The woman’s body undulated. Her motions became frantic. Wildly, she tore off her clothes … The others followed. Nude, danced to the frenzied drum … This was New Orleans. Johnny Liddell was no tourist. He had come here to investigate a disappearance. The beating he got by a goon squad, the double-cross from a gorgeous blonde, and the session as target for someone’s shooting practice—weren’t exactly like being handed the keys to the city. But before he was through, Johnny’s tour of the town led him through a ring of blackmail, murder, and the forced prostitution of some of the most beautiful society women in the city.
CONTENTS Know this first 1 What Fulfilment Will Emunctology Bring to the Practitioner..................................... The Therapeutic Value of Neuropathy.......................................................................... Healthful Routine of Living.......................................................................................... Patterns of Social Adjustment and the Epidemiology of Disease................................. On Practical Clinical Observation................................................................................. What Can Emunctology Teach...................................................................................... A Note on Electro-Therapy............................................................................................ Chapter 1 The Importance of The Microbiome............................................................................. The Relation Between Food & Health.......................................................................... Taking Medical Trade Medication Increases Risk of Infection.................................... “Disease Germs”.......................................................................................................... The Relation of the Microbiome Between Health and Disease................................... The Gut-Brain Axis...................................................................................................... Digestion and the Causation of Sleeplessness............................................................. Diet and Hygiene in the Treatment of Sleeplessness................................................... The Influence of the Microbiome Upon Health And Disease..................................... The Microbiome-Gut-Brain Axis................................................................................ The Microbial Organ in the Gut.................................................................................. The Extrinsic Innervation of the Gastrointestinal Tract.............................................. Vagal Innervation........................................................................................................ Vagal Efferent Pathways............................................................................................. Throacolumbar Innervation........................................................................................ Pelvic Innervation...................................................................................................... Neural Control of Fluid Movement: Secretomotor and Vasomotor Reflexes............ The Enteric Nervous System and Gastrointestinal Innervation: Integrated............... The Vagus Nerve......................................................................................................... The Vagus and Gut Bacteria....................................................................................... Chapter 2 On the Causation of Disease....................................................................................... The Death From Pneumonia Is Caused by Auto-Intoxication................................... What Causes Fever..................................................................................................... The Influence of Vitality Upon Secretion.................................................................. The Body in the State of Pneumonia and its Relation to Other Diseases.................. The Inflammatory Fever............................................................................................ The Sequels of Scarlet Fever and Measles................................................................ Prophylactic Treatment of the Sequela of Measles and Scarlet Fever....................... The Importance of Iodine.......................................................................................... The Treatment of Chlorosis and Anaemia................................................................. Iodine A Major Factor in the Treatment of Fevers.................................................... Atomidine in Medicine.............................................................................................. Artemisia Annua in the Cure & Prevention of Malaria and Very Likely Other So-Called Diseases.......................................................................................................................... The Beneficial Effects of Fever................................................................................. Pyretotherapy In The Treatment Of West's Syndrome.............................................. Effects of Atmospheric Electricity............................................................................. The Toxic Basis of Neural Disease............................................................................ Remarks on the Relation of the Auto-Intoxications to Neural Disease...................... Disturbances of Nutrition........................................................................................... Plate I - Illustrations of Acute Parenchymatous Degeneration of the Nervous System.. Classification of the Auto-Intoxications..................................................................... The Morphological Effects of these Poisons on the Ganglion Cell........................... I — The acute Gastro-Intestinal Auto-Poisons.............................................................. II —The subacute Gastro-Intestinal Poisons.............................................................. III — The Chronic Gastro-Intestinal Poisons............................................................ Cytothesis (The Process of Cell Repair).................................................................... The Value of Hydrotherapeutic or other Anti-Toxic Measures in Insanity................ The Toxic Power of the Blood in Auto-Intoxications in General.............................. Chapter 3 Sound in Reviving Blood Cells................................................................................... The Medical Trade So-called “Genetic Theory of Disease”, Down The Drain........... The State of the Blood A Major Factor In Aiding Rejuvenation of the Body Or Establishing Disease........................................................................................................ Blood-Poisoning By The Medical Trade Drugs........................................................... Toxaemic Conditions Bring About Destruction of Leucocytes................................... Chapter 4 The Function of The Kidneys As Emunctories........................................................ Concerning The Effects of: Toxaemia, Emotions And Temperature Upon The Health & Function of Kidneys...................................................................................................... The Functions of the Kidneys.................................................................................. All Varieties of Hypertension Are of Renal Origin.................................................. The Role of the Alloxuric Bases in the Production of the Cardiovascular Changes of Nephritis......................................................................................................................... Relationship Between Certain Products of Metabolism and Arterial Hypertension... Auto-Intoxication Causing Renal Lesion................................................................... Toxaemia As The Main Factor Upon The Renal Involvement In Hypertension........ Cardiovascular Disease.............................................................................................. Cardiovascular Disease Represents 30% of All Deaths Globally.............................. Cancer........................................................................................................................ The Relationship Between Atherosclerosis & Cancer............................................... Common Risk Factors for Cancer and Atherosclerosis............................................. The Protective Function of the Liver & Kidneys...................................................... Chapter 5 Factors In The Causation of Tuberculosis................................................................ Physiology of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis............................................................ The Workings In The Body System That Give Rise To Tuberculosis...................... Poor Elimination As A Factor In the Causation of Tuberculosis.............................. Toxaemia As A Factor in the Causation of Tuberculosis.......................................... The Impaired Action of Toxaemia Upon the Body System, Which Eventually And Inevitably Leads to Imperfect Action of the Kidneys.................................................... The Function of the Kidneys..................................................................................... The State of the Kidneys in Preventing Tuberculosis............................................... The Link Between Chronic Kidney Disease & Tuberculosis................................... The State of the Lymphatic System in Tuberculosis................................................. Methods Employed................................................................................................... Mesenteric Nodes...................................................................................................... What does general experience teach as to children born of tuberculous mothers?... Tuberculous Inflammation......................................................................................... The Primary Location of Tuberculosis Outside the Respiratory Tract in Adults: With special reference to its Occurrence in Lymph Nodes in its Relation to Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Adults.................................................................................................... The Infection In New Born Babies............................................................................ Tuberculosis in the Respiratory Tract........................................................................ Chapter 6 Auto-Infection as A Factor in Disease...................................................................... Treatment & Cure of Typhoid Fever......................................................................... The Teeth As A Foci of Infection.............................................................................. Chapter 7 On the Functions of the Skin in Relation to Life, Health and Disease.................... Exercise & The Lymphatic System......................................................................... Leukocyte Redeployment During Exercise And Recovery..................................... Chapter 8 Every Part of the Body Sympathizes with the Mind............................................... The Influence of Ideas Upon the Body.................................................................... Psychogenesis and Internal Secretion..................................................................... Heightened and Concentrated Attention................................................................. The Drift Towards Nature Curing........................................................................... The Care and Cleansing of the Body...................................................................... Chapter 9 Bile Stasis Its Effects on Jaundice And Gallstones.................................................. Pathology of Jaundice.............................................................................................. Obstructive Forms of Jaundice................................................................................. Symptomatology....................................................................................................... Duration.................................................................................................................... Treatment of Catarrhal Jaundice............................................................................... Gallstones.................................................................................................................. Treatment of Bile Stagnation.................................................................................... Common Treatment of Gallstones............................................................................ Treatment of Gallstones............................................................................................ Treatment of Constipation Accompanying Gallstones.............................................. Hydropathy................................................................................................................ The Treatment of Biliary Disease............................................................................. Medical Trade Drugs Effects Upon the Liver........................................................... Arsphenamine Jaundice............................................................................................ Cinchophen Jaundice................................................................................................ Atophan Jaundice..................................................................................................... Dinitrophenol Jaundice............................................................................................. Syndrome of Bile Salt Retention.............................................................................. Preamble to Chapter 10 Dr John Harvey Kellogg, Hydropath ........................................................................ Chapter 10 Intestinal Toxaemia, Or Alimentary Auto-Intoxication.............................................. Valuable Curative Means............................................................................................ Bacterial Toxins and Pigments.................................................................................... The Influence of Food Upon Bacteria......................................................................... Bacteria Are Everywhere............................................................................................. The Intestinal Flora...................................................................................................... Intestinal Bacteria........................................................................................................ Defensive Action of the Liver...................................................................................... Other Defensive Means............................................................................................... The Ileocecal Valve...................................................................................................... The Influence of Toxins Upon Living Cells.............................................................. Alimentary Toxemia................................................................................................. Intestinal Toxins........................................................................................................ Pressure Raising Poisons Cause Hardening of the Arteries...................................... Influence of Diet on Intestinal Flora......................................................................... Stasis Causes Toxemia & Gall Stones........................................................................ Fatigue Poisons Produced in the Intestines................................................................. Joint Symptoms Due to Intestinal Toxemia................................................................. Intestinal Poisons and High Blood-Pressure................................................................ Arteriosclerosis Caused by Intestinal Poisons............................................................. Intestinal Toxemia and Insanity................................................................................... The Tongue an Index to the State of the Colon........................................................... The Cause of Arthritis and Gout.................................................................................. Tetany, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Myxedema Caused by Intestinal Toxemia............. Intestinal Stasis............................................................................................................ Toxemia the Cause of Hepatism.................................................................................. The Symptom Complex of Intestinal Toxemia........................................................... Skin Diseases Due to Intestinal Toxemia................................................................... Intestinal Origin of Certain Eye Diseases.................................................................. The Effects of Intestinal Poisons................................................................................ Bacteria Produce Highly Virulent Poisons.................................................................. The Most Common Putrefactive Colon Bacteria........................................................ Important Note Concerning Bacteria..................................................................... Pleomorphism of Bacteria....................................................................................... Colon Infection And Its Effect Upon the Urinary Tract.......................................... Colon Bacillus Pneumonia...................................................................................... Focus of Infection................................................................................................... Pathogenesis............................................................................................................ The exact manner and path of absorption from the peritoneal cavity of injected foreign agents............................................................................................................................ The existence of a direct lymphatic absorption as opposed to or in conjunction with a hematogenous absorption............................................................................................. Colon Bacillus Infections........................................................................................ Hematogenous Infection......................................................................................... Infection by Contiguity.......................................................................................... Types of Infection Produced by the Colon Bacillus.............................................. The Urine of Colon Bacilluria............................................................................... Symptoms of Colon Bacillus Infection.................................................................. Chronic Interstitial Nephritis.................................................................................. Cholecystitis........................................................................................................... Pyelitis and Pyelonephritis..................................................................................... Acute Unilateral Septic Infarcts of the Kidney....................................................... Choroiditis Inflammation of the Choroid and Retina of the Eye........................... Colon Bacillus Infections........................................................................................ Virulence of the Organism: Resistance of the Tissues............................................ Symptomatology Clinical Findings......................................................................... Chronic Interstitial Nephritis................................................................................... Appendix.................................................................................................................. Biliary Tract.............................................................................................................. Peritoneum................................................................................................................ Organs Other Than the Kidney, Liver, Bile Ducts, Appendix and Peritoneum........ Colon Bacillus Cystitis and Pyelitis.......................................................................... The Toxic Effects of Poisons Upon the System........................................................ Endo-Toxins.............................................................................................................. Anaphylactic Phenomena Associated With Intestinal Toxemia............................... Changing and Reforming the Intestinal Flora.......................................................... The Milk Diet........................................................................................................... Results of Recent Experiments.................................................................................. Increased Intestinal Activity....................................................................................... The Milk Cure........................................................................................................... Perverse Or Deficient Nutrition................................................................................ Faulty Nutrition........................................................................................................ Perverse Nutrition..................................................................................................... Chronic Gastro-Enteritis.......................................................................................... Coated Tongue......................................................................................................... Care of the Mouth.................................................................................................... Exercise and Baths.................................................................................................. The Results............................................................................................................... Fruit Regime Before Milk Regime........................................................................... Advise Against Fasting............................................................................................. The Fasting Body Feeds upon Itself......................................................................... A Person May Be Sensitized to Milk........................................................................ Autointoxication: The Cause of Goiter in Pigs......................................................... Faulty Nutrition or Bad Food Choices...................................................................... Toxic Load................................................................................................................ Paralysis Agitans....................................................................................................... Chapter 11 The Colon As The Seat of Disease............................................................................ Colon Infection......................................................................................................... Hardening of the Arteries.......................................................................................... The Cecum Cesspool................................................................................................. The Function of the Appendix................................................................................... The Relation of Surgery to Osteopathy...................................................................... The Treatment for the Chronic Invalid...................................................................... The Treatment of Morning Headaches....................................................................... Chapter 12 Hydropathy................................................................................................................. The Physiological Basis of Hydropathy..................................................................... Homeostasis and Thermal Stress................................................................................ The Effects of the Toxic Burden Upon the Body Varies with the Time of Year........ Water The Principal Chemical Constituent Of The Human Body.............................. Influenza And Its Treatment....................................................................................... What Causes Influenza............................................................................................... The Treatment of Influenza by Water......................................................................... The Cause of Death in Influenza: Septicemia (Blood Poisoning by Bacteria)........... The Cold Water Treatment.......................................................................................... Chapter 13 Therapeutics.............................................................................................................. The Epitome of Hydropathy in Mental Healthcare.................................................. The Hydro Therapeutic Treatment Is Absolutely Indispensable.............................. Review of the Book: “Hydrotherapy in Hospitals for Mental Diseases”, by Rebekah Wright, MD, 1932.......................................................................................................... Book for Workers in Mental Institutions.................................................................. Review of the Book: “Hydrotherapy in Psychiatric Hospitals”, by Rebekah Wright, MD, Hydrologist, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, 1940................................. Dr Rebekah Wright Retries From the Massachusetts Service.................................. Hydropathy in The Treatment and Cure of Mental & Nervous Ailments................ Simple Remedies...................................................................................................... The Biological & Therapeutics Effects of Medicinal Plants..................................... The Essence of Osteopathic Practice......................................................................... The Possibilities of Spinal Electro-Therapy & Hydrotherapy................................... Chapter 14 A Note On The Medical Trade................................................................................. The Original Hippocratic Oath................................................................................. To Those Who Are Willing To Learn From a New Point of View........................... What Does the Medical Trade Know About Healing the Sick?............................... The Disconnect of the Medical Trade From Reality................................................ Indiscriminate Drugging.......................................................................................... The Medical Trade; The Fata Morgana of Our Civilization.................................... Index .................................................................................................................................800
From New York Times Bestselling Author Maria V. Snyder Choose: a quick death… or slow poison… Locked deep in the palace dungeon for killing her abuser, Yelena knows she’ll never be free again. The laws in Ixia are strict, and murderers must be executed, no matter the reason. But just as she’s resigned herself to her fate, she’s offered an extraordinary reprieve. As the food taster, Yelena will eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace—and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia. To make matters worse, the chief of security deliberately feeds her Butterfly’s Dust, and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison. As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can’t control. Her life is threatened again, and in order to survive, she must unravel the secrets behind the past she’s been running from. The Chronicles of Ixia Series by Maria V Snyder Book One: Poison Study Book Two: Magic Study Book Three: Fire Study Book Four: Storm Glass Book Five: Sea Glass Book Six: Spy Glass Book Seven: Shadow Study Book Eight: Night Study Book Nine: Dawn Study
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A grand old castle looks out across the North Sea, and fishermen toiling on the deep catch the red flash from Ravenspur Point, as their forefathers have done for many generations. The Ravenspurs and their great granite fortress have made history between them. Every quadrangle and watch-tower and turret has its legend of brave deeds and bloody deeds, of fights for the king and the glory of the flag. And for five hundred years there has been no Ravenspur who has not acquitted himself like a man. Theirs is a record to be proud of. Time has dealt lightly with the home of the Ravenspurs. It is probably the most perfect mediæval castle in the country. The moat and the drawbridge are still intact; the portcullis might be worked by a child. And landwards the castle looks over a fair domain of broad acres where the orchards bloom and flourish and the red beeves wax fat in the pastures. A quiet family, a handsome family, a family passing rich in the world's goods, they are strong and brave—a glorious chronicle behind them and no carking cares ahead. Surely, then, the Ravenspurs should be happy and contented beyond most men. Excepting the beat of the wings of the Angel of Death, that comes to all sooner or later, surely no sorrow dwelt there that the hand of time could fail to soothe. And yet over them hung the shadow of a fear. No Ravenspur had ever slunk away from any danger, however great, so long as it was tangible; but there was something here that turned the stoutest heart to water, and caused strong men to start at their own shadows. For five years now the curse had lain heavy on the house of Ravenspur. It had come down upon them without warning; at first in the guise of a series of accidents and misfortunes, until gradually it became evident that some cunning and remorseless enemy was bent upon exterminating the Ravenspurs root and branch. There had been no warning given, but one by one the Ravenspurs died mysteriously, horribly, until at last no more than seven of the family remained. The North-country shuddered in speaking of the ill-starred family. The story had found its way into print. Scotland Yard had taken the case in hand; but still the hapless Ravenspurs died, mysteriously murdered, and even some of those who survived had tales to unfold of marvelous escapes from destruction. The fear grew on them like a hunting madness. From first to last not one single clue, however small, had the murderers left behind. Family archives were ransacked and personal histories explored with a view to finding some forgotten enemy who had originated this vengeance. But the Ravenspurs had ever been generous and kind, honorable to men and true to women, and none could lay a finger on the blot.
