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CHRONICLE OF THE LIFE AND HARD TIMES OF DR. SHELTON,
prepared by Victoria Bidwell.
October 6th, 1895 Herbert McGolfin Shelton, son of Thomas Mitchell Shelton and Mary Franziska Guthary Shelton, was born during a terrible thunderstorm in Willie, Texas. He was born two months premature, weighed less than 3 pounds. At first, he was placed in a wooden cigar box, which was placed near the iron stove so that the baby would not freeze, since the house of the farmer parents was very dilapidated. Herbert grew up with very religious parents who often took him to church, forced him to study the Bible, and placed great emphasis on Scripture at home. It is said that in his youth Herbert believed in God.
He has a great interest in farm animals, especially how they are treated when they are sick. He was especially intrigued by their starvation when the farm animals fell ill.
In 1911 the family moved to Greenville, Texas. And Shelton's interests were further developed.
In 1911 young Herbert starts his career in health. He sits at the newsstand, distributing, among other things, Bernard McFadden's magazine " Physical Culture". He is fond of articles about fasting to cleanse the body, about weight loss and raw food diet. He begins to eat less processed and more raw food, fresh fruits, vegetables and nuts.
At 5 feet 8 inches tall and 145 pounds in weight, he is a fairly plump boy. And he starts losing weight. His father rebukes him for these attempts; and for years, he hindered Shelton in his search and study of a healthy lifestyle.
It wasn't until much later, when his asthma was debilitating, that Shelton's father would begin to take an interest in his son's passion for natural wellness. His mother was still more supportive.
From McFadden's study, Herbert turns to the work of Dr. Russell Thrall and finds his seminal study, The True Art of Healing, which clearly states the position of the pioneers of 19th century hygiene.
Then Herbert moves to be able to study with the Presbyterian minister Sylvester Graham, the oldest lecturer in physiology and temperance.
In 1913 Herbert is in his final year of high school and is completely immersed in the 19th century. Studies doctors who promoted hygiene and drug-free treatment: Drs. Robert Walker, Felix Oswald, Charles Page, Isaac Jennings, and Thomas Lowe.
Young Herbert experiments with a three-day fast and writes afterward that he feels "energetic and refreshed!" He is finishing high school in Greenville, a shy and somewhat timid boy when it comes to girls.
In 1917 Herbert goes to jail for the first time for publicly speaking out against a bill. He was completely non-military, anti-violent and very pacifist. But he is drafted into the army, and he serves 10 months, performing outfits in the kitchen or as a mechanic.
He sends his monthly income of $20 to Mary's home for safekeeping. At this time he continues self-study hygiene and comes to the conclusion: "the medical system is the most dangerous of all (that is in the world, presumably - Note. translator)".
He goes on to study Doctors William Alcott, James Jackson, Mary Gove, Harriet Austin and John Tilden. He also studies in detail all references to fasting in the Bible.
In 1919 Herbert attends the College of Physical Education Note. translator) Bernarr McFadden in Chicago and interns at the Crane Sanitarium in Elmhurst, Illinois, where he receives clinical experience in fasting. The Crane Sanitarium is one of 8 institutes in America dealing with fasting issues. None of these institutions dealt with "true hygiene" but rather "natural care" combined with many therapies.
Then Herbert enters the Lindlahr College of Natural Therapy in graduate school and serves in 2 more institutes: the sanatoriums of Dr. Lindlahr and Sahler.
In 1921 Herbert, at 25, marries Ida Pape, who was 21. They move to New York where he attends the American School of Chiropractic.
He graduates from the American School of Naturopathy with two degrees: Doctor of Naturopathy (N.D). and Doctor of Naturopathic Literature (N.D. Litt.) After that, he begins his practice as an attending physician.
In 1922 Dr. Shelton, N.D., N.D. Litt., is also receiving another degree from the American School of Chiropractic. Dr. Herbert M. Shelton self-publish his first book, Fundamental Principles of Naturopathy.
The Puritan society does not accept the book because there was too much Hygiene in it.
Dr. Shelton passes verdict against the term
"natural care" for two reasons: Nature does not correct disease, and the term "natural care" has been overused to such an extent that it no longer has a clear meaning.
Everything was a phrase. "At this point, being 27 years old, Dr. Herbert M. Shelton realizes that the Hygiene Movement, started in 1832 by Dr. Isaac Jennings and Sylvester Graham, is a separate and distinct health care system that must be purged and then kept separate from all alternative systems. healthcare."
His quotes are like declarations: “Bring clarity out of chaos! I revive a dying movement. I will restore and synthesize the system of Hygiene. Forgotten principles will be restored. Whole literature will be saved! I will blow the embers into a fierce flame!"
He changed the title of this first book to An Introduction to Natural Hygiene. Dr. Shelton is continuing his postgraduate work at the Illinois College of Chiropractic and an internship at the Crandell School of Health in Pennsylvania.
In 1924 Herbert and Ida have a son, Bernard.
In 1925 Dr. Shelton becomes a contributor to McFadden's Physical Culture magazine, with a periodic circulation of 1,000,000 copies. Periodically, Shelton writes for McFadden. He co-founded How to Live magazine with G.R. Clements, but the magazine closed. He writes a daily column for the New York Evening Graph: his memos criticize medical treatment and become the subject of public controversy.
In 1927 Dr. Shelton became an active student of Emerson and Tory, a society of transcendentalists (presumably - Note. translator). During this time, his studies of religion, philosophy, ethics, and motivation lead him away from biblical wisdom; and he declares himself "agnostic".
When asked if he believes in God, he simply says, "No one knows!" Dr. Vetrano reports that he loved God in his youth when he lived at home with his parents. And that he really knew the Scriptures.
This becomes apparent when you read the biblical allusions in his articles for Dr. Shelton's Hygiene Review. Sometimes entire articles are built around Scripture. And from time to time, he uses Scripture to prove his point, to support his position.
But at other times he would quote Scripture only to show in a sarcastic manner how funny it was. Dr. Vetrano says that when Shelton studied all the other schools of thought and religion, his strong Christian roots were destroyed by arguments of logic.
