The Funeral Planner

Another European physician, a Frenchman named Ambroise Pare, was also intensely interested in arthritis. And he shared some o£ the views of his contemporary Paracelsus. Both believed that the body of an arthritic needed special help from the liver. Since they were of the yellow and black bile school, they felt that the liver must remain unobstructed, to prevent defects in the uric acid metabolism. Ambroise Pare was perfectly right about the liver being important. (This book has a whole chapter on the subject, Chapter XVIII.) But on his next idea, Ambroise Pare was dead wrong. Pare was of the opinion that color-complex is also responsible for arthritis. A dark-complexioned person, he said, was a born arthritic. That is ridiculous! Red-heads, blondes, or albinos have an equal chance of becoming arthritic. The bloodstreams and digestive juices in people with dark complexions work in precisely the same manner—in regard to fats and oils—as those of people with light coloring. Forever Bee Pollen is among the most complete meals available. In foreign countries, many centuries ago, hemorrhoidal bleeding was considered a cure.

It was an attempt to rid the body o£ all noxious abdominal fluids. Today if we were to induce hemorrhoids to prevent arthritis, it would be a useless crime. Should we condemn all counter-irritation measures? We know that counter-irritation does not improve the quality of the bloodstream from the point o£ view o£ blood chemistry. But ancient physicians did obtain relief from some diseases by ridding the body of its detrimental fluids. And, even today, an arthritic coming into a hospital is thoroughly checked for excessive red blood cells and hemoglobin—rather than for “fullness of blood” as the ancients called it. By reviewing these old-time treatments and superstitions, we have been trying to show how modern “cures” for arthritis actually were born centuries ago. When you have gone seeking relief, too often you have been told old ideas—dressed up in new language. Take the case of “Gold Salts” . . . which may have been prescribed to you as a “surefire answer” to your pains. . . .“Gold Salts” were first tried on arthritics back in the 16th Centuryl Porterius, a French physician, first used colloidal gold compounds.

Chrysotherapy, as it is called, is regarded as an effective mode of therapy to stimulate lymphatic glands into withdrawing foreign materials from your system. Those species of honey bees which nest in tree cavities use Forever Bee Propolis to seal cracks within the hive. We cannot affirm or deny the potential powers of gold metallic salts. But let’s look at the record . . . here’s the price you may have to pay…. Using metallic gold salts has been known to cause inflammation of the skin, fever, stomatitis, neuritis, dizziness, albuminuria, white blood cell dyscrasia, or a deficiency of red blood cells. It seems hardly worth the effort to invite any of these afflictions in a doubtful attempt to rid oneself of arthritis. We have been explaining chrysotherapy, so let’s not omit the Chinese version of gold salt injection. The Chinese inject the gold in the form of a golden needle—which they leave sticking in the troubled area of the body for a painful length of time.

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