This same type of consistency is true of natural hygienics; every time a patient
adheres to the laws of nature, healing is always assured.  

The disparity between these opposing healthcare philosophies is miles apart
and obviously unbridgeable.  

Doctors of medicine administer procedures that doctors of hygienics would
never consider using.
The physician of medicine injects toxins into the body, assaulting the
entire structure with poisons in a misguided attempt to kill a few
impotent germs.  

The doctor of hygiene never worries about germs and allows the body
to bring itself back into balance through a natural detoxification
process.  
The patient is never injected with chemicals but is given tender comfort
with nothing but water to drink when thirsty, which always results in a

triumphant recovery.  

The doctor of medicine suppresses the cleansing process with
numbing narcotics and poisonous antibiotics, which always worsens
and prolongs recovery.
The doctor of hygiene prescribes rest and tranquility and never
administers harsh drugs or interferes with the repair work being
performed by the body’s delicate purifying mechanism.  
Human nature tells us that people will usually take the path of least
resistance when given a choice.  

Medical doctors do not offer a choice for dealing with disease; their only
approach to healthcare is killing germs, which they believe are causing
disease.  

The problem is; following the medication route inevitably becomes a very
hazardous road.
Drugs prescribed by doctors only hinder and slow down recovery,
they do not have the ability to fortify and reproduce blood cells, only
healthy nourishing food and the body itself has this capability.
The pharmaceutical industry has always claimed that their medications
are safe even back when they were promoting poisonous drugs like
arsenic, strychnine and mercury as effective serums against disease.  

Modern day medications are no better and just as potent.  If medical

doctors who believe in the germ theory are trying to kill supposedly
harmful germs in our body, then they must use a deadly poison to get
the job done.
Antibiotics have no intelligence nor can they isolate and kill a particular
germ, so basically the antibiotic poison kills every living life form in its
path.  

With this type of destructive carpet-bombing approach to healthcare
the medical doctor is damaging vital living cells that are trying to bring
the body back into alkaline balance by expelling acidic waste matter.  

Injecting toxins into a patient, in the guise of medicine, not only
interferes with the healing process but also further enervates and
exhausts the body.  

This additional overload of contaminants can be damaging to an
unhealthy person or an infant whose immune system is not yet fully
developed.

That type of lethal overdose is known as Iatrogenics or accidental
doctor induced death.
A Google search reveals that qualified opinions estimate that this kind
of medical tragedy occurs about 100,000 times each year in America
alone.

Medical doctors aggressively attack germs with drugs that can have
the potency of a rattlesnake bite.  

Premature death is never attributed to the powerful medication
administered to destroy whatever deadly germ happens to be in vogue
at the time.  

The medical physician fails to realize that they cannot poison their
patients well, because killing germs will not remove the cause of
disease.

Their patients can only be brought back to ideal health by following the
simple rules of nature, and not by injecting them with toxins.  
In times of illness or disease the hygienic doctor never adds anything to
the body but pure water when needed.

They do not distress their patient with talk about deadly germs with
frightening names or inject them with sharp needles to push noxious
serums into their delicate body.
The hygienic doctor tries to soothe and calm the patient making sure
they are physically comfortable and mentally relaxed.  

Once again, they only prescribe water when thirsty and never
administer medicines that aggravate the body and frustrate the natural
healing process.

Whereas the medical profession is erroneously telling the public that
their medications are safe and their drugs are saving the world from
germs that cause disease and epidemics.  

I would like to offer the reader a relevant analogy showing how
poisons are consistently destructive and ineffective throughout all
levels of nature.  

The chemical industry like their business partners in the
pharmaceutical industry offer the same type of reassuring but false
rationale when they tell us that their pesticides are safe.
They would have us believe that their insecticide products are only
poisonous to insects eating our crops and harmless to all other forms
of life.
This brings us to a crossroads where we are compelled to investigate
two philosophies of nature, the science of organic gardening in
relation to the science of natural hygienics.  

When the plant kingdom and animal kingdom are carefully observed
we learn that the laws of nature are similar and consistent within both
kingdoms.  

This allows us to confirm the law of physiology and bacteriology with
the law of botany and entomology.  In essence, the study of the human
anatomy and germs in correlation to the study of plants and insects.

Both systems of science require strict adherence to natural law in
order to obtain consistent reliable results for survival.  

Organic gardeners have shown that when plants are kept strong and
healthy there is no need to spray them with poisonous pesticides.
Similarly when humans are well nourished and do not overload their
detoxifying system it is virtually impossible to contract a disease from germs.
Organic gardening is the secret for eliminating pesticides, the same way
hygienic living is the antidote to germs and disease.  

