INDEX

Dedication, 5 Foreword, 13 Introduction, 15 The Hygienic-Dietetic method of Healing, 19 Physiologico-Chemical Research, 20 The Natural Method of Healing, 20 Prophylactic Therapy or Prevention of Disease, 21 The New-School of Healing, 22 "Regeneration" or "Dare to be Healthy", 24 Distrust of the Medical Fraternity, 25-6 Johannes Müller and his followers, 26-7 The Medical Impasse, 28-9 The Regeneration of the Race, 31 Dysaemia—the cause of disease, 31 The process of Natural Healing, 31 The Human Body a Microcosm, 32 The body an indivisible Unity, 33 The Bacteria craze, 33 Predisposition, 34 The Allopathic failure, 35-36 Choosing a Physician, 37 Cell-food Therapy, 37 Medical Literature, 38 Chemical elements of the blood, 39 Dech-Manna, or "Organic Nutritive salts or cell-food Therapy", 39 "As a man eats, so is he", 46 Humanity the product of the exhausted fields, 46 The remedy, the question and the reply, 47 No "business" in healthy blood, 47 Truth versus Creeds and Capital, 49 Health: Hymn of Health, 51 The Health ideal by Nature set, 52 Ignorance the basis of disease, 54 A Means of Enlightenment, 55 The Dare to be Healthy Club, 57 The purpose of the Club, 58 The Teachings of the Club, 58 Two years' course in Biology, 58 Physiology, Anatomy, Hygiene, Physiological Chemistry, Pathology, according to Biological facts, 58 Therapy, in accordance with Biological and Physical Laws and Precepts, 58 Its comprehensive aim, 58 The Course of Instruction, 58 Its Precepts, 59 Graduates as Teachers, 59 The Method of Regeneration, 59 Dr W.C. Rucker Assistant Surgeon Gen. US Public Health Service on Physiological Chemistry, 60 The Boerhaave Incident, 62 The Secret of Disease and Health, 62 The eternal Lesson Nature Teaches, 64 Simplicity the Essence of the System, 64 A Life's Legacy, 65 The Physician, 66 Fair Minded Physicians, 66 Behind the Veil, 66 Disease the Heritage of the Ages, 67 The Moment of Release, 67 Disease a Unit, 68 The Part of the Physician, 69 The Teachings of Great Masters, 69 Hippocrates, 70 Galen, 71 Thomas Sydenham, 73 Boerhaave, 74 System of Regeneration, 77 Man as a Unit, 77 Perpetual Existence, 77 Functions, 77 Cell life, 78 Specialists, 78 Cause of Disease, 79 Metabolism, 79 Creative Matter, 79 Functions of the Blood, 79 Foreign Formations, 80 Nature's Curative Powers, 80 The Blood as Universal Medium, 80 The Oneness of Disease, 80 All Powers Dependent on Nutrition, 80 Diversity of Construction, 81 Adaptivity of Cells, 81 Medical Misconception, 81 Resultant Errors, 82 Diagnosis, 82 Chemical Analysis of Human Body, 82 The Twelve Tissues, 82 Secret of Healing, 82 Tissues Depend Upon the Blood, 82 The 16 Elements of the Blood, 83 Dominant Features, 83 Von Liebig's Law of the Mirimuin, 83 The Law of Chemotaxis, 84 Cell Attraction, 84 Process of Healing, 84 Constitutional Disease, 84 New Cell food Treatment, 85 Old System Superseded, 85 Dysarmia, 85 The Bacillus Fallacy, 85 Predisposition, 86 Hereditary Disease, 86 Heredity Not Invincible, 87 The Dechmann Law of the Cross transmission of Characteristics, 87 The Theory of Pangenesis, 88 The Dechmann Law of the Determination of Sex at Will, 89 Latent Reserve Energy, 89 Law of the Dominant, 90 Heredity and Predisposition, 90 Prevention of Disease, 91 Terrible Responsibility, 91 Alternative Betterment, 92 The "Incurable," Curable, 92 Chemical Elements Missing, 92 Three Methods of Supply, 92 Diet, 92 Nutritive Preparations, 93 