at sto''age of t%e
'atient's sfferings /y &eat% is a Icre-I
,%e reason me&ical ort%o&o8y cannot cre cancer is t%at it
follo(s ort%o&o8 te8t/oo1s, an& t%ese te8t/oo1s say cancer is
case& /y a /g (%ic% me&ical science %as faile& to &isco4er in
=,000 years of trying- ,%e me&ical 'rofession %as frt%er
%an&ica''e& itself /y follo(ing its 'olitical lea&ers in o''osing
sccessfl met%o&s (%ic% &o a(ay (it% t%e 'rofits from t%e se
of O)ray, ra&im an& &o'e-
Dr- Goffler sai& 'oint /lan1 t%at mc% cancer is case& /y
4accines an& serms " t%at t%ese nnatral s/stances in;ecte&
into t%e %man /loo& stream &e'osit more to8ins in one- Is%otI
t%an a year of in;&icios eating an& falty elimination &oes- For
t%is corageos attem't to s'rea& t%e trt% Dr- Goffler (as
fore4er &amne& /y t%e Drg ,rst an& all its stooges-
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!ancer is a terri/le t%ing- >ot only is t%e 4ictim of cancer, (%o
goes to a Drg ,rst traine& an& &ominate& '%ysician &oome& to
&ie, /t %e (or s%e) is &oome& to sffer ntol& tortres /efore
t%e mercifl Deat% Angel a''ears- ,%at is t%e reason t%at, after
t%e met%o&s of me&ical ort%o&o8y %a4e gi4en only tem'orary
relief (most of t%is mental), o'iates %a4e to /e a&ministere& for
(ee1s or mont%s /efore t%e en& comes-
@ecase of t%e %o'elessness an& sffering in4ol4e&, fear is t%e
first t%ing t%at gri's t%e cancer 4ictim- Fear gri's many (%o &o
not %a4e cancer, for ort%o&o8 tam'ering (it% t%e many ac%es
an& 'ains of mi&&le age sel&om /ring any 'ermanent relief to
t%ose (%o eat at B0 as t%ey (ere a/le to at 20-
,%is element of fear %as /een sei6e& 'on an& trne& into a
%an&some 'rofit /y some of America's %ig%est)class rac1eteers-
,%is is calle& t%e Fear ,ec%niJe- ,a1ing a&4antage of t%is fear
of cancer, millions of &ollars are collecte& e4ery year /y a &o6en
Inon)'rofitI societies for t%e a4o(e& 'r'ose of com/ating
cancer-
# &efy any official of any of t%ese cancer rac1ets, or any &octor
(%o treats cancer in t%e ort%o&o8 (ay, to 'oint to one single
&isco4ery t%at %as ma&e 'ossi/le t%e 're4ention or alle4iation or
arrest of cancer /y t%e e8'en&itre of any of t%ese collecte&
millions-
,%is ls% ri4er of gol&, (%ic% t%ese societies collect eac% year
from Americans ric% an& 'oor (it% %manitarian moti4es an&
%earts, &oes 'ro4i&e l8rios li4ing for %n&re&s of %ig%)class
rac1eteers- Kni4ersal 're4ention an& cre of cancer " (%ic% (ill
come only (%en t%e (orl& is 'ro'erly e&cate& in t%e Aoc%)
Goffler)Ho8sey)@lass met%o&s " (ill sto' t%e flo( of t%is ri4er of
gol& an& a goo& many rac1eteers (ill %a4e to go to (or1 for a
li4ing-
#t is also a matter of fact t%at, as a /y)'ro&ct, t%ese millions
collecte& for Icancer controlI %a4e 'ro4i&e& ;o/s for %n&re&s of
(ell)meaning an& %onest me&ical tec%nicians, (%o col& /e
/etter em'loye& in me&ical 'ractices of t%eir o(n- !ertainly none
of t%ese tec%nicians, %ig%ly traine& an& intelligent as t%ey are,
%as gotten to first /ase in fin&ing t%e non)e8istent cancer /g- #f
t%ey (ere traine& n&er a Aoc%, a Goffler, a Ho8sey or a @lass
t%ey col& 'erform mc% for %manity-
@ecase t%e 'rice of ra&im increase& 1,000 'ercent (%en some
enter'rising me&ical /siness men starte& a fa& in sing it on
cancer 4ictims, too mc% money is tie& ' in ra&im no( for
t%ose (%o o(n it to gi4e ' cancer ftility (it%ot a strggle-
An& /ecase t%e cancer 4ictim /efore %e &ies %el's /ll t%e &rg
mar1et, t%e Drg ,rst (ill not consent to t%e natro'at%ic
met%o& of treating cancer (it%ot a similar &eat% strggle-
,%s a me&ical &octor (%o cres cancer (it%ot sing &rgs,
serms, O)ray, ra&im an& t%e 1nife " an& %e cannot cre it /y
sing t%ese Ia''ro4e&I met%o&s " not only sffers 4ile
%arassment from organi6e& me&icine /t e4en (orse from t%e
Foo& an& Drg A&ministration, t%e +ost Office De'artment, t%e
K- *- +/lic Healt% *er4ice, t%e Fe&eral ,ra&e !ommission an&
any ot%er Fe&eral agency, s/ser4ient to t%e Drg ,rst, (%ic%
can get its finger into t%e 'ictre-
Honest '%ysicians (ill tell yo t%at cancer is incra/le /y
ort%o&o8 me&ical met%o&s " t%at t%e me&ical 'rofession cannot
cre cancer- O)ray an& srgery only 'rolong or s%orten t%e life
an& agony, t%is s''ose&ly /eing /alance& /y t%e comfort false
%o'e gi4es t%e 'atients an& t%eir relati4es for a little (%ile-
,%is 'erio& of 'ain is 'rofita/le to t%e Drg ,rst, (%ic% is t%e
moti4ating force in o''osing all cres of cancer (it%ot &rgs-
Fi4e cents' (ort% of &o'e /rings $B-00 retail, an& t%e necessity
for co4ering ' t%e agony of t%e cancer 4ictim %el's not
inconsi&era/ly to s(ell t%e annal 'rofits of t%e '%armacetical
%oses-
#t is also a fact t%at e8treme agony follo(s t%e irra&iation (/y O)
ray or ra&im) an& t%at large &oses an& in;ections of &o'e t%en
/ecome necessary- ,%at is (%y Drg ,rst 'ro'agan&a
recommen&s Iirra&iation as an a&;nct to srgery-I
,%e comfort of t%e nm/ing gi4es false %o'e- ,%e irra&iation
neritis t%at follo(s ltimately 1ills, in s'ite of t%e enormos
amont of o'iates (%ic% %a4e to /e a&ministere& an& (%ic% is
/og%t /y t%e 'atient at a 10,000P mar1' o4er its cost of
'ro&ction-
!ancer %as /een cre&, /t not /y loo1ing for a none8istent /g,
(%ic% is all t%ose cancer control rac1ets &o (it% t%e money
&onate& /y (ell)intentione& 'eo'le- #t %as /een cre& /y Aoc%
an& Goffler an& +r&e /y t%e me&ical 'rofession, an& /y @lass
an& Ho8sie of t%e natro'at%ic 'rofession, an& a fe( ot%ers-
9ac% of t%ese Inort%o&o8I '%ysicians %as cre& cancer /y t%e
same general 'rinci'le " 'rification of t%e /loo& " /t /y
slig%tly &ifferent met%o&s- ,%ey &isco4ere& t%at cancer is sim'ly
an e8treme case of to8emia, ;st as t%e common col& is t%e
mil&est form of to8emia- A col& is somet%ing else t%e /g
%nting me&ical 'rofession %as learne& not%ing a/ot in =,000
years-
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#ntelligent '%ysicians, me&ical an& &rgless, (ill tell yo t%at
t%ere is only one &isease 1no(n to t%e %ealing arts- #ts o4erall
name mig%t /e ,OO9$#A an& it is calle& /y 41B (more or less)
&ifferent names, &e'en&ing on (%ere t%e inflammation ('ain or
&istress) is locate& an& (%o is &oing t%e &iagnosing (gessing)-
$an &oesn't catc% a col&- He eats it- ,%at's t%e reason t%e only
(ay yo can really cre a col& is to sto' eating for a &ay or t(o,
or go on a frit or 4egeta/le ;ice &iet, ntil natre %as a c%ance
to clean ot t%e accmlate& to8ins- .est %el's /ecase
e8%astion or fatige ma1es it %ar&er for >atre to eliminate t%e
accmlate& to8ins-
,%e only (ay to 're4ent a col& is to eat ;&iciosly an& eliminate
t%e resi&e of (%at yo &o eat- ,%e &iet s%ol& /e /alance&- A
glass of celery ;ice or a stal1 of celery a &ay (ill go a long (ay
to(ar& 're4enting col&s, /ecase celery not only acti4ates t%e
ot%er foo&s, /t is a cleaner an& a rectifier-
?rammar sc%ool c%il&ren also learn in t%e +%ysiology /oo1s t%at
t%e s'inal cor& is t%e tree of life, t%e trn1 line of ner4es (%ic%
/egins at t%e /ase of t%e /rain an& en&s e4ery(%ere in t%e
/o&y- ,%ey learn t%at insi&e or torso are Iin4olntary organsI
(%ic% (or1 (%et%er (e are a(a1e or aslee', an& (%ic% &o not
%a4e to res'on& to or (ill to fnction in t%e manner of or legs,
arms, fingers an& ;a(s-
3e learn t%at t%ese in4olntary organs " t%e %eart, stomac%,
lngs, li4er, 1i&neys, /o(els, etc- " (%ic% are 4irtally life itself
(ill sto' (or1ing if or s'inal cor& is ct an& t%e /rain cannot
sen& its im'lses &o(n to t%ose organs- 3%ile me&ical science
%as /een aslee' at t%e s(itc%, t%e &rgless sciences %a4e
&isco4ere& t%at misalignment of t%ose &og%nt s%a'e& 4erte/ra
of t%e s'ine, (%ic% encase an& 'rotect t%e s'inal cor&, can case
im'ingement of t%e ner4es (%ic% fee& t%e in4olntary organs "
an& great im'airment of t%eir (or1-
,%s a 'erson (%ose system is fille& (it% to8ins, an& (%o also
%as %an&ica''e& in4olntary organs, gi4es natre a &o/le loa&
in trying to t%ro( off to8ins in t%e natral (ay- +ro'er s'inal
a&;stments /y a &octor s1ille& in t%is art often %el's restore
%ealt% as mc% as sto''ing t%e se of t%e stomac% as a gar/age
'ail-
3e also learne& in grammar sc%ool +%ysiology t%at t%ere are
t%ree main a4enes of elimination in t%e %man /o&y- ,%ese
t%ree are t%e /o(els, t%e /la&&er an& t%e 'ores-
#ntelligent '%ysicians, (%o aren't loo1ing for /gs an& (%o &on't
ta1e t%e Drg ,rst 'ro'agan&a in t%e me&ical /oo1s too
seriosly, (ill tell yo t%at (%en t%e to8ic loa& is too great for
t%ese t%ree 'rimary eliminators, t%e ne8t 'lace >atre tries is
t%e &elicate nasal mem/rane- ,%en, (e %a4e a col&-
,%e nasal &isc%arge for a col& is n'leasant /ecase natre is
getting ri& of to8ins for yo- #f t%ere is too mc% of a loa& for
yor nasal mem/rane t%en some ot%er organ is attac1e& an&
yo %a4e a serios con&ition- #f it is in t%e a''en&i8 t%at t%e
to8ins gat%er yo %a4e a''en&icitis- #f in t%e stomac% (alls or
intestine yo %a4e lcers-
#f it comes in t%e form of general inflammation in t%e lngs yo
%a4e 'nemonia- #f in t%e 'leral ca4ity yo %a4e 'lerisy- @t
(%en t%e con&ition /ecomes so /a& t%at yor (%ole system is
affecte&, t%e to8ins rs% in enormos Jantities to some 'art of
t%e /o&y an& yo %a4e cancer- ,%at means natre %as gi4en '
trying to o4ercome t%e effects of yor o(n st'i&ity an&
ignorance of natral la(s-
,%at's t%e reason no o'eration, O)ray or .a&im treatment %as
e4er /een 1no(n to cre cancer, %o(e4er 'rofita/le sc%
measres may /e to %os'itals, srgeons an& t%e Drg ,rst- ,%e
only &octors (%o %a4e e4er attac1e& cancer effecti4ely are t%ose
(%o %a4e attac1e& it t%rog% t%e /loo&stream, /y s%ort ct or
fn&amental 'rification-
An& /ecase t%ere is no sc% t%ings as a cancer /g, all t%e
millions gi4en to cancer researc% fon&ations %a4e so far /een
tterly (aste&- ,%is /g %nt (ill contine to get no(%ere from
no( 'til Aing&om !ome nless t%e researc% is 't in c%arge of
men (%o %a4e 'ro4en t%at t%ey 1no( somet%ing a/ot cancer-
Dr- Aoc% or Dr- Ho8sey or Dr- @lass ((%o are still li4ing) col&
ta1e t%e millions gi4en any of t%e 4arios cancer control
fon&ations an& 't t%e /ra1es on t%at great scorage of t%e
mi&&le age&- ,%e /g %nters can't-
Di& yo e4er (on&er (%y so fe( 'eo'le %a4e col&s in smmer5
Or in Flori&a5 Or in t%e tro'ics5 ,%e reason is t%at t%e 'ores
(or1 o4ertime in (arm (eat%er an& in (arm climates, an&
eliminate most of t%e to8ins-
#n col& (eat%er t%e 'ores (or1 more slo(ly- ,%s t%e to8ins 'ile
' an& t%e nasal mem/rane feels t%e first s%oc1 of a (ise
>atre's effort to o4ercome yor o(n st'i&ity in eating-
A &el&e& me&ic, or a cancer rac1eteer (layman or '%ysician), if
%e t%in1s yo (ill res'on& to &o/le tal1 (ill tell yo t%at tmors
are cra/le if remo4e& in time- ,%at is tre, /t a tmor is not a
cancer anymore t%an a common col& is a''en&icitis- ,%e case
is t%e same, /t t%e '%ysical as'ects an& effect are &ifferent-
A tmor is an accmlation of to8ins confine& in a mem/ranos
sac- !ancer is to8ins rnning (il&, an& cannot /e cre& e8ce't
/y cleaning t%em ot of t%e /loo& from (it%in- :st (%y t%is
mercifl sac forms in some cases no one 1no(s- @t e4en (%en
t%e tmor is ct ot anot%er one forms nless t%e 'atient ta1es
ste's to eat an& eliminate 'ro'erly, an& 're4ent t%e
accmlation of e8cess to8ins in t%e /loo&-
A 'erson (%o eats tem'erately an& 'ro'erly, (%ose meta/olism
an& elimination is (or1ing as a (ise natre inten&e& it s%ol&,
(ill ne4er %a4e cancer- Or a col&- Or any ot%er &isease for t%at
matter- ,%at is t%e 'rinci'le on (%ic% Dr- Aoc% an& Dr- @lass an&
Dr- Ho8sey (or1 an& effect t%eir cres (%ic% ma1e t%e &rg
trst an& me&ical 'oliticians see re&-
,%at is (%y t%ey are %arasse& an& interfere& (it% at e4ery trn
/y agents of t%e Drg ,rst on t%e 'ayroll of t%e Fe&eral
go4ernment- ,%at is (%y t%eir cres are ne4er mentione& in t%e
.oc1efeller controlle& 'ress, (%ose Iscience e&itorsI in >e( 7or1
s''ress all %ealt% stories (%ic% (ill not %el' t%e sale of &rgs,
serms, O)ray an& ra&im-
Hman natre /eing (%at it is, it (as t%erefore ine4ita/le t%at
certain 'ersons (ol& ta1e a&4antage of t%e Drg ,rst's
4igoros cam'aign against t%e cring of cancer /y sc%
n'rofita/le (to t%em) means as cleaning ot t%e /loo& an&
remo4ing t%e case- .ecent mont%s %a4e seen t%e /est %eele&
an& most e8tensi4e cam'aign to get t%e '/lic to contri/te
fn&s to Icancer controlI e4er seen in t%is contry-
,%e 'arties gilty of t%is crrent large scale rac1et are t%e
American !ancer *ociety (%ic% (as e8'ose& as early as 1940 /y
9manel $- :ose'%son, $- D-, of >e( 7or1 !ity in %is fearless
/oo1 entitle& I7or Gife #s ,%eir ,oy-I
#f any organi6ation of /siness men " not 'rotecte& /y t%e Drg
,rst " %a& /een as gilty of t%e false a&4ertising s%o(n in
recent (ee1s /y t%e American !ancer *ociety, it (ol& %a4e
/een 'rosecte& for an& con4icte& of o/taining money n&er
false 'retenses-
+rior t%ereto it (ol& %a4e /een /arre& from t%e mails /y t%e
+ost Office De'ortment- #t (ol& %a4e /een %arasse& /y agents
of t%e Foo& L Drg A&ministration an& t%e Fe&eral ,ra&e
!ommission- @etter @siness @reas all o4er t%e contry (ol&
%a4e s%ote& from t%e %oseto's in t%eir local ne(s'a'ers t%at
it (as a fra&-
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7et (e fin& sc% statements as t%ese, s'onsore& /y t%e
American !ancer *ociety an& '/lis%e& " sometimes free an&
sometimes for cas% " in re'ta/le ne(s'a'ers an& maga6ines
t%e contry o4er-

?OD @G9** 7OK, $#*,9.
" t%osan&s of !ancer 'atients are gratefl to yo- ,%e
money yo contri/ate to t%e American !ancer *ociety
%el's 'ay for t%e &e4elo'ment of met%o&s of treatment
(%ic% are no( sa4ing a/ot one)Jarter of t%e 'eo'le (%o
are stric1en (it% cancer " 'eo'le (%o ot%er(ise mig%t
%a4e &ie&-
"
#n t%e 'ast year DB,000,000 'ieces of '/licity material
containing (il& statements of t%is sort coo1e& ' in t%e
min& of a %ig% 'o(ere& '/licity engineer, %a4e /een sent
ot to t%e '/lic in t%e *ociety's &ri4e to mil1 t%e last
'ossi/le &ollar ot of nss'ecting an& c%arita/ly)incline&
Americans- A catc%)'%rase, se& in many of t%eir 'ress
agent &reams, says<

I,%is year one Jarter of all cancer 'atients (ill /e sa4e&
/y srgery- O)ray or ra&im-I

7et on Oct- 19, 1949, t%e 3as%ington >93*, carrying an
accont of t%e District of !olm/ia $e&ical *ociety's annal
con4ention, sai&<

I!ancer s'ecialists a&&ressing t%e District $e&ical *ociety's
scientific assem/ly yester&ay (ere in agreement t%at t%e
cre for cancer is n1no(n- $oreo4er, &etection of cancer
in most cases is still a factor of lc1 or acci&ent,I sai& Dr-
9&(ar& A- ?all-

As a reslt of t%is ty'e of irres'onsi/le 'ro'agan&a t%e American
!ancer *ociety too1 in $1=,221,0CH in 194H from &el&e&
Americans- :&ging from t%e %ig% 'ressre t%ey are 'tting on
no( t%eir 1949 'ta1eI s%ol& easily /eat t%at- ,%ey starte& in
19=D (it% a mo&est $111,2=0-
@y ste''ing ' t%eir 'ro'agan&a, t%ey 'rogressi4ely increase&
t%eir ta1e eac% year ntil it reac%e& $HB0,000 in 1944- 3it% t%e
(ar o4er t%ey (ent to to(n an& in 194B nette& o4er for million-
,%e year 194C sa( it ste''e& ' to ten million an& 194H to 12
million- 3%ere it (ill en& " (%en t%e satration 'oint (ill /e
reac%e& " no/o&y 1no(s-
#t %as /ecome sc% a ls% rac1et t%at 2,C1= local nits %a4e
/een organi6e& to teac% 4olnteers %o( to get t%e money- ,%e
only I(or1I t%ey can actally 'oint to is t%e o'eration of 142
cancer &iagnostic clinics-
,%at t%ese cancer &iagnostic clinics are merely a&;ncts of t%e
&rg trst " 'rotectors of its 'rofits " is atteste& /y t%e
follo(ing fact- >ot a single one of t%ese Icancer &iagnostic
clinicsI is eJi''e& (it% t%e 9llis $icro&ynameter (%ic% %as /een
'ro4en /y '%ysicians (%o se it to &iagnose cancer many
mont%s /efore any manal or 'ersonal &iagnosis can-
7et mc% literatre of t%e American !ancer *ociety says Iget an
early &iagnosis an& /e cre&-I 3%ile telling cancer 4ictims t%is,
t%e *ociety actally 're4ents t%em from getting t%e earliest
'ossi/le &iagnosis /ecase t%e 9llis 'eo'le %a4e earne& t%e
enmity of t%e Drg +eo'le on t(o conts-
>m/er 1, an early &iagnosis of anyt%ing /y t%e 9llis mac%ine
(ill ct &o(n enormosly t%e sale of &rgs- An&, >m/er 2,
/ecase $r- 9llis refse& to /e s%a1en &o(n /y t%e front man for
t%e Drg !%am/er of !ommerce, as tol& in anot%er c%a'ter of
t%is /oo1-
For years ago, (%en # (as (riting a c%a'ter on t%e cancer
rac1et for my /oo1 I3as%ington *Jirrel !age,I t%e American
!ancer *ociety (as telling t%e (orl&, t%r t%e *cience 9&itor of
Hearst's Kni4ersal *er4ice (?o/in& @e%ari Gai) t%at no cre for
cancer %as /een fon&- ,%ey /lame& it on lac1 of fn&s-
94i&ently t%is false%oo& &i&n't /ring enog% fn&s, so t%is year
t%ey are re4ersing t%emsel4es an& claiming t%at one fort% of
cancer cases are cre& /y t%ese ineffecti4e Iort%o&o8I met%o&s-
#'& li1e to intro&ce at t%is 'oint anot%er (itness for t%e 'eo'le
" Dr- Francis !arter 3oo&, 'rofessor emerits at *t- G1e's
Hos'ital in >e( 7or1- Kntil t%e name of t%e 'resent American
!ancer *ociety (as c%ange& in 1944 in its 'rogram to go after
e4ery &ime an& &ollar (ring)a/le from t%e American '/lic %e
(as its 4ice 'resi&ent- Dr- 3oo& says<
I.a&im (ill not cre cancer- #t only &estroys cancer tisse
(it%in a certain ra&is, /t &oes not &ri4e t%e &isease from
t%e /loo&-I
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>o (on&er Dr- 3oo& is not 4ice 'resi&ent of t%e *ociety any
more-
,%e Drg ,rst consi&ers t%e American !ancer *ociety so
im'ortant to a large 'art of its 'rofits t%at it %as 'lace& on t%e
society's @oar& of &irectors none ot%er t%an 3int%ro' 3- Al&ric%,
%ea& of t%e !%ase >ational @an1 an& .oc1efeller's financial
%atc%et man- $r- Al&ric%'s name is gi4en an element of
res'ecta/ility /ecase on t%e same /oar& are t%e names of 2H
ot%er laymen from all 'arts of t%e Knite& *tates, many of t%em
%ig%ly res'ecte& American citi6ens-
#ncl&e& in t%is list are sc% names as ?en- 3illiam :- Dono4an,
a (ar %ero, an& ?en- :o%n .ee& Ail'atric1, an immortal 7ale
foot/all 'layer- All of t%ese 2H citi6ens 'ermit t%eir names to /e
se& to gi4e res'ecta/ility to a rac1et /ecase t%ey %a4e no i&ea
t%at t%e *ociety's cres of cancer are a/soltely nil-
,%e American !ancer *ociety &oesn't /elie4e its o'erations
(ol& /ear t%e lig%t of an intelligent in4estigation- #t %as refse&
to coo'erate or ;oin (it% local commnity c%est &ri4es, /ecase
some of t%ese local c%est gro's are rat%er inJisiti4e as to
(%ere t%e money t%ey solicit from t%eir to(nsfol1 goes-
#nstea&, t%e *ociety says it (ants to reac% DB,000,000
contri/tors an& ta1e in all t%e money t%emsel4es- As 'art of its
Fear ,ec%niJe it claims 22,000,000 li4ing Americans are
&oome& to &ie nless it gets t%is money-
Get's %ear a corageos me&ical &octor (%o %asn't /een
intimi&ate& /y eit%er t%e Drg ,rst, or its 'o(erfl s/si&iary "
t%e American $e&ical Association- # Jote from Dr- :ose'%son<
IAssociations %a4e /een forme& to 'control cancer-' ,%ey
%a4e /een more sccessfl in controlling t%e cancer
/siness- #f t%ey inci&entally increase& t%e financial retrns
on t%eir &octors' in4estments in ra&im " it mst /e sai&
t%at t%e 'rice of ra&im increase& 1,000P (%en t%ey
/egan to se it on cancer 4ictims " t%at (as %ar&ly
ne8'ecte& or n&esire&-
I,%e more one st&ies t%e sitation t%e more one is
incline& to (on&er (%et%er t%e tre fnction of cancer
Jac1ery on a %ig%er le4el or on a more lcrati4e financial
'lane- ,%ey /oost ra&im an& srgery as t%e only 'cres'
for cancer- ,%ey ser4e to gi4e a mono'oly of t%e cancer
/siness to t%e cliJes of &octors an& &ominate t%em-
*ome e4en cont t%eir annal 'rofits in si8 figres-
I,%ese &octors 'roclaim t%emsel4es 'at%orities' an&
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's'ecialists' in cancer- ,%ey systematically &eny e4eryt%ing
t%at &oes not emanate from t%emsel4es an& a&& to t%eir
cas% incomes- *ince t%ese fa1ers (ol& /e 'ro//e&' of t%eir
li4eli%oo&s an& incomes /y any effecti4e means of
're4enting cancer, t%ey can /e &e'en&e& on to 'rom'tly
're;ect' any met%o& (%ic% mig%t /e &isco4ere&- As
'omniscient at%orities' t%ey 4e%emently scorn an&
&iscre&it any sc% 'ossi/ility- ,%ey %o'eflly insist t%at t%e
cancer 'ro/lem (ill /e (it% s fore4er-
I!ancer Associations &o not se t%e fn&s t%ey collect for
t%e relief of cancer 4ictims or for t%e 'ayment of
instittions for t%eir care- ,%e money collecte& %as /een
se& for t%e 'ayment of salaries to t%e me&ical /osses, to
ot%er 'ersonnel an& for '/licity, 'ro'agan&a an&
a&4ertising (for more contri/tions)-
I,%ey %a4e sccee&e& in esta/lis%ing a censors%i' of t%e
'ress /y alternately (ooing an& 'an&ering e&itors- 3it%
t%e ai& of t%e 'ress t%ey maintain a constant %ysteria an&
'%o/ia among t%e '/lic, a constant flo( of 'atients into
t%e office of &octors 'osing as 'cancer s'ecialists' an& t%e
flo( of millions of &ollars into t%eir coffers-I
,%is 'ro'agan&a 'attern (as o4er&one /y t%e American !ancer
*ociety in 3as%ington recently (%en t%eir 'ai& 'ress agent (a
$iss 94elyn 7ong) ga4e ot a sensational story to t%e
ne(s'a'ers a/ot %erself- I94elyn follo(e& %er o(n a&4ice,I t%e
story ya1ya11e&, Itoo1 t%e cancer test an& (as sa4e&-I
Accor&ing to %er o(n 'ress agent yarn, s%e (as fon& to %a4e
Ierosi4e tisseI (%ic%, if not ct ot, col& reslt in cancer-
94elyn a4erre& t%at s%e (as going to t%e %os'ital t%e ne8t &ay
an& %a4e %er erosi4e tisses ((%ate4er t%ey are) ct an& t%s
/e sa4e&- ,%e story, of corse, ma&e t%e front 'ages of at least
%er local %ometo(n 'a'ers-
>ot%ing in t%is 'ress agent yarn ga4e any in1ling to (%at
Ierosi4e tissesI (ere or %o( t%ey (ere li1ely to I&e4elo' into
cancer-I @eing a crios 'erson # sog%t information, not from a
Icancer e8'ertI (%o ne4er cre& a case of cancer in %is life, /t
from one of t%e fe( &octors in America (%o &o cre it- Dr-
3illiam F- Aoc% tol& me<

I,%e erosions t%at lea& to cancer come from c%il& /irt%
in;ries t%at %a4e ne4er %eale&, &e to infection- #f t%e
/io'sy s%o(e& ss'ecte& cancer it col& /e /t a
%y'er'lasia from t%e c%ronic infection- #f it s%o(e& cancer
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in an early state( t%e 'ress agent yarn (as not clear on
t%at 'oint " may/e 'r'osely) t%en s%e eit%er %as no
cancer an& it is a frame)', or if it is cancer t%e reme&ies
t%ey sggest to se are t%e /n1 an& s%e (ill &ie- On t%e
ot%er %an&, t%ey may 1no( s%e %as no cancer an& in t%e
years to come t%ey (ill say, '*ee (e cre& %er /y early
o'eration-' I

Dr- Aoc% (as s'ea1ing for t%e me&ical men (%o may rea& t%is,
an& in me&ical langage- # also as1e& anot%er learne& &octor, of
t%e &rgless fiel&, (%o s'ea1s lay langage- Dr- 3- A- @&&en,
&irector of t%e 3estern *tates (Drgless) !ollege, rea& t%e 'ress
agent yarn for me an& re'lie&<

I# imagine t%e at%or of t%e article means 'cer4ical
erosion-' ,%is is a 'rocess of re'air occrring at t%e
entrance of t%e cer4ical canal- 3%at %a''ens is t%at t%e
or&inary friction resisting 'a4ement cells (%ic% co4er t%e
entrance to t%e cer4ical canal are re'lace& /y ot%ers of
&ifferent s%a'e, i- e- colmnar- ,%is 'rocess &oes not %eal
rea&ily an& may go into t%e formation of small cysts- #
s''ose t%at e4eryone (%o &e4elo's cancer may /e sai&
to %a4e /een in 'a 're)canceros stage' /efore t%e
malignancy /ecame noticea/le, an& to t%at e8tent cer4ical
erosion may /e consi&ere& ''re)canceros' (%ere t%e
malignancy &e4elo's on t%e site of t%e erosion- # %a4e
/een na/le to fin&, among t%e at%orities, any nm/er
(%o consi&er t%is con&ition as a necessary 'rereJisite to
malignancy- #n fact, one " 3- A- D- An&erson, $- A-, $-
D-, F- A- !- +-, goes so far as to say It%e initial '%ases of
cancer %a4e not /een fon& in areas of erosion or
laceration-'I
I3%at 'r4eyors of tri'e or ne(s'a'ers %a4e /ecomeTI

Dr- @&&en &oesn't 1no( %alf of it- ,%e cancer society 'ress
agents in t%e 9ast %a4e a&o'te& t%e met%o&s of t%e circs
/ally%oo artist in t%e ty'e of IsensationalI attention)catc%ing
stories t%ey 'lant in t%e (illing an& glli/le 'ress-
One sc% story (as 'lante& t%r t%e Knite& +ress, an& its
IscienceI e&itor in >e( 7or1- #t (as %ea&line& IAtom !oc1tail
!%ec1s !ancer, .estores +atient-I An& (e fin& sc% tri'e as t%is
" I.imless ?lasses @lame& for !ancer-I
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Anot%er one /y t%e Knite& +ress, ot of *ot% @en&, #n&- ,%e
%ea&line I*ome *ccess is .e'orte& in *earc% for !ancer
Aillers-I ,%e story follo(s (it% t%is 1in& of %ocs 'ocs< IDr-
!am'/ell, (%o (as recently a(ar&e& $D,200 /y t%e >ational
!ancer #nstitte to contine %is (or1, is sing t%e al1aloi&
!olc%icine, a 'oisonos s/stance o/taine& from t%e mea&o(
saffron 'lant, in attem'ting to synt%esi6e a cancer)1illing
com'on&-I
,%is 1in& of 'ress agent stff %as ne4er cre& a single cancer
case, /t it %as /rog%t many t%osan&s of &ollars into t%e
coffers of t%e American !ancer *ociety- ,%at's (%y t%ey 'ay
t%eir '/lic relations firm so %an&somely-
#n e8'osing t%e (ay t%e *ociety %an&les t%e 'ress, 'lants its
o(n fra&lent Ine(sI in or me&ims of '/lic information an&
're4ents t%e trt% of t%e Aoc%, Ho8sey an& ot%er cancer cres
from a''earing, Dr- :ose'%son contines<

I#t (t%e cancer society) (on t%e %earts of e&itor mem/ers
of t%e >ational Association of *cience 3riters /y /esto(ing
on t%e Association (of science (riters) t%e !lement
!le4elan& me&al for 'otstan&ing (or1 in t%e cam'aign to
control cancer-' #n 'resenting t%e me&al, t%e *ociety
s'o1esman gs%e& t%at &octors (or1ing in cancer feel t%ey
are safe in gi4ing to t%e '/lic t%rog% t%e science (riters
sc% facts as t%ey are entitle& to 1no( an& se- ',o (%ic%
t%e s'o1esman for t%e Association of *cience (riters
%m/ly res'on&e& " '>o( t%at yo %a4e gi4en s a me&al
't s to (or1-' ,%e !ancer *ociety %as &one t%at-
I,%e *ociety %as free access to ne(s colmns- ,%e reliance
of e&itors on it for cancer ne(s is tantamont to
censors%i'- 3ee1ly, an& sometimes &aily, t%e *ociety an&
its officers /rea1 into t%e ne(s colmns (it% some
annoncement %o(e4er insignificant an& trite, tre or
ntre-I

Ho( tre Dr- :ose'%son is %as /een atteste& in recent mont%s
(it% many Ine(s storiesI a/ot I&isco4eriesI in t%e fiel& of
cancer cre, 'lante& /y t%e *ociety in its all)ot &ri4e for fn&s-
,%e American !ancer *ociety /elie4es in t%e 'rinci'le of t%e B)
an&)10 cent store tycoons " great (ealt% is ac%ie4e& from
millions of small sales- #t is /t natral t%at a rac1et as lcrati4e
as t%e A!* s%ol& %a4e its imitators- #t %as, /t many of t%em
scorn t%e &imes an& &ollars (%ic% t%e American !ancer *ociety
eagerly goes after an& gra/s-
,%ere are t%ose %ig%)class rac1eteers (%o go after not%ing less
t%an a si8 or D)figre ta1e- ,%eir mo&s o'eran&i is more s/tle
an& lcrati4e- ,%ey fin& a (ealt%y 4ictim (%o is &ying of cancer-
,%ey gain %is ear, often /y crossing (it% gol& t%e 'alm of t%e
'%ysician (%o is lea&ing t%e 4ictim on to %is &eat% /y telling %im
t%ere Iis no cre e8ce't O)ray, ra&im or srgery-I
,%ey tell t%e 4ictim (%at a great t%ing for %manity it (ol& /e
for %im to lea4e 'art or all of %is fortne to t%eir IsocietyI (often
not e4en yet forme&) (%ic% (ill Isome &ay fin& t%e case an&
cre for cancer-I #t is %ar& for a &ying 'erson to resist sc%
sa4e /lan&is%ments-
,%e &eat%s of Damon .nyon, /elo4e& s'orts (riter, an& @a/e
.t%, t%e great %omern 1ing of @ase/all, %a4e /een se& for a
similar 'r'ose- A (ell)1no(n ra&iorator %as raise&, it is sai&,
a/ot $=,000,000 for t%e Damon .nyon !ancer Fn&-
,%ere is a @a/e .t% Fon&ation o'erating no( for t%e 'r'ose
of e8'loiting t%e &eat% /y cancer of t%e t%roat of t%e great
*ltan of *(at- >ot a &ime of t%is money (ill e4er &o anyt%ing
a/ot controlling or alle4iating cancer- 3%at isn't se& for
Ia&ministrationI an& salaries (ill /e se& to %nt t%e none)
e8istent cancer /g-

For years ago # '/lis%e& t%e names of nine Icancer
fon&ationsI finance& mostly /y (ealt%y 4ictims of cancer- ,%ey
(ere<

1- #nternational !ancer .esearc% Fon&ation
(+%ila&el'%ia) $2,000,000
2- !roc1er !ancer .esearc% Fn&
(>e( 7or1) $1,400,000
=- Anne Fller Fn&
(>e( Ha4en) $CB,000
4- :onat%an @o(man Fn&
($a&ison, 3isc-) $400,000
B- Henry .t%erfor& Fn&
(>e( 7or1) $200,000
C- !- +- Hntington Fn&
(>e( 7or1) $100,000
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D- @on&y Fn&
(>e( 7or1) $100,000
H- !%arles F- *'ang Fon&ation
(+itts/rg%) $100,000

An interesting e8am'le of %o( (ealt%y 'eo'le are in&ce& to
'art (it% t%eir money /y t%ese cancer rac1eteers is t%e case of
3illiam H- Donner of +%ila&el'%ia, one of t%e e8)fat%ers)in)la( of
9lliott .oose4elt- $r- Donner ga4e $2,000,000 (%ic% %as /een
se& for salaries, Jarters an& e8'ensi4e /t seless la/oratory
eJi'ment- *ome of it (as also se& for 'ress agentry (%ic%
ma&e $r- Donner /elie4e some tall tales- #n a letter to t%is
at%or $r- Donner sai&<

IFn&amental scientific researc% &irecte& to(ar&
&etermining t%e cases of malignant &iseases %as /een t%e
main interest of t%is fon&ation since its ince'tion- ,%ere
are %n&re&s of in&i4i&als in t%is contry to&ay (%o are
li4ing 'roof t%at srgery, O)ray or ra&im &o cre cancer-I

As e4ery intelligent '%ysician 1no(s, $r- Donner %as /een
Ita1en for a ri&eI " an& for a $2,000,000 ri&e at t%at-
,%e me&ical &octors %a4e a stereoty'e& '%rase to co4er t%eir
non)sccess< IO'erations, ra&im an& O)rays are t%e t%ree
recogni6e& treatments for cancer-I ,%e &octor &oes not a&& I/t
me&icine also %ol&s t%at yor cancer is incra/le-I
!ancer comes /ac1 in nearly ninety)nine cases ot of a %n&re&,
accor&ing to one of t%e late Drs- $ayo, of t%e $ayo !linic- @t "
t%e me&ic (%o faile& al(ays %as (%at %e t%in1s is a goo& ali/i-
I,%e 'atient came too late-I Often t%e stric1en 'atient retrns to
t%e same &octor- ,%e &oc &oesn't &are recommen& an o'eration
again- #nstea& O)rays-
+er%a's t(o mont%s of tem'orary reliefQ an& t%en t%e malignant
gro(t% /rea1s ot again, gro(ing t%is time li1e a fire &renc%e&
(it% gasoline, &e to t%e O)rays Jic1ening of t%e gro(t% of t%e
canceros mass-
O'eration %as faile&, O)rays %a4e faile&- @t t%ere is ra&im left-
A fe( treatments, more %ig% fees- Again a tem'orary relief an&
t%en more &rea&fl 'ain t%an e4er- ,%e &octor 'rringly gi4es
t%e sffering 'atient a /o8 of (%ite ta/lets, an& tells %im to ta1e
one e4ery t(o %orsQ an& so %e sen&s t%e 'atient %ome-
,%e relati4es go to t%e &octorQ (%at can t%e 'atient &o ne8t5 #f
t%ey still %a4e money, t%e &octor 'ro/a/ly recommen&s sc%)
an&)sc% a clinic- Anot%er %ig% fee, from t%e 'atient, almost on
t%e /rin1 of t%e gra4e no(- ,%is fee is s'lit fifty)fifty (it% t%e
local &octor (%o %as s%i''e& t%e &ying 'atient on-
Home again, (it% more tem'orary relief from more O)ray an&
ra&im, (%ic% &ea&ens t%e tisses tem'orarily as mor'%ine
&ea&ens t%e ner4es- ,%e 'atient is still getting (orse- @y t%is
time, t%e relati4es %a4e gone to t%e &octor an& &eman&e& an
%onest e8'ression from %im< t%ey are tterly ag%ast (%en %e
says<
I# am 4ery sorry, /t (e %a4e &one all (e can for %im-
?i4e %im t%e mor'%ine 'ills (%ene4er %e e8'eriences
e8treme 'ain, as # /elie4e t%at t%e en& is near- $e&ical
science 1no(s no cre for cancer-I
@t natro'at%ic science &oes-
Dr- 3illiam F- Aoc% of Detroit /egan t%e treatment of cancer in
191H- *ince cancer is /t an e8treme case of to8emia, an& since
all ot%er &iseases are /t to8emia in &ifferent forms of
manifestation, it (as natral t%at %e s%ol& /egin to cre ot%er
&iseases later- Among t%e &iseases (%ic% still %a4e t%e ort%o&o8
me&icos fm/ling an& /m/ling, (%ic% Dr- Aoc% cres sim'ly
an& Jic1ly, are arterio)sclerosis, r%ematism, art%ritis, infantile
'aralysis an& t/erclosis- #n or&er to cre, Dr- Aoc% first got at
t%e case of &isease (%ic% %e e8'lains sim'ly t%s<

I,%e %man /o&y normally is not afflicte& (it% &isease-
+oisons come into t%e system from foo&, li4ing %a/its, air
an& 4arios o''osition forces in natre (it% (%ic%
e4eryone is /om/ar&e&- ,%e o8i&ation system /rns off
t%ese to8ins an& 1ee's t%em from %arming t%e /o&y-
*omet%ing may %a''en to 1ee' t%e o8i&ation system from
fnctioning normally- ,%e 'oisons remain in t%e system
an& case a reaction, namely &isease- #f one man %as
certain (ea1nesses it may manifest as cancer- #n anot%er
as t/erclosis, an& so on, &e'en&ing on t%e ty'e of to8in
(%ic% %as in4a&e& t%e /o&y- ,%e immnity 'rocess is
im'aire&, an& t%e o8i&ation mec%anism mst /e restore&
to /rn off t%e accmlate& to8ins- ,%e Aoc% treatment
consists of a cleaning regime to eliminate 'oisons from t%e
/o(els, an& to cleanse t%e li4er an& organs /y &iet- ,%is is
accom'anie& /y cm in;ection of Aoc% anti)to8in (%ic% acts
as a catalyst (or ste''ing ' agent) to %el' restore t%e
o8i&ation mec%anism so t%at natral immnity is again
en;oye&- As t%is ta1es 'lace t%e &isease lea4es, since it
cannot e8ist in a /o&y (%ose o8i&ation mec%anism is
fnctioning as t%e !reator inten&e&-I

Dr- Aoc% 't %is finger on 'ro/a/ly t%e main fn&amental of
&isease " Fsometimes something ha,,ens to .ee, the
o)idation system from fun;tioning normally.F ,o8ins t%at
are eliminate& ne4er %arm anyone- #t is (%en t%ey 'ile ' in t%e
/loo&stream t%at tro/le comes-
*%oc1, li1e as (et feet or cooling off too s&&enly (%en t%e
'ores are o'en an& t%e 'ers'iration is flo(ing freely, (ill sto'
t%e s1in elimination a/r'tly, casing natre to &etor t%rog%
t%e nasal mem/rane- ,%at is (%y some 'eo'le t%in1 yo Icatc%
col&I (%en yor feet get (et-
,%ere are se9en emotional states of t%e %man min& t%at
interfere " an& seriosly " (it% o8i&ation an& e4en (it%
&igestion- ,%ey are<
4. fatigue(
+. grief(
D. disa,,ointment(
0. fear(
*. anger(
1. hate and
6. frustration.
@t t%e greatest &eterrent to o8i&ation an& all ot%er forms of
elimination 'ro/a/ly is a me;hani;al im,erfe;tion of t%e s'ine
" 1no(n to &rgless '%ysicians as Is/l8ationI of one or more
4erte/raes- Any goo& &rgless &octor can &iagnose an& correct
t%is in a matter of secon&s- >o me&ical &octor can &o it at all, as
t%eir /oo1s tell t%em t%at t%e science of c%iro'ractic Itaint so-I
A s/l8ation seriosly interferes (it% t%e flo( of ner4e force
from t%e /rain to t%e in4olntary organs- 3%en t%is %a''ens
t%ose organs only (or1 on %alf time an& o8i&ation an& &igestion
an& elimination is slo(e& &o(n- 3%en t%e c%iro'ractor remo4es
t%is o/strction, t%e /o&y (or1s normally again- *cientific s'inal
mani'lation is t%erefore e4en more of a 're4enti4e t%an a cre-
,%e %n&re&s an& %n&re&s of cancer an& ot%er cres (%ic%
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%a4e /een effecte& /y Dr- Aoc% since 191H %a4e /rog%t &o(n
on %is %ea& t%e (rat% of t%e Drg ,rst, an& of t%ose me&icos
(%o %a4e t%osan&s of &ollars in4este& in ra&im an& ot%er
totally ineffecti4e agents-
,%e Foo& an& Drg @an&its in 3as%ington (ere 't to (or1- Dr-
Aoc% (as arreste& in A'ril 1942 an& force& to s/mit to a trial
(%ic% laste& fi4e mont%s an& cost /ot% %im an& t%e American
ta8'ayers many t%osan&s of &ollars- He 'ro4e& /y restore&
'atients t%at %e (as ma1ing no ntrt%fl claimsQ t%e
Igo4ernmentI (as na/le to 'ro4e a single c%arge against %im-
,%e ;ry refse& to con4ict, /t t%e Drg ,rst (as a&amant-
,%eir stooges in 3as%ington ma&e %im stan& trial again in 194H-
After anot%er fi4e mont%s of re'etition an& recrimination t%e
case again en&e& in a mistrial-
For fi4e (ee1s t%e go4ernment 'ara&e& a gro' of (itnesses,
none of (%om 1ne( anyt%ing a/ot t%e Aoc% treatment- ,%eir
testimony (as t%at (%ic% is not allo(e& n&er any 1no(n rles
of e4i&ence " t%at t%ey &i&n't /elie4e it (ol& cre --- it (asn't
t%e acce'te& (ay to treat cancer - - - t%is - - - t%at - - - an& t%e
ot%er t%ing-
@t t%e Drg ,rst (asn't t%rog%- ,%ey or&ere& t%eir stooges in
t%e Fe&eral ,ra&e !ommission to o/tain a Item'oraryI in;nction
in Fe&eral !ort at Detroit, &esigne& to %amstring %im an& %is
&isco4eries an& (or1- ,%is Item'oraryI in;nction %as laste&
se4en years- #t %as /een se& 'rinci'ally to intimi&ate ot%er
'%ysicians (%o se t%e Aoc% met%o& an& cre 'atients of cancer
Jic1ly an& ine8'ensi4ely " an& interfere (it% t%e o4erall
'ictre of Drg ,rst 'rofits-
Dr- Aoc% is at 'resent in @ra6il, &oing %is (or1 for %manity
(%ere it is a''reciate& more " mc% more " t%an in t%e Knite&
*tates, (%ere go4ernment agencies are controlle& /y an
#n4isi/le ?o4ernment of in&strial /e%emot%s-
3%en Dr- Aoc% (ent to @ra6il %e trne& %is clinic an& 'ractice
o4er to a religios gro' (%ic% is no( s%iel&ing t%e Aoc%
treatment from t%e Foo& an& Drg @an&its (it% t%e first
amen&ment of t%e !onstittion " free&om of religion- ,%e
!%ristian $e&ical .esearc% Geage %as /een forme& to arrange
for t%e treatment of all cancer 4ictims (%o (is% t%e Aoc%
treatment " an& cre-
,%e .e4- *am *(ain, a Knite& @ret%ren minister of A1ron (O%io)
is 'resi&ent of t%e Geage (%ic% is com'ose& of re'resentati4e
'astors of a &o6en &ifferent religios &enominations- .eligion is
'olitical &ynamite an& t%e ?o4ernment ?angsters are, at t%is
(riting, rac1ing t%eir (ar'e& /rains to fin& a (ay to ser4e t%eir
master, t%e Drg ,rst-
*o far t%ey %a4e limite& it to intimi&ating many of t%e 2,000
me&ical &octors (%o %a4e trie& t%e Aoc% treatment an& fon& it
effecti4e- ,%ey are /ro(/eating t%ose (%o &on't 1ic1 t%e FLD
agents ot of t%e &oor into trning o4er t%e am'les of t%e Aoc%
treatment (%ic% t%ey may %a4e on %an&- ,%is is a calling 1no(n
as %ig%(aymans%i' or /rglary (%en committe& /y gangsters
(it%ot go4ernment /a&ges-
,%e reason for t%is n/elie4a/le %arassment of Dr- Aoc%, an& of
'%ysicians (%o se %is glyo8yli&e treatment for Jic1ly cring '
canceros con&itions, is o/4ios- *tatistics s%o( t%at t%e
a4erage cancer 'atient 'ays $D,B00 " ,O D#9-
,%e list 'rice of one in;ection of glyo8yli&e is $100, an& it ta1es
only a fe( in;ections to o8y&i6e t%e to8ins (%ic% form t%e
canceros gro(t%- #f t%e 'atient cannot 'ay $100 %e 'ays
(%ate4er %e can- ,%e organi6ation (%ic% no( %as control of t%e
Aoc% treatment frnis%es all of its '%ysicians sfficient am'les
to ta1e care of all /ona fi&e c%arity 'atients-
*''lementing t%is little item of $D,B00, a /oo1 entitle& I,%e
@irt% of a *cience,I '/lis%e& /y t%e Gt%eran .esearc% *ociety
of Detroit, says<

IKntol& millions are in4este& in %os'itals, &rgs, ra&im O)
ray a''arats- >o (on&er it is t%e 'o'lar t%ing to 'on&
into t%e '/lic min& t%e i&ea t%at t%ere is not t%e remotest
'ossi/ility of a cre for cancer " e8ce't (it% ra&im, O)ray
or srgery-
I,%is claim %as /een &emonstrate& to /e entirely false- 7et
t%e '/lic are gi4en sc% articles as a''eare& in t%e
*A,K.DA7 9E9>#>? +O*, on Decem/er 21, 194C, (%ic%
state& I- - - a &octor (%o claims to 1no( an effecti4e
treatment for cancer not in4ol4ing srgery, ra&im or .)
rays is an i'so facto Jac1-I