Both scientific systems place the emphasis for their survival on building
a healthy immune system as a natural defense against either insects in
the plant world or germs in humans.  

The philosophy of organic gardening is, that a strong well-nourished
plant will automatically fight off invading insects on their own without
pesticides.
The premise behind the natural hygienic philosophy is, that a properly
nourished body with a healthy immune system automatically fights off
disease.
You do not have to be an Olympic athlete to stay in prime health.  
Although a moderate amount of exercise is essential to strengthen the
muscles that hold our 206 bones in place.  

The principles of organic gardening are the same for the apple tree, the

sunflower plant or a delicate flower.
Farmers who understand the secret to organic gardening are
prospering from this knowledge.

Consumers are now demanding their fruits and vegetables without the
cancer causing pesticides.
Plants when properly cared for; release a natural pheromone that acts
like an insecticide to protect itself from invasion.  

A weak undernourished plant without proper water and sunshine
becomes susceptible to insect attack and destruction.  Just like a weak
and malnourished human body becomes susceptible to illness.  

A fruit tree living in healthy soil exposed to sunshine and properly

irrigated, will flourish and fight off insects intuitively by releasing its
own chemical defense.  The requirements for protecting and
sustaining optimum human health are very similar.
Keep the digestive system properly nourished, drink only pure water,
get fresh air and sunshine, remain emotionally poised; and the human
body becomes impervious to assault by germs of any type.  

Both systems of natural defense teach us unequivocally that we do not
need any assistance from synthetic poisons to help us survive and
flourish.  

We hear a barrage of falsehoods regarding the usefulness and safety
of medicine and likewise we hear an onslaught of misinformation
concerning the effectiveness and safety of pesticides.  

Not too many years ago DDT was touted by the chemical manufacturer
as a unique poison that would eradicate famine forever by killing the
insects eating our crops without harming wildlife or humans.
The chemical companies are making the same boastful but inaccurate
claims as the pharmaceutical industry; that their poisonous products
will benefit the human race.  

This particular deadly pesticide DDT was advertised as perfectly safe
around pets, farm animals, humans and vegetables.
Not long after the worldwide distribution of this insect poison, the
American Bald Eagle, a resident of North America for countless
millennia, was suddenly becoming an endangered species.
This once powerful symbol of America was rapidly facing extinction.  

The eagles were still reproducing in their nests but the eggs were
brittle and fell apart before the chicks hatched.
It was soon discovered that it was not only the eagles that were being
impacted by pesticides but all wildlife.

Wherever these poisonous chemicals were being applied birds and
mammals were having difficulty surviving.  

However, scientists were somehow not associating the application of
pesticides with the demise of wildlife?  

The American Bald Eagle was acting like an outdoor canary in the coal
mine, giving humans an early warning that something was
catastrophically wrong with our environment.  

In the 1960’s a marine biologist and author by the name of Rachel
Carson, through diligent biological detective work, found the elusive
answer to this deadly riddle.  
Rachel Carson  1907-1964
In her highly acclaimed book Silent Spring, Carson offers the world
indisputable scientific evidence that pesticides are destroying
biological life and radically disrupting the balance of nature.
Carson explains in her explosive expose that pesticides are killing
more than just the insect pests; they are destroying the eco-system
that sustains all life.  Carson states:

“Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes
unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are
strangely silent where once they were filled with the beauty of bird
song.  The current vogue for poisons has failed utterly.

As crude a weapon as a cave man's club, the chemical barrage has
been hurled against the fabric of life.”   Carson

Rachel Carson clearly showed the world how interconnected nature is
and how poisons cannot be directed at one living organism without
affecting all living things.

As a marine biologist studying fish and aquatic bio life, Carson was
able to systematically trace the source of the poison killing the eagles.  
She found an abundance of deadly bio poisons in our rivers and
ascertained that they were coming from nearby farm fields being
sprayed with insecticides.
When poisons are applied over fields of vegetables the toxins seep
into the ground water and find their way to the rivers, poisoning the
fish and in turn the eagles that eat the fish.  
Carson was able to piece together this complicated murder mystery
and track down the villain causing death and mayhem.  

It was predominantly the poison DDT that was rapidly killing off the
eagles and destroying the environment.

Humans are of course not exempt from the endless circle of
poisonous pesticides that unavoidably get into our food supply and
bloodstream.
Rachel Carson was ridiculed and castigated by the chemical industry
the same way the hygienic doctors were rebuked and chastised by the
pharmaceutical industry.  

However, the constant insults and false accusations made against her
by the pesticide manufacturers did not deter Carson from truthfully
reporting the results of her research.