Physical Treatment, 93 Nature a Unit, 94 Natural Elements, 94 Importance of Minerals, 94 Testimonials, 95 Dech-Manna Nutritive Preparations, 97 The Means of Health and Safety, 98 The Dare to be Healthy Club, 99 Business Proposition, 99 Membership, 99 Terms and Literature etc., 100 "Within the Bud", 101 Cell Foods Special Rates to Members, 102 The Basis of Proceedings, 103 Life, Health, Happiness, 104 Man as a Unit, 105 Metabolism, 106 Variety of Organs, 109 The Idea of Unity, 109 The Constituent Elements, 111 Dysaemia, the Cause of All Constitutional Diseases, 113 Heredity, 116 Healing, 117 The Unity of Nature, 119 The Chemical Process of Disease, 121 The Twelve Tissues, 123 1. The Plasmo Tissue (Blood Plasma), 124 2. The Lymphoid Tissue, 125 3. The Nerve Tissue, 125 4. The Bone Tissue, 126 5. The Muscular Tissue, 127 6. The Mucous Membrane Tissue, 128 7. The Tooth and Eye Tissue, 128 8. The Hair Tissue, 128 9. The Skin Tissue, 129 10. The Gelatigenous Tissue, 130 11. The Cartilage Tissue, 130 12. The Body Tissue in General, 131 Degeneration of Tissues, 132 The Meaning of "Healing", 132 Grouping of Constitutional Diseases, 133 The A.B.C. of My System of Healing, 135 A. Diet, 135 B. Nutritive Compositions, 135 C. Physical Treatment, 136 Diet—Its Vital Importance, 136 The Reason Why, 137 The Laboratory of the Body and Functions of Its Branches, 137 Creation of Life blood, 137 Building the Framework, 138 The Material, 138 The Refuse, 138 Diet Forms No. I to No. VI, 138 Nutritive Compositions, 143 Representations to Government, 143 Functions of Minerals in Our Food, 148 Minerals in the Human Economy, 148 Chemical Elements Essential to Life, 149 The Impulse of Growth, 150 The Genesis of Polyps, Tumors and Cancers, 151 Review of Mineral Elements, 152 Iron in the Blood, 152 Generation of Electricity, 152 Faraday, on Magnetic Blood, 152 The Motor of Nervous Function, 153 Creation of Bodily Warmth, 153 The Secret of Sleep, 153 The Function of the Spleen, 154 Rejuvenating Influence, 154 The Malpighian Bodies, 154 The Liver and the Bile, 155 Lecithin or Nerve Fat, 155 System of Cell Renewal, 156 Nutrition-Soda and the Bile, 156 Chemical Fixation, 156 Sodium Sulphate Essential, 157 Basis of Muscle Tissue, 157 Basis of Bones and Teeth, 158 Growth of the Hair, 158 Medium of Chemical Combustion, 158 Human Organism Cannot Assimilate Inorganic Matter, 159 Necessity of Prepared Nutritive Salts, 159 Incomplete Fertilization, 160 Sickly (food) vegetation, 160 Improper Fertilization Breeds Disease, 161 The Rock and Its Lesson, 161 Food Instinct, 161 An Imperative Duty to Mankind, 162 Result of Experiments (Poultry), 162 Results of Experiments (small fruit), 163 Haemoglobin Eggs for Weakened Constitutions, 164 Lecithin for Neurasthenia, 164 Physical Regeneration, 164 Reserve Energy Essentials, 165 Nutritive Compositions, 166 16 Nutritive Cell-foods, 166 12 "Dech-Manna" Compositions, 166 Specialities, A. to J., 167 Explanations, 168 Schuessler's Absurdity, 170 Dech-Manna Compositions— No. 1. Plasmogen—(Plasma Producer), 172 No. 2. Lymphogen—(Lymph-cell producer), 176 No. 3. Neurogen—(Nerve-cell producer), 179 The Ignorance of "Nerve Specialists", 180 Consequent Increase of Insanity, 180 A Complacent Public, 181 Neurasthenia, 181 No. 4. Osseogen—(Bone cell Producer), 182 Deformity of Bone Structure, Curvature of the Spine, etc., 183 The Lime-water Fallacy and Others, 183 "Fire proof" Bone Structure, 183 