#n t%is one statement t%e *ate4e'ost raise& t%e Jalities t%at
ma&e Ananias famos to its 6enit%- ,%ey %a4e in4ente& t%e
Do/le Gie in one statement- ,%e Aoc% treatment, an& t%e Goffler
treatment, an& t%e Ho8sey treatment, an& t%e @lass treatment,
an& ot%er natral treatments, DO !K.9 !A>!9.- *rgery,
ra&im an& O)ray HAE9 >9E9. !K.9D A !A*9 OF !A>!9.- As
'roof of t%is # (ill Jote some 'rominent me&ical men-
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust HB / 210
Dr- D- !- $acFarlane, testifying as a t%roat s'ecialist /efore
!ancer !ommission for t%e +ro4ince of Ontario, !ana&a - - - I,%e
only treatment # %a4e %a& any e8'erience (it% is O)ray an&
ra&im an& t%ey %a4e /ot% /een most nsatisfactory-I
Dr- !- 94erett Fiel&, Director of t%e .a&im #nstitte of >e( 7or1
- - - I@lin&ly (e %a4e /een attac1ing cancer in its a&4ance& stage
(it% srgical effort, only to fin& 'rom't recrrence after
remo4al-I
Dr- G- Dncan @l1ley, senior srgeon of t%e >e( 7or1 *1in an&
!ancer Hos'ital - - - I!ancer is not a srgical &isease- >eit%er
srgery, O)ray nor ra&im %a4e c%ange& in any (ay (%ate4er
t%e ltimate mortality of cancer in 40 years-I
Dr- 3- A- De(ey, former 'rofessor of me&icine at t%e Kni4ersity
of $ic%igan --- I#n a 'ractice of nearly 4B years # %a4e yet to see
a single case of cancer, sa4e a fe( semi)malignant
e'it%eliomata, cre& /y srgery, O)ray or ra&im-I
F- 3- Aannel, $- D-, of Fort 3ayne, testifying /efore t%e Ontario
!ancer !ommission - - - I# (as /a&ly &iscorage& (it% my first
24 years e8'erience (it% srgery an& O)ray an& ra&im- # (as
gla& to fin& somet%ing (t%e Aoc% treatment) t%at (ol& cre
e4en a fe( of t%em, an& # &o say t%at it %as cre& a fe(-I
Dr- 3arren H- Ge(is, former 'rofessor at :o%ns Ho'1ins me&ical
sc%ool - - - I3e mig%t as (ell face t%e fact t%at as yet (e 1no(
little of t%e case of cancer- .a&im %as /een a &isa''ointment-I
Dr- !%arles Gyman Goffler, (%o &ie& last year, treate& 'eo'le in
a not so &issimilar met%o& to Dr- Aoc%'s- Dr- Goffler's
n&erstan&ing of &isease (as t%e same- He (ol& first ta1e a
&ro' of %is 'atient's /loo& an& analy6e it in a test t/e for
to8ins-
He t%en ga4e an intra4enos in;ection of o8y)c%lorine an& all
tests s%ortly t%ereafter ((%ic% # sa() s%o(e& a mar1e& &ro' in
t%e to8in)content of t%e /loo&- Goffler's cres of cancer 'atients
/rog%t &o(n on %is %ea& t%e (rat% of t%e Drg ,rst an& t%e
'ersonal s'leen of t%eir !%icago stooge- $orris Fis%/ein- Dr-
Goffler's (or1 is no( /eing carrie& on /y %is t%en n&erst&y,
Dr- A- F- $r'%y (2B 9ast 3as%ington, !%icago)-
,%e first 4ictim of Drg ,rst 'ersection to (in a 4ictory in
corts (as Harry Ho8sey (4B0D ?aston A4ene, Dallas, ,e8as)-
#n 'ersonally in4estigating t%e Ho8sey cres, # %a4e seen
'%otogra'%s of e8ternal cancer com'letely cre& after se4eral
(ee1s' treatment-
@t it stan&s to reason t%at a cre (%ic% can clear ' cancer of
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust HC / 210
t%e nose or tonge can also clear ' cancer of t%e stomac% or
intestines- A score of t%ese '%otogra'%s s%o(e& /eyon&
'era&4entre of a &o/t t%at eac% of t%ese 4ictims %a& %a& a
serios e8ternal cancer " an& (as com'letely cre&-
,%e Ho8sey treatment is /ase& on t%e fn&amentals of &isease,
;st as is t%e Aoc% an& Goffler an& @lass tec%niJe, an& t%e
met%o&s of t%osan&s of natro'at%s an& ot%er &rgless
'%ysicians- #nstea& of a&ministering cleansing agent
intra4enosly, Ho8sey gi4es it t%rog% t%e mot%- #n %is clinic at
Dallas %e em'loys me&ical '%ysicians " /t '%ysicians (%o %a4e
ta1en off t%e /lin&ers 'lace& /y t%e /oo1s 're'are& for t%em /y
t%e Drg ,rst (%en t%ey (ere in me&ical college-
#t is a matter of cort recor& t%at in a recent %arassment action
/rog%t against $r- Ho8sey in cort at Dallas /y t%e Drg ,rst,
'at%ologists of t%e American $e&ical Association (ere force& to
a&mit (n&er oat%) t%at t%e Ho8sey treatment %as cre& a
melanoma carcinoma " a ty'e of cancer (%ic% A$A me&ico)
'oliticians %a& testifie& at t%e same trial (as Iincra/le-I
#t (as, of corse, incra/le /y met%o&s a''ro4e& /y t%e Drg
,rst-
#t is a sa& commentary on or Army officials t%at t%e Ho8sey
treatment is se& /y t%e $e8ican Army Hos'ital to cre cancer,
(%ile %e is not allo(e& to cre cancer of American sol&iers-
,%ese nfortnates are &oome& to &ie /y t%e Army $e&ical
!or's-
*en- 9lmer ,%omas of O1la%oma is one of t%e fe( men in '/lic
life (%o %a4e t%e corage to &efy t%e Drg ,rst an& its smear
/n&- #n a letter to $r- Ho8sey, %e sai&<

I#t seems t%at t%e me&ical fraternity is %ig%ly organi6e&
an& t%at t%ey %a4e &eci&e& to crs% yo, if at all 'ossi/le-
# %a4e %a& a fe( 'ron&s (it% t%e %ea&s of t%e me&ical
organi6ation as (ell as t%e +/lic Healt% *er4ice %ere in
3as%ington, an& it seems t%at '/lic officials are afrai&
t%at if t%ey ma1e any mo4e, or say anyt%ing antagonistic
to t%e (is%es of t%e me&ical organi6ation, t%ey (ill /e
'once& 'on an& &estroye&- #n ot%er (or&s, '/lic
officials seem to /e afrai& of t%eir ;o/s an& e4en of t%eir
li4es- ,%is 'resents a most serios case, an& # am at a loss
to 1no( %o( to 'rocee&- # am of t%e o'inion t%at (%at t%e
me&ical organi6ation &oes (ill /e re'eate& /y t%e se4eral
state organi6ations in t%e e4ent any !ongressman or
*enator starte& ot to '/licly o''ose t%eir 'rogram- #
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust HD / 210
%a4e &one (%at # col& to %a4e yor reme&y, or at least
t%e recor& of yor accom'lis%ments, consi&ere& an&
'asse& 'on- @t, to &ate, t%e at%orities %ere %a4e
refse& to act-I

,%e @lass ,reatment is fn&amentally similar to t%e ot%er
sccessfl met%o&s- Dr- F- $- 9gene @lass (Gong Ealley, >- :-)
first gi4es %is 'atient a t%orog% internal cleansing- His met%o&
is to a&& to, a rectal syringe fll of te'i& (ater a teas'oon of
lemon ;ice an& a teas'oonfl of (%ite 'o(&er %e %as
formlate& 1no(n as SanaCon-
,%e 'atient lies on t%e rig%t si&e an& t%is enema ne4er ma1es
%im sic1, as enemas freJently &o (%en gi4en nscientifically in
some %os'itals- #t is %el& a %alf %or /efore t%e /o(els are
4oi&e& an& (%en t%ey are t%ey /ecome sally as clean as t%ose
of a ne(/orn /a/y-
He 'ts %is 'atients on a &iet of frit ;ices an& (ater for
any(%ere from t%ree &ays to a (ee1, &e'en&ing on t%e e8tent of
t%e accmlate& to8ins- He e8amines t%e stool for mcs an&
ot%er reslts of in;&icios eating an& falty elimination-
*ince $ay 11, 194H t%e me&ical /n& of +ennsyl4ania %as /een
trying to sJelc% t%e Drosnes)Ga6en/y !ancer !linic (4DD4
Gi/erty A4ene, +itts/rg%)- On t%at &ay t%e !linic com'lete& its
e8'eriment on canceros animals an& starte& to cre %mans of
cancer (it% a 're'aration t%ey name& $cor%icin-
$cor%icin is a (%eat ferment (%ic% melts t%e tmor an& 'asses
it ot t%rog% normal met%o&s of elimination- 3%eat is one of
t%e greatest %ealing agents of all time- 3%eat (as t%e /asis of
or gran&mot%ers' /rea& mol& cre for t%is, t%at an& t%e ot%er
t%ing- #t is also t%e /asis of 'resent &ay 'enicillin " a (i&ely
%aile& I(on&er &rgI (%ic% me&ical science %as sccee&e& in
ma1ing into a 'oison (%ic%, in most cases, &oes more %arm t%an
goo&-
#t is 'ractically t%e same t%ing Dr- 3al&o :ones ($yrtle @eac%, *-
!-) ses in t%e cre of cancer, 'olio, ,@, art%ritis, neritis an&
ot%er cases (%ic% me&icos %a4e 'rononce& incra/le- Dr-
:ones, a natro'at%)researc%ist, a&&s some (ell 1no(n %er/s
(%ic% certainly &on't &etract from its effecti4eness-
,%e Ga6en/y !linic %as /een cring many cases of cancer- ,%ey
%a4e e4en cre& some Iterminal cases,I (%ic% t%e me&ics %a4e
gi4en less t%an t(o (ee1s to li4e- 3%en t%is goo& ne(s s'rea&
t%rog% +itts/rg%, t%e !ity Healt% Officer an& t%e Alleg%eny
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust HH / 210
!onty $e&ical *ociety %a& conni'tion fits- ,%e Drg ,rst %a&
loo1e& to t%em to 1ee' &o(n t%is sort of t%ing, an& t%ey %a&
fallen &o(n on t%e ;o/-
,%e !linic %ires t(o me&ical licentiates (%o are so enamore& of
t%e reslts t%ey are getting t%at t%ey tol& $r- Drosnes t%eir
me&ical /oo1s (ere all (rong- An& t%ey are 'ro4ing it e4ery &ay-

3ha,ter 1 GetGTheGMoney Boys
?et moneyQ still get money, /oyQ no matter /y (%at
means-
" @en :o%nson
3it% t%e American !ancer *ociety s%o(ing %o( easy it is to get
t%e money " to t%e tne of $1=,000,000 a year in e4er
increasing gl's " it (as ine4ita/le t%at t%is met%o& of li4ing off
t%e fat of t%e lan&, (it%ot &oing any (or1, s%ol& s'rea&-
,o&ay (e %a4e Inon)'rofit societiesI collecting money for t%e
IcontrolI of nearly e4ery &isor&er n&er t%e sn- >e8t to t%e
cancer cro(& t%e Anti),/erclosis Association 'ro/a/ly is t%e
largest one, (it% t%e infantile 'aralysis rac1et not far /e%in&-
3e %a4e societies for t%e Ist&yI an& IcontrolI of art%ritis,
r%ematism, mental %ealt%, 4ision, 'syc%oanalysis, o'tics,
infantile 'aralysis, tro'ical &iseases, ort%o'syc%iatry, cere/ral
'alsy, /loo& transfsion, mlti'le sclerosis, /ioc%emical
researc%, e'ile'sy, &ia/etes, 're mil1, infantile 'aralysis an&
t/erclosis-
,%e Anti),/erclosis Association, (%ile t%e late Harry Ho'1ins
(as general manager, s%o(e& %o( millions col& /e collecte&
from sc1ers an& not a &ime s'ent for anyt%ing /t salaries an&
allege& e8'enses-
,%e mlti'le sclerosis gang got itself reams of ne(s'a'er
'/licity last s'ring /y /ringing t%e (i&o( of t%e late Go ?e%rig,
one of t%e finest an& /est lo4e& /ase/all 'layers (%o e4er li4e&,
to 3as%ington to tell a committee of !ongress t%at t%ey s%ol&
a''ro'riate fn&s for t%e anti)sclerosis Icontrol-I
,%e money collectors, (%o se cancer, 'olio, t/erclosis an&
%eart tro/le as t%eir /ait, %a4e many /ranc% offices in t%e
4arios states, conties an& cities of t%e contry- >ee&less to
say 'eo'le (it% sc% a ls% rac1et as t%is go after t%e &ollars, as
(ell as t%e /ig c%ec1s, in a %ig% 'ressre manner- ,%ey &on't
miss a /et-
,%e American !ancer *ociety re'orts conty nits of 2,C1= in
t%e =,0CD K- *- conties, (it% collectors an& contri/tors
Ienrolle&I to t%e nm/er of 1,=19,4DH- #t's state& aim is to %a4e
DB,000,000 contri/tors- ,%e American !ancer *ociety %as an
acti4e ri4al in t%e >ational !ancer Fon&ation (it% s(an1 offices
at 101 Fift% A4ene, >e( 7or1-
#n 're'aring t%is c%a'ter (e (rote to 2D organi6ations in >e(
7or1 (%ic% (ere in t%e Iassociation or Ifon&ationI /siness-
Also 12 in 3as%ington, se4en in !%icago, t(o in *t- Gois an&
t%ree in *an Francisco- 3e corteosly reJeste& statements of
t%eir annal /&get, amonts s'ent for 'romotion an& collecting,
s'onsors an& statements of accom'lis%ments if any-
$any of t%em re'lie& in 1in&- ,%e >ational !ancer Fon&ation,
%o(e4er, (as (ary an& refse& to sen& t%is information ntil
an& nless (e tol& t%em I%o( (e 'ro'ose& to se t%is
information-I
>e8t to t%e cancer control rac1et t%e t/erclosis /siness is t%e
most 'rofita/le to its 'rofessional 'romoters- ,%e District of
!olm/ia nit sent s its annal re'ort, /t t%e national /o&y
;st ignore& or reJest- ,%is re'ort s%o(e& t%at t%e District of
!olm/ia Knit (as a&ministering its collections %onestly " only
$12,H=1-9H of t%e $14C,20C-9H collecte& in 194H /eing se& for
a&ministration-
,%at's not t%e (ay Harry Ho'1ins, t%e late /t nlamente&
Igentleman rac1eteerI of Fran1lin .oose4elt's 3%ite Hose
!oncil of !lo(ns, tag%t 'em- Ho'1ins (as a lifelong c%arity
/ro1er an& &e l8e 'arasite- ,%ere is no recor& t%at %e e4er
earne& an %onest &ollar in %is life-
His a&ministration of t%e affairs of t%e >e( 7or1 ,/erclosis
an& Healt% Association, in t%e late 1920's an& early 19=0's, (as
an o/;ect lesson in 'rotecte& 'ic1'oc1etry- ,%is association for
many years %as /een ma1ing an a''eal to t%e '/lic for fn&s
e4ery !%ristmasti&e- ,%ey IsellI yo ,)@ seals, to /e
ostentatiosly attac%e& to yor !%ristmas mail-
3%en $r- Ho'1ins too1 c%arge /ig salaries an& large e8'ense
acconts /ecame t%e rage an& in 19=1 not a &ime contri/te&
/y t%e '/lic (as se& to e4en remotely &o anyt%ing a/ot
t/erclosis- #t (as all se& for salaries an& e8'enses- Dr- Gois
#- Harris, t%en !ommissioner of Healt% of >e( 7or1 !ity (as an
Ief)officio officerI of t%e Association-
,%at meant %is name (as se& to gi4e t%e rac1et res'ecta/ility
an& %e (as s''ose& to /e not too inJisiti4e a/ot t%e
o'erations of t%e Association- Ho(e4er, %e 3A* inJisiti4e an&
as a reslt of %is fin&ings %e (rote t%e follo(ing letter to t%e
>e( 7or1 ,#$9* (%ic% (as '/lis%e& on :ne H, 19=2<

I*o for as # %a4e /een a/le to &isco4er &ring many years
of intimate contact an tterly insignificant fraction of t%e
se4eral millions collecte& /y t%e >- 7- ,/erclosis L
Healt% Association &ring t%e 'ast &eca&e an& a %alf %as
/een se& to s''ly &iagnostic care, me&ical treatment,
sanitorim or %os'ital care, or any of t%e necessities of
t/erclosis 'atients or t%eir families- #n fact, # am
confi&ent t%at none of t%e money is se& to assist t%ose
sffering from t/erclosis-I

!ontrast t%is fact (it% t%e (i&e an& s'ectaclar a''eal sent ot
/y $r- Ho'1ins an& %is fello( gangsters t%e 're4ios Decem/er
1Bt% (19=1)- #t (as in t%e form of a simlate& telegram an& (as
%ea&line& I*a4)A)Gife)?ram-I #t sai&<

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,%is I,%omas 3- GamontI (as none ot%er t%an t%e c%ief 'artner
of t%e Hose of $organ, (%ic% se& to 4ie (it% t%e Hose of
.oc1efeller for t%e lea&ing role in mil1ing t%e American
consmer, (it% colla/oration of fait%less '/lic officials, electi4e
an& a''ointi4e-
94en sc% an %onest otfit as t%e District of !olm/ia ,@
Association ma1es /t little inroa&s into t%e &isease- ,%e reason
is sim'le " too mc% Drg ,rst- >one /t me&ical &octors are
ta1en into t%e I(ar on ,@I an& /ecase of t%eir left%an&e&
met%o&s, t%e only 'ersons cre& are t%ose (%o are stronger
t%an t%eir neig%/ors an& to (%om a 'erio& of rest is one t%ing
nee&e& to conJer t%e Igreat (%ite 'lage-I
&aturo,aths ha9e found that tuer;ulosis is a mu;ous
disease. Gaymen, (%o %a4e (atc%e& a IlngerI s'itting %is life
a(ay in a sanitarim in t%e montains into a s'tm c' %a4e
also note& t%at it is a mcos &isease- >ot so t%e me&ics, (%o
%a4e /een tag%t to &rg an& &rg an& &rg- Of corse, in t%e
final stages t%e 'ain is so great t%at &o'e mst /e gi4en to ease
t%e 4ictim's sfferings-
Dr- !arl *- Frisc%1orn of >orfol1, Ea-, (%o is /ot% a &octor of
me&icine an& a &octor of natro'at%y, sccessflly treats
t/erclosis 'atients /y first ta1ing t%em off t%e ort%o&o8 mil1
an& ra( eggs &iet- $il1 an& ra( eggs 'ro&ce more mcos
t%an anyt%ing else, yet (e fin& t%e %onora/le me&ical 'rofession
fee&ing t%ese items to ,)@ 'atients as t%ey %a(1 an& s'it t%eir
li4es a(ay-
A >e( 7or1 *tate sanitarim annonce& once t%at it (as
sccessflly treating 'atients t%e same (ay- ,%is story mst
%a4e sli''e& /y t%e Drg ,rst censor (science e&itor) in >e(
7or1 for it ne4er a''eare& /t once to or 1no(le&ge- # Jote
from Dr- Frisc%1orn<

I,%e casati4e factors of t/erclosis are as follo(s- #t is a
mcos &isease (it% a stre'tococcic infection, /efore
(%ic% t%e me&ical 'rofession's acce'te& reme&ies are
%el'less- ,%e stre'tococcic gets in t%e lngs- 3it% t%e
associate& consti'ation an& (ea1ene& 1i&ney con&ition
elimination is left to t%e lngs- 3%en a lng cell is /loc1e&
it &ies- ,o get sccessfl treatment t%e 'atient mst
imme&iately go on a &iet free of mcos)forming foo&s-
.a( foo&s are /est Eery little /rea& an& 'ractically no
meat, eggs or fis%- ,%is may seem strange to t%ose (%o
%a4e /een tag%t to stff t%e stomac% (it% %ea4y foo&s to
'1ee' ' t%e strengt%'- @t t%e main o/;ect of natro'at%ic
treatment is to free t%e /o&y of &ea&ly mcos or cltre
me&ia-I

,%e most %ig%ly '/lici6e& of all money collecting rac1ets %as
/een t%at of infantile 'aralysis, tec%nically calle& 'oliomyelitis-
,%is (as /t natral, since a +resi&ent of t%e Knite& *tates %a&
it an& s%oo1 &o(n a certain :o%n :- .as1o/ for $B0,000 to
esta/lis% an allege& mecca for 'olio 4ictims at 3arm *'rings,
?eorgia-
94ery :anary =0t% from 19=4 to 194B reams an& reams of
/ally%oo (ent ot e8%orting e4eryone in t%e Knite& *tates to
gi4e a &ime, or a nm/er of &imes, in %onor of t%e .oose4elt
/irt%&ay t%at Isome little c%il& mig%t (al1 again-I >o financial
re'ort of t%e 19=4 cam'aign (as e4er gi4en to t%e '/lic /y t%e
cro(& of 'olitical rac1eteers (%o con&cte& t%e I&ri4e-I
,%e /est an& most relia/le gra'e4ine re'orts (ere t%at
$H,000,000 (as collecte& an& $1,000,000 sent to 3arm *'rings-
@t 4ery little of s/seJent collections (ere e4er sent t%ere,
(%ere t%e '/lic (as informe& it (ol& go- # %a4e /efore me a
re'ort &ate& A'ril 21, 19=9, signe& /y- 9- 9- @oone, :r-,
A&ministrator of 3arm *'rings Fon&ation- He sai& t%e only
'rocee&s from t%ese I@irt%&ay @allsI an& /ally%oo collections t%e
Fon&ation %a& e4er recei4e& (ere<

19=4 "$1,014,44=
19=B " >ot%ing
19=C " $122,D21
19=D " $=2B,000
19=H " >ot%ing
19=9 " >ot%ing

,%e >ational Fon&ation for #nfantile +aralysis re'lie& to or
letter (it% its annal re'ort for 194H- #ts total income (as
$11,0BB,112-04- #t ga4e to 4arios agencies in Igrants an&
a''ro'riationsI $C,0BC,09C-BB- ?eneral a&ministration e8'enses
(ere $=1B,1B0 an& $1=1,D02 (as s'ent for '/licity-
,o a nm/er of ni4ersities it ga4e for 4irs researc% $2,0D9,901
(%ic%, t%e (%ole %istory of Drg ,rst me&icine in&icates, is a
(aste of goo& money- ,%is is not a reflection on t%e 'ersonnel or
s'onsors of t%e Fon&ation (%o a''arently /elie4e t%ey are
&oing a Igoo& (or1-I
#nfantile 'aralysis is a &e/ility &isease- #t stri1es in e'i&emic
form in t%e &og &ays of Agst, (%en e4eryone's 4itality is at its
lo(est e//- #t stri1es mostly in t%e *ot%ern states (%ere long
%ar& smmers, /eginning in A'ril, sa' t%e strengt% an& (%ere
t%e &ietary %a/its of t%e &eni6ens are not of t%e /est-
,%ere is not%ing any(%ere in t%e re'ort to s%o( t%at any money
(as gi4en to t%e *ister Aenney Organi6ation (%ic% %as
&emonstrate& t%at t%e Astralian >rse &isco4ere& a system of
cring many 'olio cases mc% more Jic1ly t%an (as e4er
'ossi/le /y ort%o&o8 me&ical met%o&s- #nstea& of em/racing %er
system of cre, s%e (as inslte& an& slan&ere& /y t%e loty
%ea& of t%e American $e&ical Association an& tol& s%e I(asn't
(ante& in t%is contry-I F1- $orris Fis%/ein (as s'ea1ing for t%e
Drg ,rst, since t%e Aenney met%o& &iscar&e& &rgs of any
sort-
A fe( 'olio sfferers get some im'ermanent /enefits from t%e
Fon&ation (%en it 'rc%ases an& &eli4ers iron lngs for t%ose
(%ose lng)fee&ing motor ner4es %a4e /een affecte&- @t, (%at
little goo& t%ey &o /y t%e 'rc%ase of iron lngs, etc-, is offset a
million times /y its refsal to let any 'atients in its care /e
treate& /y 'ro4en an& teste& met%o&s (%ic% cre t%is mala&y
Jic1ly an& com'letely-
,o 1ee' 'atients in %os'itals an& (%eel c%airs an& mont%s an&
years is more 'rofita/le to t%e &rg trst an& its satellites t%an
to cre t%em in 4H %ors or a (ee1- For t%is reason t%e #nfantile
+aralysis Association sees to it t%at t%is is >O, &one-
# can Jote as an e8am'le a 19)year)ol& st&ent of O%io *tate
Kni4ersity, /y name $ary Go @arnes- #f anyone &o/ts t%ese
facts t%ey can contact t%e yong la&y %erself, or %er mot%er, at
11C @len%eim *treet, !olm/s, O%io-
$iss @arnes (as attac1e& /y 'olio one &ay last Agst,
a''arently as t%e reslt of ta1ing s%ots of 4accine re'te& to
cre col&s- Eaccine %as not an& ne4er can cre col&s- #t merely
&ams ' insi&e t%e system t%ose 'tri& to8ins (%ic% natre is
eliminating from %man systems (%ic% %a4e 4iolate& %er eating
an& elimination la(s-
3%en t%e innocent $iss @arnes sto''e& t%e natral elimination
of t%ese to8ins t%r t%e nasal mem/rane, otrage& natre sent
t%em to anot%er 'art of %er /o&y, toget%er (it% t%e a&&itional
concentrate& to8ins containe& in t%e col& 4accine- #t (as too
mc%, an& t%is %ge to8in loa& soon /egan to attac1 t%e motor
ner4es of %er rig%t leg-
3%en t%is mem/er starte& to /ecome nm/ an& seless s%e
sent for t%e family '%ysician- Fortnately for %er, %e (as a
me&ical &octor (%ose natral intelligence %a& not /een
'ermanently (ar'e& /y %is te8t/oo1s-
,%e 'rononce& attac1 starte& on a Fri&ay morning- @y e4ening
t%ere (as no &o/t t%at s%e %a& infantile 'aralysis- # %a4e tal1e&
to t%e &octor in t%e case- Her entire rig%t leg (as nm/ an&
insensate " seless- Her rig%t arm (as /eginning to go t%e
same (ay-
,%is '%ysician %as as1e& me to (it%%ol& %is name /ecase %e
1no(s (%at t%e (%is'erers of t%e American $e&ical Association
(ill &o to %im if it /ecomes '/lic- He %a& se& t%e Aoc%
treatment sccessflly in cleaning to8ins ot of t%e /loo& an&
clearing ' cases /efore " cases (it% (%ic% ort%o&o8 me&icine
an& &rggery %a4e /een %el'less t%ese many years-
He ga4e $iss @arnes t%e Aoc% treatment at 11 Fri&ay nig%t- @y
si8 '-m- *atr&ay sensation /egan to retrn to t%e leg, an& t%e
arm affectation %a& com'letely 4anis%e&- @y *n&ay nig%t
com'lete sensiti4ity %a& retrne&- @y $on&ay nig%t s%e (as
(al1ing again- @y ,%rs&ay s%e (as /ac1 at %er st&ies at O%io
*tate Kni4ersity-
,%e st&ents t%ere sa( to it t%at t%e !olm/s ne(s'a'ers
fon& it ot- One of t%em " t%e D#*+A,!H " 'rinte& t%e story
in its noon e&ition, (it% a '%otogra'% of $iss @arnes s%o(ing
t%at s%e %a& /een com'letely cre&-
,%en all Hell /ro1e loose in t%e Dis'atc% Office- ,%e e&itor (as
calle& /y t%e Drg ,rst re'resentati4e in O%io (may/e t%e city
%ealt% officer, may/e t%e me&ical society)- He (as ra1e& o4er
t%e coals so /a&ly t%at %e 1ille& t%e story in ftre e&itions, an&
%a& e4ery co'y of t%e noon e&ition &estroye& as fast as it (as
retrne& to t%e circlation &e'artment-
#nstea& of 'rinting t%e trt%, ne8t &ay t%e Dis'atc% came ot
(it% 'rofon& an& confsing statements from t%e city %ealt%
officer an& ot%er me&ical Jac1s (%o 1ne( not%ing a/ot t%e
Aoc% treatment, /t &i& 1no( t%at it (as n&er t%e /an of t%e
Drg ,rst an& t%e American $e&ical Association-
,o t%e &ismay an& c%agrin of t%e Drg ,rst, t%e story %a& /een
gi4en to t%e Associate& +ress /y t%e D#*+A,!H- @eing a s'ot
ne(s story, ot of an O%io mem/er's office, it (as not cleare&
t%r t%e IscienceI e&itor in >e( 7or1- #t fon& its (ay into
se4eral %n&re& &aily ne(s'a'ers in t%e contry-
,%e tec%niJe (as t%e same in t%ose cities an& to(ns as it (as
in !olm/s- Frantic statements from local %ealt% officers an&
secretaries of me&ical societies (ere gi4en great 'rominence in
t%ese IerringI 'a'ers- ,%ese statements (arne& against sing
t%e Aoc% treatment, (%ic% is n&er /an of t%e American $e&ical
Association " t%e great front for t%e Drg ,rst-
*taffs in Detroit (ere /etter traine&, /t not so t%e ra&io
stations- ,(o of t%em /roa&cast t%e ne(s item t%ey %a&
recei4e& from t%eir 'ress associations- For t%ree sccessi4e
follo(ing &ays t%e Detroit ne(s'a'ers '/lis%e& I(arningsI from
t%e city %ealt% officer against sing t%e Aoc% treatment-
An& (%at (as t%e >ational Fon&ation for #nfantile +aralysis
&oing all t%is time5 # Jote from one of t%e ne(s'a'ers (%ic%
carrie& t%e attac1s on t%e Aoc% treatment<

I,%e American $e&ical Association state& flatly t%at t%ere
(as no &rg 1no(n t%at (ol& 're4ent or affect t%e corse
of 'olio- ,%e A$A 4ie('oint (as /ac1e& also /y t%e
>ational Fon&ation for #nfantile +aralysis-I

#t %as /een learne& t%at t%e +olio Fon&ation (ill not 'ermit t%e
Aoc% treatment to /e se& on t%e 'atients it sen&s to !%il&ren's
Hos'ital in !olm/s- 7et t%ey are, as t%is is (ritten, 'racticing
t%e scare tec%niJe in !olm/s- 3ire co4ere& /arrels 'ainte&
re&, (%ite an& /le &ecorate many street corners in t%e O%io
ca'ital- ,%e city's ne(s'a'ers e8%ort t%eir rea&ers to 't money
in t%ese /arrels for t%e I'olio emergency-I
,%e money t%s collecte& is se& 'artly to 're4ent Jic1 an&
'ermanent cres of infantile 'aralysis- ,%is seems to ma1e t%e
(or& Irac1etI a rat%er (ea1 one in &escri/ing t%e >ational
Association for #nfantile +aralysis-
,%e 'olio rac1et at times em'loys t%e same circs 'ress agent
stnts engineere& /y '/lic relations /rains for t%e cancer
cro(&- .ecently a >e( $e8ican man tra4ele& (or &i& %e %itc%
%i1e5) from %is %ome to(n to 3as%ington in a (%eel c%air- At
eac% to(n %e &i&n't fail to 4isit t%e ne(s'a'er offices-
$any of t%em too1 %is 'ictre in t%e (%eel c%air, an& '/lis%e&
it in (ell 1no(n so/)sister style to get t%e nss'ecting '/lic to
contri/te money to t%e infantile 'aralysis e8'loiters- #n
3as%ington, D- !, %e searc%e& (in t%e ne(s'a'ers at least) for a
cosin I(%om %e %a& not seen in 12 years-I +ress agents for t%e
'olio rac1et &//e& %im It%e (%eel c%air (ayfarerI an&
ne(s'a'er %ea&line (riters fell for t%is 'lg-
One of t%e /est ns'ectaclar 'ress agent stnts of mo&ern
times (as t%e cancelling of t%e 7ale)For&%am foot/all game of
*e't- 2D, 1949- @ot% teams %a& %orri/le 194H seasonsQ %ence
t%e /o8 office retrn 'romise& to /e a /st- *o t%e management
of /ot% teams (ere in&ce& to annonce t%at t%e game (as
/eing cancelle& /ecase t%ree cases of infantile 'aralysis %a&
/een &isco4ere& on t%e 7ale cam's- ,%at's t%e scare tec%niJe
&e4elo'e& to its tmost-
At t%e %eig%t of t%e 194H 'olio IseasonI t%e Associate& +ress
sent ot a story, (%ic% al/eit timely, (as 're 'ro'agan&a for
&rgs- #t sai& Ie8ercise 'ls se of t%e &rg crare a''ears to
s'ee& reco4ery from t%e cri''ling effects of infantile 'aralysis,
t(o &octors re'orte& to&ay-I
!rare is ma&e /y $erc1 L !om'any, (%ose annal 'rofits
e8cee& %alf t%eir total assets- O/4iosly, t%is 'ro'agan&a (as
&is'ense& to %el' $erc1 &is'ose of its Ion %an&I an& Ifro6enI
s''ly of t%is &rg- Ho( con4enient (an& 'rofita/le) for t%e Drg
,rst front (.oc1efeller Fon&ation) to %a4e interloc1ing &irector
(Art%r Hays *l6/erger) (it% t%e Associate& +ress-
I*ym'at%y for t%e 4ictims of %eart tro/le is 'rofita/le for some
'eo'le- ,%e American Heart Association is (ell)%eele& an& far
reac%ing- #t faile& to sen& a financial statement to s- .ecently a
ri4al s'rang ' in t%e >ational Heart !ommittee, 2=D $a&ison
A4ene, >e( 7or1-
>ear)'age a&4ertisements in &aily ne(s'a'ers (ere se& in $ay
1949 rging t%e *enate of t%e Knite& *tates to a''ro'riate
$=2,000,000 for %eart an& cancer researc%- As 'art of t%e
tec%niJe of raising money " an& 'lenty of it " t%is
a&4ertisement (as se& as a (e&ge to get large &onations from
D0 (ealt%y citi6ens incl&ing :ames A- Farley, @o/ Ho'e, *am
?ol&(yn, Fi//er $c?ee, $olly, ?rant)lan& .ice an& @ernar&
?im/el-
,%ose /ig names " some of t%em o/4iosly 'eo'le (%o
contri/te (ell to t%e 'olitical cam'aigns of /ot% 'arties " mst
%a4e %y'noti6e& t%e !ongress- An a''ro'riation of $10,D2B,000
(as ma&e from t%e Fe&eral ,reasry for t%is great in&oor s'ort
of searc%ing for non)e8istent /gs-
An a&&itional $B,=B0,000 (as a''ro'riate& for real estate an&
/il&ings in (%ic% to con&ct t%is 'articlar /g %nt- ,%e
American ta8'ayers (ill stan& for anyt%ing if it is 'ro'erly
/ally%ooe&-
,%e a&4ertisement faile& to state ;st (%at I%eart researc%I
col& /e &one (it% t%e reJeste& $=2,000,000 t%at %asn't
alrea&y /een &one- +%ysicians %a4e %a& a 'retty goo&
1no(le&ge of t%e %eart e4er since t%e first &issection of a %man
/o&y-
,%ose (%o %a4e not /een /lin&e& /y Drg ,rst 'ro'agan&a
%a4e a 'retty accrate 1no(le&ge of t%e %eart an& %o( it (or1s,
not to s'ea1 of t%e se4eral forms of %eart tro/le, t%e least
serios of (%ic% is fatige- .est " not &igitalis " (ill cre t%is-
@t (%en a 'atient &e4elo's a t%rom/s or an em/olism it is
in&ee& serios an& if not +.O+9.G7 treate& (ill ine4ita/ly reslt
in &eat%- #n or&er to treat a t%rom/s or an em/olism it is
necessary for t%e '%ysician to 1no( (%at case& its formation-
An em/olism is a clot (%ic% %as forme& in t%e /loo& stream an&
(%ic% mo4es- A t%rom/s is a clot (%ic% %as sto''e& mo4ing
an& %as gotten stc1 in t%e %eart 4al4es, casing instant &eat%-
An em/olism (%ic% gro(s /ecomes a t%rom/s an& is more
li1ely to get stc1 in t%e 'lmonary artery t%an any(%ere else-
A /loo& clot is not%ing more nor less t%an an accmlation of
to8ins- ,%e only (ay it can /e cleare& is /y cleaning ot t%e
/loo& stream eit%er /y natro'at%ic (&ietary) met%o&s or /y t%e
s%ort ct of t%e Aoc% or Goffler treatment- Drgs mig%t stimlate
t%e %eart to faster action (tem'orarily) /t t%ey only a&& to t%e
to8in loa&, /eing 'oisons t%emsel4es-
,%e ot%er form of serios %eart tro/le is 4al4lar- #n t%is ty'e
to8ins form on t%e lea4es of t%e %eart 4al4es li1e /arnacles on a
s%i''s %ll- ,%ey 're4ent t%e com'lete closing of t%e 4al4e, t%s
forming t%e lea1- =2 million &ollars (ill &o not%ing a/ot t%is-
,%ere is a >ational Art%ritis Association (it% %ea&Jarters in
!%icago- #ts s'o1esman is :&ge A- @- Frey of *t- Gois- #t seems
t%at t%e gol& 'ros'ecting in t%is organi6ation mst %a4e loo1e&
goo& to a gro' of >e( 7or1 me&ics (%o %a& forme& t%e
American .%ematism Association for t%e 'r'ose of collecting
money from t%e '/lic-
:&ge Frey's '/lic relations consel arrange& a &inner at t%e
Hotel Astor in >e( 7or1, s'onsore& /y *'yros +- *1oras,
+resi&ent of 20t% !entry)Fo8 'ictres- 20t% !entry &oes a raft
of a&4ertising, so t%e ,imes, Heral&),ri/ne an& *n in >e(
7or1 ga4e t%e 'arty fa4ora/le '/licity, as &i& ,#$9 maga6ine-
,%e r%ematism rac1eteers &escen&e& on :&ge Frey an&
con4ince& %im t%at t%ey %a& %im srron&e&- He merge& (it%
t%e .%emmies an& t%ey calle& t%e com/ination t%e Art%ritis an&
.%ematism Fon&ation, :&ge Frey agreeing to &iscontine %is
money)raising acti4ities an& let t%e ne( organi6ation %a4e it all-
,%is fon&ation ses t%e scare tec%niJe in a /ig (ay- #ts
circlar %as a 'air of crtc%es an& a (%eelc%air for a
frontis'iece- #ts lea&ing &is'lay ty'e says I!onJer t%e !ri''ler
---- ?i4e-I All t%r t%is circlar t%ese lines s%ot at t%e rea&er "

I*a4e From *ffering As 3ell As From Deat%I
I*a4e From t%e Fear of !ri''ling DeformityI
IDeli4er a One),(o +nc% at t%e ?reat !ri''ler /y *en&ing
$oneyI
I7or ?ift Fig%ts t%e !ri''ler 2 3aysI (,%is '%rase (as
stolen from t%e @romo *elt6er ra&io a&s)-
I,%e !ri''ler ,%at AillsI
I,%e *ffering of D,000,000 +eo'le !an @e !re&-I
IA $2,000,000 art%ritis an& r%ematism fn& is nee&e& to
lanc% t%is attac1-I

:&ge Frey (rites t%at none of t%e officers or trstees are on t%e
'ayroll- ,%at &oesn't ans(er t%e Jestion as to (%at t%ey inten&
to &o (it% t%at 2 million /c1s, or (%ate4er sms t%is fear
tec%niJe 'ries ot of t%e sc1er '/lic #t is t%e %istory of t%ese
rac1ets t%at no money is e4er s'ent on intelligent met%o&s of
cre or 're4ention- .at%er it is s'ent loo1ing for a non)e8istent
/g an& to /y &rgs an& ot%er items t%at ma1e t%e &rg
com'anies ric%-
Art%ritis s'rings from t%e same case as all ot%er forms of
&isease- #n;&icios eating an& incom'lete elimination,
sometimes aggra4ate& /y s'inal &istortion- #n t%is form of
to8emia t%e to8ins gat%er an& cling to t%e gristly en&s of t%e
/ones in t%e ;oints, ma1ing it 'ainfl to mo4e any articlation of
t%e /o&y (%ic% %a''ens to /e a focal 'oint for to8ins-
!leaning ot t%e /loo& is t%e only cre- ?i4ing money to
Ifon&ationsI %as ne4er effecte& a single clearance- Dring t%eir
&ri4e for fn&s t%e 3orl&'s 3orst !olmnist ($rs- 9leanor
.oose4elt) (as solicite& to %el' an& s%e &e4ote& %er (%ole
IcolmnI to silly &iscssion of art%ritis " somet%ing s%e 1ne(
less t%an not%ing a/ot-
:st ten &ays /efore t%is .oose4elt /lr/ a''eare&, ot%er '%oney
stories of art%ritis IcresI (ere 'lante& in t%e 'ress associations
an& sent ot to e4ery ne(s'a'er in t%e contry /y so)calle& (or
mis)calle&) science e&itors- ,%e Hearst #nternational >e(s
*er4ice tol& of a Ine( &rg for relief of art%ritis (%ic% yiel&s
&ramatic reslts in from for to eig%t %ors-I
,%is 'ress agent yarn (ent on to say t%at it is a %ormone
secrete& in t%e a&renal glan&, t%at only fi4e grams of it e8ist in
t%e (orl& an& t%at it (as &isco4ere& at t%e $ayo !linic-
,%e Knite& +ress yarn (as some(%at &ifferent- ,%is one calle& it
Iareomycin,I sai& it (as a I(on&er &rgI an& Imay 'ro4e to /e
a (ea'on in t%e /attle against art%ritis-I
,%e Associate& +ress story ca''e& t%em all- #ts IscienceI e&itor
let t%e Drg ,rst's '/licity firm ta1e t%e sally &ignifie& A+
into t%e realm of circs 'ress agentry- #t (as a 'ress agent for
t%e ?eorgia s(eet 'otato in&stry (%o (rote a 'oem a/ot t%e
famos *ot%ern yam-
#t 'r'orte& to Jote ?eneral *%erman's commissary as claiming
t%at t%e 7an1ee Army, in its fa/le& marc% from Atlanta to t%e
*ea, li4e& totally on s(eet 'otatoes, ser4e& in some =0 &ifferent
forms- ,%e recent Associate& +ress story (ent (ay /eyon& t%at-
I,ro'ical 7am !%ea' *orce of Art%ritis DrgI (as t%e %ea&line
in a sally conser4ati4e 9astern ne(s'a'er- ,%e yarn (ent on
to say t%at Icorti6one, t%e ne( (on&er &rg for art%ritis, can /e
ma&e from a 'lant gro(ing at or &oorste' " t%e tro'ical yam
or s(eet 'otatoI an& Iit offers a ne( an& c%ea'er sorce for t%e
rare an& costly &rg-I
3e t%in1 t%e Drg ,rst 'lle& a /oner on t%is one- ,%e (ay t%e
yarn rea& mig%t ma1e art%ritis sfferers, (%o still fall for &rg
'ro'agan&a, start eating Jantities of s(eet 'otatoes instea& of
%a4ing t%eir Drg)trst)e&cate& &octors 'rescri/e corti6one-
>e4ert%eless, an& all of t%is 'ro'agan&a not(it%stan&ing,
art%ritis at t%is (riting contine& to /e a 'ainfl /t not fatal
effect of man's a/se of %is &igesti4e an& eliminati4e organs-
Dia/etes is anot%er Ire(ar&I of a mis)s'ent yot% in eating
%a/its- #t is a scorge of t%e mi&&le age& an& is not%ing more
nor less t%an im'aire& 1i&neys, in (%ic% ot%er organs %a4e to
(or1 o4ertime to &o mc% of t%e (or1 natre %a& 'lanne& for
t%em-
#nslin is a stimlant an&, (%en accom'anie& /y' *'artan eating
%a/its, 'rolongs t%e life in&efinitely of t%e &ia/etes 4ictim- ,%e
>e( 7or1 Dia/etes Association (ol& still /e %el'less to &o
anyt%ing a/ot &ia/etes 4ictims, 'ast, 'resent an& ftre " if it
col& collect a /illion &ollars a year from t%e '/lic- #n fact, ls%
li4ing /y its 'romoters (ol& 'ro/a/ly en& ' (it% all of t%em
%a4ing &ia/etes-
,%e >e( 7or1 association is a /ranc% of t%e American Dia/etes
Association, (%ic% (or1s ot of @oston an& %as 'lanne& an all)
ot &ri4e for fn&s Octo/er 10t% to 1Ct% 1949 (%ic% it %as
&esignate& as IDia/etes 3ee1-I
,%e +/lic .elations Director of t%e >- 7- Dia/etes Association
ans(ere& or letter see1ing information, /y /eing (ary also- 3e
(ere tol& to (rite to a &octor in @roo1lyn an& tell %im ;st (%at
1in& of a /oo1 I,%e Drg *toryI (as going to /e an& or
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'r'ose in (anting to incl&e any information a/ot t%e
organi6ation- 3e &i&n't (aste t%e time-
,%e most neglecte& gro' of %manity's sic1 'eo'le are t%e
mentally ill- ,%e /rain is one 'art of t%e %man /o&y t%at no
amont of &issection 'ractice, researc% an& instrction %as e4er
/een a/le to fat%om- $ental 'atients are generally 't into a
'/lic or 'ri4ate mental instittion an& too often forgotten-
,%e >ational $ental Healt% Fon&ation in +%ila&el'%ia (as
originally forme& to raise fn&s for t%ree otfits " t%e >ational
!ommittee for $ental Hygiene, t%e 3orl& Fe&eration for $ental
Healt% an& t%e >ational $ental Healt% Fon&ation- ,%e &ri4e
faile&-
3e also %a4e liste& t%e American +syc%iatric Association an& t%e
Association for t%e A&4ancement of +syc%oanalysis, /ot% (or1ing
ot of >e( 7or1- >o information %as /een 'rocra/le from eit%er
of t%em- ,%ey ;st ignore& or reJest for se4en (ee1s " t%en
(rote t%ey &i&n't (ant Ito /e incl&e&I in t%is /oo1-
,%e Knite& +ress ga4e a 'lg for a &rg calle& myanesin,
manfactre& /y t%e @iorganic Ga/oratories of @roo1lyn- ,%is
a''arently is a ne( concern, not yet liste& in $oo&y's #n&strial
$anal-
,%e 'lg (ent I.esearc% (or1er sai& to&ay a ne( &rg is
%el'ing treat an increasing 4ariety of mental illnesses- ,%e &rg
is calle& interc%angea/ly myanesin or tolserol- #t %as rela8ing
effect on t%e ner4os system (it%ot casing &ro(siness- ,%e
latest re'ort on its se incl&e& e8'eriments on 'atients
sffering from an8iety, 'syc%onerosis, %y'omania, alco%olism,
mor'%ine an& %eroin a&&iction-I
>ot%ing (as sai& a/ot t%e %arm sc% a &rg (ol& &o to t%e
%man system-
,%ere is one Association in t%is fiel& (%ic% is o/4iosly not a
rac1et- #t is calle& t%e American 9Jity Association, (it%
%ea&Jarters at 1=0= Fairmont *treet, >- 3-, 3as%ington- ,%is
association, (%ic% is 'ri4ately finance&, s'eciali6es in e8'osing
otrages 'er'etrate& on 'atients in mental %os'itals " many of
t%em 'erfectly normal /t railroa&e& to instittions /y gree&y
relati4es or 'olitical o''onents-
,%e Director, one *am Frie&man, %as little /t contem't for
me&ical rac1eteers (%o ma1e a ls% li4ing 'osing as mental
e8'erts, or I'syc%iatrists-I $r- $r- Frie&man %as a stan&ing offer
of $1,000 to eac% an& e4ery one of t%ese 'syc%iatrists (%o can
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'ro4e %e is not cra6y- *o far %e %as not /een ta1en ' on t%is
offer-
$r- Frie&man is (ell /ac1e& in %is lo( o'inion of me&ical &octors
(%o e8tract %ge fees 'osing as I'syc%iatrists,I /y ?eorge Ean
>ess Dear/orn, $-D-, +%-D-, of t%e K- *- Eeterans' %os'ital in
t%e @ron8, >- 7- Dr- Dear/orn says<

I#n 192C in t%e Knite& *tates, =,211 '%ysicians &eclare&
t%emsel4es 'syc%iatrists, an& of t%ese 'ro/a/ly not a
&o6en are tec%nical, 'rofessional, i- e-, real 'syc%ologists,
trly sc%olarly in t%e science- +syc%iatrists as a gro' not
only %a4e no &etaile& 1no(le&ge of t%e mental 'rocess,
/t (%at is far (orse, t%ey %a4e ne4er &e4elo'e& an
interest in t%e almost mystic intricacies of t%e min&- ,%is
remains (ell nig% a s%ame to me&ical e&cation, %o(e4er,
'soon' it is to /e atone& for no( /y a&eJate instrction in
'syc%ology-I

,%e American Hearing *ociety o'erates ot of 3as%ington- #t
mst /e (ell %eele& /ecase (e %a4e /een s(am'e& (it% large
Jantities of 'rinte& literatre a/ot its acti4ities an& 'ersonnel-
3e /elie4e t%em to /e a sincere an& %onest gro', /t rat%er
nfitte& to e8'en& money /y (%ic% anyt%ing can /e
accom'lis%e&-
#ts financial re'ort for 194H s%o(s $12,DD=-=0 collecte& an& all
of t%is e8'en&e& for 4arios forms of a&ministration e8ce't $BH0
for li' rea&ing teac%ers an& $H9-4= for a&itory training an&
s'eec% teac%ers-
A &ri4e for fn&s for mlti'le sclerosis IcontrolI (as institte&
(%en $rs- Go ?e%rig, (i&o( of t%e famos /ase/all 'layer an&
%omern s'ecialist (%o (as re'orte& to %a4e &ie& of t%at
mala&y, (as /rog%t to 3as%ington in t%e s'ring of 1949 to
Itestify /efore a *enate committee-I
$rs- ?e%rig %onestly t%og%t s%e (as %el'ing ftre 4ictims of
t%e form of to8emia (%ic% 1ille& %er %s/an& (%ile %is &octors
(ere loo1ing for a non)e8istent /g instea& of cleaning ot %is
/loo&-
,%e K- *- +/lic Healt% *er4ice is res'onsi/le for t%e most
ri&iclos story a/ot /gs yet to a''ear in t%e '/lic 'rints- #t
still %as intelligent '%ysicians lag%ing-
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,%e story (as t%at t(o &octors I(or1ing on 200 %man ginea
'igs in Gorton .eformatory near 3as%ington sccee&e& in
isolating some ''article' of stff " may/e a 4irs " (%ic% cases
one ty'e of col&- Frt%er, t%ey can gro( t%is s/stance in eggs-I
#t 'rece&e& t%is infantile %o1m /y calling it It%e latest scientific
%o'e t%at t%e common col& may some &ay /e eit%er Jic1ly
cra/le or 're4enta/le-I
Dr- !arl Frisc%1orn, Gegislati4e !%airman of t%e >ational $e&ical
*ociety, sggests t%at if t%is is t%e /est t%e .oc1efeller)traine&
IscientistsI of t%e K- *- +/lic Healt% *er4ice can &o t%ey og%t
to s%t ' t%at s%o' an& sa4e t%e K- *- ta8'ayers t%e
$2DC,==0,000 (%ic% !ongress a''ro'riate& in 1949 to s''ort
sc% a cra6y %ose-