His second son was named Walden, after the Toreo reservoir of inspiration in the forest.
Around this time in 1927, Dr. Shelton was already being harassed about his hygienic practice by the advocates of Medicine and the police. In 1927, Dr. Shelton was imprisoned for "practicing medicine without a license". He is fined $100. In the same year, he was arrested again on similar charges and fined $300.
At this point, he is so tight with money that he is forced to borrow it in order to be released. Also, in 1927, the New York Evening Graph terminated its relationship with Dr. Shelton because he did not cooperate with their advertising department and insisted on publishing anti-tobacco articles. However, during this time Dr. Shelton's Hygienic Practice is growing; he is respected and admired for his efforts.
There is a third arrest, all in the same New York, on the same charge of "practicing medicine without a license."
The greatest irony is that Dr. Shelton never "practiced medicine"!
However, this is how power is expressed when someone simply tells people how to live, how to sleep, how to eat, and that there is no need to use drugs!
In 1928 Herbert, Ida, Bernard, and Walden move to San Antonio, Texas, where they will open and close 7 schools with the same name, Dr. Shelton's School of Health. The first had 12 patients. Eight other schools operate in the US at this time, but none of them offer True Hygiene.
In 1928 Dr. Shelton publishes the book " Human life. Her Philosophy and Laws", in which he expresses special gratitude to Sylvester Graham and doctors: Troll, Jennings, Walker, and Page and other Pioneer hygienists.
In 1929 Herbert and Ida have a daughter, Villodin. It's time for the Great Depression, and the Shelton family barely makes ends meet. This fight will go on for life.
In 1931 Dr. Shelton's 9th book: The Hygienic Care of Children was published. For the last few years, Dr. Shelton has lectured at colleges in Texas. The general public is his enthusiastic fan, sympathetic, and grateful. Dr. Shelton continues to develop his activities.
In 1932 Dr. Shelton is offered 8 times to make money on the following: he will be able to broadcast his radio program for a year if he agrees to advertise a laxative at the end of each program. Of course he refused.
Shelton's wife turned into a worker in all spheres of his life: a nanny, a housewife, as well as a supply manager and guardian angel for the School. And Dr. Shelton himself could often be found at a time when he made beds or cleaned floors.
By 1932 Dr. Shelton lectures internationally, with hundreds of attendees. He undertakes a large-scale tour throughout America, sometimes lecturing non-stop for 7 hours. These traveling lectures will continue for the next 20 years in full force and then decrease as the effects of Dr. Shelton's workaholism take over his nervous system, and render his body completely incapacitated.
In 1932 Dr. Shelton was imprisoned several times on the same charges of "practicing medicine without a license" and "lecturing in medicine." The case always ended well, and he was released. But still, in the end, he was found guilty and sentenced to 30 days (imprisoned in the Ricker Prison) for violating the Act of Practical Medicine (apparently, some kind of American law - Note. translator). Young Dr. Esser takes over Dr. Shelton's practice. And Shelton uses this time to fast and continue working on his manuscripts.
In 1934 In the same year, seven parts of the work known as the "Hygienic System" went to press. Their titles are as follows: Orthobionomics (Economics of Proper Living), Orthotrophy (Food and Food Combinations), Fasting, Orthokinesiology (Corrective Exercises) (kinesiology - the physiology of movements, the doctrine of muscle movements – Note. translator), Orthogenetics (Sexual Correctness), Diseases and Orthopedics (Treatment of Individual Diseases).
In 1935 Dr. Shelton's new books appear: Syphilis: Werewolf Medicine and the Exploitation of Human Suffering.
In 1939 year, after two previous attempts to publish journals, both of which closed before a year, Dr. Shelton's Hygienic Review begins to be published. This special journal was inspired by Dr. Tilden. The review is intended to constantly remind people of the seven stages of the disease, to remind them of the dangers of drug treatment, to warn them of the dangerous methods of medicine men, is intended to comprehensively illuminate the basic things that are necessary for life, and to introduce them to a strange and new world ... " Health through a healthy life!"
The annual subscription for these 24-32 pages/month is $1.oo. Much of The Hygienic Review was written exclusively by Dr. Shelton, although in later years he introduced other authors, whom he carefully edited.
A position was developed to advertise only Pure Hygiene, but few advertisements were still placed. As it grew, Dr. Shelton's Hygiene Review reached 1,900 health seekers. But the small magazine never made a profit.
Dr. Shelton's own statement about his Survey is this: "The monthly coming of the Survey to each person's home should be a strong encouragement. Wherever you are, you should not be afraid to introduce the best and best to the people you come into contact with." a healthier way of life Let your radiance light up all the dark corners and do it without fear Everything progressive that has ever been done has been done by breaking with tradition and entering new or abandoned areas Humanity is subject to the law of inertia Men and women are not move forward: they are pulled by the ears. Most people are dragged behind the chariot of progress. Every Hygienist should enter this chariot as a driver!" Dr. Shelton did short review the inside of each Review on the cover: for subscribers, contributors and donors to "fan the fire of the Health Revolution."
In 1940 Dr. J.H. Tilden, who is best known for his "7 Stages of Disease" paradigm presented in his most famous book, Toxemia Explained, is dying at the age of 89. He was the last living link to the Hygiene Pioneers of the 19th century. The work of bringing back to life and promoting Hygiene now falls entirely on the shoulders of Drs. Shelton, Clonch, Esser and Jean-Curcio. Clonch dies in 1946, Jean-Curcio in the next few years.
In 1941 Dr. Beneš retires from Chiropractic and also becomes a Doctor of Hygiene. Today only a few experienced Doctors of Hygiene of the last century remain: Dr. Vetrano, Dr. Benesh, Dr. Esser and Dr. Scott, and a few others. There are also many young doctors who preach purer Hygiene than others.
In 1942 Dr. Shelton's amazing and inspiring book, Health for All, was published. Like most of his books, it was out of print for many, many years. Finally, it's available again!
In 1942 Dr. Shelton is put on trial. He was charged with negligent homicide for causing a patient to die by fasting at his School of Health. The second charge was the same "treatment without a state medical license."