No. 5. Muscogen—(Muscle-cell Producer), 184 Combination with Eubiogen (No XII), 185 No. 6. Mucogen—(Mucous Membrane-cell producer), 186 Pervading Importance of Membrane, 186 Catarrhal Conditions of Tissues No. 7. Dento & Ophthogen—(Tooth & Eye cell Producer), 187 Connection Between Teeth and Eye, 189 No. 8. Capillogen—(Hair-cell Producer), 189 Causes of Falling Hair, 190 Prevention of Baldness, 190 Failure of "Hair Restorers", 190 No. 9. Dermogen—(Skin-cell Producer), 191 The Fallacy of Dermatology, 192 No. 10. Gelatinogen—(Gelatigenous-tissue Producer), 193 The Functions of Expansion and Contraction, 193 No. 11. Cartilogen—(Cartilage Producer), 194 Prevention of Friction, Bones and Joints, 194 No. 12. Eubiogen—(Healthy Life Producer), 196 Positive Composition, 196 Eulogy of Eubiogen, 196 Analysis of Eubiogen, 201 3 Forms of Eubiogen, 204 Special Composition B Alternative for Infants and Feeble Invalids, 204 Comparative Analysis Human Body and Eubiogen, 206 Appendix I, 207 Life Preservers and Elixirs, 207 Special Dech-Manna Compositions, 207 A. Oxygenator (Radium Tablets), 207 Balneotherapy-directions, 208 B. Eubiogen Liquid. For babies and feeble invalids, 209 C. Tonogen—Tonic and Beverage, 210 Universal Scope and Effectiveness, 211 Combination with Plasmogen, 212 Appendix II, 213 Compositions for Specific Cases, 213 D. Tea, Diabetic, 213 E. Tea, Laxagen, 213 F. Salve, Lenicet, 213 G. Massage Emulsion, 213 H. Propionic Acid, 213 I. Oxygen Powder, 213 J. Anti phosphate or Negative Compound, 213 Price list Dech-Manna Compositions, 214 Physical Treatment, 215 Baths and Packs—Vinegar Water, 215 Massage and Exercises, 216 Importance of Ablutions, 216 The Habit of Gargling, 220 Vinegar Packs—Their Significance and Basis, 220 Effect of the Packs, 226 Temperature, 226 Construction of Packs, 227 Length of Application, 227 Danger of Ice Applications, 228 Excretion of Auto toxins, 230 Dissolving, Diverting, Excreting, 230 General Treatment of Body, 232 The Key to Success, 232 General Advice for Packs, 232 Measurements for Material, 233 Temperature of Packs, 234 Duration of Packs, 235 Changing the Packs, 236 General Rules, 237 "Diverting Packs" Important, 237 The Main Rule, 238 24. Abdominal Pack, 238 Divided Packs, 241 25. The Cross Pack, 242 26. Leg Packs, 244 Partial Packs, 245 Foot and Wrist Packs, 246 Neck Pack, 247 Shoulder Pack, 248 Scotch Pack, 249 Divided Scotch Pack, 250 Shawl Pack, 251 27. Three quarter Packs, 252 Half Pack, 255 Whole Pack, 255 Small Compresses, 257 28. Gymnastics, 258 29. Massage, 258 30. Breathing, 258 Electric Vibrators, 260 31. Oxygenator, 261 32. Radium and Salt Baths, 261 Diseases, Treatment and Method, 262 I. Degeneration of the Plasmo Tissue, 263 Anaemia, Chlorosis, Pernicious Anaemia, 263 A. Scrofulosis, 266 B. Tuberculosis, 266 C. Syphilis, 266 D. Cancer, 267 Therapy, 267 Diet I. For Anaemic Patients, 267 I. & II. A. For Scrofulous Patients, 269 I. & II. B. For Tuberculous Patients, 270 I. & II. C. For Syphilitic Patients, 271 I. & II. D. For Cancer Patients, 271 Dech-Manna Compositions, 271 Physical, 272 II. Degeneration of Lymph Tissue,272 III. Degeneration of the Nerve Tissue, 273 Neuralgia Neuritis, Neurasthenia, 274 Asthma Epilepsy St Vitus's Dance, 274 Therapy, 275 Dech-Manna Compositions, 277 Physical, 277 IV. Degeneration of the Bone Tissue, 277 Rickets Osteomalacia and Similar Diseases, 277 Therapy, 278 Diet, 278 Dech-Manna Compositions, 279 