3ha,ter 6 Dangerous Doses
I# fin& t%e me&icine (orse t%an t%e mala&y-I
" *%a1es'eare
*elf)me&ication can /e &angeros-
#t may /e %ar& to /elie4e t%is, in 4ie( of t%e la(s (e %a4e on
or Fe&eral statte /oo1s &esigne& to 'rotect t%e consming
'/lic against a&lterate&, s'oile& an& e4en mis)/ran&e& &rgs
an& foo&-
#f t%e Foo& an& Drg la(s (ere %onestly an& efficiently
a&ministere& /y t%e Fe&eral /rea 'ai& to &o t%is " t%e K- *-
Foo& an& Drg A&ministration " self)me&ication (ol& /e as
%armless as 'laying /ean/ag (it% yor Ant >ellie- ,%ese la(s
are neit%er %onestly nor efficiently a&ministere&-
,%e FLDA is engage& 'rimarily in (1) +tting ot of /siness any
%onest manfactrer or 4en&or of &e4ices (%ic% (ill increase
%ealt% an& interfere (it% Drg ,rst +rofits an& (2) 'rotecting
t%ose nits of t%e Drg ,rst (%ic% manfactre an& sell %armfl
&rgs an& mis/ran& t%em-
*econ&arily, t%e Foo& L Drg A&ministration, (%en it gets
aron& to it, sto's t%e small fry from 4iolating t%e Foo& L Drg
Ga(s- #t is t%e 'r'ose of t%is c%a'ter to s%o( %o( 'rotection is
grante& sc% concerns as t%e American /ranc% of t%e ?erman
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!%emical !artel (trst), (%ic% is controlle& /y .oc1efeller's
*tan&ar& Oil !om'any-
Among t%e many %armfl 'ro&cts t%is firm manfactres, rig%t
n&er t%e noses of t%e Foo& L Drg A&ministration, is @ayer's
As'irin- ,%e at%or of t%is /oo1 'ossesses a &egree of Doctor of
$e&icine, /t %e got it (nsolicite&) n&er as s%a&y
circmstances, to say t%e least, as $orris Fis%/ein got %is-
,%erefore, # ne4er se it, ne4er claim me&ical 1no(le&ge-
# %a4e gone to a &istingis%e& an& learne& +%ila&el'%ia '%ysician
" &rgless /ranc% " (Dr- :ames #- @ra&sley) (%o %as ma&e a
st&y of all &angeros &oses (%ic% %a4e come to %is attention in
%is 'ractice- ,%e analyses of t%ese concoctions are Dr-
@ar&sley's-

BAYER'S AS$7R7&
HBayer's As,irin is made y the Bayer 3om,any( a
susidiary of Sterling Drug( 7n;. Sterling is the large
holding 3om,any( then ;alled Sterling $rodu;ts( 7n;.(
ta.en o9er y Standard Oil and Ameri;an 7G( <hen the
Ro;.efeller Drug Trust <as hel,ing the %itler Regime
emas;ulate the ;hemi;al ,art of Ameri;a's defenses.I
@ayer's As'irin " li1e *t- :ose'%'s As'irin, He8in, Orangeine an&
ot%er sc% concoctions " is a DO+9- ,%ere are many As'irin
&o'e fien&s in %os'itals, sanitarims an& asylms-
,%ese &angeros little (%ite 'ills co4er ', /t &o not cre
%ea&ac%es, toot%ac%e, neritis, lm/ago, sciatica, ner4osness
an& col&sQ in fact any 1in& of a /o&y 'ain, incl&ing t%e
&iscomforts of t%e female 'erio&-
As'irin is &o/ly &angeros- #n co4ering ' t%e 'ains it gi4es t%e
4ictim a false sense t%at e4eryt%ing is all rig%t- He (ill t%en not
/ot%er to remo4e t%e case, (%ic% is e8cesses of many sorts,
'rinci'ally of eating or &rin1ing-
All of t%ese &isor&ers, (%ic% (e are falsely tol& As'irin (ill cre,
are accom'anie& /y 'ain- !ol&s are accom'anie& /y e4en more
insistent (arnings from >atre t%at yo are committing
e8cesses- All 'ain occrs t%rog% t%e ner4os system-
,%rog% t%e sensory system is t%e only (ay >atre can inform
yo t%at somet%ing is (rong in yor /o&y, an& t%at s%e nee&s
assistance- *o, instea& of %ee&ing t%is (arning yo ;st ta1e an
As'irin, an& inform >atre to go &ig a %ole an& ;m' in " t%en
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get ot t%e /est (ay s%e can-
#f a 'ain gets /eyon& control, an& yo %a4e trie& e4eryt%ing else
to sto' or ease it, an as'irin col& /e se& as an emergency,
an& is a little safer &o'e t%an ot%ers- @t it s%ol& ne4er /e se&
as a %a/it-
Ha4e t%e case correcte& as soon as 'ossi/le- +ain is only a
sym'tom, an& >O, a &isease or a con&ition- :st /ecase yo
ri& yorself of t%e 'ain is no in&ication t%at yo are cre& " or
e4en im'ro4e&- 7o %a4e &one not%ing e8ce't !OE9. K+ t%e
'ain-
,o &ea&en t%ese 'ains yo %a4e to DO+9 t%e ner4os system, as
t%e 'ill really cannot /e &irecte& to t%e 'ainfl 'art itself-
,%erefore, t%e !O$+G9,9 ner4os system %as to /e &o'e& to
&ea&en t%e one 'art- 7o are informe& t%at t%is (ill &o yo Ino
%arm-I ,%ey frt%er inform yo t%at Iit (ill not %arm t%e %eart-I
,%e free se of t%is &rg is a /ig reason (%y t%e increase in
%eart &isease an& 1i&ney &iseases is occrring in lea's an&
/on&s- ,%is &angeros c%emical is a case of many 1i&ney
&iseases an& con&itions, as it gra&ally eats a(ay t%e celllar
tisses of t%at organ-
,ry 'tting a 'iece of as'irin in a ca4ity of a toot% to relie4e
'ain, an& yo (ill see %o( Jic1ly t%at toot% (ill &isintegrate-
Figre t%en, (%at it (ill &o to t%e &elicate cells insi&e yor /o&y-
A&4ertisements se& to say t%at I@ayer's As'irin &oes not %arm
t%e %eart-I As a matter of fact As'irin is 1no(n in
+%armaco'oeia as A!9,7G *AG#!7G#! A!#D-

94ery '%ysician 1no(s t%at acetyl salicylic aci& 3#GG HA.$ t%e
%eart (%en enog% is ta1en, an& t%at it %as a &eleterios effect
on t%e &igesti4e tract, 1i&neys, ner4es an& s1in-
#n 19=B t%e Fe&eral ,ra&e !ommission cite& t%e @ayer !om'any
for claiming As'irin &oesn't %arm t%e %eart- # %a4e no recor& of
t%e Foo& L Drg A&ministration " (%ic% leans o4er /ac1(ar& to
I'rotectI t%e '/lic against 'i&&ling false claims " e4er noticing
t%is ty'e of @ayer a&4ertising-
Ho(ar& 3- Am/rster, a >e( :ersey ergot im'orter, (as
res'onsi/le for t%is Fe&eral ,ra&e Action against *terling Drg
for false a&4ertising claims- Knfortnately, t%e !ommission
(nli1e t%e Foo& L Drg A&ministration) %a& no 'o(er to or&er
&iscontine& concoctions as %armfl as As'irin-
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@t t%e Foo& L Drg @an&itti %a4e religiosly steere& clear of
&oing t%eir s(orn &ty in t%e @ayer case- *terling Drg is o(ne&
/y t%e *tan&ar& Oil !om'any- @t t%e FLD @an&its &i& 't t%e
(or1s, in 19==, to a small concern in Gittle .oc1, Ar1-, for
ma1ing t%e i&entical claims t%at *terling &i& for t%eir o(n /ran&
of as'irin-
$r- Am/rster, in %is /oo1 I,.9A*O>'* +9A!9,I 'oints ot t%at
t%e !ommission force& *terling to acce't a cease)an&)&esist
or&er It%s a&mitting t%at e4ery single t%era'etic claim t%ey
%a& ma&e for t%e safety an& crati4e 'o(ers of @ayer's As'irin
(as false, mislea&ing an& illegal-
>ine mont%s after *terling Drg cease& an& &esiste& from falsely
claiming As'irin &i&n't %arm t%e %eart, mem/ers of t%e $e&ical
*ociety of >e( :ersey 'asse& castic resoltions critici6ing t%e
action of t%e American $e&ical Association in officially 'rotecting
t%e ma1ers of t%is %armfl 'otion an& acce'ting a&4ertising (it%
t%ese false claims in it-
@elate&ly t%e A$A's !oncil on +%armacy an& !%emistry sla''e&
Fis%/ein an& t%e ma1ers of @ayer's As'irin on t%e (rist (it% t%e
follo(ing, in t%eir 19=B re'ort<

I,%e in&iscriminate se of @ayer As'irin, as rge& in t%e
a&4ertising, is inimical to '/lic an& in&i4i&al %ealt%, /ot%
&irectly an& in&irectly- As'irin (acetylsalicylic aci&) is
'otentially a &angeros &rg an& its nJalifie& se as a
%ome reme&y s%ol& /e n&erta1en, originally in any case,
n&er t%e gi&ance of t%e family '%ysician (%ose
1no(le&ge of t%e 'ersonal c%aracteristics of t%e in&i4i&al
'atient can alone ren&er sc% se safe an& a&4isa/le-

3it% t%e F,! /an on against t%ese false claims, t%e
*terling com'any c%ange& t%eir a&4ertising Icome onI
claims to IAs'irin &issol4es Jic1er in a glass of (ater t%an
any 1no(n %ea&ac%e reme&y-I

SA8 %E$AT73A
HSal %e,ati;a is manufa;tured and sold y the BristolG
Myers 3om,any. 7n 45+/( 8ouis E. 8iggett organiCed Drug(
7n;.( as a holding ;om,any for BristolGMyers( Ji;.
3hemi;al( et al( under the o9erall ;ontrol of Standard Oil's
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Sterling and Ameri;an -arenI

*al He'atica, Al1a *elt6er, @icar/onate of *o&a, $il1 of $agnesia
,a/lets an& similar concoctions all come n&er t%e same
category- ,%ey stress t%e al1ali6ation fa&, (%ic% (as se& to
ingrain t%eir allege& /t false reme&ial 'ro'erties in t%e '/lic
min&-
A&4ertising (riters really (ent to to(n in ma1ing t%e '/lic
al1ali)conscios- A&4ertisements s%ote&<

I!ome o4er to t%e al1aline si&e- @e (ise- Al1ali6e- @e
mo&ern " se t%e la8ati4e t%at com/ats t%e aci&ity-
Al1ali6e an& goo& %ealt% is yors- #t is t%e cre for (%at
ails yo- #t (ill ri& yo of t%at &ar1 /ro(n taste- Free yo
of t%at foggy feeling- *to' t%e ;itters after a %ar& nig%t-I

,%ese a&4ertisements tol& t%e rea&ers, ;st as srely as t%og%
t%ey %a& se& t%ese (or&s "
?o a%ea& %a4e a goo& time- Half 1ill yorself- Drin1 all yo
(is%- *tff yor stomac% an& /o(els till yo nearly /rst, All yo
%a4e to &o is to al1ali6e an& /y &oing so, ri& t%e /o&y of
e4ert%ing /t yor organs- ,%e organs &on't min&-
!an t%ese al1ali6ing agents %arm5 $ost assre&ly t%ey can
/ecase too mc% al1aline is (orse t%an too mc% aci&ity- ,%e
%man anatomy %as t%e 'o(er to reglate its o(n al1aline
reser4e, an& tries of its o(n accor& to correct t%e reslts of
in;&icios eating if gi4en %alf a c%ance-
#t is o/4ios t%at t%e or&inary %ealt%y 'erson &oes not %a4e to
fear aci& into8ication or aci&osis- >ot%ing t%at (e eat or &rin1
can frnis% a 4olme of aci& t%at (ill en&anger or aci& /ase
/alance- #t is only /y (ilflly &rin1ing a large 4olme of aci&, or
ta1ing tremen&os amonts of certain aci& &rgs, t%at t%e
al1aline reser4e can /e t%reatene&-
#n certain s'ecific &iseases %o(e4er, aci&osis may occr an&
(%en it &oes often cases &eat% of t%e 'atient- #f yo %a4e any
of t%ese con&itions all t%e Al1a *elt6er, *al He'atica, an&
@icar/onate of *o&a in t%e (orl& (ill not cre yo-
,%e sym'toms of aci&osis an& its treatment are a far cry from
t%e a&4ertising gi//eris% t%at inslts or intelligence &aily-
Fogginess, loss of 'e' an& a I&ar1 /ro(n tasteI in t%e mot% are
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>O, sym'toms of aci&osis- ,%ese sym'toms may /e case& /y a
%n&re& &ifferent ailments, as any &octor (ill inform yo-
3%ite .oc1 (%ic% a&4ertises It%e al1aline si&eI is ;st a sim'le
mineral (ater t%at tastes an& acts li1e or&inary 4ic%y (ater- #n
some 'eo'le it may %a4e a mil& la8ati4e effect- #t (ill not 'll
yo o4er Ito t%e al1aline si&eI /ecase yo are alrea&y t%ere-
*al He'atica is a cr&e cat%artic- ,%e acti4e ingre&ient
(?la/er's salt) is c%iefly se& /y %orse &octors an& is se& in
&ye %oses- ,%is salt is a 'o(erfl irritant an& no salt s%ol& /e
se& e8ce't in an emergency- ?la/er's salt is t%e last t%ing in
t%e (orl& a &octor (ol& se to com/at %man aci&ity-
Al1a *elt6er is t%e /ol&est of all fra&s- #t consists of As'irin
com'resse& into an effer4escent ta/let an& t%erefore %as all t%e
e8alte& 'ro'erties of an As'irin ta/let, &ro''e& into a glass of
selt6er (ater-
#ts 4en&ors claim it (ill relie4e or cre col&s, %ea&ac%es,
neralgia, r%ematic fe4er, &issi'ation, o4erin&lgence, sor
stomac%, %eart/rn, fatige, ner4osness, slee'lessness,
alco%olic e8cess " all of (%ic% (if (e /elie4e t%e
a&4ertisements) are case& /y e8cess of aci&ity or &eficient
al1alinity-
,%is as (e %a4e seen is nonsense- ,%ese sym'toms are case&
/y many acte an& c%ronic &iseases in (%ic% aci&osis 'lays no
role (%ate4er an& yo may /e neglecting t%ese &angeros
con&itions an& /ringing a/ot a more &ifficlt ;o/ of cring t%em
/y *$O,H9.#>? ,H9$ (it% al1alines-
#t is a matter of recor& t%at t%e @ristol)$yers !om'any, one of
*terling Drg's little /rot%ers in t%e .oc1efeller)?erman Far/en
com/ination, fon& itself also on t%e net%er si&e of a Isto' lyingI
or&er /y t%e Fe&eral ,ra&e !ommission- # Jote again from $r-
Am/rster's e8cellent /oo1<

I,%e @ristol)$yers !om'any 'resente& a nm/er of fine
targets for t%e Fe&eral ,ra&e !ommission s%ar')s%ooters-
$c% of it (as so fat (it% a/sr&ity an& glamoros ntrt%
t%at, (%en t%e !ommission finally (ent to (or1 on it, it
(as li1e s%ooting &c1s in a /arrel-
IFi4e of its /est 1no(n 'ro&cts (ere /rog%t &o(n (it%
cease)an&)&esist (sto' lying) or&ers- ,%ey (ere *al
He'atica, #ngram's *%a4e !ream, #ngram's $il1(ee&
!ream, $inii)r/ an& Eitalis-I
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust 10H /
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,%e Foo& L Drg A&ministration, as sal, (as loo1ing t%e ot%er
(ay at t%ese mis/ran&e& 'ro&cts of t%e Drg ,rst-

J73E'S JATROG&O8
HJi;.'s JatroG&ol is made y the Ji;. 3hemi;al 3om,any.
The Ji;. ;on;ern <as asored y Drug( 7n;.( Aust at the
time the Ro;.efeller drug trust <as forming their giant
;omine to hel, Germany <in the ;hemi;al side of @orld
@ar 77. Drug( 7n;.( <as ,art of the Standard OilG7G -aren
;o9erGu, grou,.I

Eic1's Eatro)>ol is not t%e only nostrm (%ic% is &angeros to
se for t%e common col&, or for gri''e- Among many sc% are
!am'o)Gy'ts, !%lorestone #n%alant, Hill's >ose Dro's, $acy's
>ose Dro's, $istol, +inolem, .e8all >asal *'ray, *il4er)!ol an&
CCC >ose Dro's-
3%en yo are sffering from la gri''e, IflI (inflen6a) or a
common %ea& col&, one of t%e most ineffecti4e an& often
&angeros t%ings yo can &o is to se nose &ro's-
>ose &ro's may sto' t%e IrnningI of yor nose an& if t%ey &o
t%ey are &o(nrig%t &angeros- 3%at t%ey actally &o t%en is to
loc1 t%e 'oisons, (%ic% natre is trying to e8'el from t%e /o&y
t%rog% t%e natral eliminati4e organs, /ac1 in- #t &oesn't ta1e
more t%an or&inary intelligence to see %o( &angeros t%is is-
7o actally &e4elo' t%e original con&ition into a &angeros an&
&ee' seate& 'at%ological &isor&er or &isease- Deat% sometimes
reslts from t%e loc1ing of 'oisons (it%in t%e /o&y-
3%en >atre (is%es to e8'el 'oisons from t%e system, s%e
s%ol& /e allo(e& to &o so an& t%e &rainage 'assages s%ol& not
/e seale& /y any sc% nostrms as nose &ro's- 7o (ol& not
t%in1 of sto''ing ' t%e /o(elsQ an& yo (ol& t%in1 it silly if
someone tol& yo to /loc1 t%e rinal 'assages of t%e 1i&neys-
7et >atre's safety 4al4e, t%e mcos mem/rane of t%e
res'iratory tract, yo &am ' an& seal, an& force t%e 'oison
natre is e8'elling /ac1 into t%e /o&y- ,%e reslt is t%at if no
greater &isease &e4elo's, yor col& or ?ri''e (ill ta1e many,
many &ays longer to o4ercome-
Dr- !arl Goe/, (riting in t%e *er4ice @lletin of t%e Actino
Ga/oratories, !%icago, sai&<

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IFor t%e last fe( (ee1s t%e !%icago Healt% De'artment
re'orte& 'nemonia as t%e %ig%est case of &eat% from
commnica/le &iseases- >e8t in line is t/erclosis, /t
'nemonia s%o(e& t%ree times as many &eat%s as
t/erclosis-
I+nemonia is &eci&e&ly on t%e increase, es'ecially in
yong 'eo'le an& c%il&ren- ,%osan&s of c%il&ren (ill &ie
from t%is &isease in t%e coming year, an& t%e 'rimary
case of &eat% in many (ill /e &e to mr&er /y mineral
oil nose &ro's-
I$ineral Oil nose &ro's %a4e a/soltely no 4ale in eit%er
're4enting or cring a col&- #n most instances, t%ey (ill
not e4en gi4e relief- 3%en e'%e&rine, 'inene, ment%ol or
a&renalin is se& in com/ination (it% t%ese &ro's, t%ey
gi4e a sign of tem'orary relief &e to t%e o&or or
astringent action of t%ese &rgs, /t more often t%e
careless se of nose&ro's %as carrie& a locali6e& infection
into t%e sinses-I

,%e 'resence of mineral oil in t%ese &ro's is often res'onsi/le
for li'oi& 'nemonia (%en t%ese oils are a&ministere& /y mot%
an& in t%e nasal '%aryn8- ,%ey may /e as'irate& into t%e
trac%ea ((in& 'i'e) an& ltimately reac% t%e al4eoli an& 'ro&ce
lym'%oi& 'nemonia-
Knscr'los money)ma& manfactrers an& ignorant &octors
a&4ise t%e se of mineral oil in nose &ro's- ,%e 4ale of all nasal
s'rays an& gargles is Jestiona/le- #nforme& 'ractitioners are
ra'i&ly &iscar&ing t%is 'ractice-
,%erefore, if yo (is% to %ea& yorself into a more &rastic
&isease or con&ition, yo cannot ta1e a s%orter rote t%an /y t%e
se of nose &ro's-

E$SOM SA8TS
HE,som Salts are made y Do< 3hemi;al. Do< 3hemi;al is
one of the many drug firms asored y the Ro;.efeller
interests <hen Ameri;an 7G -aren ;hanged its name in
4504( and formed a F,rote;ti9e allian;eF <ith Standard
Oil to disguise ;onne;tion <ith %itler Germany.I

,%is saline 'ro&ct %as /een on t%e mar1et for yearH, /t all salt
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'ro&cts are 'oisonos to t%e /o(els- #f t%ey (ere not, natre
(ol& not try to get ri& of t%em as s%e &oes-
,%e salt, irritating t%e mcos lining of t%e intestines, cases
t%em to floo& secretions t%e same (ay t%e eye (ol& &o if yo
%a& somet%ing in it- ,%is a&&itional liJi& %as to come from
some(%ere, so it creates a &rainage on t%e ot%er glan&s of t%e
/o&y-
,%is is (%y yo get t%irsty, yor li's get &ry, an& yor %an&s
lac1 moistre- ,%en, after ta1ing salts, (%et%er it /e 9'som or
+lto 3ater, or :a& *alts, or !ra6y !rystals, etc-, yo are more
consti'ate& after(ar&- ,%e normal secretions are &rie& ', an& it
ta1es >atre a (%ile to restore t%em- #n t%e meantime t%e /o&y
is (ea1ene&-
,%erefore, 'rgati4es of any 1in&, (%et%er salt or ot%er(ise,
s%ol& only /e se& in an emergency- A sensi/le &iet " 'lenty of
frit an& green 4egeta/les, co'ios &rag%ts of %y&rant (ater "
(ill 're4ent an& cre consti'ation-
#n selling t%eir &ea&ly &oses to t%e '/lic some of t%e
a&4ertisements say IAma6ing &o/le action-I 3%at t%ey mean is
t%at t%e /o(els an& li4er /ot% react to t%e salt (ater- ,%ey col&
e4en go so far as to say IJa&r'le actionI an& /e ;st as rig%t-
#t affects t%e stomac%, li4er /o(els an& 'ancreas, not to s'ea1
of t%e glan&s of t%e mot%, t%roat, rectm, s'leen, etc- " in fact
all secreting glan&s of t%e /o&y-
>o(%ere in t%e a&4ertisement &oes it say t%at it !K.9*
consti'ation- As a matter of fact it &oesn't- ,%e 'atient %as to
contine ta1ing t%is 'rgati4e in greater an& greater Jantities
to get any mo4ement at all-
,%e a&s generally en& (it% (or&s to t%is effect " I!leanse yor
system of %ealt% &estroying 'oisons t%is sre, Jic1 (ay-I #t fails
to inform yo %o( t%e 'oisons accmlate& in t%e first 'lace "
st'i& eating %a/its- !orrect t%is an& yo (ill ne4er get %oo1e&
/y sc% a&4ertisements-

BROMO SE8TKER
HAnother nostrum of the Sal %e,ati;GAl.a SeltCer ty,e is
Bromo SeltCer( manufa;tured y the Emerson Drug
3om,any <hose Drug Trust ;onne;tions are attested y
the ,resen;e on its dire;torate of Alfred G. Janderilt and
E. A. Bonham.I
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@romo *elt6er is com'ose& of /romi&e (&o'e) an& selt6er, (%ic%
is com'ose& of so&im car/onate (so&a (ater)- ,%e car/onate
acts as an al1aline, an& t%e /romi&e as a &e'ressant-
3%y slo( ' fnctional acti4ity5 3%y &o'e t%e organs an& slo(
t%em ', (%en t%ey are trying so %ar& to nloa& t%e 'oisons in
t%e /o&y5 3%y 1ee' t%em in t%e /o&y longer, to &o more
&amage5 For t%at is all @romo *elt6er &oes-
An& &on't forget- ,o &o'e an organ yo first %a4e to &o'e t%e
ner4os system " t%e master an& controlling system of t%e
/o&y- @y &o'ing t%e ner4os system yo force t%e organs to
(or1 t%at mc% %ar&er- *ince t%is incl&es t%e %eart, it is no
(on&er t%ere is so mc% %eart tro/le-
@romo *elt6er a&4ertising is t%e ty'e of false an& &angeros
a&4ertising t%at fin&s t%e Foo& L Drg A&ministration eit%er
loo1ing t%e ot%er (ay or stic1ing its %ea& in t%e san& li1e an
ostric%- All of t%ese &ea&ly 'ro&cts are manfactre& /y nits
of t%e Drg ,rst-
@t let a famos 4itaminologist, (%o teac%es 'eo'le to eat so
t%at t%ey (on't /e %oo1e& /y t%ese c%arlatans or /y systems
(%ic% se &rgs, s%i' some 4itamins to %imself at %is ne8t sto',
an& %e is %ale& into cort /y t%e Foo& L Drg @an&its on t%e
c%arge of Imis/ran&ingI %is o(n 'ro&ct- ,%e interests of t%e
Drg ,rst are loo1e& after first, last an& foremost /y t%e FLDA-

S S S S
>o( %ere are some ot%er Ireme&ies,I ma&e /y smaller concerns
(%o a''arently %a4e &rg trst connections (%ic% are (ell
%i&&en- Fran1ly, (e cannot 'oint to t%e connection of sc% firms
as ,%omas Geeming L !om'any, ?ro4e Ga/oratories, +%armaco,
#nc-, Aon&on $anfactring !om'any, t%e !arter +ro&cts
!om'any- @t t%e 'resm'tion is t%at t%ere is a connection, as
long as t%e Foo& L Drg A&ministration 'ermits t%em to
a&4ertise sc% &angeros nostrms " an& to tell only %alf t%e
trt% in t%eir a&4ertising co'y-

BAUME BE& GAY
(,%omas Geeming L !om'any)
,%e s1in is t%e largest eliminating organ of t%e /o&y- ,%e
fnctions of t%e s1in are as follo(s<
+.O,9!,#O>< #t is com'ose& of a %ar& %orny material (%ic%
(it%stan&s or&inary 'ressre (it%ot affecting n&erlying
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strctres-
*9>*A,#O>< #n t%e s1in are locate& most of t%e en& organs of
t%e s'ecial sense of toc%-
.AD#A,#O>< ,%e s1in ser4es to ra&iate %eat an& t%s maintain
t%e /o&ily tem'eratre at t%e normal-
.9*+#.A,#O>< ,%ere is a slig%t e8c%ange of car/on &io8i&e for
o8ygen on t%e srface of t%e s1in-
*9!.9,#O>< ,%e s1in ser4es to secret an oily s/stance /y
means of t%e fnctional acti4ity of t%e se/aceos glan&s-
9O!.9,#O>< #t eliminates s(eat /y means of t%e s&oriferos
glan&s containe& in its strctre-
,%e s1in a/sor/s not%ing- ,%ere are t%ree layers of it, an& it is
1/1C inc% in t%ic1ness-
@eing sre t%en t%at t%e s1in is an eliminating organ, &i& yo
e4er try to ma1e (ater rn '%ill5 #f yo %a4e, yo %a4e fon&
t%at it is a fairly %ar& ;o/-
>o(, %a4ing t%e facts at or finger ti's, # /elie4e (e can safely
say t%at yo cannot r/ anyt%ing into t%e /o&y t%rog% t%e s1in-
,%e /o&y, t%rog% t%e s1in, is t%ro(ing ot 'oisons e4ery
fractional secon& of yor life t%rog% t%e 'ores- ,%e oil glan&s of
t%e s1in are co4ering t%e srface (it% its s/stance continally
to 1ee' it 'lia/le an& soft- *o yo may as (ell try to ma1e (ater
rn '%ill as to try to r/ anyt%ing in t%rog% t%e s1in-
,%e s1in is a 'rotector to 1ee' 'oisons an& material ot of t%e
/o&y- #f t%is (ere not so, an& t%e s1in (ere an a/sor/ent an&
allo(e& material to 'enetrate its srface, (e (ol& %a4e to
(atc% 4ery closely t%e materials (e %an&le&, as (e (ol& 1ill
orsel4es- ,%e c%emist, an& &rggist (ol& %a4e to (ear t%ic1
r//er glo4es-
Hose%ol& Ammonia is se& /y t%e %ose(ife &aily as are ot%er
c%emicals se& for %ose cleaning- *%e &oes not (ear r//er
glo4es all t%e time, an& millions ne4er at all- 7et yo (ol& not
t%in1 of &rin1ing ammonia, (ol& yo 5 #t is 'oisonos, is it not5
3ell, if t%e s1in a/sor/e& it, an& if it 'enetrate& t%e s1in, into
t%e /o&y an& /loo& stream, it (ol& not ma1e it less 'oisonos,
(ol& it5
7o say I3%y, # %a4e se& t%ese r//ing c%emicals, sc% as
@ame @en)?ay, Ea'o)./, Giniments, an& all 1in&s of r//ing
materials an& c%emicals, an& %a4e fon& t%at t%ey gi4e me
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relief-I
Do yo notice %o( many times t%at r//ing %as /een se&5 All
t%ese materials s'ecify r//ing- ,%ey &o not say I:st 'or it on,
an& let it set-I
,%ey say .K@ it on, .K@ it in, .K@ ntil it e4a'orates- ,%ey &o
not say, I+or it on, (ait till it a/sor/s, or lea4e it till it
'enetrates-I
>o( (e %a4e t%e tre meaning, an& t%e tre action of all t%ese
Giniments, @en)?ays, etc- #, #* ,H9 .K@@#>? ,HA, H9G+*, an&
&oes t%e tric1, (%ere yo get relief-
@ecase t%e material e4a'orates, &oes not mean it 'enetrates-
,%e r//ing stimlates t%e 4aso)motor, an& /rings /loo& to t%e
'arts an& assists in relie4ing t%e congestion in t%e area-
3it%ot t%e r//ing all t%e 'atent a''lications e4er ma&e (ol&
&o no goo&- ,%s, my frien&s, anot%er trt% is Iot-I

BROMO >U7&7&E
(?ro4e Ga/oratories)
,%e correct name for a col& is cory6a, or acte r%initis- #t is an
acte inflammation of t%e nasal ca4ities- ,%is con&ition &oes not
occr o4er nig%t or /y getting yor feet (et or sitting in a &raft-
,%ese s%oc1s only /ring it to a %ea&- ,%e /eginning of it %as
/een many (ee1s or mont%s /efore, /y allo(ing t%e system to
Irn &o(nI an& 'oisons to accmlate in t%e system-
,%e mcos mem/ranes of t%e nose an& t%roat /ecome inflame&
an& s(ollenQ t%en /egin to Irn-I >atre (ill nloa& t%ese /o&y
'oisons at t%e nearest srface mcos mem/rane, t%is /eing
t%at of t%e nose an& t%roat-
,%e ol& saying is IA col& is t%ree &ays coming, an& t%ree &ays
going-I ,%is s%ol& /e a rle- ,o sto' a col& t%e first &ay is &oing
&amage to t%e /o&y /y forcing /ac1 into t%e /o&y t%ese 'oisons
(%ic% >atre (is%es to e8'el-
Goo1 ot for ftre tro/le if yo &o t%is- ,%e nasal 'assages
s%ol& rn freely t%e first 24 to 4H %ors- #f t%is is allo(e& t%en
yor col& (ill clear faster, an& yo (ill 'rotect t%e ot%er organs
of t%e /o&y-
An a&4ertisement of @romo Finine says I*to' a !ol& t%e First
Day- Dri4e #t Ot of 7or *ystem-I 7o (ill not I&ri4e it ot of
yor systemI /y t%is met%o&, /t yo (ill &ri4e it /ac1 in- ,%ey
tell yo it is an Iinternal infection,I (%ic% is correctQ /t t%eir
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Iinternal treatmentI is (rong, as is also t%eir a&4ice-
3%at is @romo 5 #t is @romi&e- #t is a salt of %y&ro/romic aci& "
t%e /romi&es of calcim, iron, ammonim, 'otassim an&
so&im, se& in me&icine- ,%ey allay ner4os e8citement, an&
are em'loye& as se&ati4es-
3%at is a se&ati4e 5 An agent lessening fnctional acti4ity-
3%at is Finine 5 #t acts as a stimlant to t%e ner4os system
casing, in large &oses, cere/ral congestion an& lessening of t%e
refle8es- #t is a slig%t res'iratory stimlant an& a &e'ressant to
t%e circlation- #n large &oses it cases ringing in t%e ears, a
feeling of fllness in t%e %ea&, &i66iness, slig%t &eafness an&
sometimes &istr/ances of 4ision-
,%ese 'ills also contain a &o'e or &e'ressant calle& Acetanili&e-
3it% all t%is going on insi&e of yo, (%at c%ance %as >atre to
t%ro( ot t%e 'oisons5
,(o &o'es an& a stimlator-
A col& is t%e reslt of a con&ition, more flly e8'laine& in t%e
c%a'ter I,%e .ac1et #n !ancer !ontrolI in t%is /oo1- #t is only
secon&ary- @romi&es treat reslts " not con&itions- ,%is ty'e of
It%era'yI is &o/ly &angeros-

-EE&GAGM7&T
(+%armaco, #ncor'orate&)
A Feen)A)$int a& rea&s " I$y Hea&ac%e " ,ire& Feeling "
@anis%e&-I
#t fails to a&& Iso long as # ta1e Feen)a)$int all t%e time-I ,%is of
corse (ol& son& too mc% li1e /siness- ,%e ot%er (ay t%ey
are &oing yo a fa4or, an& some&ay after cring all cases, t%ey
(ill /e force& ot of /siness for (ant of cstomers-
,%ey forget t%at t%ere are a/ot 2,000 la8ati4es an& 'rgati4es
on t%e mar1et, an& all are &oing t%e same t%ing " 'oisoning t%e
&igesti4e tract-
@t %o( &o t%ey 1no(, or yo 1no(, t%at It%at %ea&ac%eI yo
are sffering from comes from consti'ation5 ,%ere are
%ea&ac%es t%at come from li4er, 1i&ney, ner4osness, eyestrain,
sins, stomac%, toot% an& ear con&itions, etc- *o t%ey tell yo to
'rge t%e /o(els to cre t%em-
>o( t%ey start story telling on t%e ot%er com'anies to sell yo
t%eir 'ro&ct- ,%ey say<
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I- - - %ars% 'all)at)once' cat%artics (ill %a4e to goI an& Ino
cram's, no gri'ing, no /a& after)effects-I

*o e4ery/o&y is (rong e8ce't Feen)a)$int- # (on&er (%at t%e
ot%er fello( says a/ot Feen)a)$int- ,%is is t%e (ay (e get t%e
trt%-
@t Feen)a)$int forgets t%at t%ey se '%enol in t%eir I&eliciosI
gm, t%s (e %a4e t%e first 'art of t%eir tra&e name IF99>-I
,%en t%ey a&& a little mint to 1ill t%e fla4or, t%s (e %a4e a
'%enol)an&)mint, or Feen)a)$int-
An& +%enol, # /elie4e, t%e c%emist (ill a&mit is a 'oison an& an
irritant-
An& in t%e en&, Feen)a)$int tells yo I%o( t%e c%il&ren lo4e it-I
3%et%er or not c%il&ren lo4e it may /e a moot Jestion, /t
t%ere is no Jestion a/ot t%e %arm it (ill &o to a c%il&'s insi&es-
A c%il& cannot stan& c%emicals in its little system any more t%an
an a&lt can, an& in fact G9**- # %a4e seen little /o&ies torn
&o(n /y t%e contine& se of la8ati4es in c%il&ren-
$any stomac%, /o(el an& li4er con&itions %a4e /een case& /y
la8ati4e irritants- Do not forget- ,o mo4e t%e /o(els (it% a
c%emical, it %as to /e an irritantQ an& to /e an irritant, it %as to
/e a 'oison to t%e /o&y-
#t is %ar& to tell (%ic%, if eit%er, is (orse on t%e &elicate
mem/rane of t%e intestines " saline 'ro&cts or t%e c%emical
ty'e in (%ic% category Feen)a)$int stan&s- *alt irritates t%e
mcos lining of t%e /o(els, casing it to floo& secretions an&
t%s &raining mc% nee&e& liJi&s from ot%er 'arts of t%e /o&y-
Feen)a)$int is mostly c%emical (%ic% %as a ten&ency to
'ermanently in;re t%e &elicate 'arts of t%e %man system-
+%enol is ;st anot%er name for car/olic aci&- +eo'le often gl'
&o(n ra( car/olic aci& to commit sici&e- ,%is is a sre (ay
/ecase it Jic1ly eats an& &estroys t%e lining an& often t%e (all
of t%e stomac%-

EO&DO&'S &ASA8 LE88Y
(Aon&on $anfactring !o-)
:st anot%er 4ersion of t%e ol& story " &amming ' an& 1ee'ing
in t%e /o&y 'oisons (%ic% >atre is trying to get ri& of- Aon&on's
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>asal :elly is sai& to sto' t%e nose from rnning, (%en it s%ol&
rn for at least 4H %ors if >atre %as %er (ay- ,%e $ent%ol an&
@alsam in t%e 'ro&ct are soot%ers " goo& in t%eir (ay, /t t%e
sto''ing of t%e &isc%arge, /efore >atre %as cleane& t%e to8ins
ot of t%e system, is criminal-

3ARTER'S 87TT8E 87JER $788S
(!arter +ro&cts, #nc-)
7or gran&'arents " may/e yor 'arents " col&n't ta1e a tri'
B0 miles from t%eir %ome (it%ot seeing li4i& re& a&4ertisements
of !arter's Gittle Gi4er +ills 'ainte& on nmeros /arns an&
ot%oses- ,%is case& a foreigner on a 4isit %ere to o'ine t%at
t%e American 'eo'le mst /e t%e most consti'ate& in t%e (orl&-
!arter's a&4ertising material claims to cre all t%e ills of yor
li4er /y (a1ing ' Iyor li4er /ile-I @t it isn't t%at sim'le- Again
t%eir a&4ertisements (ill say IGa8ati4es are only ma1es%ifts-I
,%is is t%e most trt%fl 'art of t%e a&-
!arter's Gittle Gi4er +ills (ill not sol4e t%e 'ro/lem of li4er
con&itions, (%ic% are sally case& /y eating foo&s t%at are too
ric% for t%e se&entary %a/its of t%e eater- ,%ey (ol&n't cre
t%em e4en if !arter's 'ills (ere @ig-
For t%ey, too, are only ma1es%ifts-

TUMS
,rns' a&4ertising (riter tells yo it is I,%e *mart ,%ing to DoI
" to ta1e ,rns- ,%en %e tells yo stories on t%e ot%er fello(
(%o is selling al1alines, /ecase I'%ysicians %a4e long (arne&
may ma1e t%e ten&ency to(ar& aci& in&igestion-I
,%e %ar&est t%ing in rea&ing t%ese a&4ertisements is trying to
fin& (%o is t%e /iggest liar- 3ol& yor me&ical &octor gi4e yo
a 'rescri'tion for yor stomac% ailment, an& t%en tell yo to go
%ome, an& eat all t%e fancy an& ric% foo&s yo (is% an& e8'ect
to cre yo of yor stomac% ailment5 7o lag% at sc% a
statement, /t t%at is ;st (%at yo are &oing an& ot%ers are
&oing (%en t%ey ta1e ,ms-

BE88GA&S
,%e ne8t (ell a&4ertise& organ is t%e stomac%- ,%is 'oor organ
ta1es t%e loa& of e4eryt%ing- ,%e foo&s yo eat, (%et%er goo& or
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/a&, t%en on to' of t%at all 1in&s of me&icines an& nostrms t%at
it can stan&- 3e (on&er many times %o( it e4er stan&s t%e
treatment t%at it &oes not &eser4e-
>o( t%ese fello(s come along an& tell yo %o( to loa& it '
more, an& %e (ill sell yo somet%ing so t%at Iyo can get a(ay
(it%-I He &oes not tell yo %o( to correct yor stomac% ailment,
for %e &oes not 1no(, /t %e tells yo %o( yo can eat ric% 'ie
an& gra4y, t%en anti&ote it, an& to %ell (it% t%e stomac%-
,%is is li1e t%e stra( t%at /ro1e t%e camel's /ac1, somet%ing
e4entally %as got to go an& it is generally yor stomac%-

EM 8AM
98)Ga8 is t%e most conser4ati4e of t%e gro'- ,%ey gi4e yo a
little goo& a&4ice- Frt%er t%ey say I#f yo nee& %el' in 1ee'ing
yor /o(els o'en-I ,%ey are not telling yo to contine to ta1e it
rig%t along as t%e ot%ers %a4e &one, or le& yo to /elie4e-
98)Ga8 li1e all ot%er la8ati4es contains '%enol'%t%alein- ,%is is
'%enol an& '%t%alic aci&- +%enol is anot%er name for car/olic
aci&-
>o( yo %a4e t%e tre story (%y la8ati4es &o yo %arm- An& of
(%y t%ere is so mc% cancer of t%e stomac%, /o(els an& li4er-
,%at's (%y # say t%at t%ey s%ol& only /e se& as emergencies-

3URES -OR OBES7TY
,%ere are many cres on t%e mar1et for o/esity, or e8cess fat-
98cess fat is n&esira/le on t%e %man frame for more t%an one
reason-
,%e most im'ortant is t%at it s%ortens t%e life /y ma1ing &o/le
(or1 for t%e %eart, an& t%at it slo(s ' '%ysical an& mental
'rocesses- ,%is natrally, is t%e last one t%ose (%o ta1e o/esity
cres care a/ot-
98cess fat on (omen ten&s to &etract from t%eir attracti4eness
to t%e male se8 an& from t%e en4y of t%eir sisters- ,%erefore,
t%at is t%e F#.*, !O>*#D9.A,#O> of t%ose (%o see1 o/esity
cres an& t%e strongest reason (%y t%ey ris1 t%eir li4es to ta1e
t%em-
,%ere are t(o (ays of getting ri& of fat " t%e easy (or s%ort)
(ay an& t%e %ar& (ay- $ost 'eo'le ta1e t%e easy (ay, e4en t%o
it is &angeros to t%e %ealt%-
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,%e %ar& (ay is &ieting an& e8ercise, rational li4ing an&
o/e&ience to t%e la(s of natre- ,%is isn't as easy as it son&s,
es'ecially (%en one %as &e4elo'e& a synt%etic a''etite for ric%
fattening foo&s an& natral foo&s are mc% %ar&er to get-
,%e easy (an& Jic1) (ay is /y t%e c%emical an& &rg rote-
,%is is also an easy (ay to t%e n&erta1er's or t%e cemetery, /t
fe( 'eo'le (%o (ant to re&ce Jic1ly /ot%er a/ot loo1ing into
t%is featre- >eit%er &o t%ey seem to reali6e t%at catering to
t%eir nnatral &esire %as &e4elo'e& into a 'rofita/le rac1et-
>ot only &o # con&emn a&4ertise& 'ac1age& o/esity IcresI /t #
con&emn 'rescri'tions for &rgs for t%is 'r'ose gi4en /y
registere& '%ysicians- 7o can't ot(it >atre " yo can't Iget
aron&I >atre (it%ot 'aying &early for it- ,%e ignorant
me&ical &octor is ;st as &angeros as t%e 'ac1age& me&icine
salesman or 4en&or-
Get me Jote from a (ell 1no(n me&ical maga6ine 1no(n as
IA$9.#!A> $9D#!#>9-I Get any me&ical &octor lag% t%is off-
,%e ol& e8'ression I3%ile (e are trying to cre one &isease (e
are casing anot%erI s%ol& /e t%eir slogan-

3O8D TAB8ETS A&D JA337&ES
#n recent mont%s a floo& of Icol& cresI %a4e come on t%e
mar1et an& %a4e /een %ea4ily a&4ertise& in or &aily
ne(s'a'ers- $ost of t%e material claims in t%ese a&4ertisements
%a4e /een otrig%t false, yet t%ere %as /een no effort /y t%e F-
L D- A- to cr/ t%is false a&4ertising-
,%e .eason< $ost of t%ese concoctions are ma&e an& sol& /y
nits of t%e .oc1efeller Drg ,rst-
,%e a''arent effect of all are /ase& on t%e same 'rinci'le " t%e
&amming ' insi&e t%e /o&y of t%e to8ins (%ic% natre is
see1ing to eliminate- ,%e ine4ita/le &anger is t%at (%en more
to8ins are a&&e&, natre later (ill case a more serios
con&ition in its eliminati4e efforts-
,%e &ifference /et(een 'ills an& 4accines is t%at t%e 'ills merely
&am ' t%e to8insQ t%e 4accines not only &am t%e to8ins ' /t
a&& enormosly to t%e to8in loa&, often &estroying 1i&ney cells
an& casing serios %eart con&itions-
$any a&4ertisements refer to t%eir &ea&ly concoctions as
Imiracle &rgsI an& I(on&er &rgs-I ,%is is- goo& sc1er /ait,
/t t%e (on&er is t%at t%e 'atient sr4i4es many of t%ese
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Itreatments-I Often it really is a miracle-
,%ere are as many names for t%ese &angeros &oses as t%ese
are '%armacetical %oses ma1ing t%em- All are /ase& on t%e
&rg Histamine (%ic% loc1s ' t%e 'oisons in t%e /o&y an&
're4ents elimination t%rog% t%e mcos mem/rane of t%e nasal
'assages-
*ince a col& is case& /y (%at yo eat an& &o not 'ro'erly
eliminate (as yo %a4e alrea&y note& on +age DH) any fool
1no(s t%at t%e (ay to cre a col& is to ri& t%e /o&y of its
accmlate& to8ins- An& t%at loc1ing t%ese to8ins ' isn't ri&&ing
t%e /o&y of t%em-
Histamine %as /een se& /y t%e me&ical 'rofession for years an&
is 1no(n as a &angeros &rg to se- #ts effects are similar to
t%ose of Jinine- 7o /ecome &i66y- 7o stagger- 7or min&
/ecomes &ll- 7or /o&y refle8es slo( &o(n- ,%e o4erstimlate&
/loo&stream affects %eart action- An& t%e re)&amming ' of t%e
to8ins in t%e /o&y affects t%e entire system-

3ha,ter / Serum $uli;ity
IDoctors can't e8'lain %o( 're4ention is /rog%t a/ot /y
4accines an& serms- ,%ey are not content to 4accinate
'eo'le (%o come to t%em, /t t%ey as1 t%e states to 'ass
la(s to com'el e4ery/o&y to /e 4accinate&- # mig%t as (ell
as1 t%e state to 'ass a la( to com'el t%e 'eo'le to %ire me
to try t%eir la( cases-I
" !larence Darro(-
#n t%e year 194B t%e larger serm com'anies of t%e Knite&
*tates re'te&ly ma&e net 'rofits of somet%ing li1e
$14=,000,000- ,%ese are t%e figres (%ic% ,.K,H ,9GG9.
$aga6ine Jote& from >93*)399A $aga6ine-
>93*)399A og%t to 1no(- #t is a .oc1efeller)o(ne&,
.oc1efeller)controlle&, .oc1efeller)&ominate& an& .oc1efeller)
e&ite& ne(s (ee1ly- #t (as lanc%e& /y t%e Hose of .oc1efeller
in 19=4 as a ri4al to an& 'ossi/le anti&ote for ,#$9, t%en o(ne&
/y t%e Hose of $organ-
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3%en :- +- $organ (t%e Gast) &ie& %is financial em'ire (ent into
an ecli'se- ,%e .oc1efellers too1 o4er ,#$9 /o&ily an& /ilt t%em
a %ge ornate office /il&ing in .oc1efeller !enter- #t is 1no(n
as ,ime)Gife)Fortne @il&ing- ,%e fi4e main stoc1%ol&ers of
,ime, #nc-, are &irectors of .oc1efeller)controlle& /an1s- A si8t%
is #r4ing ,rst !om'any- Henry Gce (t%e &mmy e&itor)in)c%ief)
is /t a 4ery minor stoc1%ol&er an& stooge I&irectorI-
$a1ing serms an& 4accines is t%erefore a serios t%ing for t%e
'eo'le (%o are ma1ing sc% 'rofits ot of t%ese &ea&ly
concoctions- *elling t%em is e4en more serios- >ot only &o t%ey
s'en& millions in o'en)an&)a/o4e)/oar& a&4ertising, /t t%ey
resort to %ig% 'o(ere& '/licity sc%emes an& %oa8es to c%isel
ne(s'a'er s'ace, often on t%e front 'ages-
Hig%)'rice& an& %ig%)'o(ere& '/lic relations firms are
em'loye& flltime for t%ese c%ores- #t is a (ell 1no(n fact t%at
many 'eo'le /elie4e (%at t%ey rea& in t%e ne(s colmns of
ne(s'a'ers, t%o fe( 'ay any attention to e&itorials- >ot all
'eo'le 1no( t%at only B0 P of or nation's Ine(sI is
trst(ort%y-
,%ere %a4e /een se4eral '/licity stnts for t%e sale of serms
(%ic% stan& ot in t%e %istory of t%e '/lic relations 'rofession-
,%e one (%ic% &re( most %ea&lines, an& t%e most lineage for
t%e '/lic relations actaries to /rag a/ot, (as t%e famos
>ome (Alas1a) &ogsle& '/licity stnt- ,%e free a&4ertising
&i'%t%eria anti)to8in got from t%is one single '/licity stnt
col&n't %a4e /een 'rc%ase& for $10,000,000-
,%e Drg ,rst re'resentati4e in >ome sccee&e& in 'tting on
t%e telegra'% (ires t%e yarn t%at t%ere (as an e'i&emic of
&i'%t%eria in t%at fro6en mnici'ality- An&, %orrors, t%ere (as no
serm to sa4e t%e li4es of t%e rest of t%e city's =,49B
in%a/itants-
A''arently t%e Drg ,rst %a& careflly 'lanne& t%is 'ress agent
stnt- A &og team (as in (aiting at *eattle, a fe( /ottles of
serm loa&e&, an& a single &ri4er (as rea&y to ms% t%e %s1ies
on to >ome- ,%e lea& &og (as gi4en t%e name of I@alto,I one
t%at fitte& rea&ily into ne(s'a'er %ea&lines- ,o t%e
accom'animent of ne(s)'%otogra'%ers' flas% 'ans, t%e one)
team cara4an starte&-
,%en t%e 'ress agents (ent to (or1- Daily an& %orly /lletins of
t%e allege& 'rogress of t%e &og team (ere fe& to t%e 'ress
associations " t%og% no one e4er e8'laine& %o( t%e Drg ,rst
'ress agents 1ne( so accrately t%e location of t%e &og team in
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t%e sno(y (astes %or /y %or an& minte /y minte- #n fact,
t%e 'ress associations &i&n't e4en as1-
>e(s'a'er e&itors, not 1no(ing of t%e %oa8 t%at (as /eing
'er'etrate& 'on t%em an& t%eir rea&ers, ga4e t%ese ins'ire&
/lletins /anner s'ace on t%eir first 'ages- @efore t%e sle& team
got to >ome, t%e &og I@altoI (as America's %ero-
,%e (%ole contry 'raye& t%at I@altoI an& %is corageos &m/
colleages (ol& reac% >ome in time to sa4e t%ose =,49B
corageos 9s1imos an& (%ite men from c%o1ing to &eat% from
&rea& &i'%t%eria- $inisters of t%e gos'el t%rog%ot t%e lan&
%el'e& t%is %oa8 along /y %a4ing t%eir congregations 'ray t%at
t%e strengt% of t%ese &m/ /rtes (ol& %ol& ot ntil I>ome
(as sa4e&-I #t (as a great 'ress agent yarn " one of t%e
greatest in t%e %istory of 'ress agentry-
3%en t%e &og team got to >ome it (as fon& t%at only fi4e
'ersons of =,49B %a& &i'%t%eria " or e4en (%at (as &iagnose&
as &i'%t%eria- ,o carry t%is %oa8 to almost nimagina/le %eig%ts
t%e Drg ,rst 'ro'agan&a firm 'ai& for an& erecte& in !entral
+ar1, >e( 7or1 !ity, an o4ersi6e& state of t%e myt%ical &og
I@alto-I
3it% solemn ceremonies, conni4e& (it% an& con&one& /y t%e
city fat%ers of ?ot%am, t%is state (as gi4en an In4eilingI on
Decem/er 1C, 192B- ,%e >e( 7or1 ne(s'a'ers 'laye& it to t%e
limit, t%s selling many
more t%osan&s of &ollars (ort% of %orse 's for t%e serm
com'anies-
,%is 'ress agentry &i&n't sto' t%ere- $orris Fis%/ein, t%e Drg
,rst's a/le stooge in c%arge of t%e American $e&ical
Association, 1e't t%e 'ro'agan&a going- Accor&ing to %im<

