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The
Dark Closet of Medical Biology
(©
1998, Peter G. Tocci, BA, MT Gemini Press
)
Most
people have heard the name Louis Pasteur.
His last name became the root word for
pasteurization, the heat-sterilization
of beverages, especially milk. A chemist in
nineteenth century France with no training
in life sciences, Pasteur is credited with
discovering that microorganisms, or microscopic
beings (germs - hereafter called microbeings),
are the cause of diseases defined as infectious.
This discovery, known as the germ theory of
disease, says that fixed species of microbeings
from an external source invade the body and
cause specific diseases.
This
concept became the foundation of western medicine
and microbiology in late nineteenth-century
Europe. While it seems so obviously true,
germ theory presents important anomalies and
inconsistencies; and certain scientific observations
must be ignored or left unexplained in order
to maintain its complete acceptance.
In
contrast, another name from nineteenth century
France lingers in near-total obscurity - Antoine
Béchamp: Master of Pharmacy,
Doctor of Science, Doctor of Medicine; Fellow
and Professor of Physics (medicines) and Toxicology
(Higher School of Pharmacy, Town of Strasbourg);
Professor of Medical Chemistry and Pharmacy
(Univ of Montpellier); Professor of Biological
Chemistry, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
(Univ of Lille).
A
genius of considerable accomplishment, Béchamp
solved the mystery of fermentation, identifying
it as a process of digestion by microbeings.
He was the first to assert that blood is a
flowing tissue, not a mere liquid. And he
developed a chemical process that launched
the entire dye industry. Despite these accomplishments,
and many others which filled eight pages of
a scientific journal when he died, Béchamp
has suffered oblivion in general history texts,
as well as in scientific literature, biology
textbooks, and even encyclopedias.
The
apparent reason for this is that to examine
Béchamp's science, and that period
of history, reveals that Pasteur "borrowed"
Béchamp's discoveries about microbeings
and the nature of life, and presented them
as his own (but with flawed understanding)
to the French Academy of Science. Thus arose
the apparently true, extremely lucrative,
yet superficial and dangerous, germ theory.
Béchamp's
fundamental assertion about microbeings and
disease was that the latter is a set of circumstances
(the disease condition itself) that encourages
and supports the former. What we usually call
diseases are symptoms of this deeper, underlying
condition, as is the presence of the morbid
microbeings themselves (see Holistic
Health Literature for more on this).
Other
aspects of Béchamp's theory were: 1)
Though "germs" exist in the air,
they are not necessary for symptoms to arise,
because in the disease condition, disease-related
microbeings can develop within higher organisms,
including humans; 2) All organized beings
contain microscopic anatomical elements called
microzymas (small ferments). These are irreducible,
imperishable "life units" that are
the builders and destroyers of cells and tissue.
They can also evolve into bacteria when the
body's internal environment (which Béchamp
referred to as the terrain) is stressed
or unbalanced.
Whether
or not the microzyma exists has not been scientifically
determined or verified. Nor has it been disproven.
But terrain condition is unquestionably highly
significant in health and in the disease process.
Immune function is affected by terrain condition,
and vice versa. But non-specific, or 'humoral'
immunity is the primary mode of immune 'defense,'
because it monitors the terrain on an ongoing
basis. Specific, or 'antibody-mediated' immune
function, must be 'learned' by the cells to
be optimally effective. Thus, to oversimplify
a little, as a 'defense' mode, specific immune
function, is secondary to non-specific immunity
and to general terrain condition.
It
seems unusual that Antoine's name and his
controversial ideas have been omitted from
mainstream literature. He presented, at the
least, a fascinating point of view (amply
supported by his detailed experimentation)
deserving of academic recognition, as one
would study the writings of various philosophers,
for example. Given the magnitude and number
of Béchamp's discoveries, it is fair
to ask if this omission is not mere oversight.
Money
and greed cannot be ruled out as motives for
unflagging adherence to germ theory and its
application in modern medicine. In the last
hundred years, trillions of worldwide vested-interest
dollars have depended upon such adherence
and upon the ignore-ance of life principles
suggested scientifically by Béchamp.
It
can be argued effectively that orthodox medical
practice, based as it is upon the half-true
germ theory, has resulted in the current wave
of chronic degenerative disease, including
cancer, cardiovascular disease and AIDSyndrome.
To learn more about this situation, its ramifications
for human health, and to obtain sources for
further material about Béchamp and
by him, order the Holistic
Health Literature, or contact Peter at
Gemini.
HIV/AIDS
- A Preposterous Theory
(C
1998, Peter G. Tocci, BA, MT Gemini Press
)
"If
there is evidence that HIV causes AIDS, there
should be scientific documents which either
singly or collectively demonstrate that fact,
at least with a high probability. There is
no such document."