The deceased patient was Mrs. John Gillis. This was the only case. Dr. Shelton's charges are dropped.
In 1943 Gandhi, inspired by the work of Dr. Shelton, especially the fasting method, invites him to work and study in India for a 6-year sabbatical. Dr. Shelton was already seriously considering inviting Gandhi when the Second World War ruined their plans forever. Gandhi relied on Part III of the Hygienic System during all his fasts: more than half of his 17 fasts were political in nature, he protested against the British occupation of India.
It was in 1943 that Dr. Shelton adopted the following motto: "Let us know the truth, even if heaven falls"! At first glance, this looks like a delightful position for all those who seek the truth! It's dramatic! This is decisive! But in reality I see it differently. This statement, so admired by Dr. Shelton that he immediately put it on the cover of a magazine, is a subtle reflection of the agnostic Shelton. "Heaven" in Holy Scripture known as the place where God resides. And God is always behind the "Truth". "Heaven" could not harbor lies, deceit, exploitation, murder, poison, or any material or spiritual darkness!
And "Heaven" will never "fall" just because the "Truth" has been discovered! "Heaven" is the home of "Truth". No doubt Dr. Shelton loved this iconoclastic and subtle blasphemous statement for its hyperbole. ("Hyperbole" is a literary term meaning exaggeration for dramatic, funny, or sarcastic effect).
I guess that's why T.K. Fry adopted Shelton's motto and brandished it with such derisive bravado until his death: it was a way of prying on Christians and their beliefs, and in doing so, getting out of trouble, because they would never think or understand what the statement meant. God cannot lie, and Heaven will not fall, and God will not fall one day with Heaven together when all the Truth is revealed.
When an agnostic or atheist starts preaching Natural Hygiene to Christians seeking health, such claims make them suspicious of all other claims. Perhaps a much better motto would be, "Let us know the truth, that heaven may rejoice"!
In 1945 Dr. Shelton was kicked in the jaw by his stallion, and from that moment begins the process of his decline. physical condition. His teeth have been severely damaged and he is starting to lose them one by one. Of course, this significantly harms his diet.
By 1946 Dr. Shelton was given a number of nicknames in 1991, including the following: "The Rough Diamond", "The Quack", and "The Workaholic".
In 1947 Dr. Shelton School of Health moved to its 6th location. Ida and Herbert by this time had become very distant from each other. They both got tired of the large amount of work and piles of responsibilities.
During the 1940s and 1950s more Doctors of Hygiene spring into action and they are arrested, as Dr. Shelton once was. Many are arrested and put in jail. Dr. Shelton is convinced that the leaders of the 20th century hygiene movement are being oppressed with more ferocity and tenacity than the pioneers of the 19th century.
Opposition in the 19th century was not so organized and relentless. American Medical Association has turned into a kind of octopus, whose tentacles entangle most government agencies, pharmaceutical companies and cartels, as well as the minds and hearts of people. Shelton saw an urgent need for an association of hygienists.
In 1948 Vivian Virginia Vetrano, a young and beautiful woman with a successful dancing career, discovers Natural Hygiene through Dr. Shelton's Health for All. She is fasting at Dr. Shelton's School of Health.
In 1948 8 people in New York formed national society. They called it the "American Physiological and Hygienic Society". In 1949 the new organization was renamed "American Society of Natural Hygiene". It is joined by 400 members. Dr. Shelton appointed as the first president. In 1949 Dr. Shelton publishes "Basic Principles of Natural Hygiene".
In 1956 Dr. Shelton is nominated 3rd in the New York Vegetarian Convention Bulletin. I would like to quote a passage from the biography of Gene Oswald that mentions Dr. Shelton at this point: "Although Shelton considered his appointment rather comical, his followers who nominated him were sincere. Both men and women continually sought Shelton's leadership. He was not in the habit of Shelton attracted both men and women for a number of reasons People sought his friendship because of his intellect, his revolutionary work , his magnetism in performances, because of how handsome and young he looked, and because of his wise recommendations and guidance. A man could hardly have chosen a better partner. Those who could be close to Shelton considered it an honor ". Dr. Vetrano added the finishing touches to this portrait when we spoke on the phone recently. She describes Dr. Shelton as "Cheerful, loving, easy-going and delightful with a twinkle in his eye." I was very glad to hear this. But I was still a little puzzled. Because when I read Shelton and listened to him on tape, he sounded very angry, very bitter, very sarcastic.
When I questioned Dr. Vetrano about this, she explained that at the very beginning of the lecture, his wife told him to "Get angry." She and other people convinced him that he must show strong emotions in order to be a good public speaker. Dr. Shelton agreed with this and thus "perfected" his "persona". Persona is another literary term from the English teacher I used to be!
"Persona" is a character that is taken in writing or speaking in order to achieve powerful dramatic effect among potential readers and listeners. "Mark Twain", for example, was the "persona" of Samuel Clemens. In reality, a "persona" is a "second self" that is put on for dramatic, comic, or teaching purposes.
I was relieved when I heard that this man wasn't always angry like Mad Goat Billy! Of course he fooled me! And I know that all these years he had many friends from GetWell (GetWellStayWellAmerica, whose name can be translated as "Stay Healthy, Stay Healthy America" - Translator's note), which he also fooled so that some could not read his work or listen to his tapes. However, there is no doubt that he was full of justified indignation towards the Producers of Disease, towards the zombified masses, and most of"Second Self" was real.
From the mid-1950s, Vivian Virginia Vetrano joined the Cause of Hygiene, lectured with Dr. Shelton, studied intensively and wrote articles.
In 1958 Dr. Shelton publishes The Road to Health through Natural Hygiene and Human Beauty: Culture and Hygiene.
In 1959 received a grant of $ 50,000 from the creator of Frito chips for the construction new school. He was so impressed with his results from the 30-day fast at the School. Dr. Shelton's Seventh School of Health opens on a hill that Shelton named "Mount Hygeia" after the Greek goddess of Health. (Higei is directly depicted on many of the covers of Dr. Shelton's Hygiene Review, with upturned breasts, wearing a toga or dress. T.C. Fry used Shelton's penchant for Hygea to last day to promote Shelton College.