I,%e &e4elo'ment of t%e &i'%t%eria inci&ent in >ome
/rog%t a floo& of inJiries from sc% 'a'ers as t%e
Aansas !ity *tar, t%e Detroit >e(s, t%e Associate& +ress
an& ot%ers -- - O''ortnity (as t%s gi4en for t%e
&issemination of a 4ast amont of information regar&ing
&i'%t%eria anti)to8in, its se, an& general 1no(le&ge of t%e
manner in (%ic% scientific me&icine (or1s in t%e control of
e'i&emics-I

>e8t in magnit&e to t%e >ome Hoa8, in t%e /rilliant annals of
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t%e '/lic relations fiel& (rac1et &i4ision), (as t%e &eat% of Floy&
@ennett, one of America's %allo(e& 'ioneer trans)oceanic fliers-
Floy& @ennett, %is system loa&e& (it% to8ins " 'ro/a/ly as t%e
reslt of too many nig%ts on t%e /anJet circit (%ic% is one of
t%e 'enalties of /eing famos " contracte& 'nemonia (%ile
trying to resce a ?erman)#ris% flying team (%ic% %a& /een
force& &o(n in t%e frigi& (astes of >e( Fon&lan&-
,%e Drg ,rst 'ress agents 'ersa&e& !%arles Gin&/erg%, t%en
at t%e %eig%t of %is 'o'larity as t%e Gone 9agle (%o first fle(
t%e Atlantic single)%an&e& non)sto', to fly to t%e stric1en
@ennett an& carry se4eral (%ite mice an& some 'nemonia
serm- ,%e (%ite mice, of corse, (ere ta1en along to a&& to
t%e /e&a66lement of ne(s'a'er e&itors an& rea&ers in t%e
'/licity s'lrge-
,%e flying air'lane too1 /t a s%ort timeQ %ence t%is stnt
col&n't ma1e t%e %ea&lines for &ays as t%e slo(er mo4ing
&ogsle& to >ome &i&- Gin&y ma&e %is ;orney in ;ig time /t t%e
serm (as as ineffecti4e as any ot%er serm " Floy& @ennett
&ie&-
,%en t%e +ro4incial *ecretary of !ana&a, t%e Honora/le G- A-
Da4i&, castically score& t%ose (%o (ere res'onsi/le for t%e
'/licity stnt- He a/sol4e& Gin&/erg% from any com'licity an&
commen&e& %im %ig%ly for %is moti4es-
@t, t%e +ro4incial *ecretary sai&, t%e flying of serm from t%e
Knite& *tates (as totally nnecessary, for t%e Dominion of
!ana&a %a& 'lenty of serm of %er o(n- He sai& t%ere (as a
general feeling in !ana&a t%at a&4antage %a& /een ta1en of a
tragic sitation n&er gise of c%arity an& t%at $r- Gin&/erg% %a&
/een rt%lessly se& as an a&4ertising me&im-
@ringing t%e s/;ect &o(n almost to &ate t%e ra(est '/licity
stnt 'lle& /y '/lic relations firms for t%e /iologicals
manfactring /siness (as in >e( 7or1 !ity in Fe/rary an&
$arc% of 194D-
On Fe/rary 2B 9gene Ge@ar, a $e8ico !ity im'orter too1 a /s
to >e( 7or1 !ity- On $arc% 10t% %e &ie& in one of t%e city
%os'itals- ,%e &iagnosis (as I%emorr%agic /ronc%itis-I
*ome(%ere /et(een t%at &ate an& A'ril 10t% t%e .oc1efeller
'/lic relations firm, recently assigne& to t%e American $e&ical
Association /ecase t%e '(ar& s'iral of &rg trst 'rofits
(asn't s'iraling '(ar& fast enog%, %a& a /rilliant i&ea-
*enor Ge@ar, t%ey reasone&, &ring %is long tri' %a& /een in t%e
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same atmos'%ere (it% t%osan&s of 'eo'le from 9l +aso to >e(
7or1- 3%y not &rm ' a small'o8 scare all o4er t%e Knite&
*tates an& ma1e ten million more &ollars filling t%e nation's
/loo& stream (it% co( 's an& %orse filt%-
3it% >e( 7or1's '/licity)lo4ing $ayor, 3illiam O'D(yer, as t%e
s'ear%ea&, t%is is e8actly (%at t%ey &i&- ,%e /ronc%itis &iagnosis
(as c%ange& to one of small'o8 =0 &ays after *enor Ge@ar's
&emise- $ayor O'D(yer or&ere& e4eryone in >e( 7or1
4accinate&, alt%og% %e %a& no more 'o(er to &o t%is t%an
$a%atma ?an&%i %a&-
,%e Associate& +ress 't t%e story on its (ires in a /ig (ay, its
IscienceI e&itor going allot to e8'loit t%is latest in Iscience-I Of
corse, t%at &i&n't ma1e A+ Director Art%r Hays *l6/erger of
t%e .oc1efeller fon&ation ma& (it% %is e&itors-
All t%e &o'es an& &'es in >e( 7or1 forme& long lines in front of
e4ery 'olice station an& e4ery &octor's office an& %a& fi4e years
lo''e& off t%e ot%er en& of t%eir li4es- >e(s'a'ers an& %ealt%
&e'artments all o4er t%e contry, follo(ing t%e O'D(yer '/licity
s'rea& t%e serm %oa8, an& e8%orte& t%eir o(n &'es to Iget
4accinate&-I ,%osan&s 'on t%osan&s of t%em &i&-
One '/lic relations firm for t%e &rg trst 'lante& a fa1e story
t%at +resi&ent ,rman %a& %imself 4accinate& /efore coming to
>e( 7or1 to a&&ress a ne(s'a'er con4ention- Alt%o t%is (as
&enie& /y t%e 3%ite Hose t%e &enial, as sal, ne4er cag%t '
(it% t%e lie-
,%e 'olice station 4accinations cost t%e ta8'ayers of >e( 7or1
!ity $HB0,000 an& t%ose (%o (ent to 'ri4ate &octors e4en more-
,%e Drg ,rst n&o/te&ly a&&e& ten to fifteen million &ollars
to its 194D 'rofits-
,%e Jestion of (%et%er or not serms, 4accines, antito8ins an&
/iologicals really 're4ent anyt%ing is not merely an isse
/et(een t%e &rgless an& t%e &rg)&is'ensing clts of t%e
%ealing arts- *erios &o/t on t%eir efficacy %as /een cast /y
me&ical men t%emsel4es- ,%at t%ey %a4e &one otrig%t an&
&o(nrig%t %arm on many occasions cannot /e &enie&-
:- H- ,il&en, $- D-, of Den4er %a& t%is 'articlar em'iricism of
%is 'rofession in min& (%en %e sai&<

I,%e science of me&icine is niJe in one t%ing, if not in
anyt%ing else- ,%at is t%at it %as sccee&e& in fooling t%ose (%o
'ractice it- #n t%is is t%e 'o(er of continity- $e&ical science of
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to&ay is a cree&- @elie4ing in its &ogmas is of more im'ortance
t%an to st&y an& fin& ot (%et%er t%ey are tre or not- #t is
easier to get t%e mental foo& 're'are& an&, if 'ossi/le,
're&igeste& /y t%e at%orities t%an to form yor o(n o'inion /y
%ar& st&y-I

3%en one forgets t%e &ogmas, an& t%e at%orities, an& loo1s in
t%e face t%e &o(nrig%t facts of 4accination " (%ere it %as /een
'erforme& on a (%olesale /asis " one gets t%e i&ea t%at Dr-
,il&en, an& ot%ers (%o refse to acce't (it%ot in4estigation t%e
t%eory of Iimmni6ationI /y infection, %a4e somet%ing t%ere-
#t is a matter of fact t%at small'o8 (as little 1no(n in t%e
Ha(aiian #slan&s ntil !a't- !oo1 &isco4ere& t%em in t%e name
of t%e @ritis% !ro(n an& &octors of t%e Aing's $e&ical *ociety
/egan to 4accinate e4ery little /ro(n man t%ere t%ey col&
catc%- *mall'o8 %as come into its o(n in Ha(aii e4er since,
accor&ing to t%e recor&s-
A (orse sitation e8iste& in t%e +%ili''ines- 3%en A&miral
De(ey &ro4e t%e *'aniar&s ot of t%e +- #-'s in 1H9H, an& (%en
t(o years later ?en- Fnston %a& ron&e& ' Aginil&o an& %is
little /an& of 'rotesting 'atriots, t%e Army me&icos (ere sent to
t%e #slan&s (it% instrctions to 4accinate e4ery little /ro(n man
t%ey col& catc%- #t meant %ge 'rofits to American
'%armacetical %oses-
*o (%at %a''ene& 5 94ery little /ro(n man t%ey col& catc% (as
4accinate& an& insi&e of t%ree years small'o8 %a& increase&
tenfol& in t%e +%ili''ine #slan&s- # Jote from 3illiam Ho(ar&
Hay, $- D-, (%o nee&s no intro&ction to t%e me&ical or &rgless
'rofessions<

I,%e tre figres on 4accination for small'o8 %a4e ne4er got
/efore t%e '/lic, t%og% t%ey can /e seen in t%e files of t%e
4arios &e'artments of t%e army as (ell as t%e go4ernment, if
one cares to as1 for t%em- #f t%e recor& of 4accination in t%e
+%ili''ines alone (ere e4er to /ecome matter of general
1no(le&ge it (ol& finis% 4accination in t%e (%ole contry, at
least among t%ose (%o are a/le to rea& an& t%in1 for
t%emsel4es-

IAfter t%ree years of t%e most rigi& 4accination, (%en almost
e4ery little /ro(n man %a& /een 4accinate& from one to si8
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times, t%ere occrre& t%e se4erest e'i&emic of small'o8 t%at t%e
islan&s %a& e4er seen, (it% a &eat% rate rnning in 'laces to
almost se4enty 'er cent, an& in all (ell o4er si8ty t%osan&
&eat%s- Di& yo e4er 1no( t%is /efore5 Assre&ly not-
I7et it is fon& in t%e go4ernment recor&s in ;st t%is form-
$anila an& t%e srron&ing 'ro4ince (ere 4accinate& most
t%orog%ly, also t%ey s%o(e& t%e %ig%est case recor& an& &eat%
recor& of t%e (%ole arc%i'elago, (%ile some of t%e otlying
contry (as not so t%orog%ly 4accinate& an& esca'e& (it%
'ro'ortionately less &isease-I

#n c%ec1ing Dr- Hay's figres # (ent to t%e Army $e&ical Gi/rary
in 3as%ington- # fon& t%at t%e reglar annal re'ort on
+%ili''ine Healt%, (it% facts an& figres a/ot e4ery &isease an&
t%e acti4ities of American %ealt% at%orities in t%e #slan&s, for
t%e years 1H99,1900, 1901 an& 1902 %a& /een remo4e& from
t%e files an& stac1s of t%e *rgeon ?eneral's Gi/rary-
,%e cler1 in c%arge trie& to /e %el'fl- He, too, (as '66le& at
t%e missing 4olmes- After /ot% of s s'ent %alf a &ay ftiley
trying to fin& t%em, n&er t%e 'resm'tion t%at t%ey mig%t %a4e
/een misfile&, (e %a& to gi4e '- @t it (as o/4ios to me t%at
t%is looting of '/lic recor&s %a& /een 'er'etrate& to 're4ent
anyone from Joting 4er/atim from t%em to s''ort Dr- Hay's
statement-
# am tol& t%at t%e missing 4olmes also re4eale& t%at CD4 of or
4accinate& sol&iers in t%e +%ili''ines in t%e for years en&ing in
1901 contracte& small'o8 an& 249 &ie&- IDoes 4accination
're4ent small'o85I &i&n't seem to /e a $C4 Jestion t%ere- #n
fact, it (as no Jestion at all-
3e %a4e some later statistics on t%e +%ili''ine *mall'o8 Front-
#n t%e years 191H, 1919 an& 1920 " after 20 years of
com'lsory 4accination " t%e greatest small'o8 e'i&emic in
+%ili''ine %istory occrre&, (it% 1C2,B0= cases an& D1,4B=
&eat%s-
#n t%e 'ro4ince of .i6al, (%ic% srron&s $anila (%ere t%e
re'resentati4es of t%e 4accine com'anies %a& %ea&Jarters,
t%ey %a& a &eat% rate of CD-24 'er 100- ,%is (as t%ree an& a
%alf times t%e &eat% rate s%o(n in any 'art of t%e arc%i'elago
/efore 4accination came to t%e +%ili''ines-
@ro1en &o(n for 191H t%e re'ort s%o(s t%at =,2HB,=DC Fili'inos
(ere 4accinate&, 4D,=C9 came &o(n (it% small'o8, 1C,4DD &ie&-
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#n 1919 t%ey more t%an &o/le& eac% o'eration (%ic% (ol&
seem to 'ro4e t%is 'oint- ,%e nm/er of 4accinations totalle&
D,CD0,2B2, t%e nm/er of cases of small'o8 CB,1H0 an& t%e
nm/er of &eat%s 44,40H-
# feel constraine& to Jote /riefly one &rgless at%ority, Dr-
Harry .- @y/ee, of >orfol1, Ea-, 'resi&ent of t%e >ational
!%iro'ractic Association an& a man &istingis%e& in t%e science
(%ic% %e 'ractices- *'ea1ing of 4accination %e sai&<

I$y %onest o'inion is t%at 4accination is t%e case of more
&isease an& sffering t%an anyt%ing # col& name- # /elie4e t%at
sc% &iseases as cancer, sy'%ilis, ol& sores an& many ot%er
&isease con&itions are t%e &irect reslts of 4accination- 7et, in
t%e state of Eirginia an& many ot%er states, 'arents are
com'elle& to s/mit t%eir c%il&ren to t%is 'roce&re (%ile t%e
me&ical 'rofession not only recei4es its 'ay for t%is n(ante&
ser4ice, /t ma1es s'len&i& an& 'rofita/le 'atients for t%e
ftre-I

#t (ill /e note& t%at t%is &rgless 4ie( of 4accination is
conser4ati4e com'are& (it% t%e 4ie(s of many me&ical &octors-
Dr- @y/ee, for instance, is mc% more restraine& in %is general
&iagnosis t%an Dr- Her/ert *no(, for many years t%e senior
srgeon of t%e !ancer Hos'ital in Gon&on, (%o sai&<
IOf recent years many men an& (omen in t%e 'rime of life %a4e
&ro''e& &ea& s&&enly, often after atten&ing a (e&&ing feast or
/anJet-
I# am con4ince& t%at some H0P of t%ese &eat%s are case& /y
t%e inoclations or 4accinations t%ey %a4e n&ergone- ,%ese are
(ell 1no(n to case gra4e an& 'ermanent &isease to t%e %eart-
,%e coroner al(ays %s%es it ' (it% '>atral !ases'-I
Dr- 3- @- !lar1e of #n&iana'olis (as e4en more 'ositi4e (%en %e
sai&<
I!ancer (as 'ractically n1no(n ntil co('o8 4accination /egan
to /e intro&ce&- # %a4e %a& to &o (it% at least 200 cases of
cancer, an& # ne4er sa( a case of cancer in an n4accinate&
'erson-I
Dr- :- $- +ee/les of *an Diego, at t%e trn of t%e centry, ma&e
as t%orog% a scientific in4estigation of 4accination as col& /e
ma&e- He (as so im'resse& (it% t%e fallacies (%ic% %a4e /een
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s'rea& far an& (i&e /y t%e '%armacetical manfactrers t%at
%e (rote a /oo1 on t%e s/;ect- Among %is reftacios fin&ings
(ere<
I,%e 4accination 'ractice, 's%e& to t%e front on all occasions /y
t%e me&ical 'rofession an& t%rog% 'olitical conni4ance ma&e
com'lsory /y t%e state, %as not only /ecome t%e c%ief menace
an& greatest &anger to t%e %ealt% of t%e rising generation, /t
li1e(ise t%e cro(ning otrage 'on t%e 'ersonal li/erty of t%e
American citi6en-
I,%e fee)%nting &octors are incessantly %on&ing t%e
legislatres for more stringent com'lsory enactments, /y (%ic%
t%ey (ill /e ena/le& to inflict an& re'eat t%is &egra&ing rite 'on
&efenseless 'eo'le for t%e en%ancement of t%eir re4enes-
I!om'lsory 4accination, 'oisoning t%e crimson crrents of t%e
%man system (it% /rte)e8tracte& lym'% n&er t%e strange
infatation t%at it (ol& 're4ent small'o8, (as one of t%e
&ar1est /lots t%at &isfigre& t%e last centry-
I,%e ma;ority of &octors are /e%in& t%e times- ,%ey may %a4e
&i'lomas, /t t%ey are laggar&s- ,%ey are not st&ents- $any of
t%em 'refer t%e golf corse to t%e 'ost gra&ate corse, t%e
cl/room to t%e me&ical la/oratory, t%e cigar to t%e clinic
I#t is a&mitte& t%at 're4ention is 'refera/le to cre- An& t%ere is
not an intelligent me&ical 'ractitioner in t%e lan& (%o (ill
nJalifie&ly ris1 %is re'tation 'on t%e statement t%at
4accination is a 'ositi4e 're4ention of small'o8- Eolmes of
statistics, as (ell as t%e %ig%est me&ical science in t%e Knite&
*tates, !ana&a, 9nglan& an& t%e !ontinent (ol& /e &irectly
against %im-
I,%e most t%at any '%ysician of goo& stan&ing no( conten&s is
t%at 4accination mo&ifies t%e &isease- ,%is is stotly &enie&- On
t%e contrary it aggra4ates t%e &isease as t%ere are t(o 'oisons
no( in t%e system instea& of one for natre to conten& against-
I#t is sanitation, &iet, 're air, calmness of min&, confi&ence an&
cleanliness t%at mo&ify t%e small'o8- All of t%ese mo&ifiers are
infinitely c%ea'er, safer an& in e4ery (ay 'refera/le to co('o8
'oison (%ic%, if it &oes not 1ill, often mar1s, maims an& so(s
t%e see&s of ftre ec6ema, tmors, lcers, car/ncles, cancer
an& le'rosy-
I3e %a4e at or comman& testimonies " scores of testimonies
" 'ro4ing /eyon& any 'ossi/le &o/t t%at men n4accinate&
%a4e nrse& small'o8 'atients in %os'itals at &ifferent times, for
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years, an& ne4er too1 t%e &isease- On t%e ot%er %an& (e %a4e,
(it% &ates an& figres, t%e most 'ositi4e 'roof t%at t%ose (%o
%a4e /een 4accinate& " 4accinate& t(o an& t%ree times " too1
t%e &isease (%en e8'ose& an& &ie& t%erefrom- ,%ese facts are
n&enia/le-I
A- $- .oss, $- D-, seems to %a4e smme& ' /riefly, sccinctly
an& nans(era/ly (/y t%e 4accine manfactrers an& 4en&ors)
t%e case of small'o8, (%ic% s%o(s t%at a&&ing fel to flames
(ill not 't ot t%e fire- Dr- .oss sai&<
I3%ere4er t%e streets are narro(, t%e lanes an& corts filt%yQ
(%ere cess'its a/on& an& filt% is allo(e& to accmlate an&
fermentQ (%ere t%e (ea1, intem'erate an& nclean congregate
toget%er, an& (%ere t%e c%il&ren are ill)fe& an& /a&ly clot%e& "
t%ere small'o8 ma1es its %ome an& riots in filt% an& &eat%-I

,%e small'o8 an& //onic 'lage e'i&emics in 9nglan& sto''e&
(%en sc% con&itions (ere cleane& '- An& t%ese e'i&emics &i&
not sto' ntil t%en-
,%e 9ncyclo'e&ia @ritannica lays t%e fairy tale tol& American
troo's of t%e recent 3orl& 3ar, (%o (ere s1e'tical as to t%e
yello( fe4er serm (%ic% lai& so many of t%em lo(- ,%is yarn
(as t%at serm %a& sto''e& all yello( fe4er-
,%e 9ncyclo'e&ia, as it is in most t%ings, (as consi&era/ly more
accrate in t%is matter- #t 'ointe& ot first t%at $a;or 3alter
.ee& of t%e Army $e&ical !or's first I'ro4e& t%e fallacy of Dr-
!arlos Finlay's notion t%at yello( fe4er (as transmitte& /y
fomites in /e&&ing, clot%ing, etc-, of 'atients sffering from
yello( fe4er-I
I*ince t%e &isease (as not ta1en /y animals,I t%e 9ncyclo'e&ia
contines, It%ere (as no met%o& of 'roof e8ce't /y e8'eriments
'on %man /eings- @y a set of e8'eriments, in (%ic% some of
.ee&'s co)(or1ers sacrifice& t%eir li4es, $a;or .ee& 'ro4e& to a
s1e'tical (orl& t%at t%e yello( fe4er 'arasite (as carrie& only /y
t%e mosJito an& t%at its /ite case& t%e &isease only n&er
certain con&itions-

F$ossessed of this .no<ledge( Army sanitary engineers
eradi;ated yello< fe9er from 3ua. 7t has sin;e een
largely eliminated from ;i9iliCed ,ortions of the <orld.F

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Dr- :ose'%son, my me&ical frien& in >e( 7or1 (%o %as &one
mc% researc% into so)calle& immni6ation in connection (it% %is
o(n /oo1s an& (ritings says of 'nemonia serm (in %is /oo1
I$erc%ants #n $e&icineI)<
I#t (as fon& t%at 'nemococcs germs col& /e gro'e& into
for gro's or ty'es- *erms (ere 're'are& for eac% of t%ese
ty'es of germs /y t%eir in;ections into %orses an& ra//its- 3%en
'atients (ere treate& (it% t%em it (as fon& t%at t%ere (as no
material &ifference in t%e &eat% rate as com'are& (it% t%e
ntreate& cases-
I,%og% of 'ractically no 4ale in t%e 're4ention of &eat% from
'nemonia, t%e serm itself may menace t%e %ealt% an& life of
t%e 'atient " as may any ot%er serm- @t t%e researc% (or1ers
in t%e fiel& refse& to a&mit t%e o/4ios failre of t%e anti)
'nemococcs serms-
I,%eir 'osition an& inflence ena/le& t%em to maintain
t%emsel4es as 'at%orities' an& to force t%e acce'tance of t%eir
o/4iosly erroneos 4ie(s- ,%ey create& nmeros 'refinements'
in t%e ty'ing of germs (%ic% 'rogressi4ely increase& t%e nm/er
of ty'es from for to =0-
I,%is ena/le& t%em to 'lace t%e /lame for t%e failre of t%eir
serm on t%e met%o& of ty'ing- ,%e greater nm/er of ty'es
ma&e it more rea&ily 'ossi/le to mani'late t%e reslts o/taine&
in sc% manner as to ma1e t%e serm a''ear a /it more
sccessfl-I
Of %is researc% into t%e actal reslts of serm, allege& to cre,
're4ent or mitigate infantile 'aralysis, %e (rites<
IA flagrant instance (as t%e &eat% of scores of %mans reslting
from t%e a&ministration of so)calle& 'immni6ation serm' in t%e
treatment of 'ersons ss'ecte& of %a4ing infantile 'aralysis in
19=1- ,%is (as a case of &eli/erate ris1 an& sacrifice of %man
life /y e8'erimentation engage& in /y a committee of t%e >e(
7or1 Aca&emy of $e&icine- ,%e committee (as %ea&e& /y t%e
late Dr- Ginsly .- 3illiams (%ose 'osition interloc1e& t%e
Organi6e& $e&icine an& *ocial *er4ice .ac1ets-
IFor (riting an article in !OGG#9.'* $aga6ine, 'certifying' t%at
Fran1lin D- .oose4elt (as '%ysically fit to /e +resi&ent of t%e
Knite& *tates, Dr- 3illiams (as mentione& as a 'ros'ecti4e
*ecretary of Healt% (%ic% 'osition (as to %a4e /een create& for
%im in t%e !a/inet /y ?o4- .oose4elt (%en %e /ecame
+resi&ent- Gi1e so many ot%er .oose4elt 'romises t%is (as
forgotten (%en %e ac%ie4e& t%e state& goal-
The Drug Story Morris A. Bealle on the Rockefeller Drug Trust 1=0 /
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I,%e sale of t%is fa1e cre, an& its atten&ant '/licity ((%ic%
/ac1fire&) (as &esigne& to /il& ' Dr- 3illiams as a national
figre- @t t%e /est at%orities on t%e s/;ect neJi4ocally
con&emne& t%e 'Ginsly' serm on t%e /asis of accmlate& &ata-
,%ey 'rononce& it of Jestiona/le 4ale an& actally in;rios
(%en se& in certain manners-
IAt a %earing /efore t%e @oar& of !ensors of t%e >e( 7or1
!onty $e&ical *ociety on $arc% 11, 19=2, Dr- 3illiams 'lace&
t%e res'onsi/ility for t%e &isastros e8'eriment sJarely on t%e
.oc1efeller #nstitte- He sai& t%e 'st&y' (as ma&e on t%e
'recommen&ation' of for &octors on t%e staff of t%is otfit-I
Of t%e &i'%t%eria /ranc% of t%e Drg ,rst's +rofit Der/y, Dr-
:ose'%son con&emne& t%e *c%ic1 test an& &i'%t%eria to8in, anti)
to8in an& to8oi& as Inot (%olly relia/leI an& often &o(nrig%t
%armfl- He (rites<
I,%e trt% (it% regar& to *c%ic1 test 'immni6ations' (as
&eli/erately s''resse& (%en it (as fon& t%at often t%e
c%il&ren in a family (%o are 'immni6e&' an& s''ose&ly
'rotecte& against t%e &isease sccm/e& to &i'%t%eriaQ (%ereas
c%il&ren (%o %a& not /een ''rotecte&' esca'e& t%e &isease-
I+ro'agan&ists try to claim t%e &ro' in &i'%t%eria some years
ago (as case& /y anti)to8in- ,%is is not t%e case- A carefl
st&y of t%e sitation re4eals t%e fact t%at t%e &ro' in &i'%t%eria
closely 'arallels t%e im'ro4e& &istri/tion of fres% 4egeta/les
an& citrs frits ot of season, an& t%eir increase& se- ,%ese
'ro&cts contain Eitamin !, (%ic% is 1no(n to netrali6e t%e
&i'%t%eria to8in an& to 'rotect against its 'oisonos effects-
I#n t%e last Jarter of 19=D, a/ot fi4e years after t%e costly an&
%ysterical anti)to8in cam'aign, &i'%t%eria claime& 2B= 4ictims in
>e( 7or1 !ity, of (%om ten &ie&- *ome c%il&ren lost t%eir li4es
/ecase &el&e& '%ysicians felt sre t%at t%e mem/rane (%ic%
a''eare& in t%e t%roat of a c%il& t%at %a& /een 'immni6e&'
col& not 'ossi/ly /e &i'%t%eria-
I@t t%e cam'aign /ooste& materially t%e /siness of firms
engage& in t%e 'ro&ction an& sale of t%e &i'%t%eria 'ro&cts
in4ol4e&- As a reslt of t%e cam'aign, millions of &oses of t%e
material (ere sol& /y a gro' of &rg firms at sr'risingly
stan&ar&i6e& 'rices (%ic% yiel& 4ery %ig% 'rofits-I
+lease note again t%at Dr- :ose'%son is not a &rgless &octor,
/t a me&ical one- Also t%at %e ma&e consi&era/ly more t%an 4H
in anatomy (%en %e 'asse& t%e >e( 7or1 *tate @oar& e8am-
An& t%at %e %as ma&e a sccess of %is 'ri4ate 'ractice of
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me&icine for years, nli1e many Jac1s (%o s'en& t%eir li4es on
t%e '/lic 'ayroll /ecase t%ey cannot sccee& in 'ri4ate
'ractice-
One of t%ese Jac1s is ?eorge *- .%lan&, Healt% Officer for t%e
District of !olm/ia- As # (rite t%is /oo1 %e " an& t%e
3as%ington ne(s'a'ers " are engage& in one of t%ose
%ysterical cam'aigns (%ic% Dr- :ose'%son &escri/e& in
attem'ting to sell t%osan&s of &oses of 'ractically (ort%less
serms for &i'%t%eria, 'olio, small'o8, etc-, to t%e 3as%ington
'/lic-
,%e ne(s'a'ers are more or less /lameless for t%eir e&itors
%a4e ne4er rea& :ose'%son, Hay, @y/ee, ,il&en, !lar1e, Fraser,
an& ot%ers (%o %a4e ma&e in&e'en&ent st&ies of t%e allege&
affects of t%ese /iologicals- ,%ey &on't 1no(-
An& it is &o/tfl if .%lan& &oes eit%er, since %e (as ne4er a/le
to earn a li4ing in 'ri4ate 'ractice /t %as /een on t%e '/lic
'ayroll for many years- .%lan& calls for 4accination of t%e
yong starting at si8 mont%s-
#f t%e 'eo'le of t%e District of !olm/ia too1 %im seriosly,
n&o/te&ly t%e nation's ca'ital (ol& /e a commnity of
in4ali&s /efore 19D0, if not sooner- Alt%og% t%e ma1ers of
ty'%oi& s%ots (for instance) claim t%at one e4ery t%ree years (ill
're4ent ty'%oi&, .%lan& calls for many s%ots in /et(een-
He calls t%em I/ooster s%ots-I ,%is is a 4ery goo& name, for
t%eir in;ection %a'%a6ar&ly (ill certainly /oost t%e 'rofits of t%e
Drg ,rst, as (ell as t%ose of t%e n&erta1ers an& t%e
cemetery cor'orations-
# (ol& li1e to Jote from me&ical &octors on t%e ot%er si&e of
t%is e8tremely im'ortant contro4ersy- # %a4e yet to fin& a single
&octor (%o can 'oint to a single case an& say 'ositi4ely "
e8ce't in %is o(n o'inion " t%at 4accines or serms %a4e e4er
're4ente& anyt%ing- # al(ays get t%ese 1in& of ans(ers to t%is
im'ortant Jestion " t%e I'roI of immni6ation< I3e /elie4e
serms immni6e,I or I#t is acce'te& me&ical 'ractice,I or
I*cientific me&icine says it &oes-I

>e4er &o (e %ear it sai& /y sers of serms t%at t%e most
ent%siastic a&4ocates of it are t%e &etail men from t%e
'%armacetical %oses t%at %a4e t%em for sale- Ho(e4er, Dr- :-
F- @al&(in, (%en %e (as +resi&ent of t%e O%io *tate $e&ical
Association in 1920, &i& not mince (or&s (%en %e sai&<
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IAt t%e 'resent time t%e 'rofession is /eing o4er(%elme& (it%
tra4eling re'resentati4es of manfactring &rg %oses (%o, in
a&&ition to all sorts of &rgs, are foisting 'on s serms an&
4accines an& 're'arations of 4arios organs, 'ractically none of
(%ic% %as /een &emonstrate& to %a4e any 4ale (%ate4er, an&
most of (%ic% are 1no(n /y intelligent '%ysicians to /e
(ort%less or (orse-
I# %a& a little corres'on&ence sometime ago (it% one of t%ese
manfactrers- ,%og% %e a&mitte& t%at t%e /est men in t%e
'rofession &i& not se sc% 're'arations, %e seeme& %a''y in
telling me %o( many million &oses %e %a& sol& to t%e ot%er 1in&
in t%e corse of a year-
I,%e treatment of &iseases or t%eir 're4ention, /y antito8ins,
serms an& 4accines is still 4ery largely in t%e e8'erimental
stage, (it% gra4e &o/ts as to t%e 4ale of t%e 4ast ma;ority-
Knfortnately, mc% of or literatre on t%ese s/;ects,
incl&ing statistics, is frnis%e& /y t%e manfactrers (%o are
intereste&, a/o4e all t%ings in t%e financial as'ects of t%eir
'ro&ction-I

:o%n @- Fraser, $- D-, of ,oronto, !ana&a, after an in4estigation
of t%e immni6ation t%eories of %is colleages, re'orte& in an
article entitle& I,%e ,o8oi& $aniaI (%ic% (as 'rinte& in t%e
,oronto $ail an& 9m'ire, t%s<
I,o8oi& (ill not 're4ent &i'%t%eria- An& " ,o8oi& may case
ftre tro/le- ,%e reason to8oi& %as faile& to 're4ent &i'%t%eria
is t%at its 're'aration is /ase& on a last)centry s''osition t%at
&i'%t%eria is &e to a s'ecial germ (%ic% generates a to8in or
'oison, an& to8oi& is se& to 're4ent t%e &e4elo'ment of t%at
germ- Gater scientific in4estigation %as s%o(n t%at t%ese germs
(ill neit%er case &i'%t%eria nor generate to8ins- !onseJently
one nee& not loo1 for sccess /ase& on false i&eas-I
#t (ol& /e s'erflos to sggest (%at t%e Drg ,rst an& its
smear /n& &i& to Dr- Fra6er for t%is I%eresyI or, in 'lainer an&
more %onest 9nglis%, &e)'rofiti6ation of t%eir /alance s%eet-
,%e '%armacetical %oses (ol& li1e to forget t%e Ie'i&emicI in
Dallas, ,e8as, an& srron&ing to(ns in 1920 (%en t%ey an&
t%eir anti)to8ins 1ille& 100 c%il&ren an& in;re& many more for
life- ,%e claim (as ma&e t%at t%e serm (%ic% (as sol& to t%e
&rggists in Dallas t%at year (as Is'oile&I or Is/)stan&ar&-I
>ot%ing (as sai& a/ot t%e 'ro'agan&a cam'aign (%ic%
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'rece&e& t%is (%olesale infantici&e " an& /rog%t it a/ot- $c%
(as sai& a/ot t%e 'altry $DH,000 t%e com'any res'onsi/le for
t%e (%olesale mr&er 'ai& ot to /erea4e& 'arents (%o raise&
too mc% fss a/ot it to sit t%e Drg ,rst-
#n 94anston, #ll-, a D)year ol& name& :ames !onnor &ie& t%ree
mintes after /eing a&ministere& anti)scarlet fe4er serm- ,%e
coroner's ;ry (as tol& /y t%e &octors (%o 1ille& t%e /oy t%at t%e
serm col&n't 'ossi/ly %a4e 1ille& %im- *o con4incing (as t%eir
la(yer t%at t%e ;ry officially &eci&e& t%e /oy %a& &ie& of
Is%oc1-I 3%at (as t%e &ifference5
*ome '%ysicians are a little /lnt in a''raising t%e monetary
4ale of me&ical fa&s an& cstoms- #n s'ea1ing /efore a
gat%ering of t%eir o(n t%ey are li1ely to say t%ings t%at &o not
loo1 so goo& (%en &issecte& /y laymen or at%ors t%e morning
after-
One sc% elogy of $e&ical $ammonart, (%ic% stic1s in or
memory, came from Dr- $att%e( +feiffen/arger, (%en %e (as
'resi&ent of t%e #llinois *tate $e&ical *ociety in 192C- Dr-
+feiffen/arger s'o1e /efore t%e annal conference of #llinois
Healt% officers at Alton- ,%in1ing %is s'eec% (ol& remain in
Ifamily circlesI %e n/ls%ingly sai&<

I+re4ention 'ractice& to its tmost (ill create more (or1 for t%e
'%ysician an& 3#GG >O, D#$#>#*H #,, for t%e flltime %ealt%
officer (ill /e e&cating %is commnity constantly- ,%ere (ill /e
more 4accinating, more immni6ing, more conslting an& se of
t%e '%ysician- His ser4ices (ol& /e increase& manifol&-
I# am informe& t%at e'i&emic an& infections case only 12
'ercent of all &eat%s, an& t%at t%e 'ercentage is &eclining
ra'i&ly- Only 1B 'ercent of all c%il&ren (ol& e4er get &i'%t%eria,
e4en n&er e'i&emic con&itions, (%ile 100P are 'ros'ects for
antito8in-
I,%e 'ercentage for small'o8, n&er 'resent con&itions is e4en
lessQ /t 100P are 'ros'ects for 4accination- *carlet fe4er (ill
soon come in for its 100P also, as it may for measles, ;&ging
from t%e re'orts on t%at &isease- ,y'%oi& fe4er is &isa''earing,
DK9 ,O *A>#,A,#O>, /t 4accination s%ol& /e se& (%en t%e
in&i4i&al tra4els into n1no(n territory an& contries-I

#f t%ere is any &o/t in yor min& as to t%e money angle "
''ermost in t%e min&s of *O$9 '%ysicians an& AGG &rg
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%oses an& '%armacetical &etail men, consi&er t%e statement
of ?y G- Aiefer, $- D-, (%en %e (as !ommissioner of Healt% for
$ic%igan- #n an article '/lis%e& in t%e :ornal of t%e $ic%igan
*tate $e&ical *ociety, %e sai&<

I3it% 100,000 /a/ies /orn e4ery year t%e increase in the
'%ysician's income for &i'%t%eria anti)to8in (ol& /e from a
Jarter to t%ree)Jarters of a million &ollars if (e col&
immni6e all c%il&ren against t%is &isease soon after t%ey are si8
mont%s ol&-
I,%ere (ol& /e an a&&itional $200,000 if (e col& immni6e
t%em against small'o8- #mmni6ation against ot%er &iseases
(ol& %el' increase t%e earnings of t%e '%ysicians (%o acti4ely
s'onsor t%is mo&ern ty'e of 'ractice-I

*ometimes a me&ical &octor (ill ta1e %is Ire'tationI in %is
%an&s an& come ot (it% a s'a&e)calling &issertation on a
fa4orite me&ical myt%- Al(ays t%e Drg ,rst an& its stooges
an& me&ims &o t%eir tmost to &estroy any sc% I'startI (%o
%as t%e temerity to en&anger e4en t%e slig%test 'ercentage of
t%eir monetary 'rofits-
# can remem/er t%e statement /y Dr- !%ester A- *te(art,
Assistant +rofessor of +e&iatrics at t%e $e&ical !ollege of t%e
Kni4ersity of $innesota (s/si&i6e& (it% $21C,)C4= of Drg ,rst
money), (riting in t%e :ornal Gancet<
I,%e occrrence of s&&en s%oc1 reaction follo(ing t%e
a&ministration of serms to c%il&ren (%o %a4e /een immni6e&
/y to8in)anti)to8in in;ections n&o/te&ly is far more common
t%an a sr4ey of t%e literatre in&icates- ,%e (riter %as fon&
consi&era/le nm/er of '%ysicians (%o %a4e %a& similar
e8'eriences (%ic% (ere not re'orte&-
I3%y &o &octors tal1 ''re4ention' (it% sc% ncertain reme&ies5
3%y are t%ey see1ing t%e 'o(er to control t%e '/lic, to com'el
t%e a&ministration of t%eir many Jestiona/le reme&ies5 #t may
/e a matter of %manity (it% some, /t it is more a matter of
money (it% t%ose of t%e s(i4el c%air ty'e-I

IEirs is a (or& meaning 'oison,I (e %ear from Dr- 9- 9l(in
@ranscom/e- I3%ile it is a fa& no( to call t%e common col&
'Eirs O' an& 'Eirs ,%is' an& 'Eirs ,%at' is (ol&n't /e entirely
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amiss to t%s name it- A col& is not%ing more t%an natre
getting ri& of accmlate& to8ins ('oisons) in t%e /loo& stream-
IEaccine 4irs is ma&e from t%e 's of a &isease& animal-
#noclation is not /ase& 'on any scientific fact, /t 'on 'it is
s''ose& to &o' an& 'it seems to &o' an& '(e /elie4e it &oes' an&
so fort% an& so fort%- #t is s''ose& to 'ro&ce anti/o&ies,
antigerms or antigens- ,%ese t%ings are myt%s- ,%ey %a4e ne4er
/een isolate&- ,%ey &o not e8ist-
I!arefl in4estigation (ill s%o( t%at sanitation an& more
%ygienic (ays of li4ing %a4e al(ays (i'e& ot t%e 'lages- ?reat
@ritain in #n&ia, an& t%e Knite& *tates in t%e +%ili''ines, %a4e
fon& t%at it &oes no goo& to 4accinate nless sanitation is
'ractice&-
I>or(ay %as a/olis%e& 4accination- 9nglan& an& *cotlan& %a4e
a/olis%e& com'lsory 4accination, an& t%e &eat% rate from
small'o8 %as &ecline&- Astria, t%e contry t%at ga4e /irt% to
to8in)anti)to8in, %as otla(e& t%is s/stance, follo(ing many
&eat%s from its se-I
Dr- @ranscom/e, (riting in +lain ,al1 $aga6ine, sai&<
I#n t%e Franco)+rssian 3ar e4ery ?erman sol&ier (as
4accinate&- !am's (ere s%ifte& so ra'i&ly t%at sanitation
measres col& not /e enforce&- ,%e reslt (as t%at B=,2HH
ot%er(ise a/le)/o&ie& an& %ealt%y men, ''rotecte&' /y calf 's,
&e4elo'e& small'o8- ,%e &eat% rate (as %ig%-
I,o all 'ractical 'r'oses t%e 'eo'le of Astralia are
n4accinate&- Dring t%e 1B years from 1909 to 192= Astralia
%a& only si8 &eat%s from small'o8- An& it %a& t%e secon& lo(est
&eat% rate from all &iseases of any contry on eart%-
I#n :a'an, /y com'lsion, e4eryone is 4accinate& for small'o8
/t, in 22 years, :a'an %a& 2HB,0C1 recor&e& cases of small'o8
an& DD,B00 recor&e& &eat%s- :a'an stan&s among t%e %ig%est in
&eat% rate from all &iseases of t%e contries of t%e (orl&-I
An& loo1 (%o's tal1ing no( " t%e American $e&ical Association-
,%e gree& of t%e '%armacetical %oses &ring t%e fl e'i&emic
of 191H, an& t%e (ay t%ey 't 'ressre on t%e o4er(or1e& an&
%arasse& me&ical &octors of t%e contry to in;ect anyt%ing an&
e4eryt%ing t%ey %a& to sell in t%e (ell an& sic1 ali1e, /rog%t
t%is (arning to mem/er &octors<

I,%e &anger of commerciali6e& t%era'etics %as /een
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enormosly increase& /y t%e intro&ction of /iologic 'ro&cts-
,%ese s/stances offer a ric% fiel& for t%e commercially)min&e&-
,%e inflen6a e'i&emic last year (as (i&es'rea& an& total in
c%aracter-
IHo(e4er, t%ere (ere more t%an enog% manfactrers rea&y to
'lace any 'ro&ct on t%e mar1et (it% s'ecios claims t%at col&
not 'ositi4ely /e &enie&- Eaccines, serms, 'roteins " all (ere
a&4ance& (it% sc% glo(ing statements as to t%eir 'ro'erties
t%at only t%ose '%ysicians (%o 1e't t%eir feet firmly on soli&
gron& col& resist t%e a''eal-I
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3ha,ter 5 3enturies Of $rogress
,%e %istory of me&icine on t%e one %an& is not%ing more t%an a
%istory of 4ariationsQ an& on t%e ot%er %an& a still more
mar4elos %istory of %o( e4ery ot%er sccessfl 4ariation %as,
/y me&ical /o&ies, /een friosly &enonce& an& t%en /igote&ly
a&o'te&-
" *ir 3illiam Hamilton-
"
,%ree %n&re& an& eig%ty)fi4e years ago t%e first '%armaco'oeia
(as '/lis%e&- #t liste& 1,100 Ime&icinal agentsI an& (as title&
I+%armaco'oeia Agstana-I
,%s (as t%e traffic in &rgs first intro&ce& into t%e category of
I@ig @siness-I ,o&ay, so t%e 2=r& e&ition of t%e Knite& *tates
Dis'ensatory tells s, t%e &rg traffic %as gro(n into t%e
enormos total of o4er =0,000 Iitems-I
,%ree %n&re& years ago 'igeon &ng an& grass%o''er s'tm
(ere solemnly se& as me&icines- ,o&ay concoctions a t%osan&
times as &ea&ly are solemnly sJirte& into t%e %man
/loo&stream on e4ery 1no(n 'rete8t, s%ortening t%e li4es of t%e
4ictims an& ma1ing ntol& 'rofits for t%e Drg ,rst-
,%e Drg ,raffic %as /ecome a ten /illion &ollar in&stry- ,%e
'rofits of some of t%e lea&ing serm ma1ers an& &rg 'e&&lers
%a4e reac%e& fantastic figres, accor&ing to t%eir financial
re'orts '/lis%e& in stan&ar& in&strial manals-
Hn&re&s of millions of &ollars %a4e /een 'ai& /y t%e &rg
interests to many me&ical colleges to mis)e&cate st&ents into
t%e e8cessi4e se of &rgs, an& to 're4ent t%em from learning
t%e &ea&ly an& &ea&ening effect of &rgs on t%e %man system-
An& "
>ot a t%in &ime %as /een allocate& to any &rgless college t%o
&rgless '%ysicians to&ay are ma1ing cres of cases in (%ic%
&rgs %a4e faile& an& (%ic% me&ical &octors mar4el at an& call
Imiracles-I
3%en !%arles ## of 9nglan& lay &ying from a con4lsion (%ic%
attac1e& %im (%ile s%a4ing, t%e me&icos of t%at &ay left no
stone ntrne& in %el'ing %im along to t%e ?reat @eyon&- First,
%e (as /le& of a 'int of /loo&- ,%en %is s%ol&er (as ct an&
eig%t onces more of /loo& e8tracte& /y c''ing-
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,%en follo(e& an emetic, a 'rgati4e an& anot%er 'rgati4e-
>e8t, an enema in (%ic% t%ey se& antimony, sacre& /itters,
roc1 salt, mallo( lea4es, 4iolet, /eet root, camomile flo(ers,
fennel see&, linsee&, cinnamon, car&amom see&, saffron,
coc%ineal an& aloes- ,%e enema (as re'eate&- #n t(o %ors,
anot%er 'rgati4e (as gi4en-
,%e Aing's scal' (as t%en s%a4e&, an& a /lister raise& on it-
,%ey ga4e %im ne8t snee6ing 'o(&er of %elle/ore rootQ t%ey
sog%t to strengt%en %is /rain /y gi4ing %im 'o(&er of co(sli'
flo(ers-
,%e cat%artics (ere freJently re'eate&- He (as gi4en &rin1s of
/arley (ater, licorice, s(eet almon&s, (%ite (ine, a/sint%e,
anise see&, e8tracts of t%istles, re, mint an& angelica- 3%en
t%ese &i& not cre %im, t%ey ga4e %im a 'laster of /rgn&y
'itc% an& 'igeon &ng, to /e a''lie& to %is feet-
$ore /lee&ing, more 'rgingQ t%ey a&&e& melon see&s, manna,
sli''ery elm, /lac1 c%erry (ater, e8tracts of flo(er of lime, lily of
t%e 4alley, 'eony, la4en&er an& &issol4e& 'earls- 3%en t%ese &i&
not &o t%e tric1, t%ey (ent at it (it% gentian root, ntmeg,
Jinine an& clo4es- 3%en t%is faile&, %e (as gi4en forty &ro's of
e8tract of %man s1ll- ,%en t%ey force& &o(n %is t%roat a
rallying &ose of %er/s an& animal e8tracts- ,%en some 'o(&ere&
/e6oar stone-
Dr- *car/rg re'orte&, IAlasQ after an ill)fate& nig%t His *erene
$a;esty (as so e8%aste& t%at all t%e '%ysicians /ecame
&es'on&ent-I An& so, more acti4e cor&ials, an& finally 'earl ;le'
an& ammonia, (ere force& &o(n t%e royal 'atient's t%roat- ,%en
%e &ie&-
An& (%en ?eorge 3as%ington came &o(n (it% acte laryngitis
at t%e age of only CD t%e me&ics %el'e& %im too into t%e great
/eyon&- Historians say %e recei4e& for /loo&)lettings, a gargle
of molasses)4inegar)an&)/tter ((%ic% almost sffocate& %im),
/listers of &rie& /eetles a''lie& to %is t%roat an& cata'lasms of
(%eat /ran on %is legs- >o (on&er %e &ie& /efore mi&nig%t-
*o ran me&ical 'ractice, in t%e goo& ol& &ays- Gess t%an t(o
%n&re& years ago t%e treatment of t%e sic1 (as still confine& to
s'erstition, alt%og% t%e 'et s'erstitions of t%e me&ical
fraternity %a& 'rogresse& " if yo call mere c%anges +rogress-
,%e &octors of t%ose &ays son& fnny to t%e &octors of t%e
'resent- @t no fnnier t%an some of to&ay's $e&ical Doctors,
(%o in;ect more filt% into t%e %man /o&y to IcreI &isor&ers
case& /y t%e filt% alrea&y in t%e /o&y an& neliminate&, son&
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to t%ose (%o %a4e ma&e an intelligent st&y of &isease an& t%e
one t%ing t%at cases it-
Among t%e 'rescri'tions to /e ta1en internally (ere 'l4eri6e&
(arts, &rie& eart%(orms, &rie& sna1es, li4e /e&/gs, %og's lice,
&rie& /loo& of /lac1 cats an& nanny tea &istille& from s%ee'
&ro''ings- 9ac% one of t%ese Ireme&iesI (as an Iinfalli/le
s'ecificI for a s'ecific %man &isease-
Here are more (or&s from t%e +%armaco'oeia of less t%an t(o
%n&re& years ago< *%ee' &ng (as 'rescri/e& to cre measles,
t%e &rie& /ellies of s1n1s to %eal /oils, 'o(&ere& fo8's lngs to
cre ast%ma, s1inne& mice for (%oo'ing cog%- +o(&ere& /ones
from t%e %man s1ll (ere recogni6e& /y t%e me&ical (orl& as
one of t%e greatest s'ecifics, (it% a %n&re& or more ort%o&o8
ses-
Ol& me&ical %an&/oo1s recommen&e&, (%en 'atients (ere 't
on &iet, ste( ma&e ot of insects, ro&ents an& t%e or&re of
animals- Eiga's +laster (as a great 'atent me&icine of its &ay-
Alt%og% it (as ma&e ot of 4i'er's fles%, li4e frogs an& (orms,
an& (as sai& to /e /eneficial in many ailments, it 'ro/a/ly (as
(ort% as mc% as many 'atent me&icines of to&ay (%ic% are
sol& to t%e glli/le '/lic /y %ig% 'o(ere& a&4ertising, an& are
not as &angeros as most &rgs-
$oss from t%e s1ll of a 'erson (%o %a& &ie& /y 4iolence (as
consi&ere& %ig%ly 'otent- Hman rine, 'ers'iration an& t%e
sali4a of a fasting 'erson (ere consi&ere& to 'ossess remar1a/le
%ealing Jalities- !at ointment an& oil of '''ies /oile& (it%
eart%(orms (ere sai& to /e effecti4e reme&ies in cases of
&ysentery-
+%armacy " or '%armacy of a sort " is at least D0 centries ol&,
/t t%e 'resent %ig%)'o(ere& sales an& 'romotional en& of it
%as /een (it% s less t%an %alf a centry- Get s Jote from t%e
/i/le of t%e '%armacal tra&e IFn&amental +rinci'les an&
+rocesses of +%armacy,I '/lis%e& /y $c?ra()Hill L !om'any<
I,%ere is e4i&ence t%at &isease is as ol& as life itself- ?erms, an&
'er%a's /acterial &iseases, can /e trace& to t%e car/oniferos
'erio& (%ic%, accor&ing to geology, (as 1C0,)000,000 years
ago- $an, it is t%og%t, &i& not a''ear on t%e scene ntil some
millennims later- 3it% man came ci4ili6ation an&, (it%ot
&o/t, t%e s'rea& of &isease-
I+rimiti4e 'eo'les resorte& to magic to ri& t%emsel4es of t%e
afflictions t%at /eset t%em- ,%ey /elie4e& t%at t%e (orl&
s(arme& (it% in4isi/le s'irits, casing &isease an& &eat%- $agic
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ser4e& 'rimiti4e man in many (ays- +rimiti4e 'ractices of
me&icine (ere sally associate& (it% religios /eliefs- ,%e
magician " (%et%er go&, %ero, 1ing, 'riest, 'ro'%et or '%ysician
" (as to t%e sa4age t%e me&icine ma1er-
I,%e *merians %a& a (ell)or&ere& ci4ili6ation in @a/ylon soon
after B,000 @- !- ,%ey (ere familiar (it% many &rgs an& %a& a
1no(le&ge of %ygiene, agricltre an& craftsmans%i'- $any
strange &e4ices (ere se& to treat t%e sic1-
IAmlets an& c%arms (ere (orn- $any sim'le reme&ies (ere
se& " enemas, 'oltices, /an&ages, 'laster com'resses, sal4es
an& liniments- ,%e @a/ylonians %el& strongly to t%e &emoniac
i&ea of &isease- ,%e Assyrians /elie4e& t%at illness (as, in 'art
at least, 'nis%ment for /rea1ing)some la( or ta/oo-
I,%e first recor& of +%armacy, as sc%, (as in Ara/ia in t%e
eig%t% centry- Ara/ian '%armacists im'orte& &rgs " senna,
cam'%or, r%/ar/, ms1, clo4es, aconite an& mercry-
I+aracelss (149=)1B41), a *(iss alc%emist an& '%ysician,
tag%t t%e se of sl'%r, lea&, mercry, antimony, iron an&
ot%er metals in t%era'etics- He claime& to %a4e &isco4ere& t%e
eli8ir of life, /t faile& to se it on %imself as %e &ie& in %is 4Ht%
year-I
Dr- @en;amin .s%, signer of t%e Declaration of #n&e'en&ence
an& +%ysician)?eneral of 3as%ington's Armies, t%ro(s mc%
lig%t on t%e s%a1y t%eories %el& /y t%e '%ysicians of
.e4oltionary &ays- @t t%ey are no more ri&iclos t%an t%e
t%eories of many Imo&ernI me&ical '%ysicians, (%o are still
searc%ing for a cancer /g ((%ic% &oes not e8ist), for a col& /g
((%ic% &oes not e8ist) an& for many ot%er 1in&s of t%eoretical
/gs, (%ic% form I/g/earsI t%at are 4ery 'rofita/le to t%e Drg
,rst-
#n Dr- .s%'s Ato/iogra'%y %e tells s t%at '%ysicians of t%e
1Bt% an& 1Ct% !entries tag%t t%at t%e /o&y fnctione& " in
t%ose &ays at least " t%r for 1in&s of fli&s or I%mors-I
,%ese (ere &esignate& as "