Physical, 279 V. Degeneration of the Muscular Tissue, 280 Muscular Rheumatism, Sciatica, 280 Infantile Paralysis, Atrophy, 280 Amyloid Organs, 280 Therapy, 281 Diet, 281 Special Diet For Disease of Heart and Inactive Kidneys, 282 For Irritable Kidneys and Diseases of the Bladder, 285 For Liver Disease, 286 Dech-Manna Compositions, 287 Physical, 287 VI. Degeneration of the Mucous Membrane Tissue, 288 Catarrh, Acute and Chronic, 288 Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Pneumonia, 288 Inflammation of Nose Throat, Bowels, Stomach and Bladder, 288 Decomposition of Mucous Membrane, 288 Hemorrhoids, Polyps Benign Tumors, 288 Bright's Disease, Initial Stages, 288 Therapy, 289 Diet, 290 For Throat and Larynx Disease, 290 Dech-Manna Compositions, 290 Physical, 290 VII. Degeneration of Tooth and Eye Tissue, 291 Therapy, 292 Dech-Manna Compositions, 292 Physical, 292 VIII. Degeneration of the Hair Tissue, 292 Therapy, 293 Diet, 293 Dech-Manna Compositions, 293 Physical, 293 IX. Degeneration of the Skin Tissue, 293 Therapy, 295 Diet, 295 Dech-Manna Compositions, 295 Physical, 295 X. Degeneration of the Gelatigenous Tissue, Stomach & Intestinal Disease, 295 Therapy, 296 Diet, 296 Normal Diet for Stomach Diseases, 297 General Hints for Nourishing Treatment, 298 Treatment, 298 In case of Constipation, 299 Dech-Manna Compositions, 299 Physical, 299 XI. Degeneration of the Cartilagenous Tissue, 300 Ankylosis. Gout. Arthritis, 300 Therapy, 300 Diet, 300 Dech-Manna Compositions, 300 Physical, 300 XII. Degeneration of the Body Tissue in General, 301 Infantile Paralysis, 303 Facial Diagnosis and "The Clinical Eye", 306 Diagnosis, Physiognomy and Psychology, 308 The Biological Healing System, 308 The Psychological Side, 308 Regeneration and Retrogression, 309 The True Physician's Principle, 309 External Symptoms, 310 Perspiring Hands and Feet, 310 Quality of the Nails, 311 Baldness, Gray and Dishevelled Hair, 311 The Evidence of the Eyes, 312 Prof Liljequist on the Colour of the Eyes, 312 The Shades of Death, 313 Testimony of the Mouth and Tongue, 313 Indications of the Nose, 314 Diagnosis by Odour, 315 Story of the Teeth and Gums, 316 Demonstrations of the Neck, 317 Significance of Chest Formation, 317 Signs of the Abdomen, 317 Indications of the Legs, 317 Indications of the Skin, 318 Freckles, 318 Chemical Construction, 318 Prevention and Cure, 319 Simple Precautions, 319 Children's Disease. Introduction, 319 The Cause of "the Poor", 319 The Child of Mortality, 319 Parental Egotism and Pedagogy, 323 Maternal Solicitude—and Ignorance, 320 Vital Statistics, 324 O Tempora! O Mores!, 325 The World's Indifference to Truth, 326 For the Understanding of Disease—the sine qua non, 326 Back to Nature, 326 "The Age of Nerves", 327 Medical Polemics, 327 "Existence is Movement"—Progress, 328 Man, the Sceptic, 328 The X-Rays and the Sequel, 329 The Atom and the Electron, 330 "Man's Passing Strange, Complex Mortality", 332 The Vibrations of Electrons, 332 Electro-Magnetic Control, Mundane and Solar Forces, 333 The Ocean a Storage Battery, 333 The Action of Acids and Alkalies, 334 Electro-Magnetic Processes and Metabolism, 335 Weather and Local Influences, 336 Negative and Positive Vibrations, 337 Healthy Blood Formation, 338 Dech-Manna Diet, 338 Electrons and the Effect of Injury, 339 Bacteria, 340 Febrile, or Positive Diseases, 340 Curative Process, 341 The Law of Opposites, 341 Action of Water, 341 Action