This new and latest Dr. Shelton School of Health is equipped with 40 fasting beds and also has separate sunbeds for sunbathing. By the 64th birthday of Dr. Shelton, 30,000 fasts had been completed under his leadership, and he had published more than 30 books and booklets.
Among the Seekers of Health with non-traditional methods, he is known throughout the world for his efforts in the name of the Health Revolution.
In 1961 Dr. Shelton publishes Rubies in the Sand.
In 1964- 25th Anniversary of Dr. Shelton's Hygiene Review.
In 1965 Vivian Virginia Vetrano is now Dr. Vivian Virginia Vetrano and she wants to give her all to Dr. Shelton's School of Health. At the same time, she will study in Mexico and become recognized as a doctor of medicine.
In 1968 Dr. Shelton publishes The True Lifestyle of Man.
In 1970 T.C. Fry discovers Natural Hygiene, says General Health Issue #3. As Dr. Shelton's health declines and his Health Torch begins to fade, T.C. Fry takes the stage to do something that Dr. Shelton would never have thought to do. He's starting the Messed Up Mail Game!
T.C. Fry has his own magazines. And while Dr. Shelton publishes the Review and develops his School, in the literature T.C. Fry often appear publications and announcements of Dr. Shelton. I have never explored the reasons for this. However, articles and advertisements by T.S. Fry never appeared in Dr. Shelton's literature!
By 1972 Dr. Shelton is finally bedridden for the rest of his life. The consequences of what medicine around the world calls "Parkinson's disease" take away all the strength of Dr. Shelton's once healthy muscular body. Workaholism, which has been inherent in Shelton all his life, finally takes its toll. The myelin sheaths that surround and protect the body's nerves wear out. My subjective experience is that it was a lack of motor control. There is atrophy of the muscles, their death. Losing strength. Movement is difficult. Uncontrollable spasms appear, especially in the arms. Dr. Shelton's desire to help people with every ounce of his nervous energy, his love of Hygiene and his contempt for the association of the Producers of Disease, worked for you, for me and for all people, but against him.
What must he be thinking? Of course, he knew that this was all the lack of "Energy Enhancers #4: Rest and Sleep". He'd been missing them for decades, and they were going to make up for it! Why did he act like this when he knew, better than all the Health Seekers in the world, that sleep and rest were necessary?!?!? Only if you are an equally inspired and purposeful person can you come closer to understanding the aspirations of this person!
Dr. Shelton never, like T.C. Fry, did not study "Demagogy". Sweet sleep in large doses may have saved Dr. Shelton from spending the remaining 13 years of his life in bed. Back in the 30s and 40s and 50s and 60s, Dr. Shelton would have had to sleep and rest 4-6 hours a day. How many books would not have been written? How many lectures would not be read? How many phone calls would not be made? How many Hygiene Reviews would not be published? How many patients would be left unattended? The intricate web of self-deception he had built for himself all these years had become a deathbed, a cocoon from which he could not escape.
Dr. Shelton was left with legs that couldn't walk, hands that couldn't write, and vocal cords that couldn't speak. And all for a good cause. Where is the wisdom in all this?
In 1974 Dr. Shelton publishes Fasting to Renew Life. This ends his career as a writer. From now on, he can only dictate.
In 1975 Dr. Shelton, Dr. Vetrano, and many others establish the Hygienic Society and College on 1,660 acres in Piersal, Texas, and obtain a license and give it the name Sheltrano. It's a long story of intrigue and dark accidents. And as a result, the project is closed, and a large number of people suffered losses.
In 1976 Vicki Bidwell, 29 years old, fasts for 17 days at Dr. Shelton's School of Health. She never officially dates Dr. Shelton. But she sees two attendants take him out for walks, supporting him from each side, while he barely trudges. He is extremely exhausted. During these 17 days, Vicki is studying Natural Hygiene. She meets Dr. Vetrano. She is studying Dr. Shelton's Hygienic System. And she decides that her vocation is to make Hygienic Literature, which she is absolutely fascinated by, lively and funny! She feels a strong resemblance to Dr. Shelton's writing style and rhetoric.
In 1978 The year, according to Jean Oswald, was the biggest scandal in the history of the practice of Natural Hygiene. Dr. Shelton's School of Health welcomes 49-year-old Hal Conrad. He suffers from ulcerative colitis. The medical doctor prescribes a colostomy and ileostomy, removal of the colon, and wearing a fecal bag for the rest of your life. The details of this story are too numerous to list here. He dies of a heart attack as he rushes to the hospital, and his wife sues for $890,000 on "negligence" charges.
Over the next 2 years, while the litigation continued, Dr. Shelton's School of Health boomed! The school is full and even overcrowded. To meet the needs of everyone, residential trailers are installed. This popularity comes, no doubt, in part because of T.S. Fry and millions of his flyers and publications walking around America. But Dr. Shelton didn't pay for that ad.
In 1980 year, after running Dr. Shelton's School of Health for 17 years, Dr. Vetrano decides to go his own way and opens a health school in Brownsville, Texas. Dr. Shelton's School of Health remains under new management, which did not last long. The last issue of Dr. Shelton's Hygiene Review comes out in 1980.
In 1983 year, the courts indict Dr. Shelton and Dr. Vetrano, with no possibility of appeal. They must pay $890,000 to Hal Conrad's widow. Both doctors are completely bankrupt. Shelton is compelled to sell off his vast library which he has collected and cherished, including the works of all the pioneers of Hygiene, whose teachings he carried with such difficulty and with such immutability throughout his life. They went to the library of the American Society for Natural Hygiene (AOEG), where they are kept to this day and are open to members of this society.
Summary of the activities of the AOEG, founded by Dr. Herbert M. Shelton, from 1948 to 2000...