1- @loo&-
2- +%legm-
=- @lac1 /ile an&
4- 7ello( /ile-

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,%ey /elie4e& t%at /o&ily %ealt% reslte& from t%e 'ro'er
/alance an& conteraction of t%e for %mors- Diseases, t%ey
t%eori6e&, (ere associate& (it% e8cess or &eficiency of one or
anot%er of t%em-
,%ey, t%erefore, treate& t%e Ie8cessI /y /lee&ing, 'rging an&
s(eating- An& to /e consistent t%ey, of corse, treate& (%at
t%ey &iagnose& as t%e I&eficiencyI /y &iet or &rgs, or /ot%-
,%is t%eory /ecame o/solete in t%e 1Dt% an& 1Ht% centries
(%en t%e a&4ent of I/ioc%emistryI ma&e t%e %moral '%ysiology
'asse- A ne( Ilea&erI name& Descartes tag%t t%at t%e /o&y
(as a mac%ine an& &isease (as a &istr/ance of t%e mec%anical
fnctions- Dr- .s% &escri/e& t%ese t%eories as /ase& on %alf
trt%s an& n4erifia/le %y'ot%eses-
@efore t%e 9&in/rg% *cots too1 t%e me&ical Ilea&ers%i'I a(ay
from t%e Dtc% in 1DC0, Herman @oer%aa4e (as t%e c%ief figre-
He %a& (atc%e& t%e gro(t% of '%ysics an& c%emistry- He %a&
/ilt ' an eclectic system in (%ic% c%emical an& '%ysical
Jalities (aci&ity, al1alinity, saltness, tension an& rela8ation)
re'lace& t%e ol& %moral t%eories- Drgs an& &iet (ere
em'loye& in a mil& an& e8'ectant (ay-
,o s%o( %o( effecti4e t%ese met%o&s " (%ic% faile& to ta1e into
accont t%e factor of sanitation (%ic% later (as to re&ce t%e
inci&ence of &isease an& increase t%e s'an of %man life " (ere
t%e follo(ing as gi4en in t%e .s% Ato/iogra'%y as stan&ar&
4ital statistics for t%e year 1DH9< Ot of e4ery 100 'ersons /orn
in any gi4en year only C4 remaine& ali4e at t%e age of C-
,en years later (e fin& only 4C still li4ing- At t%e age of 2C only
2C remaine& an& at t%e age of =C only 1C- ,en 'ersons ot of
e4ery 100 sr4i4e& to t%e age of 4C, an& si8 to t%e age of BC-
Only = &eni6ens li4e& to t%e ri'e ol& age of CC an& only one in a
%n&re& to DC- Of Dr- .s%'s o(n 1= c%il&ren, for &ie& less t%an
fi4e mont%s after /irt% an& a fift% &ie& at t%e age of =1-
,o&ay t%ere are 'arts of t%e (orl& (%ere t%e antics of t%e
$e&icine $an seem ;st as intelligent- #n Ullan&, in &ar1est
Africa, (%ere t%e c%rc%es sen& missionaries to sa4e t%e sols of
t%e /lac1 man, t%e $e&icine $an /re(s messes of %man
4iscera, 'ieces of stic1s, feat%ers, r%inoceros s1in an& 'tri&
ele'%ant fles%-
,%en, to ma1e %is ministrations to t%e sic1 more im'ressi4e, %e
%as t%e (%ole tri/e of na1e& sa4ages grease t%eir %i&es, 't
grotesJe loo1ing rings in t%eir noses an& sit aron& in a circle
srron&ing t%e ill 'erson (%ile %e c%ants incantations as
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meaningless to %is a&ience as t%e American &octor's
'rescri'tion of to&ay, (ritten in Gatin on a small 'iece of 'a'er,
is to t%e layman-
3%en A&am an& 94e (ere first 't on eart%, man &i& not nee&
&octors or %ealers- Gi1e an animal left alone /y %man /eings,
%e li4e& strictly in accor&ance (it% t%e la(s of >atre-
#t (as (%en t%e 'o'lation /egan to gro( an& 'eo'le /egan to
%er& toget%er an& &e4elo' &egenerate an& n%ygienic %a/its
t%at &isease /egan to ta1e a foot%ol& in t%e %man race-
,%e most ancient me&ical formlary in t%e (orl& is s''ose& to
/e t%e +a'yrs 9/ers, (%ic% is /elie4e& to %a4e /een com'ile&
some(%ere aron& 1B00 @- !- #f t%e translators of t%ese ancient
%ierogly'%ics (ere correct in t%eir translations, t%e ma;ority of
t%e me&icaments 'rescri/e& in t%e +a'yrs (ere for t%e relief of
intestinal &isor&ers-
,%e ne8t $ateria $e&ica (%ic% %as /een %an&e& &o(n /y (or&
of mot% in tra&ition is t%at of Dioscori&es- ,%is (or1, t%e
translators say, &etails t%e 'ro'erties of a/ot C00 me&icinal
'lants- ,%is is t%e (or1 (%ic% is sai& to %a4e ser4e& as t%e /asis
for ancient an& mo&ern, Occi&ental an& Oriental,
'%armaco'oeias-
An& t%ey (ere salesmen in t%ose &ays, too- ,o ma1e t%ese
%er/s 'o'lar, t%e ol& sage a&4ise& t%e a&&ition of s(eet flag,
oli4e oil, *icyonian oil, oil of myrtle, oil of Da'%ne, (ool fat, mil1,
(%ey an&/or /tter-
3%en t%e ancient .oman (ent to (ar an& (as messe& ' /y t%e
enemy's /roa& a8, s'ear or ot%er (ea'on, t%e 'rescri'tion of t%e
.oman army's Ime&ical cor'sI containe& %orrific ingre&ients- Hot
gla&iator's /loo&, %man e8crement an& ear (a8 (ere some of
t%e otstan&ing e8am'les- 3%en t%e .oman 'alate re/elle&
against t%is o/no8ios mi8tre, t%e me&ical man stirre& t%e
'otion (it% %is &igits me&ics, 'ro/a/ly t%e t%ir& finger of %is
left %an&- ,%is (as s''ose& to s(eeten t%e mi8tre-
@t t%e enlig%tene& 'atient too1 no c%ances- He colla/orate& /y
a&&ing /tter, fat or /one marro( for 'alata/ility- An&, finally,
%e e8'ectorate& t%ree times /efore s(allo(ing t%e &ose- He
/elie4e& t%is insre& tri'le 'otency-
,%e %man /o&y (as t%e sorce of many ingre&ients for t%e
early com'ilers of national '%armaco'oeias- ,%e Gon&on an&
Agstan tomes mention materials &eri4e& from t%e ca&a4ers
(%ic% insre& a greater 'alata/ility an& 'otency- !%ief among
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t%e I%manI reme&ies (ere I'oor sinner's fatI an& Iras'ings of
s1ll n/rie&-I
,%e me&ical atten&ants 'on t%e $e&ici family, early #talian
&ictators, (ere 'ro'onents of t%e se of sc% &rgs- 3e can (ell
imagine t%e sa4ants, in &eli/eration, arri4ing at t%e conclsion
t%at to concoct me&ical am/rosials t%e /ase, 'ar e8cellence, is
eit%er a&e's %ominis, olem ossem or cranim %manm-
,%e >atral History of +liny an& t%e ancient !%inese materia
me&icas (ere t%e fon&ation 'on (%ic% many of t%e 1Ht%
centry '%armacologists /ase& t%eir (or1s- ,%ese sorces
stresse& t%e great t%era'etic /enefits to /e &eri4e& from
certain 'arts of animal anatomy-
Among t%e %er/alists of t%e time (as Os(al& ,roll, at%or of t%e
'o'lar I@asilica !%ymica-I #n t%is /oo1, %e a&4ocate& t%e se
of ta/lets ma&e of 'earls- ,%is me&icament, %e asserte&, (as
ma&e 'ositi4ely nectareos if t(o scr'les of Oriental saffron
an& a fe( grains of ms1 or am/ergris (ere a&&e& Ito 'lease
t%e sense of smell an& taste-I
,%e entire 4egeta/le, animal an& mineral 1ing&oms %a4e /een
ransac1e& for %ealing s/stances &ring t%e long %istory of
!%inese me&icine- $any of t%e /re(s of t%e %onora/le &octors
(ere %orri/le e4en to t%e %ar&ene& !elestial taste- Hence, it
/e%oo4e& t%e 'rescri/er to sggest t%e a&&ition of 4arios
'alata/le menstrms-
,%e syr' of (il& frit /er/eris lycorm (Hng1(o)1i) (as
consi&ere& an a''eti6ing a&&ition, as (as licorice root (Aom)
ts'o)- For t%e (ealt%y 'atient, rice s'irits (as t%e 'erfect 4e%icleQ
for t%e 'oor coolie, 'rne ;ice- #nci&entally, t%e more 'otent t%e
me&icine, t%e more t%e cost-

3ha,ter 42 Enter The Medi;ine Man
,%e !onstittion of t%is .e'/lic s%ol& ma1e s'ecial 'ro4ision
for me&ical free&om- ,o restrict t%e art of %ealing to one class
(ill constitte t%e /astille of me&ical science- All sc% la(s are
n)American an& &es'otic-
" @en;amin @s%, $- D-
"
,%e earliest recor& (e %a4e of anyt%ing a''roac%ing scientific
st&y an& a''lication of t%e %ealing arts (as among t%e ancient
?ree1s a/ot C00 @- !- ,%ree of t%e greatest names in early
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me&ical %istory are ?ree1 " 'Hi''ocrates, Aristotle an& ?alen-
For eig%t centries an& ntil t%e &eat% of ?alen, a/ot 200 A- D-,
t%e ?ree1s contine& to lea& t%e (orl& in t%e &e4elo'ment of
me&icine an& often (ent into sc% t%ings as anatomy,
'%ysiology an& 'at%ology-
,%e me&ical center of t%e ni4erse t%en mo4e& to 9gy't- ,%at
contry &i& mc% to &e4elo' me&ical science in its early &ays- #t
(as t%e first contry to go in for &rgs in a /ig (ay- ,%e first
1no(n me&ical sc%ools (ere at !os, (%ere Hi''ocrates (as
/orn, an& at !ni&s-
Historians say t%e most acti4e (or1 of Hi''ocrates /egan a/ot
420 @- !- an& t%at %e &ie& some(%ere /et(een =DD an& =B9-
@ecase of %is s'eriority o4er t%e '%ysicians an& (ol&)/e)
'%ysicians of %is &ay, %e is 1no(n as t%e Fat%er of $e&icine- #t
(as Hi''ocrates (%o first 'lace& t%e crime of a/ortion in t%e
class of n'ar&ona/les- ,%e me&ical st&ent to&ay generally
ta1es t%e Oat% of Hi''ocrates /efore going ot to ser4e %is
internes%i'-
,%e ne8t great &octor (as Aristotle, (%o li4e& from =C4 to =22
@- !- He (as 1no(n as t%e ?reat !o&ifier- He 't into concrete
form an& '/lis%e&, most of t%e t%ings %e an& %is forernners
%a& learne& a/ot %ealing-
9gy't (as a/sor/e& /y t%e .oman 9m'ire a/ot B0 @- !- an&
t%e earliest re'orte& scientific me&ical teac%er of t%at era (as
Aescla'is (%o fon&e& a great me&ical sc%ool at .ome- He
ri&icle& t%e Hi''ocratic attit&e of relying on t%e %ealing 'o(er
of >atre- ,%s %e so(e& t%e see&s of interfering (it% >atre to
im'ress t%e 'atient (it% t%e atten&ing '%ysician's s''ose&
1no(le&ge an& a/ility-
,%e eig%t centries from A- D- 400 to 1200 sa( t%e ecli'se of
great me&ical masters- !are of t%e sic1 (as n&erta1en /y
mon1s (%o (ere concerne& 'rinci'ally (it% t%e imme&iate relief
of t%e 'atient- $e&icine, t%erefore, &eteriorate& into a collection
of formlae, 'nctre& /y incantations-
@y t%e time t%e $i&&le Ages arri4e&, t%e gro(ing 'o'lation
'resente& a great 'ro/lem of '/lic %ealt%- 3ater s''ly (as
al(ays &eficient- ,%ere (ere no &rains- .ooms (ere nsanitary-
Disease (as ram'ant-
,%e (ay le'rosy (as treate& (as to com'letely /anis% t%e
4ictim- ,%e reslt of t%ese nsanitary con&itions, t%e &egenerate
'ractices of many 'eo'le, an& almost total ignorance of t%e la(s
of >atre, /rog%t a/ot a nm/er of 'lages, incl&ing t%e
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&e4astating e'i&emic of t%e @lac1 Deat% in 1=4D an& 1=4H-
At t%e start of t%e fifteent% centry, me&ical men /egan to
e8'eriment more an& more, an& to careflly recor& t%e reslts of
t%eir e8'eriments for 'osterity- ,%ere is a 'ictorial recor& of an
attem't to cre sy'%ilis /y /lo(ing to/acco smo1e in t%e
'atient's face an& trying to sc1 t%e 'oison ot of %is arm-
*anctoris, (%o &ie& in 1C=C, in4ente& t%e t%ermometer (%ic%
(as later 'erfecte& /y ?alileo-
#n 1C1B an 9nglis% &octor, 3illiam Har4ey, &isco4ere& t%at /loo&
circlates t%rog% t%e /o&y- :st as t%e fat)%ea&e& me&icos of
to&ay ri&icle an& o/strct any ne( &isco4ery in %ealing, nless
a (ay can /e fon& to ma1e it 't many &ollars in t%eir 'oc1ets,
or t%e coffers of t%e Drg ,rst, so t%e me&ical 'oliticians an&
Jac1s of t%e 1Dt% centry ri&icle& Dr- Har4ey- ,o i&entify t%is
'erio& in t%e rea&er's min&, it (as a/ot t%e time t%e @ritis%
colonists /egan to settle in an& fon& America-
+re air (as an n1no(n, or rat%er a misn&erstoo&, Jantity in
matters of %ealt% ' to a/ot B0 years ago- ,%ose in t%e si8ties
an& ol&er (ill remem/er (%en t%ey %a& measles or some ot%er
c%il&%oo& &isease, t%ey (ere 't to /e& an& t%e family &octor
calle&, (%o soon came (it% a smile an& sincere interest in %is
'atient-
After an e8amination an& a&4ising as to t%e care an& me&ication,
%e (ol& instrct t%at t%e (in&o(s /e close& an& naile& &o(n,
an& t%at crac1s an& any air %oles /e 'lgge& s%t so t%at all air
/e 1e't ot- ,%e goo& &octor frt%er instrcte& t%at a %ea4y
/lan1et /e %ng o4er t%e &oor so t%at as little air as 'ossi/le got
into t%e sic1room (%en anyone came to care for t%e sic1-
#t too1 Dr- Herman @re%mer of ?ermany si8ty long years to
con4ince t%e me&ical 'rofession t%at air (as a goo& t%ing for t%e
sic1- ,%en, 'resto c%angeT ,%e (ise me&ical 'rofession gra//e&
t%e ne( i&ea an& many 'atients (ere almost fro6en to &eat% in
tents an& o'en /il&ings so t%ey (ol& get 'lenty of fres% air-
After Dr- @re%mer force& t%e me&ical &octors to recogni6e t%e
4ale of 're air, t%e A $ A %rrie&ly sent one of t%eir 'rominent
mem/ers ' into t%e rarifie& air of t%e A&iron&ac1 $ontains on
a fis%ing 4acation for scientific 1no(le&ge- ,%is &octor
I&isco4ere&I t%at 're air (as not in;rios /t of great /enefit
to t%e sic1- *o American $e&icine too1 cre&it for t%e &isco4ery of
a man (%o fog%t for years to ai& %manity an& %is 'rofession-
#t is (it%in t%e memory of many no( li4ing t%at (%en e4ening
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came e4ery (in&o( an& &oor (as close& to 're4ent t%e Inig%t
airI from contaminating t%e %ome an& en&angering t%e %ealt%
an& li4es of t%e inmates- ,%e all (ise me&ical men (ere almost
to a man in accor& in t%eir teac%ings t%at Inig%t airI (as
&angeros an& (ere slo( to c%ange t%at o'inion ntil force& to-
#s t%ere any &o/t /t t%at a great &eal of ill %ealt% an& many
&eat%s follo(e& t%e nson& a&4ice of /reat%ing t%e 4itiate& air
of t%e %ome (it%ot 'ro'er 4entilation5
,%e gro(t% of 'o'lation in 9nglan& from B,000,000 'eo'le in
1CH0 to 14,000,000 in 1H2B /rog%t a/ot serios 'ro/lems to
'/lic %ealt% in t%e @ritis% #sles- *e(er an& (ater mains (ere
often not &ifferentiate& /et(een- 3ater (as a4aila/le only t%ree
times a (ee1 an& t%en only for a fe( %ors at a time-
!ess'ools (ere 'o'lar an& nco4ere& " sel&om cleane& an&
ne4er &isinfecte&- *mall'o8 an& ot%er 'lages /ro1e ot- ,%e
&eat% rate of c%il&ren n&er fi4e years of age (as DB0 'er 1000-
@y 1H00 /etter 1no(le&ge of sanitation %a& re&ce& t%is to 41
an& /y 1914 to 14-
#n an e'i&emic in !%ester in 1DD4, HBP of t%e 'eo'le (ere
fon& to /e sffering from a &isease (%ic% at t%e time (as calle&
small'o8 for lac1 of a /etter name- #n 1D9D :enner 'ersa&e&
'eo'le t%at if t%ey col& get small'o8 in a mil& form /y /eing
inoclate& (it% t%e 's of &isease& co(s, t%ey (ol& (ar& off
any aggra4ate& form of it- ,%s (as 4accination starte&-
France, in t%e 19t% centry, /egan to ste' ot in t%e (orl& of
&rgs an& me&icines- *ertrner &isco4ere& mor'%ine in 1H0C-
!a4ento an& +elletier locate& stryc%nine in 1H1H " an& Jinine
in 1H20- !ortois fon& io&ine in t%e as%es of sea(ee& in 1911-
@alar& &isco4ere& /romine in 1H2C-
#n 1HC0 a sc%ool of %ealing, %ea&e& /y *amel !- F-
Ha%nemann, a '%ysician of Gei'6ig, ?ermany, s'rang '- ,%is
(as 'artially natro'at%ic /ecase t%e secret of its sccess lay
not in t%e effect of t%e fe( &rgs it se&, /t in letting >atre
ta1e its corse-
,%is system (as calle& Homeo'at%y- ,%e allo'at%s, as t%e
ort%o&o8ers (ere calle&, fog%t t%e %omeo'at%s- #n fact, t%ey
fog%t so 4iciosly (as t%ey &o any more a&4ance& mo&ality
to&ay) t%at Dr- Ha%nemann ga4e ' t%e fig%t in 1H21 an& left
%is %ome fore4er- He en&e& %is &ays as a 'ractitioner in France-
*atirists of t%e &ay sai& t%at t%e &istinction /et(een t%e
%omeo'at%s an& allo'at%s lay in t%e fact t%at 'atients of t%e
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%omeo'at%s &ie& of t%e &isease an& 'atients of t%e allo'at%s
&ie& of t%e cre-
,%e greatest /oon to man1in&, in t%e early 'art of t%e last
centry, came in 1H4C (%en 3illiam $orton, a $assac%setts
&entist, &isco4ere& anest%esia- @efore anot%er year (as ' et%er
(as &isco4ere& an& its se starte& /y Dr- !ra(for& Gong of
?eorgia-
#n 1HCB Gor& :ose'% Gister &eci&e& t%at cleanliness (as an
im'ortant element in srgery- ,%is /rog%t a/ot t%e st&y an&
&e4elo'ment of se'sis-
#n 1HD4 great a&4ance in t%e science of %ealing (as ma&e (%en
An&re( *till, a '%ysician of Air1s4ille, $o-, &isco4ere& an&
&e4elo'e& osteo'at%y- ,%is met%o& of %ealing (as /ase& on t%e
'rimary 'rinci'le t%at t%e /loo& is t%e life, t%at t%e /o&y %as
(it%in itself t%e fll 'o(ers of %ealing an& t%at any o/strction to
t%e free flo( of t%e /loo& ten&s to case &isease-
@esi&e t%ese t%ree fn&amentals, osteo'at%ic '%ysicians
recogni6e& t%e effects of strain an& ot%er in;ry, 'ostre,
o4er(or1, (orry, &iet, age, se8, climate, %ygiene an& sanitation-
,%ey reali6e& t%at 'lages an& e'i&emics reslte& solely from
man's 4iolation of natral ('articlarly sanitary) la(s, atrocios
&iet, (orry, o4er(or1, e8cesses an& ot%er in&lgencies-
#n 1HH2 Aoc% (.o/ert, not 3illiam Fre&eric1) &isco4ere&
t/erclar /acills-
#n 1HH= Are/s &isco4ere& &i'%t%eria /acills-
#n 1HHB it (as &eci&e& t%at flies carry germs-
#n 1H90 @e%ring first e8'erimente& (it% &i'%t%eria antito8in, /t
it (as 2B years later /efore its se (as commerciali6e& an&
/ecame (i&es'rea&-
#n 1H9B .oentgen &isco4ere& t%e O)ray (%ic% %as /een a great
ai& to &iagnosis of all sorts- Knfortnately, t%e mercenary gentry
in t%e me&ical fiel& %a4e se& it to e8tract large fees from cancer
4ictims as a 'reten&e& cre-
#n 1H9B D- D- +almer &isco4ere& c%iro'ractic-
#n 1H9H ty'%oi& 4accine nfortnately (as intro&ce&, t%is /eing
a commercial /y)'ro&ct of t%e ty'%oi& e'i&emic among or
sol&iers in t%e *'anis%)American (ar- @ot% t%e ty'%oi& an&
yello( fe4er of t%at conflict (as case& mainly /y t%e criminal
fee&ing of em/alme& /eef /y t%e American commissary
&e'artment-
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Or !ommissary !or's in /ot% !/a an& Flori&a (ere also
na(are t%at a &ifferent &iet is nee&e& in t%e tro'ics from t%at
reJire& in t%e 'olar regions- ,roo's (ea1ene& /y t%is criminal
st'i&ity of t%eir %ig%er)'s (ere easy 'rey to t%e 'oisons
in;ecte& into t%eir /loo& /y mosJitoes (%ic% gro( /y t%e
/illions in %ot climates- On to' of all t%is t%e Fartermaster
!or's (as too st'i& to 'ro4i&e screening in cantonments-
#n 190B American Army engineers /egan to /il& t%e +anama
!anal- 7ello( fe4er soon &ecimate& t%e ran1s of t%e (or1ers an&
t%reatene& to sto' all constrction (or1 on t%e @ig Ditc%- Dr-
3illiam !- ?orgas, later *rgeon ?eneral of t%e Army an& still
later a figre%ea& +resi&ent of t%e American $e&ical Association,
(as in c%arge of t%e $e&ical !or's Detac%ment on t%e #st%ms-
,%ere (as not%ing in t%e t%en)!olonel ?orgas' me&ical /oo1s
t%at tol& %im %o( to fig%t a con&ition of t%at natre, since yello(
fe4er serm %a& not yet /een concocte&-
Gt- !ol- ?eorge 3as%ington ?oet%als, !or's of 9ngineers, K- *-
Army, (as in c%arge of constrction- !ol- ?oet%als %a& %ear& of
$a;or 3alter .ee&'s e8'eriment &ring t%e t%en recent *'anis%)
American 3ar- #t (as 'ro4en t%at mosJitoes carry t%e
'articlar 1in& of 'oison (%ic%, (%en in;ecte& into %man /loo&,
/rings a/ot a form of to8emia (%ic% attac1s t%e li4er an&
cases sc% &iscoloration of t%e fles% t%at &octors calle& it
Iyello( fe4er-I
!ol- ?oet%als isse& or&ers to %is /attalions t%at all s(am's an&
/ree&ing 'laces of mosJitoes /e eliminate&- For a time
constrction (or1 on t%e canal sto''e&, (%ile e4ery a4aila/le
man attac1e& yello( fe4er at its sorce- :st as American
sanitary engineers %a& (i'e& ot yello( fe4er in !/a, after
$a;or 3alter .ee& s%o(e& (%at case& it, ?eneral ?oet%als (t%e
9ngineer) (i'e& t%is mala&y ot in t%e !anal Uone-
#n 190D t%e 3asserman test for sy'%ilis (as intro&ce&- 3%ile
t%is (as 4ala/le as a sy'%ilis test 'er se, it (as e4en more
4ala/le /ecase it 'ro4e& t%at 4accination is one case of
sy'%ilis-
#n 191D &i'%t%eria 4accination (as commerciali6e& an& t%e
innoclation of 'erfectly %ealt%y c%il&ren /egn on a nation(i&e
scale-
#n 191D (e %a& a great inflen6a e'i&emic (%ic% affecte& or
military cantonments as (ell as or ci4ilian %omes- ,%is 'ro4e&
to /e a malignant form of t%e common col& in (%ic% t%e
accmlate& to8ins often &e4elo'e& into 'nemonia or semi)
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'nemonia-
#ts n&erlying case (as (ar %ysteria- 94eryone (as (or1ing at
to' s'ee& for a greater nm/er of %ors a &ay t%an t%e %man
/o&y col& stan&- 3orry o4er or /oys in France (ea1ene&
many a ci4ilian /o&y an& ma&e it easier 'rey to t%e to8in loa&-
Army life in t%e cantonments (as more carefree an& less
/r&ene& (it% (orry an& s'ee&- @t or /oys (ere Iimmni6e&I
for e4eryt%ing t%e serm com'anies col& t%in1 of- ,%is
a&&itional loa&, or loa&s, of to8ins (as too mc% for many of
t%em an& t%osan&s &ie& li1e flies in t%e Army cam's-
$e&ical science (as %el'less- #n cam's (%ere t%e comman&ers
%a& gm'tion enog% to a&mit t%e /ootleggers ((e %a& (artime
'ro%i/ition t%en) t%e mala&y (as /rog%t more Jic1ly n&er
control- ,%e reason (as t%e stimls gi4en t%e organs of t%e
/o&y (%ile resting on %os'ital cots, ntil natre col& eliminate
t%e to8in loa&-
IA&4ances in me&ical scienceI (ent into some(%at of an ecli'se
in t%e ne8t t(o &eca&es- ,%e serm com'anies %a& to resort to
sc% '/licity %oa8es as t%e &ogsle& &as% to >ome an&
Gin&/erg% carrying serm to a stric1en 'al in t%e frigi& (astes of
>e( Fon&lan&-
,%e coming of 3orl& 3ar ##, a great (ar for t%e &rg trst,
re4i4e& t%e commerciali6e& e8'loitation of &rgs- O4er 200
million s%ots of serms (ere, in some cases, forci/ly in;ecte&
into t%e /loo& streams of or sol&iers, sailors, marines, coast
gar&smen, merc%ant mariners " an& e4en ci4ilians (%ose
/siness too1 t%em ot of t%e contry-
After t%e (ar somet%ing %a& to /e &one to contine /reat%)
ta1ing 'rofits of t%e '%armacetical, /iological an& serm
manfactrers " t%is /siness no( /eing largely in t%e %an&s of
t%e .oc1efellers- >e( fa&s in &rgs (ere starte&, fanne& /y
%ig%)'o(ere& '/licity in 'ress, ra&io an& maga6ines-
*lfa &rgs (ere intro&ce& an& calle& Imiracle &rgs-I 3%en
one of t%ese (slfat%eo6ole) 't ntol& nm/ers of 'eo'le to
slee' fore4er, many &octors /egan to a/an&on t%em an& c%ange
to 'enicillin- +enicillin (as calle& It%e ne( miracle &rg-I
*'inal 'nctres " &ea&ly at /est " (ere intro&ce& an& %ig%ly
'/lici6e&- A ne( &rg calle& stre'tomycin too1 its 'lace in t%e
sn for a (%ile-
,%en /egan 'ro'agan&a for fancy)name& o'erations- ,%e most
'o'lar one (as remo4al of a I&iscI from t%e s'ine- !%arley
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Aeller, one of t%e >e( 7or1 7an1ees' great sccession of %ome
rn %itters (as t%e first ginea 'ig-
Aeller %a& an or&inary s/l8ation t%at any com'etent
c%iro'ractor or osteo'at% col& %a4e correcte& in fi4e secon&s
an& ma&e a still /etter %itter ot of %im- #nstea&, t%e me&ics ct
o'en %is /ac1 an& " so t%ey sai& " remo4e& a &isc- Anyone
familiar (it% anatomy 1no(s t%at t%e I&iscI referre& to is t%e
cartilagineos anterior 'rocess of t%e s'ine-
,o remo4e a &isc is a crime, /ecase it remo4es t%e 'a& (%ic%
ta1es ' t%e s%oc1 of certain mo4ements of t%e /ac1/one- @t
its remo4al not only (as 'rofita/le to t%e srgeon an& %os'ital
(%ic% rine& IAing AongI Aeller " t%e 7an1ees are a ric%
/ase/all cl/ " /t it starte& a sccession of s/seJent I&iscI
o'erations (%ic% rine& ot%ers, /t /rog%t t%osan&s of &ollars
to %os'itals, srgeons an& &rg com'anies-
Aeller's &ays as a /ase/all star an& long &istance %itter en&e&
(%en %e (as sent to t%e %os'ital for a &isc o'eration- Ha& a
c%iro'ractor or osteo'at% %an&le& %im %e (ol& %a4e fi4e more
years of star&om an& %ig% salary a%ea&-
Dr- Gogan !len&enning, a s(i4el c%air &octor an& me&ico)
'olitician (%o too1 ' (riting a I%ealt% colmnI for ne(s'a'ers
(%en %e faile& as a 'ri4ate 'ractitioner, &i& 't ot once some
interesting facts (%ic% %e la/ele& IFa&s in $e&icine-I
>o &o/t %e (as 'ri4ately %ale& on t%e car'et /y t%e '/lic
relations e8'erts of t%e Drg ,rst- He ne4er committe& sc% an
in&iscretion again- .egar&ing (%at %e calle& Ifas%iona/le
&iseases of t%e 4arios erasI %e 'ointe& ot t%at "

#n 1HHB t%ey %a& too mc% ric aci&Q
#n 1H90 t%ey %a& c%ronic a''en&icitisQ
#n 1H9B t%ey too1 t%e Anei'' (ater creQ
#n 1900 t%ey %a& floating 1i&neysQ
#n 190B (omen %a& tilte& teriQ
#n 1910 t%ey %a& colonic stasisQ
#n 191B t%ey %a& all t%eir teet% e8tracte&Q
#n 1920 t%ey %a& non)srgical /iliary &rainageQ
#n 192B t%ey %a& inferiority com'le8-

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Ha& Ol& Doc !lem&enning /een allo(e& to follo( t%is ', an&
%a& %e 'ossesse& an elementary 1no(le&ge of (%at ails t%e
%man animal, %e col& %a4e sai&<

#n 19=0 (omen %a& %ysterectomiesQ
#n 19=B t%ey %a& t%eir tonsils yan1e&Q
#n 1940 t%ey %a& stre' t%roatQ
#n 194B t%ey %a& anyt%ing for (%ic% t%e &octor se& slfa an&
'enicillin " t%en calle& It%e ne( miracle &rgsIQ
#n 194D t%ey %a& Eirs O an& Eirs 7 an& Eirs UQ also ,y'e A
,%is an& ,y'e @ ,%at an& ,y'e ! ,%e Ot%er ,%ing-
#n 194H t%ey %a& &isc o'erations-

As to (%at fa&s t%e ftre (ill /ring one 'erson's gess is as
goo& as anot%er's- ,%e only certain t%ing is t%at t%ey (ill /e
starte& /y some enter'rising me&ical '%armacetical
o''ortnist, an& contine& as long as t%ere is gol& in t%eir
e8'loitation-
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3ha,ter 44 Drug 3hamer Of
3ommer;e
I,%e me&ical 'rofession is aslee', its senses /enm/e& /y t%e
%y'ocritical cry of Iorgani6ation for t%e 'rofessionI (%ic% (it%
t%e Oligarc%y, li1e t%e 'salm singing 'ic1'oc1et at a cam'
meeting, is &istracting t%e attention of its &'es from its real
moti4es-I
" ?- Fran1 Gy&ston, $- D-
"
,%at t%e Drg ,rst %as t%e most effecti4e, far)reac%ing an&
tig%t 'ro'agan&a set)' no one can &eny (%o %as rea& t%s far
in t%is /oo1- ,%e Drg ,rst goes e4en frt%er t%an t%is in its
Jest for t%e last 'ossi/le &ollar in 'rofits an& t%e last %man
/o&y in (%ic% to traffic-
#t %as a (ell)oile&, (ell)%eele&, (ell)grease& c%am/er of
commerce, 1no(n as t%e American $e&ical Association, (or1ing
for &rg 'rofits &ay an& nig%t- #f, inci&entally, it increases t%e
'rofits for me&ical &octors (%ose tec%niJes case a ma8imm
of &rgs to /e /og%t, sol& an& se&, t%e Drg ,rst &oesn't
/egr&ge t%ese &octors t%eir fees-
#t is a significant fact t%at t%e American $e&ical Association
consi&ers t%e s''ression of its I/siness ri4alsI " t%e &rgless
gro's " so im'ortant t%at it %as t%e most 'o(erfl an& one of
t%e /est finance& lo//ies in 3as%ington an& e4ery state ca'ital
in t%e nation-
#n 3as%ington alone t%e A$A maintains a staff of 1D, an& s'ent
$=20,2=D for lo//ying an& 'ro'agan&a &ring t%e first Jarter of
19B0- ,%is is a rate of $1,2H0,9B2 'er year- ,%e only &rgless
association (%ic% maintains a 'rofessional lo//yist in
3as%ington is t%e osteo'at%s (%o 'ay a la(yer $1,000 a mont%
to (atc% o4er t%ings-
Dring t%e *enate %earings on t%e 19B0 social secrity /ill a
!olora&o 'ractitioner a''eare& /efore t%e Finance !ommittee
an& 'roteste& &iscrimination /y t%e *ocial *ecrity @oar& against
t%e 'atients of osteo'at%s- As a reslt t%e ne( /ill ma1es it
man&atory to %ire osteo'at%s from *ocial *ecrity fn&s-
,%e c%iro'ractors an& natro'at%s (eren't intereste&- >o one
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from eit%er of t%ese gro's a''eare& in s''ort of a 'arallel
amen&ment, so t%e !ongress (asn't intereste& eit%er-
,%e American $e&ical Association is also a %ig%)class cat's 'a(-
3%en a &octor li1e 3illiam Fre&eric1 Aoc% /egins to cre cancer
(it%ot t%e se of O)ray, ra&im or t%e 'ro&cts of t%e
.oc1efeller Drg ,rst, t%e A$A goes into action-
#t (ol&n't loo1 rig%t for t%e organi6e& '%armacetical %oses to
com'lain to t%e Foo& L Drg A&ministration, t%e +ost Office
De'artment or t%e Fe&eral ,ra&e !ommission- @t (it% t%eir
sanctimonios front " t%e American $e&ical Association "
carrying t%e /all, e4eryt%ing is n&er, control-
,%e A$A is n&er t%e t%m/ of t%e most conscienceless
scon&rel t%at e4er came &o(n t%e 'i1e " a 'erson (%o (ill &o
anyt%ing for t%e almig%ty &ollar- ,%is, of corse, is $orris
Fis%/ein, (%ose for years at .s% $e&ical !ollege (ere
tinctre& (it% so many e8tra)crriclar acti4ities (some of (%ic%
(ol&n't /ear t%e lig%t of &ay) t%at %e lac1e& sfficient me&ical
e&cation to 'ass %is state /oar& e8am-
His /oss, ?eorge H- *immons, an a&4ertising Jac1 an&
a/ortionist, (as a 'o(er in #llinois 'olitics at t%at time- $r-
Fis%/ein's mar1s in '%ysical &iagnosis, gynecology, etiology an&
%ygiene (ere left ot (%en %is 'a'ers (ere gra&e&- >ot so %is
mar1 in A>A,O$7 (t%e fon&ation of a me&ical e&cation) (%ic%
(as 4H- @y lea4ing ot t%e lo( mar1s in t%ose for s/;ects t%e
'olitical state /oar& (as a/le to gi4e %im a 'olitical 'assing
gra&e an& grant %im a 'olitical me&ical license-
Fis%/ein ser4e& as an interne in t%e Dran& Hos'ital for B
mont%s- #n %is 4arios ato/iogra'%ies %e calle& %imself It%e
%ose '%ysician-I ,%ere is no recor& of %im e4er %a4ing ser4e& a
&ay as a 'racticing '%ysician- *immons too1 %im on as %is
general assistant in %is totalitarian %ol& o4er t%e A$A-
3%en *immons retire&, to rn t%e s%o( from /e%in& t%e crtain,
Fis%/ein (as t%e front man- K'on *immons' &eat% Fis%/ein
/ecame t%e a/solte o4erlor& of t%e American $e&ical
Association, (it% t%e title I9&itor of t%e :ornal of t%e A$A-I
*immons %a& so mani'late& t%e organi6ation t%at t%e tail
(agge& t%e &og " t%e :ornal too1 in an& s'ent all t%e money-
For many years # %a& %ear& of t%e American $e&ical Association
" t%e A$A- Or ol& family &octor, &ear ol& *am A&ams, %as
'asse& to %is re(ar&- He (as family '%ysician to fi4e
generations of t%e @ealle family- He se& to go to t%e yearly
ron&'s of t%e A$A, get a fres% /ran& of Ireglarity,I come
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/ac1 %ome an& toss %is nose contem'tosly at t%e
Homeo'at%ics an& 9clectics, trn %is /ac1 on t%e ot%er me&ical
Ima4eric1sI an& la&le ot /igger &oses t%an e4er of calomel an&
Jinine-
Ho( &ear ol& IDocI A&ams (ol& s(ell ot %is c%est an& loo1 at
t%e (orl& o4er %is s'ecs (it% a I(e are t%e c%osen of t%e Gor&I
e8'ression- Ho( %e (ol& /eam as %e tol& (%at %e an&
*immons t%og%t of O)ray an& cancer, an& of t%e latest in
serms an& antito8ins- >o(, &on't misn&erstan&- # am not
con&emning Dr- A&ams, (%o (as an e8traor&inarily sccessfl
me&ical man " at least insofar as %is ministrations to my family
(as concerne&-
,%is conclsion on %is 'art (as a natral one- :st as At%eists
&eny t%e e8istence of ?o& /ecase He &oesn't mo4e in t%eir
circle, t%e A$A 'oliticos refse to recogni6e all ot%er t%era'ists
(%o &o not mo4e in t%eir select 'ara/ola- #, li1e e4ery ignorant
layman, se& to s(allo( t%at /n1 (%ole ntil some 1B years
ago (%en ne(s'a'er in4estigations o'ene& my eyes to (%at %as
ta1en on e4ery as'ect of a me&ical c%am/er of commerce an&
many as'ects of a close& s%o' me&ical nion-
,%e American $e&ical Association %as not /een ma&e into a
c%am/er of commerce /y t%e many t%osan&s of com'etent,
%onest an& /sy &octors (%o 'ay mem/ers%i' &es- .at%er, t%e
&egeneration of t%is society from (%at once (as an organi6ation
for mtal /enefit an& %el'flness an& for ser4ice to t%e '/lic,
into some(%at of a commercial rac1et, %as /een /rog%t a/ot
/y me&ico)'oliticians an& me&ico)/siness men- ,%ese
I%stlersI %a4e (orme& t%eir (ay into 'ositions of 'o(er (%ile
com'etent '%ysician mem/ers (ere too /sy trying to %eal t%eir
sic1 to reali6e (%at (as %a''ening-
# %a4e yet to see a me&ico)'olitician or a me&ico)/siness man
(%o is (ort% t(o (%oo's in Ha&es as a &octor- $any of t%e
'oliticians yo fin& ensconce& as secretaries of conty an& *tate
me&ical societies come in t%is gro'ing, as &o a goo& many
'rofessional %ealt% officers- ,%is latter class too often ta1e ;o/s
on t%e '/lic 'ay roll /ecase t%ey 'ro4e& financial failres as
'ractitioners-
Knfortnately it is generally t%e me&ico)'olitician (%o ta1es t%e
lea& in %is local me&ical association- !om'etent &octors merely
'ay t%eir &es, o/ey t%e rles an& assme, as ol& Dr- A&ams
se& to, t%at mem/ers%i' in t%e A $ A gi4es t%em a %ig%er
stan&ing t%an t%at of t%eir I/e1nig%te&I /ret%ren (%o &o not
/elong- ,%ey are ma&e to /elie4e t%at t%eir &es go to im'ro4e
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t%e '/lic %ealt%, to a&4ance t%e tec%niJe an& stan&ing of
'%ysicians an& to foster researc% (or1 (%ic% (ill, if gi4en time,
ma1e t%is a &isease)less (orl&, @t "
>ot%ing is frt%er from t%e trt%- A 14=,=C0)mem/er)s%i' at
$10 or so 'er mem/er, an& DB,000 Ifello(s%i'sI at $12 a %ea&
ma1es Jite a si6a/le ta1e for t%e 'oliticians (%o manage t%e
affairs of t%e A $ A- ,%e $10 fee goes to t%e state an& conty
societies " t%e $12 fee to $r- Fis%/ein (%o 4irtally o(ns t%e
:ornal of t%e American $e&ical Association an&, (it% it, t%e
Association itself-
#n 'ointing ot t%at t%e American $e&ical Association is an
a/solte &ictators%i' an& >O, an organi6ation of, /y an& for t%e
me&ical &octors of t%e nation, it s%ol& first /e s%o(n t%at t%e
+resi&ent of t%e A $ A is a mere figre%ea&- *ome (ol& call
%im a I&mmyI /t # (ill not, /ecase t%at (ol& /e inter'rete&
in a (ay not inten&e& /y t%e at%or- Get Dr- >at%an @- Ean
9tten, 120 3est 1H=r& street, >e( 7or1 !ity, (%o (as electe&
+resi&ent of t%e American $e&ical Association in :ne 19=9 after
/eing a mem/er for 40 years, tell a/ot it- Dr- Ean 9tten %a&
/een smmone& as a (itness in t%e case of :- ,%om'son
*te4ens, $- D-, 4s- $orris Fis%/ein an& t%e American $e&ical
Association- Dr- Ean 9tten file& %is ans(er in t%e form of an
affi&a4it, in (%ic% %e sai&<

I$y sole office in t%e American $e&ical Association is t%at of
+resi&ent- # %a4e no e8ecti4e or a&ministrati4e &ties in
connection (it% t%e office, t%e office /eing 'rimarily an %onorary
one- $y c%ief fnction as +resi&ent of t%e Association is to
&eli4er tal1s in 4arios 'arts of t%e contry to 4arios /o&ies,
an& to '%ysicians an& t%e '/lic generally on t%e fnctions an&
'r'oses of t%e American $e&ical Association- --- # transact no
/siness of any 1in& for t%e American $e&ical Association in t%e
state of >e( 7or1- --- # %a4e ne4er /een gi4en any at%ority to
act for t%e American $e&ical Association in >e( 7or1, nor to
enter into any negotiations, contracts or agreements on its
/e%alf, nor am # at%ori6e& to acce't t%e 'ayment of any
moneys on /e%alf of t%e Association or con&ct /siness of any
natre for it in t%e state of >e( 7or1, nor &o # 'erform any sc%
fnctions-I

