H L Newbold Vitamin C Against Cancer (orthomolecular medicine)

386 Pages·1981·16.83 MB·English

by  H L Newbold, Herbert Leon Newbold , Linus Pauling, Abram Hoffer

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“The real $64 question is, will this treatment both prevent infection
and the development of certain forms of cancer. I bet it will.“
— Robert A. Good, Ph.D., M.D., Vice President,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering O T Center
ViA MAAN
AGAINS)n e
A medical nutritionist
reports the latest findings about
vitamin C as a promising new
weapon in the battle against cancer—
not only for treatment but for prevention.
H.L-NEWBOLMD.D .

Vitamin C
Against Cancer
H. L. NEWBOLD, M.D.
SB
A SCARBOROUGH BOOK
STEIN AND DAY/Publishers/New York
FIRST SCARBOROUGH BOOKS EDITION 1981
Vitamin C Against Cancer was originally published in hardcover by
Stein and Day/Publishers.
Copyright © 1979 by H. L. Newbold
“How New Understandings About the Biological Function of
Ascorbic Acid May Profoundly Affect Our Lives,” by Albert
Szent-Gyorgyi, from Executive Health Report, May 1978, is re-
printed by permission of Executive Publications, Pickfair Build-
ing, Rancho Sante Fe, Calif. 92067. “Cancer,” is reprinted from
The Healing Factor: “Vitamin C” Against Disease, by Irwin
Stone. Copyright © 1972 by Irwin Stone. Used by permission of
Grosset & Dunlap, Inc. ‘Malnutrition and Some Deaths by
Cancer are Linked,” by Jane Brody, appeared in The New
York Times July 1, 1978. © 1978 by The New York Times
Company. Reprinted by permission. “On a Substance That Can
Make Us Sick (If We Do Not Eat It!),”” by Albert Szent-Györgyi,
from Executive Health Report, June 1977, is reprinted by per-
mission of Executive Publications, Pickfair Building, Rancho
Sante Fe, Calif. 92067. “The Genesis of Medical Myths,” by
Irwin Stone and Abram Hoffer, is reprinted from the Journal
of Orthomolecular Psychiatry, Volume 5, Number 3, pp. 163-
168, 1976, by permission. Copyright 1976, the Academy of
Orthomolecular Psychiatry.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American
Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by
Stein & Day, Publishers, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, New
York 10510.
Manufactured in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Newbold, Herbert Leon, 1921-
Vitamin C against cancer.
1. Cancer—Chemotherapy. 2. Vitamin
C—Therapeutic use. I. Title. (DNLM:
1. Neoplasms—Drug therapy. 2. Ascorbic
acid—Therapeutic use. QZ267 N534v)
RC271.A78N48 1979b 616.9’94’061
79-5301 ISBN 0-8128-6098-5
This book is dedicated to
My Mother
Mary TEMPERANCE SHERROD NEWBOLD 1898-1974
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My Father
HERBERT LEON NEWBOLD 1889-1962
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Contents
Foreword by Roger J. Williams
Note
Preface
Acknowledgments
I ORIENTATION
1. What It’s All About
. Rosemary Nay’s Story
II VITAMIN C AGAINST CANCER
. Linus Pauling, Ph.D., Nobel Laureate
. Ewan Cameron, M.B. Ch.B.
. Allan Campbell, M.D.
. Discoverer of Vitamin C: Albert Szent-
DCOAomO r
Györgyi, M.D., Ph.D., Nobel Laureate
How New Understandings About the
Biological Function of Ascorbic Acid
May Profoundly Affect Our Lives (by
Albert Szent-Györgyi) 51
. William Saccoman, M.D. 63
8. Two Australian Doctors’ Experience with
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. The Vitamin C Guru: Irwin Stone
Cancer (by Irwin Stone) 82
III ALTERNATIVE ‘TREATMENTS
. Charles Huggins, M.D., Nobel Laureate on
Hormoné Therapy 103
. The Case for Chemotherapy 108
. The Case Against Chemotherapy 128
. Seymour Levitt, M.D., for Radiology 139
IV DIET, VITAMINS, AND CANCER
14. Robert Good, M.D., Ph.D.: Research on the
Relationship between Nutrition and
Cancer 153
15. A Modern-Day Horror Story 176
16. The Importance of Nutrition in Cancer
Treatment 187
17. Diet 201
18. Feeding the Terminally Ill Patient 216
19. How to Stop Smoking 227
20. Vitamins and Minerals to Prevent Cancer 238
Ale Practical Details on Vitamin and Mineral
Supplements 249
2a Albert Szent-Györgyi, M.D., Ph.D., Nobel
Laureate: On a Substance That Can Make
Us Sick (If We Do Not Eat It!) 255
Zor Detailed Instructions for the Use of Massive
Amounts of Vitamin C in the Treatment
of Cancer 262
Zar Are Large Amounts of Vitamin C Toxic?
The Genesis of Medical Myths (by Irwin
Stone and Abram Hoffer) 286
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25. You and Your Doctor 310
V Wuart I BELIEVE
26. Conclusions 317
Epilogue 334
Appendices
A: Supplemental Ascorbate in the Support-
ive Treatment of Cancer: Prolongation
of Survival Times in Terminal Human
Cancer (by Ewan Cameron and Linus
Pauling) 339
B: The Orthomolecular Treatment of Can-
cer (Summaries of three scientific papers) 355
Notes 359
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