The annual convention has been the flagship event for the AOEG for a number of years, and for its approximately 30 affiliates from the United States and around the world. In 1979, Dr. Shelton is quoted as saying that "the growth of the Society has been disappointingly slow." In the 1980s, 30 local self-sustaining affiliates in the US go out of business. From 1978 to the 1990s, AOEG established and closed the Natural Hygiene Publishing House. During early years Shelton convinces the Society to publish and distribute books. But most importantly, he considers expanding the army of Natural Hygienists, who should focus on making films, recording cassettes and writing books, in order to expand the activities of the AOEG so that People can become more educated in matters of Natural Hygiene. AOEG prints a high-quality bi-monthly journal, Health Science. Its circulation reaches approximately 9,000 copies. It serves good help to publish from the AOEG annual conventions, to distribute a certain number of books, and to promote the sales of numerous cassettes. AOEG also sponsors several seminars every year and is involved in many other activities to promote hygiene among people. The affairs of the AOEG are well organized and carried out with great responsibility.
By the 1990s For years, the AOEG has already acted as a life support system for Natural Hygiene, and not only as an intermediary through which " Great Revolution American Health has been successfully launched. In recent years, AOEG has been undergoing changes that experienced and dedicated Hygienists find disappointing: many are outraged by the new positions, according to which the importance of food combinations for proper nutrition is downplayed. As well as the role of a raw food diet.
Someone at GetWell even claimed that Dr. Shelton would roll over in his own grave if he saw the changes that had taken place in the organization he founded.
Since 1980 years and before Dr. Herbert M. Shelton died in 1985, he continues to dictate in a whisper the Hygiene Doctrine, his vocal cords no longer allowing him to speak at full power. It should be noted that Dr. Shelton became completely impotent physically, but not mentally. He worked with Jean Oswald and advised her and Dr. Scott before publishing their book. He worked with Joe Willard and Jean Oswald to write The Original Natural Hygiene Weight Loss Diet Book. It was published posthumously in 1986. He worked on various other projects for the rest of his life.
1986 onwards. Harvey and Marilyn Diamond's all-time best-selling diet and nutrition book Perfect for Life is now in print. After many years of self-study and teaching at the Institute of Living Science, as well as the "Great Course" T.S. Fry, these two hygienist writers are making "Natural Hygiene" available to many millions of Health Seekers around the world! Dr. Shelton deserves monumental honors for this! Since they refer in the eulogy to T.C. Fry. But without Dr. Shelton, there would be no Fry there.
But in America, freedom of the press belongs to those who can afford to rent space or can find a publisher to publish it.
Translation that you can say:
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Vaccinations for public schools and passports
Grace Girdwain, American Society for Natural Hygiene, Liberation Division
All vaccines, like medicines, are toxic. They do not make the body healthy, but rather more toxic. The level of protection tends to decrease after immunization. This is the reason that if someone is in poor health, they are advised not to get vaccinated, as their body may not be able to tolerate the new load of toxins in the system. However, people who wish to discipline themselves by safeguarding their health through proper diet and proper hygiene can naturally avoid many diseases and do not need to be forced to submit to injections against their will.
It would be perfectly logical to reason that any drug powerful enough to suppress suffering or bring about an immediate change in the body would at the same time create another kind of disturbance somewhere in the body. What the use of drugs does bring is a false hope, nothing permanent except perhaps dependence on stronger drugs when the pain or affliction returns.
Anyone who has a working, reflective mind should be able to understand that the disease develops over a long period of time and in most cases can be attributed to wrong eating habits. Immunizations destroy the natural immunity that is inherent in a healthy person. Immunization is an inaccurate term because vaccines do not improve immunity.
Illness is a state of poisoning of the body. When children get sick, it is simply an indication that the body is trying to rid itself of some of the irritating materials that have been introduced into it. The right way to restore health is the simple way of proper diet, hygiene and rest.
Why don't vaccine laboratories provide assurance that vaccines are safe? They acknowledge that vaccines are highly toxic and cannot be made safe. The vaccine package comes with inserts that inform the doctor about the toxicity and possible side effects of the vaccines, only the doctor does not tell the patient what he knows. For this reason alone, you should not be subjected to unnecessary and useless vaccinations when no one is willing to provide you with a monetary guarantee that the vaccine is safe and will prevent the disease for which it is made,
If school officials are trying to keep your children out of school because you have refused vaccinations, inform them of the latest assurance from the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Their 1977 pamphlet "A Parent's Guide to Childhood Immunization" states on page 5 that "the decision to vaccinate your children is entirely up to you." This is mentioned to protect health and education officials from lawsuits, as they find out that they have no legal power to force schoolchildren or anyone else to be vaccinated.
The primary reason schools demand vaccines is their own protection. When a parent or law enforcement officer does not relieve the school of responsibility through a letter or written statement to the school governing board, the school feels that it is fully responsible for the children's health. This is one of the cases when it would be wrong for parents to be inactive. If you object to vaccinations for your children, file it in writing with your signature. Then it will be legal and correct, and the school can file your letter on your child's school health card as evidence of your objection.
You must remember that the position of the school authorities is to follow the rules. If for some reason you are in a situation where you have been told that they are unable or unwilling to honor your refusal, firmly demand a reasonable explanation. In some cases, they may want to be more confident that your beliefs are sincere. Some may require that you get an official paper from the church or from your family doctor or from an organization that also opposes vaccines. The American Society of Natural Hygiene will write a letter of support for its member (Please refer to the American Society of Natural Hygiene in our resources section for further information on school rejection letters).
You can also travel abroad without vaccines. You will not be vaccinated or immunized of any kind in order to travel. When you receive your passport application, you will also receive an immunization certificate (certificate). This certificate applies only to those who require immunization and is then completed by the physician for that individual. This form must not show that you have ever been vaccinated in order to leave or return to the States.
It would be wrong for a health official or travel agent to tell you at any time prior to your departure that vaccination will make it easier for you to re-enter. Thousands of "Christian scientists" 1 and others travel abroad every year without vaccinations. You can also do this if you wish.
Generally speaking, most other countries consider America a "clean" country, so there are no immunization requirements for visiting these countries. When you return to America, you will be offered vaccinations, but under no circumstances can you be forced. Even if you're traveling from a country where virtually everyone has smallpox, you won't need to be vaccinated when you return to the United States.