#t is e4i&ent from t%is t%at t%e +resi&ent of t%e American $e&ical
Association %as no more to &o (it% its acti4ities t%an Di66y Dean-
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#t is also e4i&ent t%at %e %as no more 1no(le&ge of (%at goes
on at t%e Dear/orn *treet %ea&Jarters t%an t%e ;anitor at t%at
/il&ing " 'ro/a/ly not as mc% 1no(le&ge-
,%e inesca'a/le conclsion from Dr- Ean 9tten's s(orn
statement is t%at t%e A$A is an a/solte &ictators%i' " as
a/solte as ?ermany (as n&er Hitler an& as .ssia is to&ay
n&er *talin " o'erate& /y $orris Fis%/ein 'artly for %is o(n
financial aggran&i6ement /t 'rimarily for t%e /enefit of t%e
American Drg !artel-
3%en t%e A $ A (as forme& in 1H4D it (as 'rely a social an&
scientific organi6ation- As sc% it (as inten&e& /y its fon&ers
an& as sc% it is still /elie4e& to /e /y many of its mem/ers- 7et,
t%ere %as al(ays /een a /it of t%e %og element in4ol4e& /ecase
t%e nice ol& gentlemen (%o fon&e& it (ere ort%o&o8 Allo'at%s
an& afrai& of t%eir s%a&o(s-
Ho(e4er, no commercial s%a1e&o(n or mono'oli6ation of t%e
science of %ealing (as e4er committe& /y t%ese ol& fello(s- ,%e
(orst t%ing t%ey &i& (as to /il& a fence aron& t%emsel4es
calle& I,%e !o&e of 9t%ics-I ,%is may %a4e /een /a& enog%,
accor&ing to t%e 4ie('oint of t%e nort%o&o8- @t in t%e 'almiest
&ays of its fon&ing fat%ers, t%e A $ A ne4er &reame& of going
into t%e trst, mono'oly or s%a1e&o(n /siness-
#n t%e ol& &ays (e lo4e&, in&ee& almost (ors%i''e&, t%e family
&octor- He (as or gi&e in %ealt% as (ell as in sic1ness- He
alone, of all t%e commnity, 1ne( or family secrets, an& %e
alone col& /e &e'en&e& 'on to 1ee' t%e fait%-
,re, %is reme&ies (ere occasionally %ars% an& %is &iagnosis
largely gess(or1, /t %is recor& of cres (as sr'rising- He
(as es'ecially 1no(n for %is a/ility to 'ractice t%e art of
scientific o/ser4ation, sing to t%e tmost %is fi4e senses-
All t%is is no( c%ange&- A goo& many me&ical men to&ay are
loo1e& 'on as mercenary- ,%e reason for t%is isn't %ar& to
locate- #ts genesis /egan in t%e ran1s of t%e once altristic
American $e&ical Association-
#t (as ;st a/ot t%e trn of t%e centry, at an A $ A con4ention
in t%e city of *t- +al, $innesota, t%at a trio of me&ico)'oliticians
concei4e& t%e i&ea of forming a close cor'oration for t%eir o(n
/enefit- Here t%e i&ea of a me&ical &ictator an& a me&ical gol&
mine (as /orn-
Dr- ?eorge H- *immons (t%en an a&4ertising Jac1 of Gincoln,
>e/r-), Dr- :- >- $c!ormac1 of Aentc1y an& a certain Dr- .ee&
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(ere t%e fon&ers- A c%arter (as 'rocre& in *'ringfiel&, #llinois,
/y (%ic% t%e trim4irate (as ma&e a/solte in t%e affairs of t%e
association- A constittion an& /y)la(s (ere &ra(n ' an&
ratifie& /y a ftre con4ention n&er (%ic% it loo1e& as t%og%
t%e mem/ers t%emsel4es %a& a 4oice in t%e con&ct of t%e
Association- #t mst /e remem/ere& t%og% t%at a c%arter an& a
constittion are t(o &ifferent t%ings-
,o se a meta'%or, it (as at t%is time t%at t%e A $ A felt t%e
'ains of la/or an& &eli4ere& an innocent loo1ing /rat &estine& to
gro( into a fll fle&ge& me&ical &ictators%i'- ,%e t%ree &ocs "
*immons, $c!ormac1 an& .ee& " (%o acte& as 'olitical
mi&(i4es at t%e &eli4ery, attac%e& t%emsel4es li1e leec%es to t%e
'oor ol& A $ A- An& t%ey, an& t%eir sccessors an& 'olitical
%eirs, %a4e stc1 e4er since-
#n t%e /eginning of t%is oligarc%y *immons (as t%e general
manager, secretary an& e&itor- $c!ormac1 (as t%e social
(or1er an& .ee& t%e legislati4e lo//yist- ,%ese t%ree me&ical
misfits 'rocee&e& to form a 'olitical steamroller at t%e %ea& of
t%e /o&y, (it% a smaller 'olitical mac%ine in e4ery state of t%e
Knion-
3%en *immons (as ct &o(n /y t%e $an 3it% t%e *cyt%e,
Fis%/ein too1 o4er an& 'ro4e& a more &ynamic 'olitician an& a
more enter'rising scon&rel t%an e4en ol& *immons %a& /een-
>o %onest me&ical &octor %as e4er /een a/le to stomac% %is
acti4ities- +rotests at national con4entions (ere in 4ain /ecase
%e (as at t%e %ea& of sc% a 'o(erfl 'olitical organi6ation
(it%in t%e A $ A-
Fis%/ein &isco4ere& (ays to &ig money ot of manfactrers an&
a&4ertisers t%at *immons %a& ne4er &reame& of- An& t%og% t%e
&ignity of t%e me&ical 'rofession sffere& an& its 'restige too1 a
%orri/le /eating, Fis%/ein contine& to ra1e in t%e money for
%imself an& *immons " an& t%e organi6ation- ,%e million &ollars
a year t%at is &g ot of t%e earnings of t%e small 'ractitioners,
(%o mst ;oin t%e A $ A or sffer ostracism an& I(%is'eringI at
t%e %an&s of t%eir fello(s, is only 'art of t%e loot-
Fis%/ein (or1s on t%e t%eory t%at %e is safe so long as %e can
s%o( t%at t%e Iaffairs of t%e organi6ation are 'ros'eros-I ,%at
%is Drg !%am/er of !ommerce is 'ros'eros no one &enies " if
(e consi&er (orl&ly goo&s o/taine& in (ays (%ic% (ol& ma1e a
yeggman /ls% (it% s%ame a gage of 'ros'erity-
,%e Drg !%am/er of !ommerce no( %as t%e ric%est me&ical
graft in t%e (orl& (accor&ing to its latest financial re'ort (&ate&
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Dec- =1, 194D)- #t o(ns $2,190,DBD-=0 in real estate, /il&ings
an& eJi'ment- #t %as mar1eta/le secrities (ort%
$4,402,H==-D0- #t %as /on&s an& ot%er in4estments (%ic% /ring
t%is figre to $B,CC1,1D4-04-
#t %as a researc% fn& of $1,49D,BC2-B0- An& it recently
ar/itrarily &eci&e& to assess its 14=,=C0 mem/ers 2B /c1s
a'iece for a legislati4e sls% fn&- ,%e a&4ertise& 'r'ose of t%is
fn& (&efeat of sociali6e& me&icine) is a (ort%y case, /t its
ltimate se for t%is 'r'ose is &o/tfl-
,o /egin (it% t%e 'rc%ase of 4otes from !ongressmen is illegal-
#n t%e secon& 'lace it isn't going to /e necessary to 'rc%ase
any 4otes if !ongressmen 1no( t%e (%ole trt% a/ot sociali6e&
me&icine- ,%e /ig $C4 Jestion of t%e &ay, t%erefore, is " (%at
&oes Fis%/ein inten& to &o (it% t%is $=B,000,000 (%en %e gets
%is %an&s on it5
#n a&&ition Fis%/ein o(ns or controls %alf a &o6en me&ical
;ornals 'ls t%e =4 state society ;ornals (%ose a&4ertising
re4ene of o4er $2,000,000 Fis%/ein can ct off (%ene4er %e
(ants to-
,%e :ornal of t%e A $ A, an& many of t%e t%irty)fi4e *tate
$e&ical :ornals (%ic% are controlle& /y Dictator Fis%/ein, are as
c%oc1)fll of a&4ertising as t%e %ig%)'ressre sales force of t%e
!o)o'erati4e $e&ical A&4ertising @rea at !%icago can 't in
t%em- $c% stress is lai& on t%e /siness en& of %ealing- #n fact,
t%e $e&ical Directory carries a I+rc%aser's #n&e8I (%ic% seems
to say to t%e '/lic I@y only from t%ose (%o come across-I
,%e seal of t%e A $ A is anot%er 4e%icle /y (%ic% t%e $e&ical
$ssolini /rings o''ro/rim 'on t%e %onest, ca'a/le an& goo&
&octors of t%e contry- For, /e it remem/ere&, t%e general '/lic
&oesn't classify t%e &octors " se'arate t%e s%ee' from t%e
goats- ,%e '/lic ;&ges t%em all /y t%e most cons'icos-
#t %as /een &emonstrate&, an& is conclsi4ely s%o(n in t%e
c%a'ter of t%is /oo1 entitle& I*%a1e&o(nI t%at t%e main
reJirement for 'rocring t%e IsealI of t%e American $e&ical
Association is for t%e manfactrer or &istri/tor of t%e 'ro&ct
to I1ic1 inI an acce'ta/le a&4ertising a''ro'riation, or an
e8or/itant sm for a ItestI of t%e 'ro&ct-

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,%e manner in (%ic% t%e American $e&ical Association /ecame
an atocracy is in itself an illminating c%a'ter in t%e %istory of
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&ictators%i's-
#f anyone &o/ts t%ese (or&s, %e %as /t to rea& t%e #llinois
$e&ical :ornal for Decem/er, 1922- ,%is '/lication is t%e
organ of t%e #llinois $e&ical *ociety, an& is one of t%e fe(
com'onent 'arts of t%e $e&ical Dictators%i' (%ic% %as al(ays
%a& t%e corage to s'ea1 ot an& 'rotest against any sr'ation
of 'o(er /y me&ical rac1eteers- +er%a's # %a& /etter Jote
4er/atim from 'arts of an article entitle& I,H9 A $ A @9!O$9*
A> AK,O!.A!7I (%ic% t%e #llinois $e&ical :ornal '/lis%e& as
of t%at &ate- ,%e otrage& e&itor of t%e # $ : sai&<

I,%e A $ A to&ay is a one)man organi6ation- ,%e entire me&ical
'rofession of t%e Knite& *tates, insofar as its organi6ation is
concerne&, is at t%e mercy of one man an& a @oar& of ,rstees
t%at is s/ser4ient to %im- ,%e :ornal of t%e A $ A is t%e
'ro'erty of t%e Association- ,%e Association o(ns t%e :ornal-
,%e :ornal &oes not o(n t%e A $ A, yet " t%e :ornal controls
all t%e fn&s an& t%e 'ro'erty of t%e Association as (ell as t%e
fn&s t%at /elong to t%e :ornal of t%e A $ A- ,%e tail (ags t%e
&og-
I,%e :ornal management (t%en ?eorge *immons, /t no(
$orris Fis%/ein) &ictates t%e (ays in (%ic% t%e Association's
money s%all /e s'ent- ,%e e&itor of t%e :ornal %as assme& t%e
fnctions of ?eneral $anager of t%e Association an&, e8)officio,
of e4ery '%ysician in t%e Knite& *tates- *c% &es'otic at%ority
(as ne4er conferre& 'on %im, eit%er /y t%e Hose of Delegates
or /y t%e '%ysicians t%emsel4es-
I3%en t%e reorgani6ation 'lan (as a&o'te& (1902) it 'ro4i&e&
for t%e first time for a Hose of Delegates, an& state& s'ecifically
t%at t%is s%ol& /e t%e legislati4e an& fiscal /o&y of t%e
Association, an& t%at t%e fn&s of t%e Association s%ol& /e
a''ro'riate& /y t%e Hose of Delegates- ,o&ay t%e 9&itor of t%e
:ornal of t%e A $ A an& %is @oar& of ,rstees %a4e nllifie& t%e
Hose of Delegates an& %a4e assme& t%e rig%t to ma1e
a''ro'riations for t%e entire Association-
I,%e e&itor of t%e :ornal %as assme&, entirely (it%ot (arrant,
t%at %e is t%e general manager of t%e Association, an& not of t%e
:ornal only- ,%e +resi&ent of t%e A $A %as /een &egra&e& into
a mere atomaton (%ere control of t%e organi6ation is
concerne&, (it% e4en t%is 'erile 'o(er of 'recommen&ation' for
a''ointment frt%er (ea1ene& /y t%e 'o(er of 4eto, assme&
/y t%e @oar& of ,rstees-
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I,%e 'olicy of t%e 'resent management of t%e A $ A %as /een
an& is t%e accmlation of money for t%e erection of /il&ings
an& to ma1e a /ig s%o(ing for t%e :ornal- ,%is featre %as /een
(or1e& o4ertime (%ile t%e economic (elfare of t%e in&i4i&al
'%ysician an& t%e 'rofession at large %a4e recei4e& a minimm,
if any, of attention-
IHere is (%ere t%e A $ A falls &o(n (it% a 4engeance- #nstea&
of ser4ing t%e in&i4i&al &octors of t%e Association as a great
la/or organi6ation stan&s ' for its mem/ers, t%e A $ A &oes
not%ing to %el' '%ysicians maintain t%eir economic 'osition in
society-
I*ince t%e reorgani6ation it is a''arent t%at t%e management of
t%e A $ A 'refers to ta1e its a&4ice from men ot of toc% (it%
t%e &aily nee&s of t%e 'rofession- ,%e strggling &octor is left to
fig%t %is o(n (ay nai&e&-
IA fe( of t%e mem/ers of t%e A $ A reali6e t%e centrali6ing
c%anges t%at %a4e ta1en 'lace in t%eir organi6ation (it%in t%e
last t(enty)fi4e years- *o a&roitly an& insi&iosly %a4e t%ese
c%anges /een /rog%t a/ot t%at t%e ma;ority of mem/ers, e4en
t%ose /est informe& regar&ing t%e organi6ation, %a4e /een so
&a66le& /y t%e material 'ros'erity of t%e A $ A t%at t%ey %a4e
entirely o4erloo1e& t%e fact t%at, &ring t%is 'erio& of e8'ansion,
t%e Association %as /een con4erte& from a &emocratic an& self)
go4erne& /o&y of 'rofessional men into a %ig%ly centrali6e&
mac%ine (it% a/solte control concentrate& in a single
in&i4i&al-
I,%e ma;ority of attac1s (%ic% %a4e /een ma&e on t%e
management of t%e Association &ring t%is time %a4e /een
&irecte& entirely at t%e e&itor of t%e :ornal- ,%ese attac1s %a4e
/een ftile an& %a4e /een (elcome& /y t%e management for t%e
reason t%at t%ese criticisms %a4e &i4erte& t%e attention from t%e
gra&al /t stea&y a/sor'tion of all t%e at%ority an& control of
t%e organi6ation-
I@y 1901 t%e :ornal %a& &e4elo'e& to a 'oint (%ere
reorgani6ation seeme& necessary- #t is significant t%at t%e
financial statement for t%is year (as %ea&e& '.e'ort of t%e
,rstees of t%e :ornal of t%e A$A'-
I,%is reorgani6ation 'lan for t%e first time 'ro4i&e& for t%e
&elegate /o&y to /e 1no(n as t%e Hose of Delegates- #t
'ro4i&e& for t%e follo(ing officers< +resi&ent, for Eice)
+resi&ents, a *ecretary, a ,reasrer an& nine ,rstees- #t state&
s'ecifically t%at t%e Hose of Delegates s%ol& /e t%e legislati4e
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an& fiscal /o&y of t%e Association an& t%at t%e fn&s of t%e
Association s%ol& /e a''ro'riate& /y t%e Hose of Delegates-
At 'resent, t%e e&itor of t%e :ornal an& t%e @oar& of ,rstees
atten& not only to a''ro'riating t%e fn&s /t also to most of
t%e ot%er fnctions of t%e Hose of Delegates-
I,%e ne( @y)la(s frt%er 'ro4i&e& t%at all matters of t%e
Association 'ertaining to t%e e8'en&itre of moneys (t%at is,
money for ot%er 'r'oses t%an t%e '/lication of t%e :ornal),
s%all /e referre& to t%e @oar& of ,rstees, (%o s%all ma1e a
re'ort of t%e same (it%in t(enty)for %ors, an& if t%e Hose of
Delegates or&ers t%e e8'en&itre of money, t%e 'ayments s%all
/e ma&e /y t%e ,reasrer-
I#t (ill /e seen from t%e a/o4e t%at t%e reorgani6ation 'lan
s'ecifically ga4e t%e 'o(er of a''ro'riating money to t%e Hose
of DelegatesQ t%at t%e fnctions of t%e @oar& of ,rstees (ere
'rely a&4isory an& t%at t%e action of t%e Hose of Delegates in
a''ro'riating money (as final- Any claims, t%erefore, t%at t%e
'resent met%o& of controlling finances of t%e A $ A (ere
a''ro4e& /y t%e Association at t%e time of t%e reorgani6ation in
1901, are entirely (it%ot fon&ation, as s%o(n /y t%e official
recor&s-
IAt t%at time, t%e only sorce of re4ene of t%e Association (as
t%e :ornal an& t%e only 'r'ose for (%ic% money (as
e8'en&e&, (it% t%e e8ce'tion of some slig%t Association
e8'enses, (ere t%e e8'enses of '/lis%ing t%e :ornal- #t (as,
t%erefore, 'erfectly natral t%at all /ills s%ol& /e a''ro4e& /y
t%e e&itor an& all c%ec1s signe& /y %im-
I#t (as 'erfectly natral t%at, as t%e only res'onsi/ility of t%e
@oar& of ,rstees (as t%e '/lication of t%e :ornal, t%e 4oting
of a''ro'riations s%ol& /e left in t%eir %an&s- #t (as early
recogni6e& /y t%ose &esiros of concentrating t%e 'o(ers an&
resorces of t%e Association ,HA, 3HO9E9. !O>,.OGG9D ,H9
F#>A>!9* OF ,H9 A**O!#A,#O> 3OKGD KG,#$A,9G7 !O>,.OG
,H9 A**O!#A,#O> #,*9GF, since no action col& /e ta1en, no
committee col& fnction, no officers col& carry on any acti4ity,
e8ce't as t%e necessary e8'enses for sc% 'r'oses (ere
at%ori6e&-
I#n t%e t(enty)fi4e years of e8'ansion of t%e Association an& t%e
:ornal, t%e anomalos con&ition %as &e4elo'e& (%ere/y t%e
:ornal, (%ic% is t%e 'ro'erty of t%e Association, no( a/soltely
controls t%e Association to (%ic% it /elongs-
I,%e e&itor of t%e :ornal %as &e4elo'e& into an a/solte
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D#!,A,O. of t%e Association an& its affairs t%rog% %is control of
t%e finances of t%e Association, (%ile t%e @oar& of ,rstees of
t%e :ornal %as /een con4erte& into a @oar& of Directors of t%e
Association (%ic% no( assmes to control all t%e acti4ities of t%e
Association, an& e4en to &ictate to t%e officers, @oar&s an&
!ommittees of t%e Association, as to (%at t%ey can &o, an& %o(
t%ey can s'en& t%e money (%ic% is t%e 'ro'erty of t%e
Association-
I,%is con4ersion of t%e Association from a &emocracy to an
a/solte atocracy %as /een /rog%t a/ot so slo(ly an&
s%re(&ly, so srely an& so 'ersistently, t%at e4en t%e mem/ers
of t%e Hose of Delegates t%emsel4es %a4e not /een a(are of
t%is o4ert%ro( of self)go4ernment an& t%e s/stittion of an
oligarc%y for a rle of t%e mem/ers-
I,%ese c%anges %a4e reslte& in con4erting t%e @oar& of
,rstees from t%e s'er4ising committee of t%e '/lication of
t%e :ornal into a @oar& of Directors of t%e Association (%ic%
no( claims t%e rig%t to act on an& control all acti4ities of t%e
Association- Anot%er instance of t%e tail (agging t%e &og-
I3%at %as come a/ot, t%en, since 1901, is t%at t%e !onty
$e&ical *ocieties %a4e &elegate& t%eir at%ority to t%e *tate
Hose of DelegatesQ t%e *tate Association, t%rog% its *tate
Hose of Delegates, %as &elegate& all its at%ority to t%e Hose
of Delegates of t%e A $ AQ t%e Hose of Delegates of t%e A $ A
%as &elegate& all its at%ority to t%e @oar& of ,rstees, (%ic% is
no( t%e @oar& of Directors, an& t%e @oar& of Directors
'ractically %as &elegate& its at%ority to t%e e&itor of t%e
:ornal, (%o as an nat%ori6e& an& self)constitte& general
manager of t%e Association controls all of t%e acti4ities, finances
an& fnctions of t%e organi6e& me&ical 'rofession- A 'yrami&,
(it% one man sitting on t%e to'-
I#t (as recogni6e& long ago t%at (%oe4er controls t%e finances
of t%e Association (ill control t%e Association- *o (e %a4e,
to&ay, t%e anomalos an& a/sr& sitation t%at t%e :ornal,
(%ic% is t%e 'ro'erty of t%e Association, not only s'en&s (%at
money is necessary from its o(n e8'enses, t%at t%e sr'ls
earne& /y t%e :ornal eac% year, (%ic% &oes not /elong to t%e
:ornal itself /t t%e Association, as (ell as all of t%e fn&s of
t%e Association itself, are controlle& /y t%e :ornalQ so t%at t%is
money cannot /e se& for any 'r'ose (%ate4er nless it is in
line (it% t%e 'olicies an& 'lans of t%e e&itor-
I$easre& from a 'enny)(ise stan&'oint, t%at t%e Association
%as 'ros'ere& is conce&e&, /t (%at relation &oes t%is
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tem'orary financial sccess /ear to(ar&s me&ical i&eals, an& t%e
/etterment of 'rofessional con&itions5
I#n t%e latter res'ect, FA#GK.9 #* !O$+G9,9- ,%at t%e A $ A
%a& &one little or not%ing for t%e ran1 an& file of t%e 'rofession
is mrmre& e4ery(%ere an& not (it%ot ;stification- #nstances
galore col& /e cite&-
I,H9 A $ A #* >O, A @K*#>9** 9>,9.+.#*9-
I#ts sccess is not to /e gage& in &ollar /ills or /il&ings, /t in
(%at it &oes to /enefit its mem/ers an& to retain t%e confi&ence
an& merit t%e s''ort of '%ysicians-
I#n ot%er (or&s, '3%at &oes it 'rofit a man if %e gains t%e (%ole
(orl& an& loses %is o(n sol5' 3%at &oes it 'rofit t%e A $ A to
accmlate lan&, /on&s an& mortgages (it% (%ic% to erect a
(%ite& se'lc%re for t%e genine interests of t%e 'rofession it
(as organi6e& to safegar&5I

,%is constrcti4e e8'osre an& &aring analysis of t%e real A $ A
(as ma&e in 1922 " ;st t(o years /efore t%e $aster +olitician
*immons trne& %is sce'ter o4er to $aster @siness $an
Fis%/ein an& Iretire&I to &irect t%e $e&ical Oligarc%y from t%e
o/scrity of anonymity- *immons 're'are& t%e organi6ation for
'ermanent atocratic control /y %imself an& %is stooge-
,%ere %as /een no c%ange in t%at control since an&, (%ile some
&octors %a4e /een ma&e to /elie4e t%at certain aggressi4e 'ast
'resi&ents an& mem/ers of t%e &mmy @oar& of ,rstees really
control $r- Fis%/ein, t%ere is no e4i&ence of t%is o/taina/le- ,%e
last financial re'ort of t%e :ornal s%o(s t%at t%at organ still
controls an& %an&les all money of t%e Association-
$oney still ma1es t%e mare go- He (%o 'ays t%e 'i'er still calls
t%e tne- As long as ,%e :ornal %ol&s t%e Association's 'rse
strings, t%e man (%o controls t%e :ornal (ill control t%e
Association " ntil t%at 'o(er is ta1en a(ay from t%e :ornal or
ntil '/lic o'inion forces t%e $e&ical $ssolini ot-
At t%e 1949 con4ention in Atlantic !ity a cle4er '/licity rse,
inten&e& to lll to slee' t%ose (%o (is% t%e Association to 'rge
itself of Fis%/ein, (as carrie& ot to 'erfection- #t (as
annonce& t%at Fis%/ein (as to /e Iretire&-I Fis%/ein %imself
sa4e& face (%ile %el'ing along t%is %oa8-
He annonce& t%at %e (as training t%ree stooges to ta1e o4er
%is &ties (%en %e retires a fe( years %ence- ,%e facts are t%at
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Fis%/ein %as /een ma1ing freJent tri's to t%e $ayo @tc%er
*%o''e at .oc%ester, $inn- ,%ese tri's are a&mitte&, /t t%eir
natre %as remaine& a secret-
One of t%e men (%o col& cre %im, if Fis%/ein (asn't
committe& to s''ressing all Insanctione&I cancer cres, a4ers
t%at Fis%/ein %as cancer of t%e 'rostate- #f t%at is so, an& it
seems li1ely, Fis%/ein %as only a fe( more years on t%is 9art%,
/t %is official stats (it% t%e Drg ,rst (ol& /e lost if %e %a&
sense enog% to go to Aoc% or Ho8sey or @lass an& /e cre&-
*ince t%ose srron&ing %im are for t%e most 'art &ll fello(s,
(%o faile& at 'ri4ate me&ical 'ractice, it isn't nreasona/le to
say t%at t%ree of t%em (ill /e reJire& to 'erform t%e tas1s so
easily %an&le& no( /y t%e &ynamic an& energetic $r- Fis%/ein-
,%e Drg !%am/er of !ommerce &oesn't limit its acti4ities to
trying to 're4ent t%e cre of cancer, t%e se of t%e slanting
/oar&, an& cre of many ills /y @ert Go(ry's Is'ine ease gi//etI
an& ot%er &iscoragers of t%e se of &rgs- #t is se& as a
'ro'agan&a front against t%e sciences of c%iro'ractic,
osteo'at%y, natro'at%y an& !%ristian *cience- >one of t%ese
mo&alities " (%ic% cre millions of 'eo'le e4ery year "
sanction t%e se of &rgs-
Drg 'ro'agan&ists li1e to say t%at t%e osteo'at%s are Icoming
aron& to t%e se of &rgs-I ,%is is &enie& /y t%e American
Osteo'at%ic Association, (%ic% says<

I,%e se of &rgs %as /een ,AK?H, from t%e /eginning of
osteo'at%ic e&cation- #t %as al(ays /een t%e 'olicy of
osteo'at%ic colleges to teac% st&ents /ot% t%e ses an&
A@K*9* of &rgs, t%at t%ey mig%t 'ro'erly e4alate sc%
s/stances-I

One of t%e fnctions, (%ic% t%e Drg ,rst %as entrste& to t%e
American $e&ical Association, is to create a false 'ictre of t%e
&rgless sciences in t%e lay min&- ,%is t%e A$A lea4es no stone
ntrne& in its effort to 'erform-
3%is'ering cam'aigns, sneers /y me&ical 'ractitioners, '%oney
testimony in cort, ne(s'a'er 'ro'agan&a /y t%e %ge
'ro'agan&a mac%ine (%ic% t%e Drg ,rst %as /ilt ' in t%e
'ress associations " all are se& to 'aint a false 'ictre of
&rgless t%era'y-
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,%e c%ief canar& le4ele& at t%ese sccessfl mo&alities is t%at
&rgless &octors Iare ntraine&-I >ot%ing col& /e frt%er from
t%e trt%, /ecase t%e &rgless st&ent of to&ay is reJire& to
com'lete many more %ors of resi&ent instrction t%an t%e
me&ical st&ent in or&er to get %is &egree- 9ntrance
reJirements are ;st as strictQ gra&ation reJirements are
more so-
,%e me&ical st&ent is frt%er %an&ica''e& /y %a4ing to s'en&
400 to B00 %ors of %is corse learning t%e names an& s''ose&
ses of contless &rgs " (%ic% t%eir o(n at%orities classify as
seless- ,%e &rgless st&ent s'en&s t%is time learning more
a/ot t%e s'ine an& t%e ganglionic ner4e system t%an t%e
me&ical gra&ate (ill e4er 1no(-
,%e osteo'at%ic college is reJire& to teac% e4eryt%ing t%e
me&ical college teac%es, in a corse of not less t%an 1,000 %ors
in eac% of for aca&emic years- ,%e osteo'at%s %a4e si8
e8cellent colleges, locate& res'ecti4ely in Air1s4ille, $o- (t%e
original one), !%icago, Gos Angeles, Des $oines, Aansas !ity an&
+%ila&el'%ia- ,%e 'rofession %as 11,2D0 licentiates 'racticing in
4H states, t%e District of !olm/ia, !ana&a an& foreign
contries-
,%e !%iro'ractic 'rofession %as more t%an 20 cre&ita/le colleges
(none state s''orte&) at last cont- ,%ese colleges %a4e t%e
same crricla reJirements as t%e osteo'at%ic an& me&ical "
e8ce't t%at t%ey &o not teac% t%e &rg lore t%e ot%ers &o- #t %as
o4er 20,000 'ractitioners-
,%e !olm/ia #nstitte of !%iro'ractic, (%ic% o'erates sc%ools in
/ot% >e( 7or1 an& @altimore, reJires its st&ents to
sccessflly com'lete 4,4CH %ors of resi&ent tition in or&er to
Jalify for a &egree-
!olm/ia's me&ical neig%/or in @altimore (:o%ns Ho'1ins
Kni4ersity) &oesn't %a4e as strict e&cational stan&ar&s " an&
Ho'1ins is rate& as one of t%e nation's to'flig%t me&ical
instittions- ,%e Ho'1ins crriclm calls for only =,H9C %ors of
resi&ent instrction an& 4H0 of t%ese are ta1en ' (it% t%e st&y
of &rgs, 99P of (%ic% are rate& as seless /y ots'o1en
me&ical &octors-
>ot only !olm/ia, /t all ot%er &rgless colleges of any
conseJence %a4e eJally %ig% instrctional stan&ar&s- ,%e
Gogan @asic !ollege of !%iro'ractic in *t- Gois reJires 4,C20
%ors of resi&ent instrction for a &egree, (%ile its me&ical
neig%/or (3as%ington Kni4ersity) reJires only =,DBH- ,%e
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>ational !ollege of !%iro'ractic in !%icago %as a corse of 4,D42
%ors resi&ent instrction-
,%e Gincoln !%iro'ractic !ollege in #n&iana'olis reJires 4,49C
%ors an& t%e +almer #nstitte of !%iro'ractic in Da4en'ort a
minimm of 4,000 C0)minte classroom %ors- ,%e Kni4ersity of
>atral Healing Arts in Den4er %as an e4en stiffer reJirement "
fi4e years of 1,000 %ors eac% to Jalify for a &egree- ,%e
>ational !ollege of >a'ra'at%y in !%icago reJires 4,=2C
classroom %ors for gra&ation-
7et in t%e face of t%is (e fin& freJent 're4arications, often /y
me&ical men, in s'rea&ing t%e 'ro'agan&a t%at c%iro'ractors,
osteo'at%s an& natro'at%s are 'oorly traine& or not e4en
traine& at all- ,%e reason for t%is 'ro'agan&a, most of (%ic% is
actally nconsciona/le, is t%at t%e 'ractitioners of t%ese t%ree
sciences cre t%eir 'atients (it%ot t%e se of &rgs-
,%ere are a''ro8imately 40,000 &rgless &octors cring 'atients
in t%e Knite& *tates, in a&&ition to t%e !%ristian *cience
'ractitioners- ,%ese sccessfl e8'onents of t%e (is&om of
$ot%er >atre ct enormosly into t%e sale of &rgs an&
t%erefore into t%e 'rofits of t%e Drg ,rst-
@t t%eir '%iloso'%y is not ne(- @en;amin Fran1lin a&4ance& it
220 years ago-
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3ha,ter 4+ 3losed Sho,
A 'reten&er is a Fac1- His n(illingness to in4estigate any
ot%er system, e8ce't as in&icate& /y ort%o&o8 me&ical men an&
ot%er t%an t%at (it% (%ic% %e is familiar, or to in4estigate t%e
&efects of %is o(n met%o&s, stam's %im as 're;&ice& in min&
an&, t%erefore, n(ort%y t%e res'ect an& confi&ence of
t%og%tfl an& fair min&e& men-
" Alfre& 3alton, $- D-
"
,%e close& s%o' %as long /een a /one of contention /et(een
in&stry an& la/or- Ga/or com'lains (%en it is loc1e& otQ
in&stry com'lains (%en a stri1e is calle&-
,%e A Al8 Alan, in its %ey&ay, /rog%t cries of rage all o4er
t%e Knite& *tates /ecase of t%e close& s%o' i&eas em/o&ie& in
its rgent in4itations to negroes, !at%olics an& :e(s to 4irtally
get off t%e 9art%-
,%e ltimate in close& s%o's is, of corse, t%e &ictators%i' in
.ssia- #ts nearest com'etitors (ere t%e late /t nlamente&
&ictators%i's in Fascist #taly an& >a6i ?ermany-
,%e Dictators%i' of t%e American Drg ,rst " (%ic% is closely
allie& to an& (it% t%e ?erman c%emical cartel " is t%e most
'o(erfl com/ination in American life an& %istory- Only t%e fact
t%at Fran1lin .oose4elt 1ic1e& t%e /c1et /efore %e col&
entirely scra' t%e !onstittion, %as 're4ente& it from /ecoming
an a/solte &ictators%i'- ,%ere is a small minority t%at refses to
1nc1le &o(n to t%e &rg &ictators%i'-
Fronting for t%is in&strial com/ine, is t%e Dictator of $e&icine "
one $orris Fis%/ein (%ose negati4e me&ical /ac1gron& %as
/een 're4iosly &iscsse& at some lengt%- Fis%/ein %as /ilt ',
for t%e Drg ,rst, t%e tig%test close& s%o' in America-
,%is close& s%o' " t%e American $e&ical Association " is e4en
close& to t%e Homeo'at%ic an& 9clectic me&ical men, mainly
/ecase t%e met%o&s of t%ese t(o offs%oots of t%e me&ical
'rofession are &irecte& more to %el'ing natre cre t%an to
%in&ering %er (it% &rgs-
An& t%e close& s%o' of t%e Drg !%am/er of !ommerce, of
corse, a''lies to all license& me&ical '%ysicians (%o eit%er
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refse to ;oin ', or (%o are 1ic1e& ot for failre to IconformI
to t%e e&icts of t%e Fe%rer of $e&icine- 3it% all t%e 'ressre
/rog%t to /ear on t%e InonconformistsI it is remar1a/le t%at
only 14=,=C0 of t%e nation's 199,000 o&& license& me&ical
&octors %a& Isigne& 'I (it% t%e nion on $ay 1, 1949- @ecase
"
Any '%ysician in t%e contry (%o refses to ;oin %is conty or
city me&ical society is terme& an Iotla(I or a Ire/elIQ an& in
s/tle (ays t%e mem/er '%ysicians %miliate, ri&icle an& scoff
(%en %is name is mentione&- #f %e is se& for mal'ractice, or
im'ro'er illegal treatment, (%ic% is t%e constant fear of many
'%ysicians, %e fin&s it %ar& to secre any of t%e IreglarI &octors
to testify in %is /e%alf as me&ical e8'erts or ot%er(ise- >ee&less
to say, t%is fear of %a4ing %is /siness rine&, an& of /eing
na/le to secre 'rotection, is a 'o(erfl cl/ (it% (%ic% to
inflence '%ysicians an& srgeons into ;oining conty me&ical
societies-
7et t%is genteel san&/agging isn't enog% to sit t%e Dictator- He
%as a far more effecti4e (ay to 4ent %is s'leen, al/eit a mc%
more cr&e met%o& " a 'rinte& @lac1 Gist, camoflage& as a list
of IJac1s an& c%arlatans-I ,o len& cre&ence to %is c%arges
against %onest &octors, %e actally incl&es a fe( Jac1s in
t%ese lists-
@t t%e ma;ority of t%e listees are t%ose (%o refse& to
recogni6e %is Dictators%i', (%o refse& to I;oin 'I or (%o
sog%t to &isco4er an& gi4e to t%e (orl& a&4ance& %ealing
met%o&s (it%ot o/taining %is 'ermission an& 'ermitting t%e
le4ying of financial tri/te-
#n or&er t%at mem/ers of t%e me&ical 'rofession may /e %el&
(it%in t%e /on&s &escri/e& /y t%e !6ar of t%e me&ical
fraternity, a cam'aign of rt%lessness, ai&e& an& a/ette& /y
more or less innocent mem/ers of t%e 'rofession, is carrie& on
against all (%o &o not /o( to Fe%rer Fis%/ein's ar/itrary e&icts-
3%en a la/or nion or em'loyer gets ot a @lac1 Gist %e is
imme&iately %ale& into cort, /t (e %a4e yet to %ear of $orris
Fis%/ein /eing ta1en /efore t%e /ar of :stice /ecase of %is
official 'rinte& 'erio&ical @lac1 Gist- ,%e title of t%is /oo1let is
I$iscellaneos *'ecialists-I #t says on its co4er t%at it is
're'are& an& isse& /y t%e @rea of #nformation of t%e :ornal
of t%e American $e&ical Association, B=B >ort% Dear/orn *treet,
!%icago, #llinois-
,%e I@rea of #nformationI is ;st anot%er one of $r- Fis%/ein's
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aliases an& in t%is @lac1 Gist %e ta1es to tas1 an& /ran&s
e4eryone as a IJac1I or a Ifa1erI (%o %as incrre& %is &isli1e-
Anot%er 'rinte& /lac1 list is t%e one (%ic% $r- Fis%/ein sells to
glli/le &octors for $1-B0 a'iece- #t is entitle& I>ostrms an&
Fac1ery an& +se&o)$e&icine, Eolme ###-I ,%is im'osing
loo1ing 4olme %as a fore(or& of 'raise /y ?eorge H- *immons,
t%e a&4ertising Jac1 of anot%er era, (%ic% greatly 'raises t%is
(or1 of 4ilification an& san&/agging- #ts origin is attri/te& to a
Fis%/ein office 'ro8y " Art%r :- !ram', $- D-, formerly &irector
of t%e I@rea of #n4estigationI of t%e American $e&ical
Association-
#n t%is /oo1 (e fail to fin& a single concern (%ic% a&4ertises in
any of t%e Fis%/ein ;ornals 4ilifie& or /lac1liste&- On t%e
contrary (e fin& t%at all are non)a&4ertisers- 3it% t%e cle4erness
one (ol& e8'ect from a %ig%)class rac1eteer, Fis%/ein %as
'lace& a fe( /onafi&e Jac1s an& '/lic enemies on t%is list-
,%is is n&o/te&ly &one so t%at if its entire contents s%ol& /e
Jestione& %e col& 'oint to one or t(o 1no(n Jac1s an& %ol&
t%em ' as a criterion of t%e (%ole (or1-
One concern (%ic% e4i&ently refse& to a&4ertise (as t%e
#nnerclean $anfactring !om'any- A''arently /ecase t%ey
refse& to a&4ertise in %is 4arios ;ornals, #nnerclean %as /een
consigne& to t%e oter &ar1ness in t%e Fis%/ein le8icon, yet it is
consi&ere& one of t%e fe( la8ati4es (%ic% &oes not 'ro&ce a
/a& after effect-
All 'ro&cts (%ic% %a4e /een ;ac1e& ' /y t%e Foo& an& Drg
A&ministration, an& (%ic% &o not a&4ertise in t%e Fis%/ein
me&ical ;ornals, a''arently are liste& in t%is $aster @lac1 Gist
/ecase %e is 'articlar to gi4e t%e Fe&eral >otice of :&gment
nm/er- Ho(e4er, (e fail to fin& in t%e /lac1 list anyt%ing a/ot
Gan& o'Ga1es @tter, (%ic% %as a string of >otices of :&gment
as long as one's arm against it on file (it% t%e De'artment of
Agricltre, an& in Fe&eral an& *tate corts-
+art of Fis%/ein's /lac1 list is &e4ote& to o/esity cres, /t
not%ing is sai& a/ot Dinitro'%enol, t%e most &angeros of all,
(%ic% (as a''ro4e& /y t%e American $e&ical Association- At
least, Fis%/ein ga4e t%e Association's a''ro4al of it-
Dr- @en;amin .s% of +%ila&el'%ia, signer of t%e Declaration of
#n&e'en&ence, mem/er of t%e !ontinental !ongress, me&ical
officer in 3as%ington's armies /et(een sessions, an& 'ro/a/ly
t%e foremost me&ical man of %is &ay, is sai& to %a4e rge& t%e
First !ongress to incl&e a 'ro4ision for me&ical li/erty in t%e
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First Amen&ment to t%e !onstittion (%ic% is s/mitte& to t%e
*tates for ratification in 1DH9-
,%e first amen&ment sai& t%at I!ongress s%all ma1e no la(
'ro%i/iting t%e free e8ercise of religion, or a/ri&ging t%e free&om
of s'eec%, or of t%e 'ress-I Dr- .s% is re'te& /y %istorians to
%a4e rge& t%e !ongress to a&& t%e (or&s Ior a/ri&ging t%e
rig%t of citi6ens to secre me&ical treatment from &octors of
t%eir o(n c%oice-I
IKnless (e 't me&ical free&om into t%e !onstittion,I %e tol&
t%e legislators, It%e time (ill come (%en me&icine (ill organi6e
into an n&erco4er &ictators%i' an& force 'eo'le (%o (is%
&octors an& treatments of t%eir o(n c%oice to s/mit to only
(%at t%e &ictating otfit offers-
3as t%ere e4er a /etter 'ro'%et5 An&, /y t%e irony of fate, an
organi6ation (as forme& in +%ila&el'%ia " t%e city (%ere Dr-
.s% li4e& an& la/ore& " fifty)eig%t years later, (%ic% &i& gro(
into t%e 4ery 1in& of an atocratic &ictators%i' Dr- .s% feare&-
An& to ma1e t%e %emloc1 c' for Dr- .s%'s s'irit in t%e Doctors'
Eal%alla t%e more /itter to s(allo(, /ot% Jac1s (%o %a4e ma&e
t%e American $e&ical Association a com/ination close& s%o'
la/or nion an& money)ma& c%am/er of commerce (ere gi4en
&i'lomas from a me&ical college /earing %is name-

S S S
#t (as t%e attem't of t%e American $e&ical Association, (%en
control (as ta1en o4er in 1H99 /y ?eorge H- *immons, to
mono'oli6e t%e me&ical fiel& for its o(n mem/ers, t%at le& t%e
formation of t%e 9clectic sc%ool of me&icine- ,%is sc%ool
annonce& t%at t%ey /elie4e& t%e in4estigation an& 'ractice of
me&icine s%ol& /e entirely free an& ntrammelle&Q an& no
central /o&y, association, com/ination or cons'iracy s%ol& %a4e
t%e 'o(er to 'rescri/e a certain stan&ar& of fait% or me&ical
cree&, (%ic% s%ol& /e recei4e& an& force& 'on e4ery mem/er
of t%e 'rofession /y t%reats of 'rofessional &isgrace an& rin-
,%ey recogni6e& t%at e4ery enlig%tene&, e&cate& an& %onest
'%ysician s%ol& stan& 'on t%e 'latform of 'rofessional
res'ecta/ility an& s%ol& en;oy t%e same rig%ts no matter (%at
&octrines %e a&4ocate& in me&icine, or (%at system of 'ractice
%e &eeme& it %is &ty to a&o't-
@t a 'o(erfl &esire to &ominate 'ossesse& t%e *immons
controlle& gro' " t%e (ol&)/e atocrats in t%e fiel&- ,%ey
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(ante& eac% man to /e remol&e& in t%e same mol& t%ey (ere
ma&e in, an& sog%t to enforce t%is mol& 'on ot%ers, li1e a /e&
of +rocrstes- ,%e 9clectic 'latform, (%ic% (ol& %a4e le&
to(ar& t%e a&4ancement an& 'rogress of me&icine, (as slo(ly
smot%ere&, an& e4ery effort (as ma&e to 1ill off t%e sc%ool-
:st (%at 'o(ers of %y'notism *immons %a& o4er t%e &octors of
1H99 # (ol&n't 1no(- @t t%ey seem to %a4e &egenerate&
(mentally, at least) from t%e gro' of earnest, intelligent, /roa&)
min&e& 'ractitioners (%o got toget%er in 1H4D an& forme& an
association for t%e mtal /enefit of &octors an& t%e ailing
'/lic-
,%e com/ati4e 'rogram lai& &o(n /y @oss *immons %a& a t(o)
fol& o/;ecti4e<

(1) ,o secre an& go4ern, for itself, all lcrati4e offices in t%e
Army an& >a4y, t%e !i4il *er4ice an& t%e %os'italsQ
(2) ,o nite as one against t%e ot%er '%ysicians an&
'ractitionersQ to &estroy t%eir social stan&ing an& to &ri4e t%em
ot of t%e /siness of me&icine entirely-

@y t%e first o/;ecti4e of t%is 'rogram t%e *immons faction of t%e
me&ical 'rofession t%re( off its cloa1 of %onora/leness /ecase
t%is o/;ecti4e (as actate& entirely /y gree& an& t%e lo4e of
money- An %onora/le me&ical &octor 'laces t%e (elfare of %is
'atient firstQ money, /a&ly as (e all nee& it, secon&-
,%e secon& *immons o/;ecti4e s%o(e& a /itterness of s'irit, a
smallness of min& an& a form of /igotry far /elo( t%e &ignity of
&ecent '%ysicians- ,%s t%e *immonsites %a& &egenerate& far
/elo( anyt%ing concei4e& /y Dr- .s% or t%e fon&ing fat%ers of
t%e American $e&ical Association- ,%ey (ante& to %a4e a
mono'oly an& to /e t%e sacre& co(s, t%e only Irecogni6e&I
me&icine men in t%e tri/e-
,o t%e e4erlasting &iscre&it of t%e mem/ers of many *tate
legislatres it mst /e recor&e& %ere t%at t%is close& s%o' nion
%as e8ten&e& tentacles to t%e %ealt% &e'artments of nine
American common(ealt%s at t%e 'resent (riting- ,%ese
tentacles are reac%ing ot as fast as t%ey can, an& &are to, into
t%e ot%er t%irty)nine *tates, t%e District of !olm/ia an& all of
t%e territories-
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state %ealt% acti4ities- >o &octor (%o is not a mem/er is gi4en
t%e slig%test consi&eration for a''ointments on any /oar&, or for
a''ointments on t%e staff of any *tate o(ne& %os'ital or
instittion-
,%ese states are Ala/ama, Dela(are, Goisiana, $arylan&,
$ississi''i, >ort% !arolina, *ot% !arolina, Eermont an&
Eirginia- ,(enty)eig%t 'ercent of t%e license& 'racticing me&ical
&octors of Ala/ama are not mem/ers of t%e American $e&ical
Association, alt%og% t%ey 'ay ta8es, 4ote an& generally
e8ercise t%e rig%t of citi6ens as garantee& /y t%e !onstittion
an& @ill of .ig%ts-
7et only a mem/er of t%e Ala/ama *tate $e&ical *ociety can /e
a''ointe& to t%e Ala/ama *tate $e&ical @oar&- >o effort %as
/een ma&e to e8'lain (%at is t%e matter (it% t%e ot%er 2HP of
me&ical &octors, or (%y none of t%eir nm/er can /e a''ointe&
to t%e state's go4erning me&ical gro'-
,%e la( also 'ro4i&es t%at a &rgless &octor, or a !%ristian
*cientist, cannot /e license& to treat 'atients nless t%ey 'ass
an e8amination gi4en /y mem/ers of t%e Ala/ama *tate $e&ical
*ociety " in&i4i&als (%o a&mitte&ly 1no( not%ing a/ot t%e
&rgless sciences an& are t%erefore as nfit to con&ct sc%
e8aminations as a gro' of Ul #slan&ers (ol& /e-
,%is /oar& is also gi4en t%e 'o(er to refse to e8amine me&ical
&octors (%o &i& not recei4e t%eir e&cation from a me&ical
college a''ro4e& /y t%e Drg !%am/er of !ommerce- An& t%e
@oar& %as ma&e t%is n)American tenet one of its rles an&
reglations- ,%e @oar& also %as &ictatorial 'o(er to re4o1e t%e
license of any &octor in t%e state it c%ooses-
O/4iosly, t%e Fe&eral la(s against trsts an& mono'olies in
restraint of tra&e are not a''lie& /y t%e De'artment of :stice,
t%e Fe&eral agency s(orn an& 'ai& to '%ol& t%e anti)trst la(s,
to any s/si&iary or stooge of t%e Drg ,rst-
,%e Ala/ama la(s are similar to t%ose of t%e ot%er mono'olistic
states enmerate&- ,%ese nine state me&ical societies t%s %ol&
t%e @ig *tic1- 3it% it t%ey can (%i' &octors into line-
,%e me&ical 'ractice acts eac% 'ro4i&e frt%er t%at

It%e @oar& s%all %a4e t%e rig%t to &etermine all Jestions as to
t%e sfficiency of t%e com'laint, as to its 'roce&re an& as to t%e
a&missi/ility an& (eig%t of e4i&ence-I
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,%is 'ro4ision seals an airtig%t mono'oly- An& it is as air tig%t as
t%e illegal an& nla(fl Aangaroo !ort con&cte& /y t%e +ost
Office De'artment against all 4en&ors of t%era'etic 'ro&cts
(%ose &estrction is or&ere& /y t%e Drg ,rst, an& (%ic%
'roce&re is &escri/e& in t%e c%a'ter I?o4ernment ?angsters-I
An&, n&er t%is airtig%t mono'oly, a &octor (%o incrs t%e
enmity or &is'leasre of t%e Drg ,rst (t%r its stooge, t%e
American $e&ical Association) is %ale& /efore its 'ic1e& /o&y to
ans(er t%e c%arge of In'rofessional con&ctI or some ot%er
&rmme&)' c%arge, no matter %o( far)fetc%e& an& silly- His
li4eli%oo&, t%e fate of %is family, %is name an& career are at
sta1e- ,%e car&s are stac1e& against %im an& %e is frame&
/efore %e starts-
,%e nlc1y '%ysician, 1no(ing t%e mono'olistic 'o(er of t%e
American $e&ical Association, faces %is accsers only to fin& t%at
t%e *tate $e&ical *ociety's 'ic1e& /o&y %as t%e 'o(er to
&etermine (%at testimony t%e accse& may offer in %is o(n
&efense- >ot only t%is, /t t%e *tate $e&ical *ociety's 1angaroo
cort %as t%e sole 'o(er to &etermine t%e 4ale of t%e e4i&ence
(%ic% t%e &octor offers- An& to ca' t%is tra4esty on ;stice, t%e
*tate $e&ical *ociety's 'ic1e& an& 'ac1e& gro' acts as %is
;&ge an& metes ot t%e 'enalty-
,%e *tate $e&ical Association frt%er &etermines t%e stan&ing of
t%e college from (%ic% t%e a''licant gra&ate&- #n so
&etermining t%e stan&ing, t%e *tate $e&ical Association
annonces t%at it is gi&e& /y t%e rating gi4en t%at college /y
t%e American $e&ical Association- $ost of t%e ot%er *tates &o
li1e(ise in /lac1)listing colleges (%ic% &o not s/mit to t%e
ar/itrary &ictation of t%e $e&ical Dictator-
!onseJently, if a st&ent (is%es to 'ractice me&icine, %e mst
go to a college a''ro4e& /y t%e American $e&ical AssociationQ
ot%er(ise %e (ill not /e allo(e& e4en to ta1e an e8amination-
3it% t%is stifling gri' 'on me&ical colleges t%ere can /e /t one
ine4ita/le reslt- $e&ical colleges (%ic% t%e American $e&ical
Association &oes not a''ro4e, go ot of e8istence /ecase
st&ents (ill not atten& t%em-
,%is s%o(s a 'retty com'lete mono'oly o4er all t%ings &irectly
connecte& (it% t%e 'ractice an& teac%ing of me&icine- ,%ere also
are innmera/le ot%er %ealt% acti4ities in e4ery *tate not &irectly
connecte& (it% me&ical 'ractice (%ic% are also mono'oli6e& /y
t%e $e&ical Dictators%i', to t%e c%agrin of in&e'en&ent t%in1ing
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'%ysicians- For instance, t%e *tate @oar& of Healt%, (%ose
acti4ities &eal (it% sanitation, sc%ools, general %ealt%
s'er4ision, etc- *''orting t%e *tate @oar& of Healt% is t%e
'olice 'o(er of t%e *tate, (%ic% means t%at t%e fll 'olice 'o(er
of t%e Knite& *tates can /e calle& 'on if nee&e& to enforce its
or&ers-
#n (%ose %an&s s%ol& sc% tremen&os res'onsi/ility /e
'lace&5 #n t%e %an&s of s1ille& sanitary engineers, or in t%e
%an&s of /ro1en &o(n me&ical Jac1s (%o are na/le to earn a
li4ing at t%e 'ri4ate 'ractice of me&icine5 ,%e sai& Jac1 /eing
s/ser4ient to t%e $e&ical Fe%rer or t%e Drg !%am/er of
!ommerce 5
,%e ans(er is fon& in t%e fact t%at city an& conty %ealt%
officers are ni4ersally a''ointe& from t%e ran1s of lame &c1
me&ical &octors " most of (%om are totally nfitte& /y eit%er
training, latent a/ility or nati4e intelligence for sc% (or1-
3e fin& t%at, in t%e states of Aansas an& $issori, t%e state la(s
say It%e &ifferent sc%ools of 'racticeI s%all /e re'resente& on
t%e *tate @oar&- 3e also fin& t%at t%is la( is 4iolate& an& t%at
only $- D-'s are e4er a''ointe& to t%ese /oar&s-
,%is me&ico)&rg cartel (as a'tly smme& ' /y :- 3- Ho&ge,
$- D-, of >iagara Falls, >- 7-, in t%ese (or&s<