Dr.
Kary Mullis, Biochemist, 1993 Nobel Prize
for Chemistry.
Challenging
the HIV/AIDS hypothesis is not to suggest
that AIDSyndrome is imaginary, or that people
are not getting sick and dying. It does suggest
that the situation is not what the medical
establishment and the government would have
us believe. It suggests also that if we continue
to believe and act upon what we're being told,
the sickness and dying will worsen.
The
two greatest misrepresentations are that the
syndrome is caused by a virus and that it
is incurable. A third misrepresentation, promulgated
in the beginning to generate fear, but shortly
thereafter proving itself a false embarrassment,
is that AIDSyndrome is universally fatal.
Not to be caught short, however, mainstream
medicine has turned things around, claiming
that its treatments are the reason for the
failure of its early pronouncement to come
true.
1)
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) has never
been proven to cause immune collapse, or any
so-called 'disease' associated with AIDSyndrome,
in humans or animals. As mentioned above, HIV/AIDS
is a hypothesis, and not one scientific paper
exists to prove it. Rather than scientific
proof in the early days, a pronouncement was
handed down from Health and Human Services,
whose cancer labs control all AIDS research
in the US.
HIV/AIDS
was accepted on faith and with insufficient
scrutiny. This has crippled research with
narrow focus, even in the face of obvious
inconsistencies, including the fact that no
virus in history so defies every 'law' of
biology and virology. Also, the history of
the discovery of the virus is tainted with
intrigue. The official storyline is a convention
created to avoid embarrassment to the scientific
community.
The
anti-HIV position is held in considerable
contempt by researchers, and there are now
about 10,000 of them on the planet. Since
so many careers depend upon HIV being the
cause, it seems unlikely that such a glut
of vested interest would be ready to listen
to a potentially career-threatening point
of view.
Immune
theory is based upon germ theory (see Medical
Biology's Dark Closet above). Though apparently
"gospel," both are highly questionable,
and anyone who is serious about solving AIDS
would do well at least to entertain the questions
and to look at the theory and research behind
them with an open mind. One question is, how
can a virus that infects one in 500 immune
cells, and which is so painfully difficult
to find, even in the sickest of individuals,
cause such massive destruction?
The
germ-theory mindset has become a paradigm,
or guiding model, for medical philosophy,
leaving the residual notion that we are attacked
by specific diseases. The victim/war mentality
permeates society. This situation is itself
a disease condition wherein 'victims' fight
wars against attack by 'disease' entities,
such as germs or cancer. By contrast, the
Holistic view suggests that self-responsible
people encourage their health, rather than
waging wars against symptomatic windmills.
Because
of common notions based upon germ theory,
most people are unaware of their ill health
until obvious symptoms appear; and they don't
believe they're ill until that happens. This
is an erroneous and dangerous mindset. Another
basic question is whether specific, or antibody-mediated,
immune function really makes us healthy or
whether it only slows the process of becoming
sicker than we already are. Is it the primary
defense against infection, or could it be
a backup system? The latter view suggests
that by trying only to build up or 'stimulate'
specific immunity, we are riding around on
the spare tire without getting the flat fixed.
This obviously leads to the question, "What
is the 'first line of defense' in the body?"
2)
Is AIDS incurable? 'Cures', or remissive therapies,
do exist outside of orthodox medicine, and
they have worked well in clinical situations
on diagnosed, 'full-blown' cases. As with
most so-called diseases, the 'no cure' status
is true only within a narrow limit of methods,
within a controlled definition of what is
being cured, what is allowed to be called
a cure, and what may be controlled financially
by pharmaceutical interests and the medical
establishment.
Unfortunately,
there is more money in research and ineffective
treatment than in any cure which might arise—in
any venue, not just AIDS. Though this may
seem a harsh judgment, there is ample evidence
to support it. The mainstream media does not
investigate this.
3)
Should we be intimidated by the threat
of universal fatality with HIV/AIDS? Fear
propaganda has accompanied the syndrome from
the outset and may contribute substantially
to the 'obedient death,' if you will, of people
with AIDS. In this writer's opinion, and that
of many other observers and researchers, people
have died of this mental conditioning and
of the ineffective, poisonous, orthodox treatments
that accompany diagnosis. For example, AZT
death was indistinguishable from AIDS death.
In more recent times, there has been a shift
to the idea of living with AIDS, which has
eased the pressure for some patients. But
residual fear remains, based on insufficient
knowledge.
"If
there is evidence that HIV causes AIDS, there
should be scientific documents which either
singly or collectively demonstrate that fact,
at least with a high probability. There is
no such document."
Dr.
Kary Mullis, Biochemist, 1993 Nobel Prize
for Chemistry.
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