HOW DISEASE CAN BE CURED AND LIFE PRESERVED. 83 



that the remedy must necessarily be a mystery also. I 

 have received many letters from people suffering from 

 chronic disease, explaining to me that they had lost all 

 faith in medicines because they had tried almost every- 

 thing — they had consulted the best doctors, changed cli- 

 mates, and spent their money broadcast in useless efforts 

 to be cured or gain relief. Each of these letters described 

 the fruit of medical science. 



Then, again, others come to my offices completely 

 drugged and filled with fermentation. These poor crea- 

 tures tell me that the doctors have said they could do 

 nothing more for them. It is almost impossible to be- 

 lieve that such things can be allowed to go on. I have 

 read and seen so much about quackery that I am dis- 

 gusted whenever I read those letters or listen to the 

 tales of woe from persons who spend all their money in 

 microbe foods. Not one of those who have written or 

 come to me have thought it necessary to ask his or her 

 physician the most important of all questions, *^What 

 is disease ? " What causes it ? What is the root of all 

 illness ? If these questions were asked, common sense 

 would suggest the answer without the use of compli- 

 cated medical words which are practically meaningless, 

 and at the same time the proper remedy would be sug- 

 gested. 



That people did not know what disease is can be ex- 

 cused, because I did not know it myself. But after I 

 discovered and published it again and again there is no 

 more excuse for being unable to answer those questions 

 or for being afflicted with disease. If any one wants to 

 be humbugged, drugged, and either killed outright or 

 be allowed to die through ignorance, that person or his 

 relatives should not complain. People should demand 

 to know what they buy for their dollar. If a man pre- 

 tends to cure rheumatism, cancer, consumption, or any 

 other disease, ask him first what causes rheumatism, 

 cancer, or consumption, and if the man is honest he 

 must admit that those diseases are caused by microbes 

 which cause fermentation. Then ask him if his remedy 