You may be subject to isolation or quarantine if you have visited an infected area within 14 days of your arrival in the US. When conditions justify isolation, however, the vaccinated as well as the unvaccinated person is isolated in exactly the same way. (Some of the basic foreign quarantine prescriptions are as follows: the isolation period for yellow fever is six days; for cholera, five days; typhoid emphasizes freedom from infestation by lice.)
"Christian Scientists" - members of the Christian Science organization - ("Christian Science"), publisher of the printed organ "Christian Science Monitor" (approx. transl.)
This is everyone's personal concern. It depends only on our desire and efforts what kind of life to live - healthy or not. Healthcare does not know how to organize this care, and it does not have such a desire.
If in Moscow, or others more or less major cities If at least there is an opportunity to receive qualified assistance from well-trained narrow specialists, then in small towns, towns and villages people are deprived of such an opportunity.
With the growth of paid services, turning to doctors can even be dangerous for health: after all, they are interested in a person only as a source of profit brought by his illness.
The same applies to medicines sold to us in pharmacies. Have you noticed the constant growth of pharmacies? And what are the prices for the "products" sold in them? This is a very lucrative industry that is hardly interested in the good health of the population.
Yes, and the state receives a considerable profit in the form of taxes from paid medical services and about medical sales, as well as from the production of many consumer products that poison our health.
Remember the famous slogan: "the salvation of the drowning is the work of the drowning themselves"?
When I first read the motto of natural hygiene, I felt like I always knew it:
"By the age of forty, a person is either his own doctor, or a fool".
Indeed, if by the age of maturity a person has not learned to cope with most of his diseases without outside help, then he has not learned the lessons taught to him by life.
And again, I will quote the words of Goethe:
"What a person does not understand, he does not own."
We do not understand the treasure called health at all. We do not know the secrets of its maintenance and recovery mechanisms. Therefore, we get sick so often, because we are not the masters of ourselves and our health.
This is what he saysfirst principle of natural hygiene :
Not to treat diseases, but to teach how to avoid them, using the knowledge of the Laws of Life.
Look around us. All animals and beasts know how to act in cases of malaise. And the man, with all his ingenuity, is completely at a loss. Although from birth, nature has laid in us both a protective mechanism and healing powers.
Recall the words of I.P. Pavlov, Russian physiologist:
"The human body is a highly self-regulating system, directing, maintaining, restoring and even improving itself"
A person is not a warehouse of separate parts alien to each other. Each organ is interconnected with others, and if something gets sick, then the whole body suffers. A leg or a head, a heart or a throat cannot hurt, and, at the same time, the rest of the person will be cheerful and happy.
That's why second principle natural hygiene:
Integrated approach to human body how to a single whole.
Third and fourth principles sound like this:
A clear understanding of the phenomenon of "health".
A clear understanding of the phenomenon of "illness".
If we do not know how to formulate these two concepts, then it is impossible to figure out whether this is a disease or just fatigue. Yes, and each organism is very individual and you need to understand when it signals to us: SOS! Not everything is in order in the “organism” system! Need help!
Herbert Shelton also wrote:
"It is now well known that each organ acts more distinctly for the good of the whole (organism) than for its own good."
From this it follows fifth principle :
New health strategy.
As we understand the essence of health and illness, we begin to understand how to develop behaviors and lifestyles that help enhance the protective and healing powers that nature has endowed us with.
The most affordable way to improve health follows from sixth principle:
Natural nutrition.
And now it is quite difficult to follow this principle. Not only are stores filled with stale food, but they are full of additives that weaken and poison. And in the process of growing, seeking to increase income, chemicals are used that turn food into poison.
From this principle it follows easily seventh :
Rejection of any drug therapy.
Instead of additional poisoning of the body with drugs, you need to help him wake up dormant reserves. We invite natural healers to help: the sun, water, herbs and even spices: what is necessary for health.
And this will help eighth principle :
A clear distinction between medicine and natural hygiene.
After all, in order to figure out which means are useful and which are not, you need to learn to distinguish between medicine and natural hygiene.
Having learned to understand yourself, the signals of your body and call on natural remedies to help your health, you need to start performing ninth principle :
Education of the people, dissemination of knowledge and creation of a healthy lifestyle.
If we ourselves and our loved ones know how to stay healthy, then there will be an ability to explain and teach others ways to restore health without resorting to drugs. And health is the main condition for a happy life.
Natural Hygiene is a mass social movement for human health. AT in practical terms Natural Hygiene is a consistent system of complex healing of a person by natural methods and the healing forces of nature on a strictly scientific basis, on the basis of accurate knowledge. Natural Hygiene is distinguished from the so-called traditional medicine in at least three ways: a) consistency, b) scientific validity, c) educational character. The ultimate goal of the movement for Natural Hygiene is to educate the average person in health, that is, in concrete knowledge of the objectively operating biological laws governing the body, the mechanisms of health and disease, the possibilities and reserves of the body and ways to implement them in Everyday life. The motto of Natural Hygiene is: "By the age of forty, a man is either a doctor or a fool to himself." In essence, the central task of Natural Hygiene is the organization of a kind of general education for the health of the population. In order to achieve this goal, the movement carries out multifaceted activities, simultaneously performing the following functions:
Research work (study of the problem of health and disease, in-depth knowledge of a person);
Medical and health-improving activities to test theoretical knowledge (by creating, for example, “health schools” and other similar institutions);
Educational and pedagogical activity (in educational institutions such as hygienic-therapeutic colleges in the USA, etc.);
Educational activities (organization of lectures, publication of literature, etc.);
Organizational-mass activity (convening congresses, congresses, seminars for the exchange of experience and information, etc.).
Over the years, this movement (in the United States, for example) has actually grown into "public health", health care "on a voluntary basis", successfully competing with official medicine. The American Society for Natural Hygiene has been coordinating this work for many years.
The formation of an organized movement for Natural Hygiene in the 19th century was preceded by a long centuries-old confrontation, the struggle of two main directions in the world practice for improving a person - medicinal and natural health (natural hygiene). An interesting, detailed monograph by G. Shelton, symbolically titled Rubies in the Sand (1969)*, is devoted to the dramatic history of the confrontation between the two systems.
