AIDS: The Mystery and the Solution

226 Pages·1986·12.257 MB·English

by  Alan Cantwell

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AIDS:
THE MYSTERY
AND
THE SOLUTION
Alan Cantwell, Jr., M.D.
SECOND EDITION, REVISED
ARIES RISING PRESS
Los Angeles
The material contained in this book is not meant to be a man¬
ual for self-diagnosis, or self treatment, nor should it be a sub¬
stitute for the advice of a medical doctor.
Copyright® 1983 and 1986 by Alan Cantwell, Jr.
First Printing 1984
Second Printing 1986 Revised Second Edition
Printed in the United States of America
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or repro¬
duced in any manner whatsoever without written permission
except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical artic¬
les and reviews. For information address Aries Rising Press,
P.O. Box 29532, Los Angeles, CA 90029.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Cantwell, Alan, 1934-
AIDS: The Mystery and the Solution.
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
1. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome. 1. Title.
[DNLM: 1. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
WD 308 C234a]
RC607.A26C36 1986 616.97’92 86-1210
ISBN 0-917211-08-1
ISBN 0-917211-16-2 (pbk.)
To Virginia —
who showed me the way
and
To Frank —
who kept me on the path.
''The question of epidemics cannot be answered from a
biological standpoint alone. It involves great sweeping
psychological attitudes on the part of many, and meets the
needs and desires of those involved — needs which arise in
the framework of religious, psychological, and cultural real¬
ities that cannot be isolated from biological traits.”
''On one level the deaths are a protest against the time in
which they occur. Those involved have private reasons, how¬
ever. The reasons, of course, vary from one individual to
another, yet all involved 'want their death to serve a pur¬
pose’ beyond private concerns. Partially, then, such deaths
are meant to make the survivors question the conditions
—
for unconsciously the species well knows there are reasons
for such mass deaths that go beyond accepted beliefs. ”
—Jane Roberts, The Individual and the Nature
of Mass Events. A Seth Book. (1981).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
During the past twenty years as a medical doctor and sci¬
entific researcher, there have been many people who have
greatly stimulated my thoughts about human disease. How¬
ever, none of my research into the microbiology of cancer
and collagen disease could have originated without the help
of Eugenia Graggs, a bacteriologist, who first taught me
how to patiently and painstakingly hunt for microbes in dis¬
eased tissue. She also taught me to respect the unusual
microbes she grew from diseased tissue in her tuberculosis
(TB) laboratory, and to consider these bacteria as possible
agents of human disease, even though these microbes were
isolated from diseases "of unknown etiology.”
I am especially grateful to my friends, Virginia Living¬
ston Wheeler, M.D., Eleanor Alexander-Jackson, Irene
Corey Diller, and Florence Seibert, for sharing their knowl¬
edge of the "cancer microbe” with me. Their landmark stud¬
ies of the microbiology of cancer have influenced my own
research studies immeasurably. Other microbiologists who
have greatly stimulated my thinking about "cell wall defi¬
cient bacteria” include Lida Mattman, Gerald Domingue,
Dan Kelso, and Joyce Jones. Pathologists who have been
especially helpful include Karen Cove, M.D., and Jerry
Lawson, M.D.
My research studies over the past three decades could not
have been successful without the support of my "boss,”
Lyon Rowe, M.D., and Sheldon Wolf, M.D., who often fought
in my behalf, to secure continuing grant money to support
my research projects.
Researchers must "publish or perish.” Editors of medical
journals who have been most kind in helping me attain scien¬
tific "credibility” include the following editors: Gardner
Moment (GROWTH), Lawrence Charles Parish (International

Journal of Dermatology), Eugene Traub and John McCarthy

(CUTIS), and Frederick Malkinson (Archives of Dermatology).
Judy Dowd, Linda Yamamoto, Winnie Yu, and Jeff Elser
helped greatly in securing the reference material in this
book. During the writing of this book, Armand Auger, M.D.,
provided much-needed encouragement, and Jim Highland
made many helpful suggestions in the editing of the
manuscript.
Larry Gosenfeld, D.O., gave me the idea of writing this
book on a computer word-processor. The manuscript was
written on an "Apple 2E,” and printed on a "Gemini 10”
printer, both of which served me faithfully and admirably,
and deserve to be acknowledged as a writer’s best friends.
Finally, I am most greatly indebted to my patients for
allowing me to study them. The courage often shown by
patients, especially those seriously ill with cancer, and
AIDS, has contributed immeasurably to bolstering my own
courage, and my determination to share what I have
learned about these diseases with others.