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Copyrighted Material Copyrighted Material 3 The Hevert Collection Principles Naturopathic of Medicine In Their Own Words Edited by SUSSANNA CZERANK O , ND, BBE Foreword by GO RD O N SM ITH , ND PO RTLAND , ORE go N Copyrighted Material 4 PRINCI P LES OF NATUR op ATHIC MEDICINE Managing Editor: Sandra Snyder, Ph.D. Production: Fourth Lloyd Productions, LLC. Design: Richard Stodart Front cover photographs: Foreground, William Freeman Havard, N.D. Background, Henry Lindlahr, M.D. Back cover photograph: Dr. Carl Strueh © 2014 by NCNM PRESS All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except where permitted by law. Published by NCNM PRESS National College of Natural Medicine 049 SW Porter Street Portland, Oregon 97201, USA www.ncnm.edu NCNM PRESS gratefully acknowledges the generous and prescient financial support of HEVERT USA which has made possible the creation and distribution of the In Their Own Words historical series. The HEVERT COLLECTION comprises twelve historical compilations which preserve for the healing professions significant and representational works from contributors to the historical Benedict Lust journals. Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 13-digit number 978-0-9771435-5-9 10-digit number 0-9771435-5-4 Copyrighted Material 5 This book is dedicated to our principled, naturopathic pioneers. Their discipline, dedication and courage built so much of our knowledge of the human body. Their work was always anchored in profound respect for the enduring� wisdom of Nature and the Vis. Copyrighted Material 7 TABLE OF CO N T EN T S Foreword xi Preface xv Introduction 21 1900 Introduction To The Natural Method Of Healing • Friedrich Eduard Bilz 51 The Barbarous Treatment Employed In Female Complaints • Henry Lahmann 56 1901 Public Education in Hygiene • A. J. Sanderson, M.D. 65 Care Of The New-Born • Father Sebastian Kneipp 69 1902 Acute And Chronic Diseases • Ludwig Staden, Naturopath 81 1903 The Nose As Guardian Of Health • Theodore Hoppe 87 1904 Cold Feet • Dr. Carl Strueh 93 The Art Of Eating • Ellmer Ellsworth Carey 95 1905 The Importance Of Perspiration For The Health • H. Klenke 99 The Healing Power Of Nature • Thomas Richard Allison 103 Nutrition In Relation To Health And Disease • Otto Carqué 107 The Chief Principles Of Naturopathy • C. Th. Fuhrmann, N.D. 116 1906 The Corset • Benedict Lust 127 Mind And Nature • H. Spencer Lewis 129 1907 Only One Stomach • S. T. Erieg 135 Principles Of Naturopathy • Benedict Lust 137 1908 The New Vital Forces • J. J. Ruegg 143 The Ten Commandments Of Hygiene • Benedict Lust 147 1909 Congestion Of The Liver • Dr. Carl Strueh 153 Health Through Physiological Chemistry • E. Rosa Hough 155 Keep Your Mouth Shut! • Benedict Lust 159 The Suppression Of Skin Eruptions • W. S. Ensign 163 1910 Wonders Of The Human Body • Dr. George W. Carey 169 Dentistry And The General Laws Of Health • Dr. Manuel Rivero 173 Copyrighted Material 8 PRINCI P LES OF NATUR op ATHIC MEDICINE The Philosophy Of Acid Poisoning • Henry Lindlahr, M.D. 184 The Metamorphoses Of Uric Acid • Henry Lindlahr, M.D. 189 Prof. Metchnikoff’s Contribution To Science • Hereward Carrington 195 1911 How To Avoid Pain And Sickness • Louisa Lust, N.D. 207 Catching Cold At The Table • Dr. J. Waterloo Dinsdale 209 Stimulation By Paralysis • Henry Lindlahr, M.D. 212 Nature-Cure Or Drugs? • Dr. Carl Strueh 218 Naturopathy • Dr. F. Kleinschrod 223 1912 Climacteric Or Change Of Life • Henry Lindlahr, M.D. 231 1913 Seventeen Good Reasons For Abstaining From The Use Of Tobacco • John. W. Hodge, M.D. 237 Venereal Disease • Henry Lindlahr, M.D. 240 How Does Our Body Protect Itself Against Disease? • Dr. Carl Strueh. 250 1914 Nature’s Gift To Men • Henry C. Sperbeck, A.B., N.D. 255 Nerves • Henry Lindlahr, M.D. 258 Hydrotherapy Or Water Cure • Dr. Carl Schultz 262 Hydrotherapy Or Water Cure (conclusion) • Dr. Carl Schultz 268 1915 Is Fever A Destructive Or Constructive Process • Herbert Harvey, D.O., D.C., N.D. 277 Some Facts About Cancer • Eli G. Jones, M.D., Burlington, N. J. 281 1916 Ventilation • Paul von Boeckmann 287 Conditions Of The Bowels • M. G. Young 290 A Comparative Analysis • William Freeman Havard 296 1917 Infantile Paralysis • Otto Carqué 303 General Pathology • J. Luepke, M. D 313 1918 Editorial: A Little Of The Truth • Benedict Lust 319 1919 Editorial: Immunity • Benedict Lust 325 A Course In Basic Diagnosis • William F. Havard, N.D. 327 A Course In Basic Diagnosis: Basic Principles (continuation) • William F. Havard, N.D. 331 A Course In Basic Diagnosis: Determination Of Base And Inclination • William F. Havard, N.D. 338 Copyrighted Material 9 1920 A Course In Basic Diagnosis: Summary Of Preceeding Lessons • William F. Havard, N.D. 347 A Course In Basic Diagnosis: I. Treatment According To Base And Inclination • William F. Havard, N.D. 351 A Course In Basic Diagnosis: II. Treatment According To Base