Through her methodical intense fieldwork and her poetic love of
nature, Carson showed us that synthetic poisons sprayed to kill
insects would in due course adversely impact all life within that
eco-system.
Carson explained that if we artificially manipulate one aspect of nature
it would inevitably have a ripple effect on all of nature and critically
disrupt a stable balance.  She said:

“The more I learned about the use of pesticides, the more appalled I
became.

What I discovered was that everything, which meant the most to me as
a naturalist was being threatened.

The control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the
Neanderthal age of biology and the convenience of man.”   Carson

Isaac Jennings and Rachel Carson, although more than a hundred
years apart, had a lot in common.

They were each pioneers in their field and they both realized that using
poisons to kill either insects on plants or germs in humans is not a
feasible solution.  

They both discovered that positive results could only be achieved
when we work in close harmony with nature.  

Poisons do not have the ability to cure or heal anything; they are anti-
bio and designed to kill living bio cells.  

When anti-biotics are injected into the human body this deadly serum
travels through our bloodstream victimizing healthy cells and
disrupting our delicately balanced internal eco- system.  

Carson tells us that in nature we have no choice but to reject simplistic
deadly solutions that involve poisons.  

She insists that for our own survival we must step back from this
destructive approach to mass agriculture and return to working within
the boundaries of natural law.
Similarly Jennings believed that poisonous medications were harmful
to the human body and the only way to gain health was by following
the laws of nature.  
Carson cautions, that adding tons of poison to the environment would
eventually be destructive to the entire sphere of life.   She warns:

“We stand now where two roads diverge.  But unlike the roads in Robert
Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair.

The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth
superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies
disaster.

The other fork of the road -- the one less traveled by -- offers our last,
our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of
the earth.”   Carson
Rachel Carson gave humanity an amazing gift, the continuation of a
spring filled with the sound of chirping songbirds that make our planet
so beautiful and fascinating.  
Thanks to her magnificent detective work and the elimination of DDT
the Bald Eagle is off the endangered species list and once again
producing healthy eaglets.
The removal of one highly virulent pesticide only slowed down the
process of self-destruction through poisons.  

Carson believed it is essential to eliminate all toxic chemicals from the
environment; she clearly demonstrated that the carcinogenic
pesticides we spray on our food plants today would eventually make
their way to our dinner table tomorrow.  

She not only sounded the alarm for eagles and wildlife but also
improved the health of humans by launching the poison-free organic
food phenomenon.  
If pesticides nearly wiped out the Bald Eagle population spraying
similar poisons on our food would eventually be just as devastating
on human health.  

Consuming organically grown produce is the only way to avoid
getting an accumulation of insecticides directly into our digestive
system.  

The analogy I am offering is, that there is not much difference between
poisoning the environment and poisoning our own internal
eco-system with medication.  

Trying to direct an antibiotic at a particular living bio cell like a germ
will ultimately damage our anatomy.

Using poisons to control insects seemed like an easy solution to our
agricultural problems but turned out to be an environmental disaster.  
There is no realistic or safe shortcut for growing our fruits and
vegetables properly other than using natural healthy organic
methods.  

The same is true of the human body; whenever we drastically abuse
the laws of nature the body will predictably develop a detoxifying
illness.  

It is almost analogous to driving an automobile cross-country without
oil in the engine or water in the radiator; if the vehicle is not correctly
maintained it will inevitably breakdown.  

Whenever the human body becomes ill it is always due to either a
nutritional imbalance or emotional excess and not a dangerous germ
that has to be exterminated.  

If we desire to have full health or recover from any physiological
ailment we must learn to live harmoniously with nature and trust our
body to heal itself.
In contrast, medical doctors tell their patients that their purifying
symptoms are being caused by a germ or virus, which must be killed
with a toxic antibiotic.  

Using a poisonous chemo drug to hunt down and slaughter germs will
only cause collateral damage and injure our biological system.  

Embracing a natural healthy lifestyle brings a person joy and happiness
especially when it leads to achieving a pain-free active body.
Shelton tries to dispel any fear of adhering to the laws of nature:

“As exact as are the laws of life, they are not difficult to understand and
they are not hard to obey; indeed, it is easier to obey them than to
violate them.

It is easier to live in harmony with the laws of being than to live
otherwise; it is easier to do right than to do wrong.  This is true because
we are constituted to live in this way.

For the reader to free himself from his slavery to drugs, it will cost him a
little effort, the exercise of some faith in the powers of his own body,
some transient sacrifice; but the rewards are well worth the cost.”    
Shelton

A hygienic lifestyle can be very difficult for people unaccustomed to
living on a vegetarian diet without stimulating beverages.
While this simple but diverse way of eating can enliven the taste buds
and offer sumptuous meals that are both mouth-watering and
emotionally satisfying, some people, even when suffering from chronic
illness, will find it difficult to make the adjustment.