* Rubies mean knowledge of Natural Hygiene.
The current Western medicine, writes Shelton, originated in Greece, or rather, in its colonies in Asia Minor at the turn of the 5th - 4th centuries BC, "in a period of complete disregard for anatomy, physiology, pathology and other sciences ...". The origin of this medicine is most directly connected with the name of Hippocrates, whose cult was exorbitantly and artificially inflated. In the chapter "Father of Medicine" Shelton quotes the following statement by the American scientist X. Saygerista: "They (works attributed to Hippocrates) probably do not contain a single line written by Hippocrates himself."
Many scholars, Shelton points out, admit that our knowledge of the historical Hippocrates is borrowed almost entirely from Plato alone, but "we cannot rule out the possibility that this man could be the model for a character invented by Plato."
Around 460 B.C. on the island of Kos (Asia Minor) a man was born really named Hippocrates, who later served as a priest of a famous temple. As a priest, he was also engaged in treatment, being an ordinary doctor. But over time, he was transformed into the "father of medicine." The editors of The Great Books give, according to Shelton, the following description of this transformation: "The figure of the legendary 'father of medicine' soon replaced the true Hippocrates. Although there is no evidence from his time that he left any written works, for a century medical works were attributed to him, especially those coming from the medical school in Kos. The works that now appear under the name of the collected works of Hippocrates consist for the most part of early Greek treatises that were collected together by Alexandrian scholars of the third century.
The myth of Hippocrates, Shelton writes, has been in the making for centuries. “Since the manuscripts of the past, of which almost all are anonymous, were collected in the Library of Alexandria, readers believed that they had discovered the “doctrines of Hippocrates” in many anonymous manuscripts of the 4th-5th centuries BC. e. Even in those days, some scholars disputed their authorship. But as time passed, readers became less and less critical, and the collection of "Works of Hippocrates" continued to grow until it included almost all the anonymous works of the classical age of Greece.
Galen was the first to secure the "authority" of Hippocrates as the "father of medicine". Galen, writes Shelton, “apparently was the first to draw attention to the merits of the “father of medicine”, although he himself was born in 130 AD. and did not have access to any sources about the affairs of Hippocrates.
The works of Hippocrates, Shelton points out, are of interest only because they give us a clear idea of the Hellenic medicine of the 5th - early 4th century BC. In the writings attributed to Hippocrates, although, according to Shelton, "a lot of nonsense", but "there is much of real hygiene, indicating that, whoever the authors of these works, they were influenced by the practical temple medicine."
However, the correct conceptual approaches and natural methods of treatment, originally borrowed from temple medicine, were gradually replaced by other, directly opposite ones. Greek medicine was increasingly detached from the nature of man himself, natural healing forces and turned into a set of artificial methods and means of treatment, which, by virtue of their nature, unlike natural factors (sun, water, air, etc.), could become and became a monopoly businessmen from medicine, pursuing their own selfish interests rather than the interests of the patient.
In Greece, as in ancient civilizations, notes Shelton, citing the words of researcher Bernal, “the doctor was something of an aristocrat dealing with wealthy patrons. The treatment of ordinary people remained in the hands of old grandmothers and charlatans who used traditional magical means. Here is how Shelton describes the process:
“The School of Hippocrates did not at first discard the simpler remedies of rest, fasting, diet, exercise, sunbathing, water baths, etc., although it abandoned sacred spells and charms and most other forms of magic that had been around for a long time. fashion. But she preserved and expanded the use of those magical substances that later became known as medicines, and endowed them with medicinal properties. In other words, the school of Hippocrates stole the power of healing from the gods and put it into substances that were previously used when addressing the gods. It was difficult for the new (medical) profession to wean the people away from the simple means of caring for the sick.
Only gradually did she manage to lead people away from natural remedies and impose on them a pathetic and slavish dependence on the disease-causing poisons of the doctor. Only step by step did medicinal practice gain the upper hand over the ability to regulate the patient's lifestyle, only gradually more and more powerful poisons replaced milder and less aggressive remedies. The increasing aggressiveness of the means has characterized the evolution of medicine since its inception around the 4th century BC. e. The Hippocratic school was predominantly a school of medicinal treatment.
If the Hippocratic school, Shelton notes, "would place more emphasis on hygiene and less on medicines, it is quite possible that the medical practice that we have now would not exist at all. The best doctors of that school were the most notorious charlatans. By claiming knowledge they did not possess and proclaiming the virtues of their remedies, they laid down the structure that medicine still follows. Quackery characterizes medicine today as much as it did in the days of Hippocrates. “In the writings of Hippocrates,” writes Shelton, “you can find words that reflect one of the most fatal deceptions that dominated the minds of physicians. It says: "Extreme remedies are most suitable for extreme conditions." This lie is still held by modern doctors. There is nothing more terrible than a practice based on the principle that the sicker the patient, the more desperate his condition, the weaker he is, the greater his need for radical remedies. When the patient's ability to resist decreases and is easily killed, the doctors give him the most dangerous treatment.
The "concepts" and "rules of conduct" of the doctor were enshrined in the so-called "Hippocratic oath", which doctors still swear today. However, Shelton writes, referring to the opinions of historians, "the famous Hippocratic oath is just a restoration of ethical instructions formulated by Egyptian priests long before our era, according to Egyptologists, in the 16th century BC." In this case, “there are several options for an oath. All of them are believed to have appeared long after the death of Hippocrates.
One of the most important provisions of the oath is the provision on the clan nature of the medical profession, which indicated its essentially anti-democratic nature. "This oath," writes Shelton, "contains, undoubtedly, an obligation coming from the temples not to teach medicine to anyone, except for members of the doctor's own family and other relatives." Another American physician, author of The Great Billion Dollar Medical Fraud (New York, 1980), K. Lasko, begins his book with a merciless criticism of this oath, calling it the "oath of hypocrisy."
