The concept of biological medicine, on the other hand, is not new at all. It goes back as far as the very early history of the art of healing. It encompasses all the naturopathic, drugless therapies which were practiced for thousands of years, even before Hippocrates. During various periods of medical history and in different parts of the world these methods of healing were and are called by different names. In the United States, the school of healing nearest to the concept of biological medicine, would probably be called naturopathy, nature-cure method, natural hygiene, or drugless medicine. There are numerous naturopathic physicians, chiropractors, and drugless osteopathic physicians in this country who use in their practice methods of treatment very similar to those outlined in this book. Naturopathic physicians particularly would be very sympathetic towards biological therapies. There are also many medical doctors who are well informed on biological medicine and would find nothing objectionable in the programs outlined here.

How do you find these doctors?

Naturopathic physicians and chiropractors you can look up in the yellow pages of your telephone directory. For the biologically oriented medical doctors it would, perhaps, be better to ask the local chapter of the National Health Federation or ask in your favorite health food store for some names the owners might be familiar with. Because of the risk of pressure and malevolence from colleagues and medical organizations, the biologically oriented medical doctor would be reluctant to advertise his unorthodox affiliations or beliefs.

There are some clinics in the United States which use methods similar to those used in Swedish clinics, such as: Dr. Jensens in Escondido, California; Dr. Max Warmbrand’s Florida Spa in Orlando, Florida; Dr. H. Shelton’s Health School in San Antonio, Texas; the Pawling Health Manor, Hyde Park, New York; and a few others.

It is my sincere hope that this book will stimulate awareness of biological medicine among practitioners of the healing arts and governmental health agencies. I am hopefully looking forward to a not too distant future when awakened interest on the part of arthritics, physicians, and health organizations will motivate them to conduct objective experiments with biological therapies in some of the major hospitals in the United States or Canada under 100 per cent scientific control. When such an experimental clinic becomes a reality, then American arthritis sufferers will be able to obtain biological treatments, as described in this book, right here in their own country under professional medical supervision. The united action of millions of people and aroused public opinion can break the frustrating chain of hopelessness, complacency, indifference, and medical prejudice and make the dream of every arthritic to be free from this agonizing disease a reality.

For the sake of all sufferers of arthritis, I hope this will happen soon.

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