of Earth on Mud, 341 Vinegar Packs, 342 Cooling Drinks, 342 Temperature Reduction, 343 Negative Diseases, 344 Curative Process, 344 Sun Baths, Light Baths, 344 Exercise, 345 Massage, 345 Coloured Light Treatment, 346 Internal Treatment, 346 The Salts of the Body, 346 Nourishment, 347 The Science of Food, 347 Diet, 348 Food Standard, 348 Heat Production, 348 Discretion in Diet, 348 Diet of Children in General, 349 Diet for School Children, 351 Fever and its Treatment Based on Biology, 354 A. General Description, 354 B. Treatment, 357 C. Diet in Cases of Fever, 362 Scarlet Fever, 367 Measles, 371 German Measles, 372 Chicken-pox, 373 Small-pox, 374 Typhoid fever or typhus abdominalis, 375 A. General Description, 375 B. Essentials, 376 C. Symptoms and Course, 377 Stage of Development, 378 The Climax, 378 Stage of Healing, 378 Respiratory Organs, 381 Organs of Circulation, 381 Nervous System, 381 Bones and Joints, 382 Urinary and Sexual Organs, 382 Skin, 382 Recurrence, 383 D. Treatment, 384 Mental condition, 385 E. Relapsing fever (Typhus Recurrens), 386 F. Diet in Cases of Typhus, 387 Dech-Manna compositions, 392 Physical Treatment, 392 Negative Children's Disease (so called), 393 Catarrh, 393 Bronchitis, 393 Grippe, 393 Influenza, 393 Catarrhal Inflammations, 393 Cholera Infantum or Summer Complaint, 393 Therapy, 393 Physical Treatment, 394 The Contagious Character of Children's Diseases, 394 The Golden Rule, 395 Diet, 395 Dech-Manna Compositions, 395 Physical Treatment, 396 The Tonsure of the Tonsils, 396 A Strong Indictment, 396 American and English Corroboration, 397 Arguments Against Tonsillotomy, 397 A Medico-cum parental craze, 398 Prof Mackenzie's Denunciation, 398 Maternal Ineptitude, 399 Wild and Incontinent Superstitions, 400 Operators and Their Teachers, 400 Facts and Fables, 401 A "Lazy and Stupifying Delusion", 402 The "Roll of Unrecorded Death", 402 A trenchant and Tragic Article, 404 The True Mission of Tonsils, 405 Pre-natal Care, 405 Pre-natal Clinics, 405 Human Magnetism, 405 Hygienic Birth, 406 Endemic and Epidemic Disease, 406 Climatic, or Yellow Fever, 407 Pellagra, or Hook worm, 407 Cholera and Plague, 408 The Spanish Influenza, 409 The World's Great Pandemics, 410 Terminological Notes, 410 Fundamental Causes, 410 Sero Therapy, or the Illusive Germ Theory, 412 The Alternative Origin, 412 The Attitude of the Public, 413 The History of the Influenza Germ, 413 Culture and the Manufacturing Chemist, 413 The Great Experiment, 413 The Dictum of Surgeon Genl. Blue, 414 Serums and Specifics, Hospitals and Undertakers, 415 Opinions of the Press, 416 The Parting of the Ways, 417 George Bernard Shaw's Views, 418 Public Health Reports, 419 Raising the Resistance of the Body, 419 The Vis Medicatrix Naturae, 421 St Paul, on the Unity of the Body, 421 The Cause of Medical Failure, 421 The Law of the Minimum, 423 The Sixteen Essentials, 423 Prof Kuhnemann, on the Influenza, 424 The Interpretation, 427 The Professor and the Shy Bacillus, 428 The Vision of the Vagus Nerve, 429 Its Vast Responsibility, 431 Three Nutritive Possibilities, 432 The Emotions as Factors of Disease, 432 "Panasthema," the General Loss of Vitality, 434 The Seat of Affection in the Vagus, 435 "The Writing on the Wall", 437 Demos Dies by Violence, 438 Nature's Trust Betrayed, 438 The Law of Compensation, 438 A Great Scientific Discovery, 440 Finis 440

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