And Inclination • William F. Havard, N.D. 355 Tonsils And Adenoids • William F. Havard, N.D. 361 1921 Cause Of Lymphoid Hypertrophy • William F. Havard, N.D. 371 Editorials • Benedict Lust 378 Treatment Of Acute Diseases • William F. Havard, N.D. 381 1922 Medicines • Benedict Lust, N.D., D.O., M.D. 387 Getting Back To Nature • James M. Tarsy, N.D., D.C. 389 1923 Your Great Life Work: Part I • Benedict Lust 398 Your Great Life Work: Part II • Benedict Lust 403 Henry Lindlahr, M.D., The Father of Scientific Natural Therapeutics • Henry Lindlahr, M.D. 408 How Disease Is Built • Dr. B. Stanford Claunch, N.D. 413 References 429 Index 433 Index of Names 447 About the Editor 449 The Hevert Collection 450 Copyrighted Material Foreword xi FO REW O RD “The Art of Medicine consists of amusing the patient while Nature cures the disease.” —François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) This tongue-in-cheek comment by French philosopher Voltaire may ring true during those clinical scenarios when tincture of ‘time heals all wounds’, or if indeed laughter proves to be the best medicine. A good belly laugh during our current global crises could at least provide some welcome, temporary relief. However, in those circumstances warranting further investigation and additional intervention, it helps to know there’s an available health care system whose members don’t just claim to stand upon their principles, but strive to personally and professionally actualize them as an ongoing, integral component of the foundation that supports and characterizes its practice. Naturopathic Doctors have all been steeped in the vitalistic, nature- cure culture, a metaphorical baptism into the waters of vis medicatrix naturae, which has influenced our world-view, attitude, set of customs, values and medical beliefs. This immersion as students should help to shape and distinguish our modus operandi as practitioners, which seems to strike a resonant chord with ever-increasing numbers of complementa- ry health care seekers. The idea that illness arises as a creative solution to imbalance, disharmony or lopsided connections within or between organ- ism and environment is intuitively appealing and sounds entirely sensible. Symptoms are the language of the body and need to be understood in both broader biological and biographical context. When their message is acknowledged from a more holistic, source oriented perspective and the most clearly indicated steps are taken to help fulfill their purpose, healing as restoration of ‘right relationship’ should ensue. It’s always satisfying to witness someone surface through the fog of despair or medication- induced stupor and enter into the present with an enhanced awareness of their potential for change and relief. Sometimes this occurs because of a simple alteration in their day-to-day habits. The overwhelming sensa- tion of existence as a life sentence suddenly shifts to one more akin to a living statement. My love for this vocation during these transformative moments (both of them) is boundless. The parallels between the ‘nature-based’ origins of our historically much maligned profession and the emerging eco-centric ethos are note- worthy. Modern ecology continues to discover the organic interdepen- dence of progressively larger ranges of life, perhaps ultimately involving the whole planet. The ‘new science’ of epigenetics is basically a re-formu- lated, freshly packaged manifestation and explanation of a very old obser- vation. Gregory Cajete aptly describes this indigenous epistemology in his Copyrighted Material xii PRINCI P LES OF NATUR op ATHIC MEDICINE book, Native Science, Natural Laws of Interdependence: “Everything is related, that is, connected in dynamic, interactive and mutually reciprocal relationships. All things, events, and forms of energy unfold and infold t h e m s e l v e s i n a c o n t e x t u a l fi e l d o f t h e m i c r o a n d m a c r o u n i v e r s e . ” This perception was adopted as common knowledge and survival tact for indigenous cultures world-wide. Hippocrates, considered as the ‘founder’ of contemporary medicine , wrote a treatise over 2000 years ago entitled “On airs, waters and places”, which stressed the need to closely observe the place where one lives in order to accurately grasp its influence in well-being. He rightly defined ‘The quality of the wind, water, soil and climate’ as well as one’s diet to be significant contributors to sickness and suffering as well as in the restoration of health. These concepts precluded the fields of public health and bioclimatology. The more we examine the origins , core and content of Naturopathic Medicine, as well as its con- text in the history of healing, the greater the grasp of how effectively this profession’s progenitors not only protected and preserved but reinforced, continually strengthened, expanded, re-defined and sustained an ancient, time-honoured world-view and medical discipline.