Forbidden Medicine [Paperback]

Ellen Hodgson Brown (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 29, 1998

This is the true story of a man who cured himself of a near-fatal cancer after conventional medicine had mutilated and then abandoned him. He spent the next thirty years helping others with the disease. In the struggle to keep his clinic open, he faced raids and robberies, a near-fatal beating, a kidnapping, and a prison sentence many called justice gone wrong. The details of his therapies, and the history and vicissitudes of the non-traditional health care movement that his life personifies, are woven throughout his story. While politicians debate how to impose Modern Medicine on us all, this story needs to be retold.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Jimmy Keller has helped hundreds of people, a truly great and compassionate human being who has been persecuted, beaten near death and attacked for 20 some years because he healed cancer naturally. What an incredible irony. Millions of Americans have died from cancer in the last 20 years, yet here we have a man who can put about 90% of people (who have not been treated with chemotherapy/radiation) into lengthy remission using natural non-toxic therapies, but he is attacked and imprisoned for saving lives. Why? -- Gavin Phillips, Highly Recommended Books, CancerInform.org

Keller's story highlights the sharp divide between orthodox and alternative/holistic approaches. Five stars. -- Cancer Monthly, Best Picks, 2005

The need for alternative viewpoints and a broader spectrum of analysis is widely needed, and is fulfilled in Forbidden Medicine. At a stage in the evolution of mankind in which we need to pool all efforts towards a better understanding of the healing process, Ellen Brown's writings prove to be a valuable contribution. -- Carlos Warter, M.D., Ph.D., author of "Recovery of the Sacred," "The Soul Remembers," "Who Do You Think You Are."

The story of Jimmy Keller, a purveyor of formulas said to cure cancer, and a purported "quack," is a story every American should know, and every cancer patient should take to heart. The cancer statistics speak for themselves -- "the war on cancer" is a travesty. -- Irene Alleger, Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, August 2001 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Ellen Brown developed her research skills as a litigating attorney in Los Angeles. She is the author of 11 books, including the bestselling "Nature's Pharmacy" co-authored with Dr. Lynne Walker. Her latest book is "Web of Debt" (2007, 2008), on the Federal Reserve and the money system. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 329 pages
• Publisher: Third Millennium Press (May 29, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1879854287
• ISBN-13: 978-1879854284
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,156,734 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ellen Brown is an attorney and the author of eleven books, including the bestselling "Nature's Pharmacy" (co-authored with Dr. Lynne Walker) and "Web of Debt." She graduated from UC Berkeley in 1967 and from UCLA Law School in 1977; practiced law for ten years in Los Angeles; then spent 11 years abroad, in Kenya, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua, with her husband (now ex-husband) and two children. She is currently president of the Public Banking Institute, http://publicbankinginstitute.org.

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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A "must read" for anyone who wants to know about cancer cure, January 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Forbidden Medicine (Paperback)

It always struck me as odd that one of the so called "cures" or inhibitors of cancer was poison (chemotherapy). Why would you want to poison your body in order to get healthier? "Forbidden Medicine" confirmed my suspicions and put me on to a more logical path.

Jimmy Keller, while not a medical doctor, appears to be gifted in not only detecting cancers, but in eliminating some and putting others into remission. His use of Tumorex to shrink tumors has been an effective natural medicine and is a non-toxic cancer treatment.

After reading "Forbidden Medicine" and given the decision of traditional over non-traditional and non-toxic therapies, there is no doubt in my mind that I would choose the latter. Read the testimonials alone, at the end of the book, and you decide for yourself.

It is a travesty of justice that Jimmy Keller is in jail, while many could be benefiting from his knowledge and the positive results of his treatment. Ellen Hodgson Brown, lawyer and author, has brought to light the injustice of Keller's sentence and has revealed the more sordid side of the pharmaceutical companies and the American Medical Association's attempts to block alternative medicines to treat cancer.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars cancer cure with L-arginine, June 24, 2009

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Theresa Paulfranz - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forbidden Medicine: Is Effective Non-toxic Cancer Treatment Being Suppressed? (Paperback)

It was my great good fortune to run into the book "Forbidden Medicine" by Ellen Brown at about the same time that I developed skin cancer for the first time. After the cancer first appeared I looked on the Internet and discovered information about cancer but was hesitant to trust the information until I had received it from more than one source. When I heard that Ellen Brown had written a book about cancer I had to see if she described cancer the same way as the information I got on the Internet. There was agreement and I am convinced by this and by my experience with cancer that this book is accurate information. I am aware from my experiences with cancer that the book "Forbidden Medicine" is most likely an accurate description of the cause of cancer and of many cancer cures since using the information got rid of my cancer. It was a truly fascinating book.
The first time I battled a few cancer sores I used a combination of Cymilium ( that is a cancer cream sold on the Internet ) and then rubbing salt into the wound to finish the job. But Cymilium is a cure specific to removal of one sore and does nothing to inhibit the appearance of more cancer. The second time skin cancer appeared about a year later I was eager to try something that was going to stop the sores from appearing in the first place. I remembered that "Forbidden Medicine" had suggested taking the amino acid L-arginine. I found a big bottle of it at the local health food store and bought it.
I ingested about half a cup of the stuff over a few days time. The sores I had this time had been subjected to the cancer cream and were displaying the normal difficulty in getting totally rid of them. You have to eliminate every last cancer cell or the things regrow. The cancer cream stings and I had to sting myself several times.

The sores were a few inches around if you include the pink inflammation around them. The cancer itself, I knew by removing some manually by rubbing salt in, and by reading descriptions of basal cell carcinoma on the Internet, had a typical characteristic. They are round and red with a tiny dimple in the middle. If you have experience with removing them with salt rub as I have done a few times you have seen the little formations each time you hack away at one of these things.
This particular group of sores were treated early as I had spotted them early. They were about a quarter of an inch around inside the larger area of inflammation. Here there was a bloody scab. There was a bloody scab where I had been using the harsh chemical, dilute ammonium hydroxide, needed by the cancer cream to be effective.

I thought "Using L-arginine will probably take weeks or months". Imagine my delight when a few days into the ingesting of L-arginine that the little red centers of the cancer sores fell right out leaving a pink indentation where the cancer had been.

I had not imagined I could be that lucky and I was ecstatic. I highly recommend the book and the information is priceless and could save many lives. What this book reveals about our current medical profession is truly disturbing.

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Forbidden Medicine would make a great movie, April 13, 2008

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C. Hughes (LaCanada, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forbidden Medicine: Is Effective Non-toxic Cancer Treatment Being Suppressed? (Paperback)

I found myself getting really excited while reading Forbidden Medicine. I would be looking forward all day to reading more. Someone should make a movie of this book. Jimmy, once good looking but now disfigured by surgery yet still charismatic, would make a great protagonist. Yet,even better, he is real and his story is true. I began the book for the information on cancer. As I read I would be saying "Yes, I've suspected that all along" like pieces of a puzzle fitting together. The author's writing style is friendly and easy to read. I enjoyed the way we can relate to her and the way she takes us back in time. But it is knowing the truth that makes this story exciting - exciting and sad and frustrating. Thank you, Ms. Brown!