The End of All Diseases: An Obscure San Diego Genius Develops A Cure For Cancer in 1930 [Paperback]

R. E. Payne (Author)

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Publication Date: July 14, 2003

In every generation men arise who perform wonders for a time and then are lost to history. Royal Raymond Rife is such a man. Rife, the subject of numerous front-page stories in the San Diego Evening Tribune was also featured in the Los Angeles Times in 1931, under the heading of "What's New in Science." Time and prejudice have destroyed much of his story but enough remains to piece together what happened. Rife invents the most powerful microscope in the world, the only one that can see viruses alive. The invention of the microscope leads Rife to the invention of his "electronic antibiotic" in 1930. Rife is looking at live diseased organisms through his microscope and then irradiating them with radio frequencies.  After the organisms are bombarded, they are dead, incapable of producing disease. Diseases cured harmlessly and without drugs! Now begins the story of how the pharmaceutical cartel, hospitals, the insurance industry, the autocratic leader of the AMA, the U.S. Government and a handful of other special interest prevent Rife's device from being tested by approved independent laboratories. Their issue is nothing less than their own survival.

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About the Author

R. E. PAYNE The author is a director of two business graduate universities, Southern States University at Huntington Beach, California and Ashington University at Metairie, Louisiana (www.southernstatesuniversity.com and www.ashingtonuniversity.com). He also serves as a Special Assistant to the Governor of the state of Louisiana. His memberships in professional organizations include the Chartered Institute of Professional Management, World Association for Online Education, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, American Evaluation Association and Canadian Association for Distance Education. Payne is also the author of two non fiction books, "Caught in the Crossfire" (also a NBC-TV movie and "Above the Law, the hidden career of John Volz, USA." He is perhaps best known for his international best selling periodical "The Death of Brandon Lee: The Untold Story." Payne's website is www.weseektruth.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (July 14, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1410753409
• ISBN-13: 978-1410753403
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,423,409 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Born in New Orleans but traveled widely for both business and pleasure. I was a magician while a youth, making public appearances in New Orleans at theaters, schools, etc.

I retired as a result of KATRINA where our personal and businesses losses were great.

I have been highly criticized for writing non fiction books about the wrongful acts of the FBI, U.S. Attorneys, etc. by members of those groups but praised for exposing facts of criminal misdeeds perpetrated by these folks.

When you read a nasty review of my books, the writer is most frequently an FBI agent who feels the necessity to speak up for his or brethern. Too bad.

My book "Caught in the Crossfire" was a NBC TV movie starring Dennis Franz as this writer. A recent book, "The End of all Diseases" is optioned as a motion picuture.

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37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I felt cheated, September 19, 2004

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Najeeb Shaikh "Najeeb" (Bombay, India) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The End of All Diseases: An Obscure San Diego Genius Develops A Cure For Cancer in 1930 (Paperback)

I am not very happy I purchased this book. In fact I felt cheated of my money. Looking at the front and back cover of the book, you would expect to find something more serious than a paperback fiction story. I was expecting some serious analysis of Mr. Rife's life and his ground-breaking work; what I ended up with is a third-rate story purporting to be a thriller.

The first chapter is good, though the author digresses into the story of Mr. Rife's father-in-law, and how he became a local tycoon, but then comes back on track. The third chapter starts a protracted description of Mr. Rife's apparatus, extending from p.20 through p.38, most of which would make little sense to many people: you really don't want to go through that unless you happen to be good in physics.

I think by mixing fact and fiction, the author has seriously undermined the veracity of Mr.Rife and his excellent research. I mean, where in the book does one draw the line between fact and fantasy?

I would definitely not recommend this book to anybody, since it fails both as investigative medical journalism as well as a good story.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars disappointing, December 15, 2003

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This review is from: The End of All Diseases: An Obscure San Diego Genius Develops A Cure For Cancer in 1930 (Paperback)

The first chapter was great, ... but then the rest of the book felt like a fictional story. This book does not portray the events of Royal Rife very effectively, and the author's attempt to put himself into the classics of the Rife story has failed to impress me. I think there are better ways to tell the story than leading the reader on a fantasy tale.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Separating Fact from Fiction, December 30, 2003

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Cerelia "ahamp" (Hazel Green, AL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The End of All Diseases: An Obscure San Diego Genius Develops A Cure For Cancer in 1930 (Paperback)

This book would have scored better had it an introduction that stated the objective of the book. The first section, about Rife, we know is true. After that it becomes muddled as whether or not the other characters in the book truly exist at all (or ever did). If the remaining chapters are completely fiction, based loosely on facts, or "only the names were changed...," then it would have been better, and a lot less confusing, if the author had informed us. Perhaps there was a clue somewhere, but if so, I missed it. I'd STILL like to know.