Vitamin C - Healing Factor Vitamin C Against Disease PDF
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“THIS MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK ON HEALTH EVER WRITTEN.” HEAL—INatioNnal HGealth FederFationA BullCetin TOR by Irwin Stone With forewords by Nobel Prizewinners Dr. Linus ]P auling Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi GABH$PIC4N DROIA. I/GO9NCP5HKAE EE D RRAI GEE 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 sae THE HEALING FACTOR “Vitamin C”’ Against Disease =s e h a Paa r | : <G<o. e » =i he i THE HEALING FACTOR “Vitamin C” Against Disease Irwin Stone A GD/PERIGEE BOOK Perigee Books are published by The Putnam Publishing Group 200 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10016 Copyright © 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 This book is dedicated to my wife, Barbara, whose patience and collaboration over the years made it possible. CONTENTS Forewords Linus Pauling Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Our Deadly Inheritance . The Beginnings of Life . From Fishes to Mammals . Our Ancestral Primate . The Evolution of Man From Prehistory to the Eighteenth Century The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries . Finding the Elusive Molecule . The Genetic Approach . Some Effects of Ascorbic Acid . “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 126 133 21. Ulcers 22. Kidneys and Bladder 138 23. Diabetes and Hypoglycemia 146 24. Chemical Stresses—-Poisons, Toxins 152 25. Physical Stresses 163 26. Pollution and Smoker’s Scurvy 172 27. Wounds, Bone Fractures, and Shock 178 28. Pregnancy 186 29. Mental Disease 193 30. The Future 197 References Cited from the Medical Literature 200 Glossary 254 The numerals set off in parentheses 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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