From VM44 on JW.Net
Here is a Watchtower advertising that "cure" :
WATCHTOWER, JULY 1, 1913
A CURE FOR SURFACE CANCER
"Cancer
troubles are becoming more numerous. We know of no remedy for internal cancers except surgery. Even then a cure is doubtful. We have
recently learned of a very effective and simple remedy for cancers which show themselves on the surface of the body. We are informed
that a physician, after testing this remedy, paid $1,000 for the information, and that he has established a
And
this is from a book of 1954 that says not only what that remedy was but also that it didn't cure cancer, and was even dangerous...
"Jehovah's
Witnesses, Who They Are, What They Teach, What They Do, by Royston Pike, Philosophical Library,
pages 16,17
"Yet
more unpleasant notoriety was aroused by Russell's sponsoring of a "cancer cure," which on analysis was revealed as being nothing
other than a caustic paste of chloride of zinc. Unfortunately the "cure" was not only ineffective but definitely harmful, so that
some unfortunate sufferers may have had their end hastened by its application."
The article from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of
1916 shows that even in even in Russell's times, his remedies were considered stupid... in short that Russell was already considered
as an inveterate liar about medecine or science way before 1954 !!!
Another stupidity :
GRAPES CURE CANCER
""The Grape
Cure". Don't use ANY other food while on the "Grape Cure" diet: you will only cause yourself (and perhaps others) trouble
by so doing. DON'T do it....
In case of internal cancer or cancer that has not become active, it has been found very effective....to
begin taking a small of grapes every two hours or so throughout the day, not using over two pounds a day for the first day or two,
gradually increasing the quantity for a week up to not over four pounds a day. Continue the diet as long as the case requires,
or until the patient grows too weak. Many continue without breaking away from the diet for six weeks or longer.....
While
the cancer is active and suppurating, the pulp of the grape may be made into a poultice and renewed as frequently as indicated. This poultice will eat its way down into the foreign mass, not injuring normal cells and tissues, however......We suggest changing
from one variety of grapes to another, when convenient, although the dark-skinned varieties seem to be the best. But even the
little green hot-house grape is better than none to arrest the progress of cancer till another grape season comes in."
(Golden Age
5-29-29, pg 563)
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