I,%e me&ical mono'oly or me&ical trst, e'%emistically calle&
t%e American $e&ical Association, is not merely t%e meanest
mono'oly e4er organi6e&, /t t%e most arrogant, &angeros an&
&es'otic organi6ation (%ic% e4er menace& a free 'eo'le in t%is
or any ot%er age-
IAny an& all met%o&s of %ealing t%e sic1 /y means of safe,
sim'le an& natral reme&ies is sre to /e assaile& an&
&enonce& /y t%e arrogant lea&ers of t%e A $ A &octors' trst as
'fa1es, fra&s an& %m/gs-' 94ery 'ractitioner of t%e %ealing art
(%o &oes not ally %imself (it% t%e me&ical trst is &enonce& as
a '&angeros Jac1' an& im'oster /y t%e 're&atory trst &octors-
I94ery sanitarian (%o attem'ts to restore t%e sic1 to a state of
%ealt% /y natral means (it%ot resort to t%e 1nife or 'oisonos
&rgs, &isease im'arting serms, &ea&ly to8ins or 4accines, is at
once 'once& 'on /y t%ese me&ical tyrants an& fanatics,
/itterly &enonce&, 4ilifie& an& 'ersecte& to t%e fllest e8tent-I

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$any &octors may (ell (on&er a/ot t%e ra'i& rise of
c%iro'ractic an& ot%er forms of &rgless %ealing, an& t%e
corres'on&ing &ecrease in t%eir o(n res'ecti4e 'ractices- ,%e
!%icago $e&ical *ociety %as fon& t%at HBP of t%e 'eo'le of its
commnity 'refer &rgless %ealers as family '%ysicians-
#n +asa&ena, !alifornia, a la&y &octor, t%e e8amining '%ysician
for t%e +asa&ena 7-3-!-A-, &isco4ere& t%at HBP of %er
e8aminees %a4e &rgless %ealers for t%eir '%ysicians- ,%is is
startling information for t%e ort%o&o8 'ractitioner- >atrally %e
(on&ers (%y-
Any intelligent 'erson (ill a&mit t%at a mo&ality (%ic% can ma1e
sc% %ea&(ay as t%is certainly mst affor& satisfactory relief to
t%ose (%o see1 it, (%et%er it is 'syc%ological or '%ysical- @t is
it eig%ty)fi4e fifteent%s as effecti4e as me&icine5 #f t%e me&ical
&octors (ill ta1e off t%eir rose)colore& glasses an& loo1 at t%e
American $e&ical Association as it really is t%ey (ill get t%e
ans(er to t%is Jestion-
$e&ical &octors, (%o &o not s%ot or a&4ertise t%eir acti4ities to
t%e (orl& at large are ;&ge& /y t%e fe( me&ical &octors (%o &o-
,%ese a&4ertising &octors com'rise an& control t%e A $ A- $orris
Fis%/ein, for instance, sol& a series of allege& %ealt% articles to
t%e *cri's)Ho(ar& >e(s *yn&icate- At t%e /ottom of eac% article
%e e8%orte& %is rea&ers to Icli' t%is ot an& /ecome yor o(n
&octor-I
94en t%og% t%e '/lic &oesn't 1no( t%at Fis%/ein ne4er
'ractice& me&icine a &ay in %is life an& is not Jalifie& to a&4ise
t%e laymen, mc% less t%e &octor, on %o( to treat t%e sic1, any
intelligent man or (oman is a(are t%at yo cannot treat &isease
in a stan&ar&i6e& manner /y t%m/ing t%rog% ne(s'a'er
cli''ings- Any intelligent layman is /on& to t%in1 less of t%e
me&ical 'rofession after rea&ing t%ese /og%t)an&)'ai&)for
/lr/s (ritten /y t%e nation's s''ose&ly Ilea&ingI me&ical man-
7et &ring t%e recent (ar Fis%/ein a&4ertise& to all an& sn&ry
to /y %is 9Hc /oo1 an& /e t%eir o(n &octor " to release t%eir
goo& ol& family &octor for (ar &ties- 94ery &octor (e %a4e
tal1e& to, (%o %as loo1e& at t%e Fis%/ein t%ing, says it is seless
for e4en or&inary family life, t%at it is n&ignifie& in t%e e8treme
an& t%at it is one of t%ose t%ings t%e Fe&eral ,ra&e !ommission
an& t%e +ost Office De'artment (ol& s''ress if it &i&n't %a4e
t%e sanction of t%e &rg trst-
#n it Fis%/ein 'lgs a large nm/er of nostrms ma&e an& sol&
/y nits of t%e .oc1efeller Drg ,rst, no matter %o( %armfl
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t%ey %a4e /een 'ro4en to /e- 9'som *alts %e says I%as lots of
'o(er-I !itrate of $agnesia, %e says, s%ol& /e ta1en in large
Jantities- Anyone (%o follo(e& t%is a&4ice (ol& soon /e
mins t%e lining of %is /o(els-
He 'lgs an& rges t%e e8cessi4e consm'tion of castor oil,
mineral oil, agar, glycerine, 4aseline, col& cream, 6inc o8i&e
ointment, io&ine, /oric aci&, 'ero8i&e, so&im /icar/onate,
as'irin, ammonia, srgical 'o(&er, 'etrolatm ecaly'ts
ment%ol com'on&, syringes, /e& 'ans, r//er s%eets, a&%esi4e
ta'e, t%ermometers, ice /ags, atomi6ers an& t%e 'ro&ct of any
4en&or (%o a''arently (as (illing to 'ay for t%is Ia&4ertising-I
#n %is a&4ertising 'rogram, $r- Fis%/ein ma&e some of t%e most
otlan&is% claims imagina/le- $any a 4en&or, not 'ossessing t%e
/lessing an& /ene&iction of t%e Drg ,rst, %as /een 't ot of
/siness /y /ot% Fe&eral ,ra&e an& Foo& L Drg for statements
not 10P as men&acios- For instance (e fin& sc% /lr/s as
t%ese<

I,%e 3ealt%iest $illionaire !ol& >ot Fin& @etter Healt%
?i&anceI-

I9n&orse& /y Doctors 94ery(%ereI

I#t !ontains t%e sm total of e4eryt%ing me&ical science %as
learne&-I

I#t /rings to e4ery mo&ern %ome t%e 'eace of min& an& sense of
secrity t%at comes of /eing 're'are& in time of nee&-
- - - it is (ort% a t%osan& times its 'rice-I

Actally, me&ical '%ysicians (ill tell yo t%e Fis%/ein tome isn't
(ort% t%e 'a'er it is (ritten on- #n fact, no one e8'ects it to /e
(ort% t%at, since $r- Fis%/ein &emonstrate& at %is state /oar&
e8amination t%at %e &oesn't 1no( (%ere %alf t%e organs, /ones,
ner4es an& tisses are locate& or e4en (%at t%ey are-
#n Dr- :ose'%son's /oo1 I$erc%ants #n $e&icineI %e goes into
t%e Fis%/ein conglomeration in some &etail- He cites a nm/er of
instances (%ere t%at gentleman's lac1 of me&ical 1no(le&ge is
glaringly transmitte& to %is (ritings, an& gi4es a nm/er of
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instances of %arm a 'erson (ol& &o to %imself or %erself in
follo(ing t%e a&4ice gi4en in t%e /oo1-
94en (orse, t%e *cri''s)Ho(ar& ne(s'a'ers (ere foole& into
syn&icating to its ne(s'a'er clients a similar line of %o1m in
t%e form of a ne(s'a'er colmn a &ay, (ritten /y $r- Fis%/ein
n&er t%e 'retense t%at %e (as a &octor an& 1ne( %o( to treat
%man ills- #t is sai& t%at t%ey actally 'ai& Fis%/ein goo&
American fol&ing money for t%is ;n1-
,%e ne(s'a'er syn&icate (as as /ol& as Fis%/ein for, at t%e
/ottom of eac% &aily colmn of t%ese Ime&ical tal1sI (as t%e
/ol& inscri'tion, ringe& aron& /y a /o8 an& starting off in /ol&
ca'ital letters (it% t%e e8%ortation I$a1e 7or O(n $e&ical
?i&e-I ,%is (as follo(e& /y<

I*a4e Dr- Fis%/ein's articles from &ay to &ay an& 'aste t%em in a
scra' /oo1- #n a s%ort time yon (ill fin& yo %are acJire& an
in4ala/le mo&ern %ome me&ical gi&e (it% relia/le information
on e4ery %ealt% Jestion-I

Of corse, it is an e8treme t%og%t to e4en 4ision e4eryone of
or 1B0,000,000 'eo'le gi4ing ' t%eir family '%ysician an&
rs%ing to 3ool(ort%'s to /y scra' /oo1s in (%ic% to 'aste
$orris Fis%/ein's gems of me&ical (is&om- @t t%ese isn't t%e
slig%test &o/t t%at many glli/le rea&ers %a4e &one t%is-
,(o conseJences follo(- First, an& most im'ortant, is t%at eac%
ignorant rea&er (%o &i& t%is too1 long c%ances (it% %is o(n
%ealt% an& life, or t%at of %is or %er &ear ones- ,%e secon& is
t%at many a family &octor lost fees (%ic% %e col& %a4e %onestly
earne& /y a&ministering to %is 'atients (%o %a& /een e8%orte&
/y t%is Igreat me&ical lea&erI to /e %is o(n &octor an& atten&
%imself /y t%e ne(s'a'er)cli''ing met%o&-
Fis%/ein's /oo1 (as one glaring o4ersi6e& /lr/ for t%e 'ro&cts
of t%e Drg ,rst- >atrally t%e +ost Office, t%e Foo& L Drg
A&ministration an& t%e Fe&eral ,ra&e !ommission loo1 t%e ot%er
(ay-
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3ha,ter 4D Sha.edo<n
*ince t%e regimentation of $e&icine /y Jac1s an& me&ical
gangsters in control of t%e American $e&ical Association, t%is
organi6ation %as /ecome one of t%e most 4icios rac1ets in t%e
contry- A large ma;ority of t%e 'eo'le %a4e lost fait% in t%e
me&ical &octor an& loo1 else(%ere for relief-
" !%arles Gyman Goffler, $- D-
"
$any 'ersons (%o %a4e in&lge& in t%e gentle art of (%at is
1no(n as Is%a1ing &o(nI %a4e /een nceremoniosly s%ot-
$any more %a4e increase& t%e 'o'lations of or ;ails an&
'enitentiaries- @t t%ese are only t%e cr&e /oys " t%e ones
(%o are not smart enog% to stay (it%in t%e la( /y organi6ing
or controlling a Inon 'rofitI association (%ere s/tly generate&
fear is s/stitte& for t%e &o(nrig%t t%reat-
3%en t%at &ictators%i', 1no(n as t%e American $e&ical
Association, grants its a''ro4al to a 'ro&ct an& t%en, after t%e
&istri/tor of t%is 'ro&ct refses to a&4ertise as %ea4ily as t%e
Dictator &esires, (it%&ra(s t%e sai& IA''ro4al,I slan&ers t%e
'ro&ct an& attem'ts to s/orn t%e 4iolation of t%e 'ro&cer's
contract (it% t%e &istri/tor, t%is can /e &escri/e& as not%ing
else /t an attem'te& *HAA9DO3>-
3%en t%e $e&ical Dictator grants t%e Iseal of a''ro4alI to a
(ealt%y /tter com'any (%ic% %as /een con4icte& &o6ens of
times /y t%e Fe&eral go4ernment an& t%e *tate of +ennsyl4ania
for selling 'tri& /tter an& eggs, an& (%en t%is Iseal of
a''ro4alI is somet%ing solely to ma1e t%e '/lic t%in1 t%is
'ro&ct is 're, an& (%en, in s'ite of t%ese con4ictions, t%is
/tter com'any, (%ic% is a goo& a&4ertiser in t%e me&ical
;ornals, contines to tili6e t%is fa1e seal, t%en t%e 'ictre of
t%e Is%a1e&o(nI 'ractice& /y officials of t%e American $e&ical
Association is too clear for sccessfl contra&iction-
#n t%is c%a'ter # am going to cite a nm/er of instances of
manfactrers an& &istri/tors, not to s'ea1 of me&ical &octors,
(%o %a4e /een as1e& to I1ic1 inI or a&4ertise an&, failing to
acce&e to t%ese &eman&s %a4e /een 'ersecte&, 4ilifie&, an& in
many cases, t%eir /sinesses rine&-
# (ill start off /y Joting a letter (ritten to one of America's
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/etter 1no(n IirreglarI '%ysicians, /y a salesman (%o formerly
(as em'loye& /y $orris Fis%/ein an& %is I!o)o'erati4e $e&ical
A&4ertising @rea-I ,%ese are t%e e8act (or&s of t%e salesman<

I# (as em'loye& /y ,%e !o)o'erati4e $e&ical A&4ertising @rea
of t%e A-$-A- $r- 9- 3- $attison (as manager, /t (e (ere at
all times n&er t%e rle of 3ill !- @ran, /siness manager of
t%e A-$-A-
I,%e !-$-A-@- %an&le& a&4ertising as an agency for t(enty)nine
state me&ical ;ornals at t%at time, (%ic% incl&e& all /t t%e
;ornals of >e( 7or1 an& #llinois-
IAll co'y cleare& t%rog% t%e !-$-A-@- %a& to conform to A-$-A-
stan&ar&s an& (ere s/;ect to a''ro4al of t%e A-$-A- @rea
controlling sc% 'ro&cts-
I#n cases (%ere a&4ertising (as secre& /y a state me&ical
;ornal &irect an& in&e'en&ent of t%e !- $- A- @-, t%e same
a''ro4al (as secre& /efore '/lication (as ma&e-
IOn se4eral occasions in my e8'erience, si6a/le contracts for
a&4ertising in state me&ical ;ornals (ere cancelle& /y t%e
a&4ertiser at t%e insistance of t%e A&4ertising De'artment of t%e
A-$-A- an& t%e a&4ertising rn in A- $- A- '/lications instea&-
I,%e !-$-A-@- o'erating as an agency for t%e state me&ical
:ornals c%arge& an agency fee to t%e ;ornals- At t%e en& of t%e
year t%e recei'ts o4er an& a/o4e rnning e8'ense (as 'rorate&
an& retrne& to t%e state me&ical ;ornals-I

*imilar statements (ere ma&e to my informant /y a salesman
(%o (or1e& for one of $r- Fis%/ein's &mmy)/reas " I,%e
American $e&ical Association A&4ertising @rea-I ,%is salesman
tol& %o( %e (as sent ot in a %rry to see concerns (%o %a&
(ritten in to a state me&ical ;ornal for a&4ertising 'ricesQ an&
%o( t%e /siness manager of Fis%/ein's :ornal %a& /een ti''e&
off /y solicitors of t%e I!o)o'erati4e $e&ical A&4ertising
@rea-I
He (ol& first c%ec1 ' on t%e concern as to its a/ility to /y
a&4ertising- ,%en %e (ol& go after t%em for all t%e traffic (ol&
/ear- #f anyone /al1e& t%e salesman (ol& first tell %o( goo& an
Iin4estmentI t%is a&4ertising (as- #f t%ey contine& to %ol& ot
t%e final trm' car& (as 'laye& " a t%reat of con&emnation of
t%eir 'ro&ct /y t%e American $e&ical Association- ,%is sally
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(on t%e &ay-
,%e same salesman again a4ers t%at (%en a concern (ants
IrecognitionI for a 'ro&ct, an agent of t%e A $ A A @ is sent to
fin& ot %o( mc% money sai& concern %as an& %o( mc% it is
(illing to s'en& in a&4ertising in t%e A $ A :ornal- Knless t%ey
signe& ' for It%e amontI sggeste&, t%ey (ere a&4ise& t%at
no recognition (ol& /e gi4en to t%eir 'ro&ct, an& t%at s%ol&
t%ey a&4ertise else(%ere t%eir 'ro&cts (ol& /e con&emne&
t%rog% t%e A $ A I!oncil of +%armacyI an& t%e A $ A I@rea
of #n4estigation-I
# &on't 1no( (%et%er t%e ?ree1s %a& a name for it or not, /t
(e in America %a4e-
Kn&er t%e &irection of $r- Fis%/ein, t%e Drg !%am/er of
!ommerce %as ne4er /een a&4erse to e8tracting money from
ma1ers an& 4en&ors of t%era'etic ai&s /y met%o&s (%ic% (ol&
ma1e Fis%/ein's former fello( to(nsman (Al !a'one) loo1 li1e a
small time o'erator- A mil& (or& for t%is 'articlar rac1et (ol&
/e Is%a1e&o(n-I
,%e most 'rolific 4e%icle for e8tracting money from 'ac1age&
me&icine an& foo& manfactrers is t%e so)calle& I!oo'erati4e
$e&ical A&4ertising @reaI (%ic% is ;st anot%er name for
$orris Fis%/ein- ,%is /rea is, to all 'ractical 'r'oses, a
%ol&ing cor'oration for =B state me&ical ;ornals, t%e 4arios
me&ical s'ecialty maga6ines, t%e :ornal of t%e A $-A- an&
Hygeia (t%e I'ee'l'sI %ealt% ;ornal)-
#f t%e manfactrer or &istri/tor of a 'ac1age& or /ottle&
'ro&ct &oes not (is% to %a4e %is 'ro&ct cl//e& off t%e
me&ical mar1et /y Fis%/ein, o'erating as t%e I@rea of
#n4estigationI an& as I,%e !oncil of +%armacy an& Drgs,I (it%
t%e assistance of %is stooges in t%e Fe&eral Foo& an& Drg
A&ministration, or %is &'es in t%e >ational @etter @siness
@reas, %e %a& /etter Ia&4ertise-I An a&4ertiser (%o (rites to
one of t%e *tate ;ornals inJiring as to t%eir a&4ertising rates,
etc-, generally recei4es a letter li1e t%e follo(ing stoc1 ans(er
sent ot /y t%e Ar1ansas $e&ical *ociety<

I,%an1 yo for yor inJiry (%ic% (e are referring to t%e
!oo'erati4e $e&ical A&4ertising @rea, B=B >ort% Dear/orn
*treet, !%icago, #llinois, (%o %an&les t%e national a&4ertising for
t%e :ornal of t%e Ar1ansas $e&ical *ociety- 7ors, trly, 3- .-
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An& (it%ot solicitation from %im, t%e manfactrer (ill almost
in t%e same mail recei4e t%e follo(ing from general
%ea&Jarters, signe& I!oo'erati4e $e&ical A&4ertising @rea<I

I7or letter a&&resse& to t%e Ar1ansas *,A,9 $9D#!AG
:OK.>AG a/ot a&4ertising in t%at '/lication %as /een referre&
to t%is @rea, as (e are t%e central a&4ertising &e'artment for
t%e state me&ical ;ornals t%rog%ot t%e Knite& *tates- 3e ta1e
'leasre in enclosing or rate on (%ic% yo (ill fin& t%e s(orn
circlations an& rates for eac% of or '/lications, incl&ing
Ar1ansas- 3e are no( 'lacing or or&ers for co'y for t%e A'ril
isses-
I3e ;&ge from yor letter%ea& t%at yo manfactre an& sell
cosmetics- 3e s%all /e 'lease& to %a4e yo tell s (%at s'ace
an& %o( many ;ornals yo (is% to se, an& if yor co'y is
acce'ta/le (e may t%en e8ecte yor or&ers in t%e ;ornals yo
select-
I,%an1ing yo for yor early re'ly, (e are
Eery trly yors,
I!OO+9.A,#E9 $9D#!AG ADE9.,#*#>? @K.9AK-I

Along (it% t%is letter from t%e $e&ical Dictator t%e 'ros'ect (ill
recei4e a ta/le s%o(ing t%e a&4ertising rates, toget%er (it%
s(orn I'ai&I circlation, total circlation an& t%e &ate t%e forms
close for t%e *tate me&ical ;ornals eit%er o(ne& or controlle&
/y Fis%/ein- An&, if %e %as any cas% (ort% going after, %e %a&
/etter Ia&4ertiseI " or else-
#f a manfactrer refses to a&4ertise ;st as %ea4ily as t%e
Fis%/ein organi6ation or&ers %im to, t%e (or& is 'asse& aron&
not to %a4e anyt%ing to &o (it% t%at 'ro&ct- #t is 't on t%e
@lac1 Gist an& la/ele& as IJac1ery-I #f it is a 'ro&ct (%ic% t%e
general '/lic /ys, t%en an effort is ma&e to %a4e its normal
mar1et &estroye& /y t%e Fe&eral ,ra&e !ommission, t%e Foo&
an& Drg A&ministration an& t%e @etter @siness @reas, /y
c%arging t%at it is Ifra&lentI a&4ertising-
Here is as clear ct an e8am'le of an attem'te& s%a1e&o(n as #
%a4e e4er seen- #t in4ol4es t%e effort of Fis%/ein to force !- !arl
?il&ner of Gos Angeles, !alifornia, &istri/tor of a 'ro&ct 1no(n
as Aing's $aelm, to acce't an inor&inate a&4ertising sc%e&le in
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nmeros me&ical ;ornals (%ic% Fis%/ein o(ns an& controls-
Aing's $aelm is a 're foo& 'ro&ct, ma&e an& &istri/te& from
t%e +acific !oast-
# %a4e /efore me t%e (%ole story in '%otostat form " letters
from t%e American $e&ical Association's t(o &mmy I/reasI
" t%e so)calle& I@rea of !o)o'erati4e A&4ertisingI an& t%e so)
calle& I!ommittee on Foo&sI " (%ic% a''ear to /e t%e only t(o
aliases t%e $e&ical Dictator se& in %is effort to cl/ t%is
'articlar manfactrer into I1ic1ing in-I
!- !arl ?il&ner of Gos Angeles %a& a contract (it% Aing's
Ga/oratories of !alimesa, !alifornia, manfactrers of t%is
'ro&ct, to &istri/te it nationally- ,%rog% /a& a&4ice, t%e
la/oratories t%emsel4es a''lie& for an& secre& t%e seal of
a''ro4al of t%e American $e&ical Association, n&er t%e
erroneos im'ression t%at t%e a(ar&ing of t%e seal meant t%e
'ro&ct %a& /een e8amine& an& fon& to /e 're an& safe for
%man consm'tion-
#mme&iately t%ereafter $r- ?il&ner (as solicite& to acce't an&
'ay for a large a&4ertising cam'aign in t%e se4eral A $ A an&
t%irty)one state me&ical ;ornals, all n&er t%e control of t%e
American $e&ical Association an& its s/si&iaries- $r- ?il&ner
&ecline& to meet t%is sc%e&le, (%ere'on t%e Ia''ro4alI (as
re4o1e&-
>ot only t%at, /t t%e $e&ical Dictator /ecame so incense& at
$r- ?il&ner t%at %e attem'te& to /ll&o6e Aing's Ga/oratories
into 4iolating t%eir contract (it% t%e &istri/tor- ,%is in itself is a
4iolation of t%e Fe&eral ,ra&e !ommission Act, (%ic% isses
or&ers to !ease an& Desist against small concerns (%ic%, in t%e
langage of t%e !ommission's rlings I#n&ce em'loyes of
com'etitors to 4iolate contracts-I
,%e o(ner of Aing's Ga/oratories at t%at time (as one Harry .-
*%e''ar&, an Ala/ama)/orn !alifornian- $r- *%e''ar& (as 't
ot of /siness /y t%ese Fis%/ein met%o&s an& imme&iately (ent
into 'olitics- He (as electe& to !ongress from !alifornia's 21st
District in 19=C, an& %as /een re)electe& e4er since-
From t%e e4i&ence (%ic% (e %a4e at %an& it is clearly a''arent
t%at t%e *eal of t%e American $e&ical Association an& t%e
Ia''ro4alI of t%e $e&ical Dictator is grante& only to t%ose (%o
&o not incr %is (rat% /y &eclining %is in4itation to Ia&4ertise-I
,%ose (%o I1ic1 inI can sell a&lterate& 'ro&cts to t%eir %eart's
content- ,%ey can /e in&icte& an& con4icte& /y t%e at%orities
for selling a&lterate& an& 'tri& 'ro&cts- 7et /ecase t%ey
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Ia&4ertiseI or ot%er(ise 'lacate t%e $e&ical Dictator, t%ey
contine to se t%e IsealI (%ic% merely &ecei4es t%e '/lic into
t%in1ing t%e 'ro&ct is 're-
#t (as on Octo/er 2D, 19=1, t%at t%e $e&ical Dictator, (riting on
stationery %ea&e& I!ommittee on Foo&sI an& s%o(ing $orris
Fis%/ein as Ic%airman,I a&4ise& t%at<

"King's Maelum is being accepte b! this committee an the
compan! is entitle to ispla! the seal on the package label an
in a"ertising."

An& t%en on >o4em/er 10t% " e8actly t(o (ee1s later " t%is
(as follo(e& ' (it% anot%er form letter from t%e $e&ical
Dictator, t%is time on stationery %ea&e& I!o)o'erati4e $e&ical
A&4ertising @rea-I
,%is letter sai& in 'art<

I3e are a&4ise& t%at yor 'ro&ct A#>?'* $A9GK$ %as /een
acce'te& /y t%e !ommittee on Foo&s of t%e American $e&ical
Association (it% (%ic% t%is /rea is associate&- 7o are no(
entitle& to se t%e insignia of t%e !ommittee on Foo&s in any
a&4ertising yo may se in t%e official *tate me&ical ;ornals-
I,%is /rea re'resents t%irty)one of t%ese '/lications, eac%
one /eing t%e official ;ornal of one or more *tates, an&
confining its circlation to t%e imme&iate fiel& (%ic% eac% ;ornal
re'resents, conseJently yo may a&4ertise Aing's $aelm in
se4eral or all of t%ese '/lications co4ering forty)t(o *tates an&
(it%ot any &'lication of circlation-
I3e are enclosing or literatre s%o(ing t%e territory (%ic% eac%
;ornal co4ers an& or rate car& (%ic% gi4es t%e s(orn
statement of circlation of eac% ;ornal an& rates for 4arying
time an& s'aceo-I

,%is IofferI (as trne& &o(n /y $r- ?il&ner an& t%e Dictator
strc1 Jic1ly- ,%e /ig stic1 &escen&e& in less time t%an it ta1es
to tell, an& on >o4em/er 1Ct% (;st si8 &ays later) Fis%/ein
(rote a letter on stationery %ea&e& I!ommittee on Foo&sI to t%e
Art%r .- $aas Ga/oratories in Gos Angeles, !alifornia, informing
t%em t%at t%e Iacce'tance of Aing's $aelmI %a& /een
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#f t%ese facts are not 'lain enog% for yo t%ey (ill /e (%en yo
rea& t%e case of t%e Gan& O'Ga1es @tter !om'any- ,%is /ig
/tter an& egg concern in 19=1 a&4ertise& Jite e8tensi4ely in
t%e !osmo'olitan $aga6ine, Hearst's *n&ay $aga6ine an&
nmeros ot%er '/lications- #n /ig ty'e t%eir a&4ertisements
state&<

F-7RST TO BE A33E$TED BY T%E 3OMM7TTEE O& -OODS
O- T%E AMER73A& MED73A8 ASSO37AT7O&.F

+rominently &is'laye& in its a&4ertising (as t%e tra&emar1 seal
of t%e American $e&ical Association's I!ommittee on Foo&s,I
'lace& t%ere to ma1e t%e '/lic /elie4e it garantee& 'rity of
'ro&ct-
# %a4e /efore me a fll)'age a&4ertisement from Hearst's
American 3ee1ly of t%e Gan& O'Ga1es !reameries, #nc- ,%is
a&4ertisement says<

IFirst /tter to /e acce'te& /y t%e American $e&ical Association-
,%e seal s%o(n &enotes t%at Gan& O'Ga1es *(eet !ream @tter
an& a&4ertisements for it are acce'ta/le to t%e !ommittee-I

# no( Jote from a letter (ritten to me /y ?o4ernor ?iffor&
+inc%ot, of +ennsyl4ania, Agst 19, 19=1, at t%e time (%en t%e
!reamery 'eo'le (ere %ol&ing ' t%e IsealI of t%e A $ A as a
garantee of I'rotection to t%e consming '/licI<

I3e are no( going a%ea& an& not 'aying any attention to (%o
t%e 'arties may /e- 3e too1 t%e GA>D O'GAA9* into t%e corts
only a fe( &ays ago on t(enty)t%ree moistre cases, an& it
&oesn't matter (%o t%e 'arty is if (e fin& t%em 'tting into
+ennsyl4ania any a&lterate& foo&, if (e get t%e e4i&ence, t%ey
are going into cort-I

Kn&er &ate of Decem/er 11, 19==, ?o4- +inc%ot again (rote<

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I,%e cases against t%e GA>D O'GAA9* !.9A$9.7 concerne&
illegal Jantities of moistre in /tter- #n some of t%e cases t%ey
'ai& a fine- #n ot%ers, (%ere t%e e4i&ence (as not so clear, t%ey
'ai& t%e costs, /t in no case &i& &ecision go against t%e *tate-I

Fi4e times in t%e year 19=0 t%e Gan& O'Ga1es !reamery 'eo'le
(ere %aile& into t%e Fe&eral !orts of >e( 7or1 an& >e( :ersey
for selling a&lterate& /tter an& mis)/ran&e& eggs- ,%e 'ro&ct
in eac% case (as con&emne&, /t t%e &efen&ants (ere allo(e&
to go free In&er /on&-I
#n t%e latter case it (as a&mitte& /y t%e !reamery 'eo'le t%at
'art of t%e =99 cans of fro6en eggs in4ol4e& ('rity garantee&
/y t%e IsealI an& Ia''ro4alI of t%e American $e&ical
Association) (ere filt%y, &ecom'ose&, an& t%at sgar %a& /een
a&&e&, 'resma/ly to &isgise t%e smell-
3e %a4e no recor& of t%e IsealI an& Ia''ro4alI of t%e American
$e&ical Association %a4ing /een (it%&ra(n /efore or after t%ese
facts came to lig%t- #t is, t%erefore, a''arent from t%ese '/lic
recor&s t%at t%e Gan& O'Ga1es !reamery mst %a4e I1ic1e& inI
some(%ere an& some%o( to t%e $e&ical Dictators%i'-
#t reJires no e8traor&inary intelligence for one to see t%at t%e
Aing's $aelm 'ro&ct, against (%ic% no c%arge (mc% less a
con4iction) %as e4er /een /rog%t of im'rity or a&lteration,
(as re;ecte&, not /ecase of im'rity or nsafeness, /t
/ecase $r- ?il&ner refse& to /e s%a1en &o(n to %el' /il& '
t%e $H,000,000 sr'ls of Fis%/ein's Inon 'rofitI cor'oration-
,%e fate of Aing's $aelm is ty'ical of t%e fate of many %onest
manfactrers of 'ac1age& me&icines-

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As immoral as is t%e 'ractice of li/eling an& slan&ering a 'ro&ct
(%ose 'ro&cer refses to ct %is a&4ertising sc%e&le to t%e
'attern or&ere& /y t%e $e&ical Dictator, t%e Aee'ers of t%e *eal
are gilty of 4astly more &angeros 'ractices- ,(o otstan&ing
inci&ents are t%e failre to in4estigate t%e to8ic Jalities of a
'oison containe& in +%ili' $orris !igarettes ((%ic% s'en& many
t%osan&s of &ollars a year on a&4ertising in me&ical ;ornals),
an& t%e co4ering ' of t%e ame/ic &ysentery e'i&emic in
!%icago ntil t%e last 4isitor %a& 'asse& t%rog% t%e trnstiles of
t%e 3orl&'s Fair in 19==-
,%e +%illi' $orris inci&ent really smells to %ig% %ea4en- >o one
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e4er &o/te& t%at a stiff a&4ertising sc%e&le (as t%e only O'en
*easame nee&e& to secre t%e Ia''ro4alI an& I*ealI of t%e
American $e&ical Association- @t ntil t%e &eat% of se4enty)t(o
'eo'le from *lfanalami&e in t%e fall of 19=D it (as not
&efinitely 'ro4en t%at a stiff a&4ertising sc%e&le col& co4er '
an in4estigation of 'ossi/le &angeros ingre&ients-
,%e +%ili' $orris !om'any, Gtc, lanc%e& a %ea4y a&4ertising
cam'aign in nearly e4ery a4aila/le me&im in 19==- Among
t%ese me&ims (ere t%e :ornal of t%e American $e&ical
Association, an& =1 states an& regional me&ical :ornals- ,%e
t%en $=40 a 'age rate in t%e :ornal is ct to $2H0 'er (ee1 for
fifty)t(o insertions- ,%e $B0 rate in t%e >e( 9nglan& :ornal of
$e&icine (ee1ly (as ct to $=4 for fifty)t(o insertions- ,%e
t%irty)one ot%er ;ornals '/lis%e& mont%ly, t%en %a& a
com/ine& rate of $9D0 a mont%- ,%s t%e +%ili' $orris !om'any
'ai& t%at year into me&ical coffers<

B2 insertions, :ornal of t%e A $ A $14,BC0
B2 insertions, >e( 9nglan& :ornal of $e&icine 1,DCH
12 insertions in eac% of =1 state an&
regional me&ical ;ornals 11,C40
))))))))))))
$2D,9CH

,%ese figres may %el' t%e rea&er &igest t%e ama6ing facts
(%ic% are to follo(- ,%e e8tensi4e +%ili' $orris a&4ertising
cam'aign (as /ase& on t%e one Isales smas%,I t%at /ecase of
t%e se of t%e &rg &iet%ylene glycol as a %ygrosco'ic agent,
instea& of t%e glycerine se& /y ot%er cigarette manfactrers,
+%ili' $orris cigarettes 'ro4e Iless irritating to t%e t%roat-I
,%e a&4ertising co'y (riter, in %is flig%ts of imagination, e4en
(rote in one of t%e a&4ertisements carrie& in t%e :ornal of t%e
A $ A<
I+atients (it% cog%s (ere instrcte& to c%ange to +%ili' $orris
cigarettes- #n t%ree ot of for cases t%e cog%s &isa''eare&
com'letely- 3%en t%ese 'atients c%ange& /ac1 to cigarettes
ma&e /y t%e or&inary met%o& of manfactre, (it%in a limite&
nm/er of &ays, cog%s %a& retrne& in one)t%ir& of t%e cases-
,%is +%ili' $orris s'eriority is &e to t%e em'loyment of
&iet%ylene glycol as a %ygrosco'ic agent " 'ro4e& a ma;or
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a&4ancement in cigarettes-I
$any an a&4ertiser %as /een ;ac1e& ' /y t%e Fe&eral ,ra&e
!ommission for a mil&er flig%t into t%e realm of fiction t%an t%at-
Ha& t%is /een tre, an& t%e &iet%ylene glycol not &angeros,
e4ery ot%er ma;or cigarette com'any in t%e lan& (ol& %a4e
c%ange& to &iet%ylene glycol-
,%e +%ili' $orris !om'any is sai& to %a4e /ase& t%ese
statements on t%e /og%t)an&)'ai&)for Io'inionI of t(o
'%ysicians (%om it %ire& for t%is 'r'ose " Dr- $ic%ael ?-
$linos of !olm/ia Kni4ersity, an& Dr- Fre&eric1 @- Flynn, also
of >e( 7or1-
As is t%e case of /og%t)an&)'ai&)for e8'erts, t%e ot%er si&e can
al(ays fin& contra)e8'erts to testify to &iametrically o''osite
Ifacts-I *o, t%e glycerine interests %ire& Dr- A- :- !arlson, %ea&
of t%e &e'artment of '%ysiology at t%e Kni4ersity of !%icago,
an& a Dr- Haral& Hoic1 of t%e De'artment of +%armacy,
Kni4ersity of >e/ras1a- ,%ese t(o e8'erts ren&ere& an o'inion
stating t%at t%e o'inion of t%e ot%er t(o e8'erts (as t%at mc%
/ncom/e-
!ame t%e fall of 19=D- *e4enty)t(o 'eo'le &ie& as t%e reslt of
sing a &rg calle& *lfanilami&e $assengill in (%ic% it (as
s%o(n t%at &iet%ylene glycol, t%e sol4ent, (as t%e to8ic agent
res'onsi/le for t%e &eat%s of t%ese 'eo'le-
>o(, %a& t%ere /een a (or& of trt% in t%e claims of $orris
Fis%/ein, 9sJ-, t%at %e an& %is &mmy I!oncil on +%armacy an&
!%emistryI an& ot%er nits of %is &mmy set)'s (ere
concerne& (it% t%e '/lic %ealt%, %e (ol& %a4e imme&iately
ss'en&e& t%e +%ili' $orris a&4ertising an& ma&e an e8%asti4e
e8amination into t%e effect of &iet%ylene glycol on t%e %man
/o&y (%en ta1en in sc% small &oses as 'ro4i&e& in cigarettes-
Ha& t%e $e&ical Dictator /een concerne& at all (it% t%e '/lic
%ealt%, t%e '/lic (eal or t%e re'tation of t%e A $ A, %e (ol&
%a4e %a& an e8%asti4e e8amination ma&e at no matter (%at
cost- An& no +%ili' $orris a&4ertising (ol& %a4e /een carrie& in
any me&ical ;ornal nless t%ey &iscontine& t%e se of
&iet%ylene glycol ntil, an& nless, it (as 'ro4en %armless to t%e
%man /o&y in t%e small &oses containe& in cigarettes-
On t%e ot%er %an& $r- Fis%/ein ;m'e& to t%e &efense of t%is
a&4ertiser (%o s'en&s so mc% money to Ia&4ertiseI in %is
me&ical ;ornals- ,%e :ornal of t%e A $ A itself, in an e&itorial
on Octo/er =0, 19=D, sai&< I,%ere is no e4i&ence t%at t%e
or&inary se of &iet%ylene glycol in in&stry, or as an ingre&ient
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in t%e manfactre of cigarettes, is %armfl-I
Kn&o/te&ly t%e $e&ical Dictator %as no e4i&ence of t%e
%armflness of &iet%ylene glycol (%en se& in cigarettes, an& in
4ie( of t%at $2D,9CH a&4ertising a''ro'riation in 19== it is a
safe /et t%at %e an& %is /siness staff &i&n't (ant any sc%
e4i&ence- @t t%ey %a4e 'lenty of e4i&ence t%at it is %armfl
(%en se& in larger Jantities " if yo can call se4enty)t(o
&ea& 'eo'le e4i&ence-
7et, t%e American $e&ical Association also %as no e4i&ence t%at
&iet%ylene glycol is >O, %armless (%en se& in cigarettes- ,%at
is t%e 'art 9&itor Fis%/ein &i& not tell %is rea&ers " an& it is a
4ery im'ortant item-
Dr- !arlson, t%e 'ai& re'resentati4e of t%e ri4al glycerine
interests, is a little more %onest (it% %is a&itors in %is
e8'resse& o'inion- He says< I# 1no( of no relia/le e4i&ence as to
(%et%er t%e amont of &iet%ylene glycol in +%ili' $orris
cigarettes is or is not in;rios to man- .elia/le e4i&ence of t%is
'ro/lem (ol& /e a long an& e8'ensi4e n&erta1ing /ecase
in;ries, if any, (ill /e slig%t an& c%ronic in t%e amont of
&iet%ylene glycol t%at (ol& enter t%e /o&y from smo1ing t%ese
cigarettes-
IHo(e4er, it (ol& seem a clear matter of (is&om to e8cl&e
t%is 'oison from cigarettes, at least ntil 'ossi/le e4i&ence of
%armlessness is a4aila/le- # t%in1 t%e 'eo'le res'onsi/le for t%e
a&4ertising co'y of +%ili' $orris cigarettes are sing n&ly, if
not nfairly, t%e so)calle& me&ical a''ro4al of t%e cigarette-I

S S S
A mem/er of t%e American $e&ical Association, locate& in t%e
District of !olm/ia, /rog%t to my attention a case of o/4ios
san&/agging (%ic% %e sai& (as an e8tremely sore s/;ect (it%
me&ical &octors (%o 'ai& &es to t%e A $ A- He 'ointe& ot t%at
a 'ro&ct 1no(n as 9rgosterol is I/anne&I /y t%e A $ A (%ile an
i&entical 'ro&ct 1no(n as Eiosterol is Ia''ro4e&-I Anot%er
'ro&ct 1no(n as I@efsalI (as I&isa''ro4e&I (%ile a 'ractically
i&entical 'ro&ct 1no(n as IAto'%anI an& anot%er i&entical
'ro&ct 1no(n as I!eno'%anI (ere Ia''ro4e&I /y IDr-I
Fis%/ein-
Accor&ing to t%is '%ysician, District of !olm/ia &octors inter'ret
t%is as sim'ly meaning t%at t%e manfactrers of Eiosterol,
Ato'%an an& !eno'%an %a4e I1ic1e& inI to t%e 'o(ers t%at /e in
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!%icago (%ile t%e ma1ers of 9rgosterol an& @efsal %a4e refse&
to /e s%a1en &o(n in t%is manner- >o( let's see %o( near rig%t
t%ese District of !olm/ia &octors are-
Eiosterol is manfactre& /y $ea&, :o%nson L !om'any, an&
se4eral ot%er 'o(erfl Ia&4ertisersI in t%e Fis%/ein ;ornals an&
me&ical &irectories- ,%e i&entical 'ro&ct, 9rgosterol, is sol& /y
?loga L !om'any of !%icago, (%ic% concern refses to I1ic1
inI to t%e A $ A 1itty- >ot only &oes t%e American $e&ical
Association refse to Ia''ro4eI 9rgosterol " (%ile a''ro4ing an
i&entical 'ro&ct (%ic% is not%ing in t%e (orl& /t 9rgosterol
(%ic% %as /een e8'ose& to 4iolet rays " yet Fis%/ein (ent ot
of %is (ay sometime ago to /lac1list t%is 'ro&ct of ?loga L
!om'any, calle& 9rgosterol-
,%e 'oint of &emar1ation /et(een a 'ro&ct ma&e /y t%e
manfactrers of Ato'%an an& !eno'%an, an& one ma&e /y t%e
manfactrer of @efsal is more clearly &efine&- @efsal (as ma&e
/y Dr- Ge(is *- *mmers at Am/ler, +ennsyl4ania, no(
&ecease&- ,%ere (as a fe& of long stan&ing /et(een Dr-
*mmers an& t%e $e&ical Dictator, (%ic% en&e& only (it% Dr-
*mmers' &eat%-
Dr- *mmers (as force& to fig%t incessantly to 'rotect %is
/siness- He sent ot 4olmes of letters an& circlars to t%e
me&ical 'rofession, in (%ic% %e ga4e many testimonials of cres-
,%is incense& /ot% *immons an& Fis%/ein " no &o/t /ecase
t%ey col& not force Dr- *mmers to Ia&4ertiseI in t%eir sn&ry
me&ical ;ornals- ,%ey (ent far ot of t%eir (ay to 'oison t%e
min&s of t%e entire Allo'at%ic 'rofession (it% %atre& an&
're;&ice against
Dr- *mmers an& %is 'ro&ct-

S S S
Anot%er interesting case is t%at of t%e 9llis $icro&ynameter- $r-
9llis informs me t%at an agent of t%e A $ A &eman&e& a large
sm " estimate& from ot%er sorces at $=0,000 " for a ItestIQ
ot%er(ise t%e Iscre(sI (ol& /e 't on t%e $icro&ynameter in
t%e me&ical 'rofession-
From 'ersonal e8'erience # 1no( t%at t%e 9llis mac%ine (ill &o
e8actly (%at its 4en&or says it (ill " 'oint ot to t%e '%ysician
t%e 'art of t%e /o&y (%ere t%ere is an a/normal con&ition- #f t%e
'%ysician is a com'etent &iagnostician %is training an& ;&gment
(ill &o t%e rest- @t t%e sensiti4eness of t%e mac%ine " far in
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a&4ance of any %man faclty " can 'oint ot t%e &anger signs
an& area mont%s or (ee1s /efore t%e /est '%ysician can-
Fis%/ein %a& t%e late Doctor)*enator !o'elan& of >e( 7or1, (%o
&es'ise& /t feare& t%e $e&ical Dictator, 't an nconsciona/ly
false &escri'tion of t%e 9llis mac%ine in t%e !ongressional .ecor&
('age B02B, A'ril 2, 19=B)- Accor&ing to t%e Fis%/ein)!o'elan&
'%ili''ic, t%e 9llis mac%ine %a& a I&ial (it% e4ery &isease from
ast%ma to 6ymosis in&icate& on it-I 7o s'n a &ial, Fis%/ein
sai& t%rog% t%e mot% of %is *enate stooge, an& I(%ere4er t%e
&ial sto''e&, yo %a& t%at &isease-I
# calle& on *enator !o'elan& for 'roof of t%is statement- ,%ree
(ee1s later %e sent me some corres'on&ence (%ic% %e recei4e&
from Fis%/ein, an& (%ic% (as sent to %im t%rog% Fis%/ein's
stooges in t%e Foo& an& Drg A&ministration of t%e Agricltre
De'artment- ,%is I&ataI incl&e& '%otostats from t%e :ornal of
t%e American $e&ical Association, (%ic% ;ornal (as so /ol& as
to %a4e incl&e& o/4iosly fa1e& 'ictres of t%e mac%ine in t%e
articles-
# %a& $r- 9llis /ring %is mac%ine to 3as%ington- He ma&e a
'erfect &emonstration on me an& on some officials of t%e
De'artment of Agricltre- Fis%/ein's stooges " t%ose in t%e
Foo& an& Drg A&ministration " &i&n't (ant to 1no( anyt%ing
a/ot t%e instrment t%ey %el'e& to li/el-
Hence, t%ey (ere not amena/le to a &emonstration- *enator
!o'elan& refse& my offer for a &emonstration /efore %is
!ommerce !ommittee, (%ic% %a& ;st railroa&e& Fis%/ein's 'et
measre " t%e so)calle& ,g(ell @ill " t%rog% t%e *enate, a
/ill (%ic% (ol& actally %a4e emasclate& t%e goo& ol& 3iley
+re Foo& @ill-
(,%e ,g(ell @ill, inci&entally, (ol& %a4e remo4e& t%e
'ro4isions ma1ing it man&atory to 'rosecte (ealt%y an&
inflential offen&ers against t%e foo& an& &rg la(s-)
*enator !o'elan& /lntly an& n/ls%ingly tol& me t%at %e &i&n't
(ant a &emonstration of t%e 9llis mac%ine /ecase IC,000
&emonstrations col&n't con4ince %im-I Ho(e4er, t%e mac%ine
(as sccessflly &emonstrate& /efore t%e Hose #nterstate
!ommerce !ommittee-
,re to form, t%e $e&ical Dictators%i' a&mitte& t%at it 1ne(
not%ing of t%e &e4ice it (as slan&ering an& li/eling- .ea& t%is
self)con4icting statement (%ic% a''eare& in t%e :ornal of t%e A
$ A, :anary C, 19=4, n&er t%e ca'tion I@rea of #n4estigation
on 9llis $icro&ynameter-I #t says<
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I,%e @rea of #n4estigation %as ma&e no e8amination of t%e
mec%anism of t%e 9llis $icro&ynameter- ,%is article (ill /e
confine& to a &iscssion of t%e /ac1gron& on (%ic% t%e &e4ice
is 'ro;ecte& an& of t%e claims ma&e for it-I

Ano(ing t%e facts, # &o not /elie4e t%ere is an %onest, intelligent
or self)res'ecting &octor in t%e Knite& *tates (%o (ol& not /e
as%ame& of a me&ical ;ornal t%at con&emns a 'ro&ct /ecase
t%e manfactrer (ill not I1ic1 inI to t%e $e&ical $ssolini, or
t%at e4a&es its &ty to t%e '/lic as (as &one in t%e +%ili' $orris
case-
# &o not /elie4e t%ere is a &octor nas%ame& of a me&ical
;ornal (%ic% '/lis%es fa1e 'ictres, fa1e &escri'tions of an
Iotla(e&I 'ro&ct an& t%en /am/oo6les a mem/er of t%e
Knite& *tates *enate into inserting t%em in t%e !ongressional
.ecor&-
#n eac% instance Fis%/ein clmsily a&mitte& t%at %e 1ne(
not%ing of t%e 'ro&ct /ecase %e refse& to in4estigate it- ,%is
statement is a &ea& gi4ea(ay-
,%ese Inort%o&o8I met%o&s are a''ro4e& /y t%e .oc1efeller
Drg ,rst, or t%e Drg !%am/er of !ommerce (ol& ne4er /e
allo(e& to commit t%em, Fis%/ein or no Fis%/ein- ,%e ,rst itself
is con&cting rac1ets on a far larger scale an& t%erefore loo1s
/ene4olently on t%e smalltime 'ecca&illoes of its 4ala/le front
an& stooge " t%e American $e&ical Association-
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3ha,ter 40 Time Mar;hes On
3it% all %is conscience an& one eye as1e(, *o false %e 'artly
ta1es %imself for tre
- " .&yar& Ai'ling-

