The Healing Factor Vitamin C Against Disease

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The Healing Factor
Vitamin C Against Disease
By Irwin Stone

With forewords by Nobel Prizewinners
Dr. Linus Pauling
and
Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Intro and Part I
(cid:122)
Chapter 1 - The Beginnings of Life
(cid:123)
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Chapter 2 - From Fishes to Mammals
(cid:123)
Chapter 3 - Our Ancestral Primate
(cid:123)
Chapter 4 - The Evolution of Man
(cid:123)
Chapter 5 - From Prehistory to the Eighteenth
(cid:123)
Century
Chapter 6 - The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth
(cid:123)
Centuries
Chapter 7 - Finding the Elusive Molecule
(cid:123)
Chapter 8 - The Genetic Approach
(cid:123)
Chapter 9 - Some Effects of Ascorbic Acid
(cid:123)
Chapter 10 - "Correcting" Nature
(cid:123)
Part II - Pathways to Research
(cid:122)
Chapter 11 - Breaking the 'Vitamin' Barrier
(cid:123)
Chapter 12 - The Common Cold
(cid:123)
Chapter 13 - Viral Infection
(cid:123)
Chapter 14 - Bacterial Infection
(cid:123)
Chapter 15 - Cancer
(cid:123)
Chapter 16 - The Heart, Vascular System, and
(cid:123)
Strokes
Chapter 17 - Arthritis and Rheumatism
(cid:123)
Chapter 18 - Aging
(cid:123)
Chapter 19 - Hay Fever
(cid:123)
Chapter 20 - Eye Conditions
(cid:123)
Chapter 21 - Ulcers
(cid:123)
Chapter 22 - Kidneys and Bladder
(cid:123)
Chapter 23 - Diabetes and Hypoglycemia
(cid:123)
Chapter 24 - Chemical Stresses - Poisons, Toxins
(cid:123)
Chapter 25 - Physical Stresses
(cid:123)
Chapter 26 - Pollution and Smoker's Scurvy
(cid:123)
Chapter 27 - Wounds, Bone Fractures, and Shock
(cid:123)
Chapter 28 - Pregnancy
(cid:123)
Chapter 30 - The Future
(cid:123)
References
(cid:122)
Copyright © 1972 by Irwin Stone
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Many thanks to Irwin's son Steve Stone for granting the Foundation
permission to electronically publish this book!

Additional thanks to John Jenkins for correcting errors and scanning all
the figures, diagrams and tables.
Vitamin C Foundation
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"THIS MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK
ON HEALTH EVER WRITTEN"
- National Health Federation Bulletin -

THE
HEALING FACTOR

VITAMIN C

Against Disease

____________________________

By Irwin Stone

With forewords by Nobel Prizewinners

Dr. Linus Pauling

and

Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

___________________________________________________

Vitamin C may save your life! A noted biochemist reveals for laymen the exciting research
into ascorbic acid's powers against such deadly enemies as cancer, heart disease,
strokes, mental illness, old age, diabetes, arthritis, kidney disease, hepatitis -- even
cigarette smoking!

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AGING - ALLERGIES
ASTHMA - ARTHRITIS - CANCER
COLDS - DIABETES & HYPOGLYCEMIA
EYE TROUBLE - HEART DISEASE - STROKES
KIDNEY & BLADDER AILMENTS - MENTAL ILLNESS
STRESS SYNDROMES - POISONING - POLLUTION
ULCERS - VIRUSES
WOUNDS & FRACTURES
SHOCK

COULD THEY BE
THE RESULT OF VITAMIN C DEFICIENCY?

COULD THEY BE
PREVENTED BY TAKING MORE VITAMIN C?

COULD THEY BE TREATED WITH VITAMIN C?

IS VITAMIN C REALLY A VITAMIN?

IRWIN STONE SAYS YES, YES, YES AND NO!

After 40 years research, Irwin Stone unfolds his startling conclusion that an
ancient genetic mutation has left the primate virtually alone among animals in
not producing ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) in his own body. By treating it as a
"minimum daily requirement" instead of the crucial enzyme it really is, we are
living in a state of sub-clinical scurvy whose symptoms have been attributed
to other ailments. The answer is to change our thinking about Vitamin C and
consume enough to replenish this long-lost "healing factor." Stone illustrates,
with massive documentation, Vitamin C's remarkable ability to fight disease,
counteract the ill effects of pollution and prolong healthy life -- easily and
inexpensively!

GD/Perigee Books

are published by

The Putnam Publishing Group

ISBN 0-399-50764-7

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THE

HEALING FACTOR

______________________

"VITAMIN C"

Against Disease

Irwin Stone

A GD/Perigee Book

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Perigee Books

are published by

The Putnam Publishing Group

200 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10016

Copyright (cid:31) 1972 by Irwin Stone

All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof,

may not be reproduced in any form without permission.

Published simultaneously in Canada by General Publishing

Co. Limited, Toronto.

Library of Congress Catalog Number: 72-77105

ISBN 0-399-50764-7

First Perigee printing, 1982

Printed in the United States of America

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This book is dedicated to my wife, Barbara whose patience and collaboration
over the years made it possible.

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CONTENTS

Forewords
Linus Pauling
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1

Part I: Our Deadly Inheritance
1. The Beginnings of Life
2. From Fishes to Mammals
3. Our Ancestral Primate
4. The Evolution of Man
5. From Prehistory to the Eighteenth Century
6. The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
7. Finding the Elusive Molecule
8. The Genetic Approach
9. Some Effects of Ascorbic Acid
10. "Correcting" Nature

Part II: Pathways to Research
11. Breaking the "Vitamin" Barrier
12. The Common Cold
13. Viral Infection
14. Bacterial Infection
15. Cancer
16. The Heart, Vascular System, and Strokes
17. Arthritis and Rheumatism
18. Aging
19. Allergies, Asthma, and Hay Fever
20. Eye Conditions
21. Ulcers
22. Kidneys and Bladder
23. Diabetes and Hypoglycemia
24. Chemical Stresses -- Poisons, Toxins
25. Physical Stresses
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26. Pollution and Smoker's Scurvy
27. Wounds, Bone Fractures, and Shock
28. Pregnancy
29. Mental Disease
30. The Future
References Cited from the Medical Literature
Glossary

The numerals set off in parenthesis in the text are intended to guide the reader to the
appropriate medical citation listed at the end of the book.

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