The oath speaks quite frankly about the “code of silence”: “to pass on knowledge through instructions, lectures and all other ways to my sons, the sons of my teacher and students bound by obligation and oath. But no one else ... And whatever in people's lives I see or hear during treatment or outside of it, which should not be open, I will remain silent, believing that this should not be talked about ... And if I misbehave break my oath, may I get what I deserve. The practical harm of the cult of Hippocrates lies in the fact that many eclectic, confusing provisions were consecrated in his name, not to mention the artificial nature of the means used by it, its anti-democratism and clannishness, which ultimately resulted in a crisis of the entire Western system of medicine.
However, along with Western, imperfect medicine, there was another, true medicine in the world. Before considering the principles of Natural Hygiene, let us briefly dwell on its predecessor, akin in spirit and methods to the ancient Indian medicine "Ayurveda" (translated from Sanskrit - "the science of life"). As the Indian philosopher and historian D. Singh notes in the article “Traditional Indian Medicine”, unlike Western medicine, which focused all attention on the disease, in India the concept of “ayus” - “life” was the basis of Indian medicine and its classical treatment system for five and a half thousand years. On the basis of this philosophy of life, a strict logical medical system "Ayurveda" was formed, surpassing all other achievements of Indian scientific and theoretical thinking. While many ancient methods of healing were based on magic, witchcraft, shamanism, Indian medicine, relying on logic, sought to develop scientific diagnostics.
Being integral part comprehensive philosophy concerning matter and evolution, "Ayurveda" rejected theology, prayers, divination. Instead, she looked for the causes of the disease so that it could be prevented or healed. The colonial enslavement of India by the British for two centuries set back the country in the development of not only the economy, but also medicine. But with the independence of India in 1947, a revival of ancient medicine began. Over the years of independent existence, the average life expectancy in India has increased by more than one and a half times, in which the undoubted merit belongs to the ancient Indian medical system "Ayurveda".
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In 1949, Shelton founded the American Society for Natural Hygiene (together with others), of which he remained the permanent leader until his death. After his death, the Society continues to function under the leadership of the Executive Director James Michael Lennon. The Health Science magazine is published every two months. The headquarters of the Society and the editorial office of the journal are in Tampa, Florida.
Thanks to the propaganda of the ideas of Natural Hygiene, the natural hygiene movement is actively developing in a number of countries - Canada, Australia, England, France, Japan, India and others. And in last years and in Russia, where, however, it is extremely fragmented and represented by scattered groups of healthy lifestyle enthusiasts. Creation Russian Society Natural Hygiene (and given the importance of this matter for Russia - even the Party of Natural Hygiene) is an urgent task, without which it is impossible to prevent the further extinction of the people and the degradation of the individual in the country.
Shelton - author a large number books and pamphlets, as well as many articles in his journal. The main work - "The Hygienic System" of seven volumes, the first volume of which was published in 1934 - is rightfully considered the basis of natural hygiene literature of the 20th century. His works have been translated into foreign languages- German, French, Spanish, Swedish, Greek, Turkish, Hindi, Hebrew, etc., and in recent years into Russian (“Fundamentals of Proper Nutrition”, “Fasting Can Save Your Life”, “The Myth of the Need for Sex” and a number of others, including in such publications as the appendix to the newspaper "Soviet sport" Vestnik ZOZH ("Healthy lifestyle"), the magazine "Be healthy!").
G. Shelton is the father of three children: daughters - Willo-udin, sons - Walden and Bernarr.
Asked by Shelton in 1982, "how did he want to be remembered?" - he replied: "As a man who brought order out of chaos and restored the perishing movement of hygiene." According to reviews, some considered Shelton "too radical", others bowed before him as having revived the natural hygiene movement. In response to accusations of radicalism, he stated that he takes this as praise, because "radical" - from the word "radical", "main", a synonym for the concepts "whole", "organic", "perfect", "natural". Thus, to be "too radical" is to be "too true". What is needed in the field of human health. When praising him, he said: “In order not to seem as if I think I am more than I really am, I want to say that since 1936 I have been helped by many men and women who have devoted their lives to the promotion of Natural Hygiene. No one alone can create such a movement. One person can only give impetus to the movement. But if others don't join it, it's doomed."
Russia, in the name of salvation, will have to create such a nationwide movement - Natural Hygiene comes as the savior of the Russian family. List of the main works of G. Shelton.
- "Hygienic System" (seven volumes):
v. I. Orthobionomics. Fundamentals of human physiology, rules for caring for various organs of the body to maintain them in a healthy state (“orthos” - from Greek - “correct”, “true”;
etc. Orthotrophy - 1. Fundamentals of proper therapeutic fasting;
vol. III. Orthotrophy - 2. Fundamentals of proper nutrition;
vol. IV. Orthokinesiology. Basics of correct exercise;
Vol. V. Orthogenetics. Fundamentals of proper sex education;
vol. VI. Orthopedics - 1. Theory of disease and health;
vol. VII. Orthopathy - 2. Descriptions of 400 diseases and natural methods of their treatment.
- Natural Hygiene. Righteous way of life.
- Human beauty. Her culture and hygiene.
- Health for millions.
- Health for all.
- How to become healthy.
- Rubies in the sand.
- Treatment of cancer with natural methods.
- Fasting can save your life.
- Perfect nutrition.
- How to properly combine food.
- Hygienic care for children.
How are illnesses treated?
- Defects of vaccines and sera.
- Syphilis: werewolf medicine.
- Live to live long.
A. A. Vladimirsky
FOREWORD
The chapters of this short book were originally published as articles in Dr. Shelton's Hygienic Review. This explains the frequent repetitions contained in it. At the same time, many years of teaching people the right way of life have shown a great need for such repetitions, and therefore it is unreasonable to try to eliminate any of them. Physiologists say that any position must be repeated at least three times before the average person learns it. Our experience has convinced us that when new, radical and revolutionary truths are put forward, they must be repeated many times and in many ways before they are accepted. common man. Understanding comes slowly and not immediately.
We have come to a time when almost all that is required for treatment is a coated tongue and a prescription for sulfonamides. But we have not reached the time (and never will reach it) when it is possible to ignore the causes of the disease itself.