,%e scene is ancient ?reece, circa 400 @- !- $r- Hi''ocrates,
(it% mc% scientific am/ition /t little scientific ammnition,
esta/lis%es %imself as t%e +a'a of $e&icine- He s''lants
e8isting %ealing a/sr&ities (it% a/sr&ities of %is o(n an& starts
t%e me&ical /all rolling-
$r- H- is an o''ortnist e8traor&inaire- *ince t%e year B,000 @-
!, (%en t%e @a/ylonians inagrate& t%e &rg traffic, %man
cra4ings stimlate& t%e &isco4ery an& creation of %n&re&s of
t%ese %a/it forming items- Fat%er Hi''o merely too1 t%is into
accont, co&ifie& t%e 4arios narcotics, t%og%t ' %man
&isor&ers (%ic% t%ey (ere s''ose& to cre, an& 'resto, %e %a&
a Iscience-I
#f t%e /all (as fm/le& an& rolle& ot of /on&s, t%at can %ar&ly
/e /lame& on +a'a- ,o&ay %e (ol& %a4e /een t%e first to las%
ot at me&ical &iscssionists (%o 'reen t%emsel4es on 1no(ing
a t%osan& t(ee&le&ms an& t(ee&le&ees (%ile %os'itals
increasingly fill faster t%an t%ey can /e em'tie&-
Hi''o %a& a lot of stff on t%e /all- He la/ore& tremen&osly,
e4en if %orren&osly, on a (i&e 4ariety of s/;ects- ,%ere (as
t%at amsingly senile stff %e (rote a/ot t%e 4aricolore& /iles
an& ot%er fli&s of t%e /o&yQ /t (ritten (it% sc% literary
e8cellence t%at %is a/solte not%ings 'o''e& from t%e 'age li1e
t%ey mig%t /e im'ortant somet%ings-
From %im really flo(e& t%e 'resent &ay me&ical fas%ion of saying
an& (riting n(or1a/le i&eas in sc% an in4ol4e& an&
'olysylla/ic style t%at t%ey actally son& &istingis%e& an&
comman& res'ect- *c% as t%e cte (rin1le of (riting
'rescri'tions in Gatin " to im'ress t%e /rg%ers (it% not%ingQ
an& sen&ing /ills in 9nglis% " to get 'ai& somet%ing for not%ing-
@t for all %is generally inaccrate t%og% al(ays attracti4e
mean&erings, Hi''ocrates &i& trn ot a fe( (or1manli1e 'ieces
of &iagnosis, 'rognosis, %ea& in;ries, e'i&emics an& sc%li1e-
For t%at &ay an& age t%ey (ere really remar1a/le-
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$ore remar1a/le, %o(e4er, (ere t%e &rgless conce'ts of t%is
fat%er of &rggingQ o/ser4ations on &iet, /reat%ing, (ater cre,
s'inal mani'lations an& sc% similar stff (%ic% t%e me&icos of
to&ay con4eniently call Jac1is%-
Hi''ocrates ma&e a forci/le statement in t%e long, long ago t%at
(ill li4e fore4er as an incontro4erti/le trt% (%en %e sai&<
IAs is t%e /loo&, so is t%e man " %e is ;st as (ea1, ;st as
strong-I

S S S
T7ME MAR3%ES O&
7t is the year DD A.D. The ,la;e is $alestine.
:ess of >a6aret%, alrea&y /a'ti6e& /y :o%n, tra4els t%e
contrysi&e for t%ree years an& 'erforms miracles /y t%e laying
on of %an&s- ,%e &olts of t%e time are confse&, /e(il&ere&-
@t it mig%t /e t%og%t t%at t%e me&ical (ig%ts (ol& try to note
t%e e8act ner4e centers He toc%e& or any ot%er e8act met%o&
t%e $aster em'loye& in 'erforming His cres, instea& of /eing
o/sesse& (it% a fren6ie& &esire to call Him IJac1-I
@t t%at (as not to /e- All t%at consme& t%e /ree& (as to say
Him nay- 3it% for centries of t%e Hi''ocratic tec%nic alrea&y
n&er t%eir /elt t%ey c%aracteristically t%og%t little of noting His
met%o& /t e4eryt%ing of la/elling it ma&ness-
,o 'reser4e t%eir 'lace in t%e sn as t%e or&aine& an& &ignifie&
%ealers it (as t%eir 'lain &ty to t%e '/lic (elfare to start '
t%e c%ors of ri&icle- For He (as an Iirreglar-I !on&emnation
(it%ot in4estigation of an IirreglarI (as a IreglarI 4irte-
3%en it came to 'ass t%at t%ey nsee1ingly stm/le& on some
of t%e $aster's great cres, an& more 'articlarly on one (%o
sai&, IAll # 1no( is t%at once # (as /lin& an& no( # can see,I
t%eir a4enging arm only %ar&ene& t%e more in anger t%at One,
not of t%e IreglarI sc%ool, s%ol& &o in His Ic%arlatanesJeI
(ay t%at (%ic% t%ey col& not go an& &o li1e(ise-
S S S
T7ME MAR3%ES O&
7t is the year 412 A.D. The ,la;e is Rome.
?alen, %ailing from ?reece, gat%ers t%e (%ole store of me&ical
1no(le&ge an& ties it ' so firmly t%at it /ecomes for many
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centries t%e at%oritati4e fon&ation of t%e science-
,%e smallis% me&ical stan&'atters of t%e &ay are arose&- Fi8ing
t%emsel4es in a 'ose of rig%teosness, a la *talin, t%ey as1 %o(
any yong sJirt &are& &o sc% a 'ro&igios ;o/ of classifying
AGG me&ical 1no(le&ge as to confse t%e res'ecte& ol&sters of
t%e craft-
,%at ?alen 1i& assmes too mc% " too 4ast a (ealt% of
1no(le&ge for t%eir 'icayne min&s to gras'- He is insolent "
t%at is it " ma1ing t%em /y com'arati4e stan&ar&s fall into t%e
s%a&o(s- Of corse %e intentionally 'er'etrate& t%is &emeaning
tric1 on t%ose (%ose years %e s%ol& %a4e res'ecte&-
,%ere is /t one 'ro'er t%ing to &o- +t t%e rascal &o(n, 'in %is
ears /ac1 for %is insolence, ta1e %im &o(n se4eral 'egs an&
fasten %im in %is 'lace- #t is not rig%t t%at a mere yongster
s%ol& to(er a/o4e t%ose (%ose (is&om 'rece&e& %is- *o t%e
steamroller starts an& (it% accmlate& cnning t%e 'om'os
em'ty%ea&s &eri&e ?alen to &istract '/lic attention from t%eir
o(n 4acity-
94en t%s early it is alrea&y Jite in me&ical c%aracter for t%e
&eri&ers to Jietly snea1 into t%eir closete& inner c%am/ers,
t%ere to a/sor/ clan&estinely (%at t%e o/;ect of t%eir &erision
%a& systemati6e& for t%em- An&, again Jite in c%aracter, on t%e
morro( t%ey mot% as t%eir 4ery o(n t%at (%ic% t%ey learne&
t%e &ay /efore-
?alen's '%ysiology &oes not /y 'resent stan&ar&s reac% t%e
same e8cellence as %is anatomy, /t in t%e secon& centry %is
1no(le&ge 'asse& t%e 1no(le&ge of t%e /est of t%e reglar
me&ics li1e t%e IFeen $aryI no( 'asses a ro()/oat-

S S S
T7ME MAR3%ES O&
The ,la;e is England. The time aout 4**2 A.D.
Gon&on (as t%en, as no(, t%e (orl&'s largest metro'olis in 'oint
of nm/ers- One %n&re& t%osan& 'eo'le (ere gat%ere&
toget%er, li4ing in close 'ro8imity to eac% ot%er- *anitation (as
n1no(n- ,%e /at% t/ an& sanitary toilet %a& ne4er /een %ear&
of- Gater, (%en someone &i& in4ent t%e /at% t/, it ga4e t%e
me&ical reactionaries of t%at &ay an o''ortnity to strt t%eir
stff an& &enonce it from t%e %oseto's-
,%e &eat% rate (as frig%tfl o(ing to t%e fact t%at t%e natre of
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&isease an& its cases (ere %ar&ly 1no(n at all- +%ysicians
generally 'rescri/e& s(allo(ing a s'i&er ali4e in syr' for fe4er,
t%in1ing t%at t%e s'i&er (ol& eat t%e fe4er '-
*na1e)eating (as s''ose& to /e goo& for se8al im'otency-
:st (%at t%e me&ical t%eory on t%is (as is not of recor&-
+ro/a/ly t%e &ocs ;st s%oo1 t%eir %ea&s an& loo1e& (ise li1e
t%ey &o (%en t%ey (rite ot a 'rescri'tion for one teas'oonfl of
sgar in (ater in Gatin, an& c%arge yo t(o &ollars for it-
94ery/o&y (ore amlets ('retty or cra6y loo1ing little c%arms)
to (ar& off &isease- $ost ailments (ere s''ose& to /e case&
/y e4il s'irits (%ic% col& /e cre& only /y c%arming t%e gilty
(rait%s-
*anitation (as n%ear& of- All t%e to(ns (ere fll of filt%, /t
t%e in%a/itants' olfactory ner4es (ere se& to itQ an& so it
case& t%em no incon4enience- All sorts of refse an& e4en
%man e8crement (ere t%ro(n from (in&o(s into t%e street-
,%e streets (ere not 'a4e& /t (ere an1le &ee' in m& in rainy
(eat%er- >eit%er (ere t%ey e4er cleane&-
Kn&er t%ese con&itions small'o8, c%olera an& 'lage /ro1e ot
from time to time an& &ecimate& t%e 'o'lation- #t (as not ntil
t%is filt% (as cleane& ' t%at t%ese &iseases came n&er control-
@y t%is time t%e &rg traffic %a& /ecome (%at (as, at t%at time,
consi&ere& /ig /siness (it% a co'le of ca'ital I@'s-I ,%e first
'%armaco'oeia (as '/lis%e& /y an enter'rising ?erman
'/lis%ing %ose- #t (as calle& I+%armaco'oeia AgstanaI an&
it liste& 1,100 Ime&icinal agents-I ,%is %ge traffic in &rgs %as
gro(n ntil to&ay t%e 2=r& e&ition of t%e Knite& *tates
Dis'ensary tells s t%ere are =0,000 sc% Iitems-I

S S S
T7ME MAR3%ES O&
7t is the year 4141. The ,la;e is still 8ondon.
3illiam Har4ey is on t%e lectre 'latform- !losete& (it% %im are
me&ical snggle'''ers to (%om %e is e8'laining %is original
an& com'lete 4ie(s on t%e circlation of t%e /loo&- *ome (ea1
sisters in t%e room get tongetie&, /ol&er ones glo(er, lea&ers
(it% re'tations to '%ol& frot% from t%e mot%- I+re'osteros,I
t%ey t%n&er, Iarteries contain air, not /loo&-I
#t mig%t /e t%og%t t%at to settle t%e 'oint Jic1ly an& Jite
satisfactorily some one of t%em (ol& &eci&e to (atc% a li4ing
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artery, or o'en one to see t%e /loo& s'rt (it% eac% 'on&ing of
t%e %eart- @t so sim'le an em'loyment of ncom'licate& %orse
sense (as not for t%em-
,%ese /oys %a& t%eir 'restige to t%in1 a/ot- Ha& t%ey not
al(ays sai& t%at arteries con4eye& air5 Does t%e 4ery name
IarteryI not in itself connote t%e air)con4eying fact5 3%o is t%is
r%ematic /m'1in t%at %e &ares 'set all t%at 5 ,%e t%ing to &o
is to 't t%e %eat%en &o(nT
,(el4e years later Har4ey t%m/e& %is nose at t%e em/arrasse&
gang an& ga4e %is magnificent treatise to t%e (orl&- ,%e
ntame& me&ical cre( snorte& li1e (il& mstangs at t%is
'ersonal affront to t%eir &ignity- #t (as o/4ios to t%em t%at t%is
(as Har4ey's (ay of saying %e itc%e& for a real fig%t- 3ell, %e
as1e& for it-
,%e &es'ica/le ones rolle& ' t%eir slee4es- ,%eir &estroying
mills /egan to grin& " Jic1ly an& e8cee&ingly (ell- All t%e
IreglarI /oys, (it% ne8'lorati4e min&s /t ;st /arely t%e
sense to follo( (%at (as set &o(n, (ere e8%orte& to fig%t Ifor
t%eir %onor-I
,%ey 'olis%e& ' t%e ol& fa4orite s(or&, a''lica/le to one an& all
/eyon& or otsi&e t%e clan, an& calle& Har4ey a IJac1-I
Organi6e& me&icine smote %ar&, /itterly, relentlessly, an& t%ey
%a& Har4ey &ri4en into &isgrace- #t (as a terri/le fig%t-
@t no(, t%e (or1 &one an& t%e goo& &ee& accom'lis%e&, t%ey
/rs%e& from t%eir mon1ey sits t%e grime of t%e scffle,
reca'tre& t%eir accstome& %oly air of science, an& (ent ot to
tell a (aiting (orl& t%at t%ey %a& ;st (ritten anot%er c%a'ter in
t%e /oo1 title& I$e&ical +rogress-I

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T7ME MAR3%ES O&
7t is the year 4666. The ,la;e is $hiladel,hia.
,%e s'ea1er is Dr- @en;amin .s%, mem/er of t%e !ontinental
!ongress, signer of t%e Declaration of #n&e'en&ence, a me&ical
officer in 3as%ington's army /et(een sessions, e&cate& at
+rinceton an& in me&icine at +%ila&el'%ia, 9&in/rg%, Gon&on
an& +aris, 'rofessor of c%emistry in t%e +%ila&el'%ia $e&ical
!ollege, 4olminos (riter on me&ical s/;ects, %onore& /y
9ro'ean so4ereigns for %is me&ical contri/tions an& calle&
I,%e *y&en%am of America-I .s% %as ;st resigne& %is army
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'ortfolio after nsccessfl attem'ts to sto' fra&s 'er'etrate&
on sol&iers in t%e %os'ital stores-
His 'assion is li/erty, lo4ing (it% %is e4ery fi/er free&om in all
t%ings- His s'ecial %atre&s are %y'ocritical 'retense, graft an&
corr'tion- ,%e assem/le& me&ical /ret%ren are &(arfe& /y t%e
/ig man an& feel ill at ease- ,%ey sense %o( 'oorly t%is man of
'rinci'le fits in (it% men of t%eir il1- #n self &efense t%ey
con4ince t%emsel4es t%at %e mig%t e4en /e ;st anot%er Jac1-
.s% is tal1ing a/ot free&om an& t%e in&e'en&ent states- He
ma1es an im'assione& 'lea for clean li/erty clean t%rog%- He
says t%at if (e garantee religios an& 'olitical free&om /t &o
not%ing a/ot safegar&ing me&ical free&om, t%e time (ill come
(%en me&icine (ill organi6e into an n&erco4er &ictators%i' an&
force 'eo'le (%o (is% to select t%e &octors an& treatments of
t%eir c%oice to acce't only (%at t%e &ictating organi6ation %as to
offer-
,%e 'ro'%et is (it%ot %onor, t%e long4ie(e& fello( a''ears
coc1eye& to t%e astigmatic /nc% aron& %im, t%e man of real
foresig%t son&s Icrac1e&I to t%e myo'ic 'ygmies (%o t%in1
t%emsel4es s'erior- *o t%ese contem'orary croa1ers listen
scornflly to Dr- .s%, (%i' ' a generos &raft of 4enomos
o''ro/rim, an& concerte&ly gi4e %im t%e /m's rs%-

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T7ME MAR3%ES O&
7t is the year 4651. The ,la;e is Merrie England.
9&(ar& :enner 'tters aron& co(s an& t%ings for si8teen years
an& /rings fort% t%e i&ea of e8tracting /o4ine 4accine lym'% an&
s%ooting it into %man /loo&streams as a s'ecific for small'o8-
3it% a /oy in to( as t%e first to inoclate, :enner strts %is stff
/efore t%e me&ical lig%ts of t%e time-
#mme&iately t%e scre(s mo4e in, tra4eling %is (ay to(ar& a
4lnera/le center- :enner, long acJainte& (it% co(s, is not to
/e co(e&- #n t%e 4ery teet% of t%e rm/ling all a/ot %im %e
/ra4ely '/lis%es t%e reslts of %is (or1 t(o years later-
>o( t%e otfit goes into its song an& &ance in earnest- +rom't
inJisitions /egin- >ot%ing nsal, c%ief among t%e inJisitional
me&icasters is t%e (lag%ingly) res'ecta/le !ollege of +%ysicians-

(>ote< " Ha& t%e /oys 1no(n t%en (%at t%e more in4estigati4e
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an& less scr'los 1no( no( " t%at t%is serm)sJirting 4oge
(ol& e4entally gro( into a /siness getter /y creating
increases in %eart an& 1i&ney an& /rain &egenerations (%ile
s''ose&ly c%ec1ing lesser tro/les " t%ey mig%t %a4e cla''e&
t%eir %an&s an& sng a &ifferent tne-)

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T7ME MAR3%ES O&
7t is the year 4/0+. Ba;. to $hiladel,hia
$e&ical men im'lore t%e city fat%ers to stri1e ot against
/at%t/s, es'ecially &ring t%e *anta !las an& re& flannel
n&er(ear season- #n @oston, some(%at later, me&ics as1 for "
an& get " a la( 'ermitting /at%t//ing only on 'ossession of a
'ri6e& me&ical 'rescri'tion-

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T7ME MAR3%ES O&
7t is( the year 4/00. The ,la;e is Boston.
A @oston @ean, 'racticing &ental srgery, is engage& in
e8'erimental st&y- He is Dr- 3illiam ,%omas ?reen $orton, t(o
years ot of a @altimore &ental college (%ere %e finis%e& t%e
reglar t(o)year corse- $orton is c%asing cles for e8citement
an& rns into sl'%ric et%er- +restoT ,%e (orl& (itnesses t%e
/irt% of anest%esia-
+%ysicians get a s(ell /rea1- >o( t%ey can tal1 ' t%e
'ainlessness of srgery as t%ey s(itc% to srgication t%ose
(%om t%ey'& faile& to %el' (it% me&ication-
*rgeons get a s(eller /rea1- !tting ot an& a(ay t%at (%ic%
faile& to res'on& to me&ical treatment, t%ey can no( &o a
roaring /siness (it%ot necessity of a'ologi6ing for t%e 'ain
inflicte& (it%ot anest%etics- ,%ey 1no( t%ings t%at 'lain
'%ysicians only glim'se- ,%ey remem/er t%at @en Fran1lin (as
rig%t< I>atre cres an& t%e &octor 'oc1ets t%e fee-I
.eali6ing t%at t%e failre of t%e '%ysician is t%e o''ortnity of
t%e srgeon, t%ey no( 1no( t%at (%ene4er >atre &oes not %el'
t%ere (ill /e no cre an& t%e /siness (ill all flo( t%eir (ay- *o
t%ey lay &o(n correct fee)s'litting lines (it% '%ysicians, tal1 '
t%e IcomfortI n&er anest%esia an& of corse mention not%ing
so nsalea/le as s%oc1, et%er 'nemonia, loss of /loo& or
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a&%esions-
#nstea& of canoni6ing $orton, /ot% '%ysicians an& srgeons,
(it% t%e ngrateflness of t%eir 1in&, %ea' 4ile calmnies on %is
%ea&, scorn %im /ecase %e is ;st a Itoot% &entistI instea& of a
Ireglar,I la/el %im IJac1I e4en (%ile t%ey %rry to ca'itali6e
on t%e manna %e /rog%t to t%em-
#t is significant t%at t(o years after gra&ation, an& only for
years from %is first session in a &ental classroom, $orton 1ne(
more t%an t%e smg allo'at%s (%o loo1e& &o(n on %imQ enog%,
in fact, to fin& (%at t%ey /a&ly nee&e& /t %a&n't t%e
intelligence to (or1 ot- *ignificant also is t%e fact t%at (%ile
reglars (a8e& fat car4ing %man /eings n&er anest%esia, t%is
Iirreglar,I (%o ma&e 'ossi/le t%e increase in /siness, &ie& a
'a'er-

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T7ME MAR3%ES O&
3hi;ago( early in the 3entury.
9nter $orris Fis%/ein, t%e Hanc%, +anc% an& :o(l of organi6e&
me&icine, to really 't t%e craft on a &ictatorial /asis- 3it%
a&acity %is fetis%, Fis%/ein's is t%e contri/tion of t%e a&acios
/siness genis- 3it% %is entrance on t%e scene, an& %is
1no(le&ge of laying &o(n organi6ation lines, t%ings /egin to
clic1 at %ea&Jarters-
As assistant to Ol& *immons, 'olitical /oss of Organi6e&
$e&icine, Fis%/ein really goes 'laces an& &oes t%ings- A tireless
(or1er an& a man (%o means to %a4e %is (ay " or else "
Fis%/ein really integrates t%e &isrelate& 'arts of t%e far flng
em'ire into a nifie& (%ole an& ac%ie4es (%at @en;amin .s%
%a& once antici'ate& an& feare& " a $e&ical Dictators%i'-
Fis%/ein is &ia/olically cle4er in e4ery fiel& %e toc%es, an& %e
toc%es t%em all- #n fas%ioning %is 'rofit ma1ing enter'rise %e
reali6es t%at %e mst %a4e control of t%e Association-
,o ma1e t%e trst frt%er 'rofita/le Fis%/ein sets in motion an A
$ A I!ommittee on Foo&s-I ,%is si&eline rac1et I'assesI on t%e
acce'ta/ility of commercial foo&s, for a 'rice, an& refses its
la/el (IAcce'te& /y t%e !ommittee on Foo&s of t%e American
$e&ical AssociationI) to s'erior foo&s (%ose manfactrers
refse to 1ic1 in-
#n an eJally o(lis% (ay %e contacts all manfactrers (%o
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col& not e8ist (it%ot t%e /eneficent 's% of organi6e&
me&icine an& com'els e8tensi4e an& e8'ensi4e a&4ertising in
me&ical ;ornals on t%e 'art of &rg an& 4accine ma1ers an&
some (%ose 'tri& 'ro&cts (ol& only clog se(ers if t%ey &i&
not crry fa4or (it% t%e /oss-
,%is '%enomenon of 4ersatility ta1es on t%e e&itors%i' of t%e
I:ornal of t%e A $ AI an& of t%e trst's ste'c%il& '/lication,
IHygeia-I An& t%en %e in&ces t%e con4ention &elegates to 't
t%e finances of t%e Association com'letely in t%e %an&s of t%e
:ornal " %is o(n %an&s- ,%s %e is ma&e *'reme Dictator of
t%e American $e&ical Association, (it% a strangle%ol& on t%e
Dictators%i'-
>ot only t%at, /t %e (rites (it% &ysenteric 4er/osity for any
me&im t%at (ill allo( %im to ma1e lagna/le or inslting
references to anyt%ing (%atsoe4er t%at %is fancy le& %im to
sr'ing t%e 'ri4ilege of &enoncing-

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T7ME MAR3%ES O&
7t is still 454+. $la;e( &e< Yor..
,%e astonis%ing i&ea tric1les t%rog% to t%e mltit&es t%at fol1s
are in large 'art t%e reslt of (%at t%ey eat an& t%at 1no(le&ge
of ntrition is %an&y for %ealt%- A $acfa&&eni6e& '/lic is (%ole
(%eat conscios, s'inac% conscios, orange ;ice an& enema
conscios, an& it starts as1ing Jestions-
>o longer content (it% 'aying a fee for a mere 'rescri'tion, a
:o%nny no( says, IDoc, (%at s%all # eat5I An& Doc, floore& /y so
nsal a Jery, %ems an& %a(s an& s'tters an& s'ars for
time- He clears %is t%roat in correct 'rofessional manner an&
ans(ers at lengt%< I7or ntritional nee&s are 'ecliarly
in&i4i&al an& reJire carefl st&y " come /ac1 tomorro(-I
9m/arrassment t%s &is'ose& of, Doc &c1s /e%in& t%e scenes
an& fe4eris%ly t%m/s t%e 'ages of %is me&ical tomes to forearm
%imself against sc% ftre annoyances- @t t%e me&ical sc%ool
%a& ne4er tag%t &ietetics an& t%e /oo1s offer not%ing- *o %e
gat%ers a s%eaf of articles /y irreglars an& 'rimes %imself to
t%e %ilt (it% t%e ne( 1no(le&ge-
K' to no( Doc %a& /een intent on &rgging an& ctting, not on
(%at to eat an& (%at to lea4e alone- 3%y, on occasions %e'&
e4en 'rescri/e& /ran in &ifficlt cases of consti'ation, t%e
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'atients 'aying a &ollar to %a4e t%e 'rescri'tion fille&- >o( /ran
an& sc% (ere /eing sol& n)'rofessionally an& o'enly in stores,
an& grocers (ere conter 'rescri/ing- ,%e 'eo'le %a4e gone
nts on t%e foo& Jestion, an& " strangely " t%ere (ere fe(er
cases of t%at mot%er of &iseases, consti'ation-
3ell, if Doc is to /e force& to meet t%is ne( nee& for 1no(le&ge,
so /e it- ,%osan&s of &ocs resigne&ly consent to let t%eir
/etters t%rst on t%em an n&erstan&ing of t%ese sefl t%ings-
,%s &oes t%e me&ical fraternity fee& at t%e trog% of t%e
IJac1s-I

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T7ME MAR3%ES O&
7t is the year 45+2. The ,la;e is &e< Yor..
9nter t%e Drg ,rst- :o%n D- .oc1efeller (t%e first) an& %is
fello( /66ar&s of t%e *tan&ar& Oil !om'any's general staff %a&
/ecome im'resse& (it% t%e efficiency of t%e meat 'ac1ers, (%o
sol& e4ery 'art of t%e %og /t t%e sJeal-
,%ey remem/ere& IOl& @illI .oc1efeller, itinerant gran&'a''y of
:o%n D-, a 'atent me&icine fa1er of t%e mi&)19t% centry (%o
a&4ertise& %imself as a I'%ysicianI an& sol& /ottle& ra(
'etrolem to t%e yo1els as a cre for cancer- IOl& @illI calle& %is
'ro&ct >;ol (meaning ne( oil), to ma1e it son& &ifferent from
t%e same 'ro&cts ot%er 'atent me&icine fa1ers of %is &ay (ere
selling n&er sc% names as *eneca Oil, .oc1 Oil an& $e&icinal
Oil-
,%ese ;ac1als of t%e oil fiel&s sol& t%eir cr&e oil as IcresI for
t%e 'o'lar mala&ies of t%e &ay " li4er com'laint, c%olera
mor/s, /ronc%itis an& consm'tion- IOl& @illI calle& %is a cre
for cancer- *o :o%n D- /rog%t %is 'a''y's (or1s to life /y
/ottling a form of cr&e oil again an& calling it >;ol-
,%is time it (as a&4ertise& as a cre for consti'ation " not
cancer- #t (as ma&e /y t%e same concern, from t%e same ra(
'ro&ct an& /y mc% t%e same 'rocess as Flit, (ell 1no(n fly
1iller an& /g &iscorager- ?etting 2,000 /ottles from e4ery
/arrel ($2-00 (ort% of oil) an& selling it at 2H cents a /ottle (as
Igoo& /siness-I
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A fe( years /efore, t%e .oc1efeller Fon&ation (allege&
'%ilant%ro'ic organi6ation) %a& /een c%artere& /y t%e >e( 7or1
legislatre, (%en t%e American !ongress refse& a similar rite-
,oo many !ongressmen sai& t%ey s%ol&n't gi4e official sanction
to a concern (it% a $100,)000,000 sls% fn& to 'ay for
'ro'agan&a-
,%e far)seeing :o%n D- %a& %it t%e ;ac1'ot again- ,%e .oc1efeller
Fon&ation (as set to (or1 to 'lg for t%e se of &rgs, &rgs
an& more &rgs, (%ile t%e .oc1efeller organi6ation starte& ot to
form anot%er ,rst " t%is one for t%e 'ro'agation an&
&e4elo'ment of t%e &rg traffic-
Hn&re&s of millions of &ollars (ere contri/te& /y t%e
Fon&ation to me&ical colleges (%ic% (ol& mise&cate t%eir
st&ents into t%e e8cessi4e se of &rgs- Ot%er scores of millions
(ere contri/te& to '/lic agencies to 'ro'agate t%e myt% t%at
all citi6ens s%ol& /e force& to s/mit to 4accination,
sermi6ation an& innoclation for e4eryt%ing t%e .oc1efeller
&rg com'any col& fin& an Iimmni6ing agentI for-

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T7ME MAR3%ES O&
7t is the year 45D6. The ,la;e is Atlanti; 3ity.
,%e fame& seasi&e resort is a/66 (it% e8citement- ,%is time it
isn't a &o(ns(oo' of Hoo4er's ?)men on t%e &ens of
'rostittion- #t isn't e4en going to /e one of t%ose /eaty
contests, alt%og% it certainly is going to /e a /eat- ,%e
American $e&ical Association is %ol&ing its annal con4ention
t%ere-
Fis%/ein, as sal, is Gor& of t%e 3or1s- 94ery me&ical /ig s%ot
fears state me&icine an& $orris %as %el& on as t%e first fi&&ler
/ecase %e /rays lo&est an& /est t%at regimentation of &octors
is t%e most 4icios /re( ot of t%e &ee'est ?e%enna- On t%e
srface, Fis%y is against t%e i&ea from center to circmference-
Al(ays (%en %is 'restige seeme& to sli' a notc% %e %as come
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ot in %is :ornal (it% a mess of %o(ling fa&oo&le t%at I'ro4e&I
%e still 'lle& t%e stro1e oar in fig%ting state me&icine-
,%is time Fe%rer Fis%/ein (as 'tting on no or&inary s%in&ig-
He an& t%e go&s %a& or&aine& t%at it go &o(n as %istory's most
ncon4entional con4ention- For as t%e (orl&'s (orst 'rofessional
%ater of state me&icine %e %a& fon& %imself a ne( (rin1le t%at
ot(rin1le& e4ery 'ast creation of e4en %is tric1sy /rain-
3it% t%e assem/le& me&ics calle& to or&er, Fis%/ein trotte& ot
%is longtime frien& an& 'ersonal 'olitical stooge, *enator :- Ham
Ge(is of #llinois, (%om %e %a& gi4en a 'lace on t%e 'rogram- All
(as a res'ectfl %s% as t%e 'in1 (%is1ere& gent monte& t%e
rostrm- ,%e &istingis%e& (%is1ers 'arte& s&&enly, (it%ot
(arning to %is ear (itnesses, ol& Ham e8'lo&e& a /om/s%ell in
t%eir mi&st-
3it%ot /atting an eyelas% Fis%/ein's 'o(erfl frien& 'ro'ose& a
system of nationali6e& me&icine " a system (%ere/y e4ery
&octor (as to /e s(orn in as an officer of t%e K- *- ?o4ernmentT
Uo(ieT A t%osan& me&ical %earts sto''e& tic1ing all at once- A
t%osan& r/ane faces momentarily (ent fro6en an& flmmo8e&
li1e so many &ea& 'ans of contry ci&er sJee6ers- An& t%en
(it% one /oomerang (a4e t%e &aymare 'etere& ot an&
e4ery/o&y recogni6e& t%e fro6y tric1- Fis% " Fis% " Fis%/einT
,%ey %a& t%e sc%eme la/ele& &ea& to rig%ts-
@ac1 to Fis%y's s&&en con4ersion to t%e !ase of *ociali6e&
$e&icine (ise ones see t%e fine #talian %an& of ?ree& " for
+o(er- Kncle Ham an& %is me&ical colleage in t%e *enate
(.oyal *- !o'elan&) %a& 'romise& to get t%e *ecretarys%i' of
Healt% for t%e All America Fac1 " $- Fis%/ein- #t (as as clear
as t%at-
,%e Honora/le :- Ham, an ol& %an& at oratory, sense& t%e
re/ellion in %is a&ience an& starte& sac%eting aron&- 3it% t%e
/est eloJence %e /egan to moo- 3%y, e4ery /a& me&ical /ill in
t%e contry (ol& /e garantee& /y t%e ta8'ayers " 3%y,
e4ery man ;ac1 an& ;ill in me&ical 'ractice (ol& /e assre& a
li4ing " 3%y, e4ery resorce of t%e go4ernment (ol& 'rotect
all me&ical &octors in a lifetime of secrity- @l/)&/- @l/)&/)
/l/- Hot air %eroics- 3it% all %is c%est t%m'ings an& ta/le
/m'ings t%e /e(%is1ere& Demost%enes col&n't sgarcoat
frien& Fis%/ein's n&er%an&e& creation- ,%e assem/le& &octors
%a& all s&&enly ct t%eir eye teet% an& no mere r%etoric col&
gil& t%e 'ill-
,o frt%er confon& an& non'ls t%e assem/le& &octors,
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Fis%/ein's stooges in t%e American !ollege of +%ysicians an& in
t%e American !ollege of *rgeons, ltra ltra s/si&iaries of t%e
A $ A, en&orse t%e Ge(is 'ro'osal- Alt%og% fe( if any
'%ysicians an& srgeons en&orse sc% a t%ing, t%e Fis%/ein
stooges of $e&icine's I*%rineI are 'olitically (ise enog% to ;am
a resoltion t%rog% (it%ot a mem/er 1no(ing (%at %e (as
4oting for an& (it%ot a&i/le 'rotest-
*tot fella, t%at Fis%/ein- *o t%is (as %o( sincerely %e %a& all
t%is time /een %ollering I3olf, (olfI at state me&icine- >o
(on&er t%at as %e eye& %is s'eec%ma1ing *enatorial frien& t%e
Fis%/ein '%i6 seeme& to ta1e on a lig%t of lo4e an& from t%e
Fis%/ein li's seeme& to isse a tne t%at mig%t %a4e /een I@ei
$ir @ist D *c%oen-I
3%y, %ere (as t%is stagey Ham /oy from t%e %ome state ser4ing
Fis%/ein as 'ersonal 'atsy an& 'ro'osing state me&icine (it% a
4engeance- #f t%e 'lan of t%e /ear&e& factotm s%ol& /e
a&o'te& /y t%e !ongress, e4ery &octor (ol& (a1e ' one
morning (it% territory allotte& %im li1e a co' on a /eat- He
(ol& /e sa&&le& (it% official or&ers ne4er to cross t%e street
into anot%er &octor's /aili(ic1 e4en to treat a 'atient (%o
(ante& no one else /t %is o(n c%osen family '%ysician-
#t (as all too terri/ly clear- *re Fis%/ein %a& e4ery reason to
loo1 on ol& +in1 3%is1ers (it% %is ten&erest lo4e, /t t%eir o(n
li's s%a'e& e4ery e8'ression e8ce't I@ella, /ellaI an& En&er
/ar-I For t%e e8'losion s%o(e& e4ery intelligent &octor in t%e
con4ention ;st (%o (as t%e rattlesna1e /e%in& t%e 'ro'agan&a
for *tate $e&icine-
As if to 'ro4e %e (as not ;o1ing, *enator Ge(is intro&ce& %is
/ill in !ongress- An& as if to 'ro4e t%at me&ical men (ere only
lic1s'ittling coots, s'ecially create& to ser4e %is as'irations,
Fis%y ma&e a s'eec% a fe( mont%s later /efore t%e District of
!olm/ia $e&ical *ociety &eman&ing t%at !ongress create a
De'artment of Healt%- 94ery/o&y 1ne( (%o (as to /e t%e
Fis%/ein can&i&ate for *ecretary of Healt% " a man (%o (ol&
not only sit on t%e +resi&ent's !a/inet an& rea' /ig coin for ra&io
mot%ings an& ne(s'a'er an& maga6ine (or&)mongering, /t
(%o (ol& /e a/solte c6ar not only of t%e %ealing 'rofession
/t of t%e '/lic %ealt% as (ell-
Here (as Fis%/ein at %is /est " or (orst- At long last a coc1)a)
%oo' %a& /lossome& fort% (it% t%e 'iece &e resistance of %is
(%ole career- #t %ar&ly mattere& t%at to mane4re t%is co',
ma;or &omo $orris %a& to ;ettison e4ery frien& an& me&ical
magnifico (%o once /elie4e& %im &ecent an& ser4e& %im
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sincerely- ,%is magnificent moment (as not for nonsense an&
ma(1is% sentiment- #f any &octor no( refse& to ;oin %is
association as a 'ro'erly o/e&ient 'ic1t%an1 %e (ol& /e rs%e&
ot of &octoring an& /e force& into 'e&&ling 'ret6els for a li4ing-
Drgless &octors (ol& /e &ste& off li1e so mc% talcm
'o(&er nless t%eir associations an& financial tri/te ma&e it
(ort% Aing Fis%'s (%ile to Irecogni6eI t%em- ,%is (as to /e
Fis%/ein's gol&en era, an& t%ere (ol& /e none to say %im nay-
>ot for not%ing %a& t%e 'a(1y Fis%/ein /rain la/ore& so long
an& %ar&- *re %e %a& &enonce& *tate $e&icine " an&
4e%emently " /t t%at (as only to ;oc1ey %imself into 'osition
an& 'o(er- ,%ey mig%t %a4e analy6e& it all, an& t%en t%ey (ol&
%a4e seen t%at only state me&icine col& actally ac%ie4e &er
Fe%rer's lifetime am/ition- #t (as for t%is t%at %e %a& fenagle&
an& cllie& all t%ese years-
,%e a&ministration of sc% a measre as t%e Ge(is /ill (ol&
%a4e create& a !a/inet Officer an& a !a/inet De'artment- ,%e
&octors of t%e contry col& %a4e /een regimente& an& tag%t to
goose ste' to t%e Fis%/ein &eman&s- @efore %is min&'s eye
'ara&e& ot%er careers nearly as (on&erfl as %is o(n- Hitler,
*talin, $ssolini- DictatorT DictatorT DictatorT 7es, ot%ers /efore
%im %a& clim/e& on t%e /ac1s of colleages in or&er to reac% t%e
%eig%t of a Aing- 3%at transcen&ent glory for t%e 'ilgarlic1 of
'reten&e& me&ical s1ill (%en t%e IHeil, HeilI of regimente&
la'&ogs (ill reac% t%e ears of t%e ne( American $ssolini-

S S S
T7ME MAR3%ES O&
7t is the year 450*. The ,la;e is Minnea,olis.
*ister 9li6a/et% Aenny, an Astralian nrse from an %onora/le
!at%olic or&er, s%o(e& t%e Ilearne&I me&ical 'rofession %o( to
cre t%ose 'itifl infantile 'aralysis cases /y actally cring
t%em- At first t%e me&ical (ig%ts trie& to ignore %er " to 'oo%
'oo% t%e re'orts of (%at t%ey consi&ere& ImiraclosI cres-
,%e Aenny met%o& (as sim'ly t%e se of common sense,
somet%ing t%at ne4er occrre& to Fe%rer Fis%/ein an& %is
me&ico)'olitical &im(its- 3%ile t%ey (ere fe4eris%ly searc%ing
for a germ " an& t%e (%ile in;ecting t%is germ t%ey col&n't fin&
into %el'less little c%il&ren in t%eir 'rofita/le sermi6ation
'rogram " *ister Aenny (as sing t%e /rains ?o& ga4e %er-
@asically t%e Aenny met%o& (as to a''ly %ot 'ac1s to t%e
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'araly6e& lim/s " to rela8 t%e msclar s'asm case& /y t%e
in;ection into a 're /loo& stream of &isease& animal 's- #f t%e
me&icos %a&n't in;ecte& too mc% foreign matter t%e Aenny
$et%o& generally effecte& a cre-
3%ile t%is (as going on a gigantic %m/g (as /eing 'ractice&
on t%e (arm)%earte& American '/lic e4ery time t%e /irt%&ay of
+resi&ent .oose4elt " %imself a 4ictim of me&ical incom'etence
an& t%e serm rac1et " rolle& aron&- +eo'le (ere e8%orte& /y
all me&ims of '/licity to gi4e Ia mile of &imesI an& to atten&
t%e stylis% +resi&ent's /irt%&ay /alls " to I&ance t%at some little
c%il& mig%t (al1-I ,%is money (as s''ose& to /e gi4en to t%e
3arm *'rings Fon&ation (%ic% al(ays refse& to ta1e c%arity
cases an& %a& no recor& of cres li1e *ister Aenny's-
Actally only $1,014,44= of t%e 19=4 recei'ts (as gi4en to
3arm *'rings, none of t%e 19=B Ita1e,I only $122,D21 in 19=C,
only $=2B,000 in 19=D an& not a &ime in 19=H, 19=9, 1940,
1941, 1942, 194=, 1944 an&/or 194B-
,%e Astralian nrse contine& to ama6e t%e me&ical (orl& (it%
cres (%ic% t%ey col&n't accom'lis% *omet%ing mst /e &one-
*o Der Fe%rer of Organi6e& $e&icine " F1- $orris Fis%/ein "
or&ere& t%is /enefactor of little c%il&ren to lea4e t%e contry-
,%ere (as no room in t%e Knite& *tates, %e intimate&, for
'ersons (%o col& &o (%at %is stooges (ere na/le to &o on
sc% a large an& sccessfl scale-

S S S
T7ME MAR3%ES O&
The time is 45D5. The ,la;e is Ro;.efeller 3enter.
A ma&man in t%e ?erman c%ancellery %as set t%e (orl& on fire-
*tan&ar& Oil %as &erric1s all o4er t%e (orl&- A c%arlatan in t%e
American 3%ite Hose, /e%ol&en to t%e .oc1efeller $o/ for %is
first foray into 'olitics, &eci&es to force %is o(n contry into t%e
(ar to 'rotect *tan&ar&'s foreign in4estments an& commitments-
,%e ?erman !%emical ,rst %as ;st com'lete& a &eal (it%
American *tan&ar& Oil to 'ool t%eir 'atents an& control t%e &rg
/siness of t%e (orl&- ,%e .oc1efellers are /sy acJiring
control o4er t%e American &rg traffic ;ointly (it% t%e ?erman
cartel- All t%e (%ile t%e Heinies are 'lling t%e (ool o4er
American eyes, (it%%ol&ing t%eir synt%etic r//er information
from *tan&ar& Oil (%ile 'rocring e4ery secret t%e Americans
%a&-
210
,%e *tan&ar& Oil mo/ gat%ers o4er 100 &rg firms an& organi6es
t%e greatest &rg trst in t%e %istory of man1in&- Alrea&y t%e
.oc1efeller Fon&ation %a& so(n t%e see& of Drgs, Drgs an&
$ore Drgs in t%e crrent generation of me&ical &octors-
Anot%er Drg ,rst a&;nct %a& /een create& calle& t%e
.oc1efeller #nstitte- ,%is one 't scientists to (or1 &isco4ering
ne( ses for &rgs-
#t mattere& little to t%e .oc1efeller cro(& t%at t%e na' t%ey too1
on synt%etic r//er almost lost t%e (ar for t%e Knite& *tates-
,%eir firms (ere cleaning ' eac% year
many times t%eir actal '%ysical assets-

S S S
T7ME MAR3%ES O&
The Se;ond @orld @ar 7s On.
An& (%at a (ar it (as for t%e Drg ,rst- Fifteen million of
America's %ealt%iest yot% (ere &rafte&- 99)99/100P of t%em
(ent (illingly for t%ey /elie4e& t%eir %omes an& firesi&es (ere in
&anger from foreign in4a&ers- At recrit cam' t%ey (ere force&
to n&ergo in;ections of filt%y animal 's (%ic% s%ortene& t%eir
li4es fi4e to ten years-
An& from time to time ot%er in;ections of filt%y %orse an& co(
's (ere force& on t%em- ,%e serm trst (as /ecoming
alarmingly ric% from t%ese 200,000,000 o&& s%ots of serm sol&
an& 'ai& for /y t%e American ta8'ayer-
>ot content (it% t%e 'rofits from serms, t%e Drg ,rst /egan
sing t%e Army ginea 'igs to 'romote t%e sale of ne( &rgs
(it% fancy names- +enicillin, slfa, stre'tomycin " it all son&e&
goo& (%en 'alme& off on t%e 'ress /y t%e %ig% 'o(ere& '/lic
relations g%ols of t%e Drg ,rst-
@t as fast as one item (ol& /ecome a fa&, t%e me&ical (ig%ts
annonce& t%at it (as no goo& /t t%at somet%ing else (as-
,%s an en&less ron& of fa&s (%ic% /rog%t %ge /n&les of
s%ec1els into t%e coffers of t%e Drg ,rst-

S S S
T7ME MAR3%ES O&
The $la;e is &e< Yor.. The year is 4506.
210
Damon .nyon, a great s'orts (riter, &ie& of cancer of t%e
t%roat- Damon /elie4e& (%at t%e me&icos tol& %im " t%at cancer
(as case& /y a /g (%ic% t%e me&icos %a& /een fritlessly
searc%ing for t%e last 100 years- A %alf &o6en cancer control
rac1ets (ere in e8istence, eagerly ta1ing money from glli/le
/t (ell meaning Americans, an& all eJally ftile in t%eir
met%o&s an& reslts-
3alter 3inc%ell, t%e most contro4ersial of all ra&io artists, /t
(it% a %ge clientele of listeners, /egan to 'lg for Damon
.nyon !ancer Fn&- $oney came in /y t%e /n&le an& /y t%e
/ale- #n a s%ort time t%e sm of = million &ollars (as
contri/te&-
All /t t%at 'ortion (%ic% (as grafte&, (as gi4en to c%emists
(%o 'lay (it% t%e test t/es to contine t%e fritless =,000)year
searc% for a /g- >ot a &ime (as gi4en to Aoc%, or Goffler, or
@lass, or Ho8sey or any of t%ose (%o actally cre cancer /y
&ri4ing e8cess to8ins from t%e /loo& stream-
#nstea&, all t%e Drg ,rst stooges in 3as%ington, 'lante& /y
t%e .oc1efeller #nstitte in t%e Foo& L Drg A&ministration, t%e
K- *- +/lic Healt% *er4ice, t%e Army $e&ical !or's, t%e >a4y
@rea of $e&icine L *rgery, t%e +ost Office *olicitor's Office,
t%e Fe&eral ,ra&e !ommission, et al, (ere or&ere& to 'once on
Dr- Aoc% an& t%ose (%o cre& cancer /y sing t%e /rains ?o&
ga4e t%em-
,%ese cres mig%t &estroy t%e sale of some &rgs- An& t%ey
certainly ma&e t%e Drg ,rst stooges loo1 silly (it% e4ery case
of cancer t%ey cre&- #t (ol& ne4er, ne4er &o-

S S S
T7ME MAR3%ES O&
7t is the year 45*5. Again in 3hi;ago.
#t is a centry since t%e gol& rs% &ays- $c% gol& %as streame&
into me&ical coffers- Healt% /oar&s %a4e /een in t%e sa&&le an&
t%e $e&ical ,rst, egge& on /y serm manfactrers (%o
a&4ertise an& contri/te mc% to t%e treasry, %as force& &rgs
an& serms on all citi6ens (%o %a&n't t%e intestinal fortit&e to
fig%t against it- #t is a 'ea1 year for inoclations, serms for
e4eryt%ing an& more an& more serms as &isease is more an&
more in e4i&ence-
Fis%/ein (a&&les across a me&ically 'rifie& !%icago *treet- An
210
atomo/ile careens along at a t%n&eros 'ace- #t sails into t%e
Fis%/ein 'at% /t t%e ol& man is too slo( to a4oi& it- *)c)
reetc%)T !ras%T " all t%at remains is %man talcm 'o(&er-
#t is esta/lis%e& t%at t%e &ri4er stole t%e car after esca'ing from
a %os'ital in a serm cra6e& con&ition- An in4estigation is %el&-
,%e &rgless researc%ists testify t%at t%ey %a4e long (arne& t%e
'/lic a/ot t%e effect of sermi6ation on t%e mentality-
,%ere is a great to)&o, e4en a nasty scene at t%e Fis%/ein
fneral- $e&ical to'notc%ers orate t%at one of t%e 'rofession's
greatest lig%ts %as gone to %is gran& re(ar&- @t a (ag on a
&isres'ectfl s%eet %ea&s %is story< I*erm +s%ing @oss
@m'e& Off /y *erm !ra6e& @m-I

S S S
T7ME MAR3%ES O&
7t is the year 4512. Same ,la;e.
A year to t%e &ay since t%e /oss 'asse& a(ay- 3it% t%e 'ressre
of Fe%rer Fis%/ein's rt%lessness off, me&ics ma&e a /i& for
sanity- ,%e organi6ation ta1es a /reat%er an& %as itself a loo1
aron&-
3it% Fis%/ein ot of t%e (ay, le4el %ea&e& lea&ers in t%e me&ical
'rofession forgot a/ot an& ignore& t%e Drg ,rst, an& too1
stoc1- His former allies, t%e $ayo @rot%ers, %a& 'rece&e&
$ean&ering $orrie to t%e '%ysicians' Eal%alla-
94en t%e inflence of t%e .oc1efeller &ollars %a& /egn to (ane
an& t%e 'ai& me&ical staffs of t%e .oc1efeller en&o(e& me&ical
colleges (ere gi4en t%e gran& %orse lag% (%ene4er t%ey
a&4ance& socialistic i&eas in 3as%ington or in !%icago-
#t seeme& t%at t%e $e&ical $illennim (as at least on its (ay-
,imes %a4e c%ange&- !once'ts %a4e fli'flo''e& o4er from non)
sense to sense- ,%e 'ac%y&ermatos /ello(ings of t%e @ig Fis%
are gone- ?one also is t%e insincere s(agger an& t%e insi&ios
fanfare of %is era- $ost nlamente& is t%e left)%an&e& Fis%/ein
a''roac% to matters of %ealt%, (it% Fis%/einian langage as
c%aracteristically mo&est as a mo4ie trailer-
,%at ol& cas% element, so s'er)im'ortantly consi&ere& /y t%e
Fis%/ein an& *immons il1, %as /een &iscar&e&- ,%e ni4ersal
yar&stic1 is $9.#, alone, an& t%at (%ic% cannot 'ro4e its (ort%
after %onest testings fin&s t%at it is a mig%ty sic1 calf (%ic% isn't
e4en (ort% 1ic1ing ot of t%e roa&-
210
,%e (orl& of %ealing %as a certain soli& somet%ing a/ot it no(-
,%ose ol&, %ig%ly tote& an& '/lici6e& Ino()it)is)an&)no()it)
ain'tI ty'e of ne( cres (%ic% 'ro4e& as fleeting as a :a'anese
militarist's a'ology, are no( no longer filling ne(s'a'er colmns
inten&e& for &issemination of real ne(s items- ,%ey are amsing
crios in t%e antiJarian's collection of classics a/ot @oo/ylan&-
,%e /ar1ing of Fis%/ein " (%o (as t%e @ig Fi&&le an& (%ose
tne (as ;st as /ass " %as fa&e& into ric%ly &eser4e&
not%ingness- #nstea&, t%e msic flo(s from a c%eering an&
encoraging section (%ic% offers ' sincere ra%)ra%s for all t%e
ne( %el's an& tec%niJes " emanating from (%ate4er sorce "
(%ic% %a4e nJestiona/ly /een 'ro4e& sefl-
>e( t%eories are recei4e& (it% ten&erness an& consi&ere& (it%
&is'assionate careflness- For t%ose (%ic% 'romise a ;ot of merit
t%ere comes energetic encoragement- For t%ose (%ic% test ot
to /e &efinitely %el'fl to sffering %manity t%ere comes
t%n&eros a''ro4al, fitting cre&it, an& &ecent remneration for
t%e time, effort an& e8'ense in4ol4e& in nrtring t%e ne( /a/e
into c%il&/irt%-
,%e nefarios rac1et once con&cte& /y $e&icine's t(o most
notorios Jac1s remains an n'leasant memory (%ic% still
stic1s in t%e t%roat an& (%ic% e4ery &octor (ol& li1e eit%er to
s'e( ' or s(allo( &o(n, in eit%er (ay %a4ing it I'rge&I ot of
%is system- Goo1ing /ac1(ar& at Fis%/ein, it can /e sai& of %im
(%at t%e great @ismarc1 is re'te& to %a4e sai& a/ot t%e little
>a'oleon< I,%e man %a& a great, nrecogni6e&, ina/ility-I

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