Getting Well [Facsimile] [Paperback]

Herbert M. Shelton (Author)

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Publication Date: April 1, 1996

Contents: What is Health; The Rationale of Disease; Compensation in Disease; Law Governs Disease; Physiology vs. Voodooism; The Story of Useless Organs; The Fun of Being Sick; How to get Well; Why Drugs; Quick Relief; Killing our Children; Curing Arthritis; Peptic Ulcers; What are Tumors; Curing Gallstones; Diabetes; Varicose Veins; Asthma; Warts; Influenza; Who's on a A Diet; Food cures; Vitamin Failures; When to Eat; Growing Old; Diseases of Middle Life; plus more.

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• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC; Facsimile edition edition (April 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564599809
• ISBN-13: 978-1564599803
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 7.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,957,726 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anti-Medicine, November 5, 2009

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This review is from: Getting Well (Paperback)

This outspoken book is a repudiation of medicine and "the whole drug system." There is only one possible cure for any illness, says Shelton, and that is removing the cause. Drugs do not remove the cause. It is the body that cures, not inorganic drugs. Treating symptoms with drugs is "like applying an ointment to the foot in which a tack is sticking instead of removing the tack." Medicine is voodoo, not science. Symptoms should not be suppressed. They are "manifestations of an inherent principle of the organism to restore healthy function."

Shelton shows how to identify and remove causes. He believes in fasting. If he has a cure-all to offer, it is fasting. Fasting equals rest for the body. Fasting corrects the enervation and toxemia which are the roots of disease.

This is more than a book; it is a plan for living. Read it and you will understand how far we have strayed from nature's path. The chapters are short, understandable, and packed with wisdom. He discusses many syndromes, including diabetes, influenza, cancer, and arthritis, but the same principles apply to all of them. Getting well is no different from prevention.

A good introduction to Shelton, this book covers a wide range of topics and provides a good overview of his Natural Hygiene philosophy. Highly recommended.

8 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read this,if you like to be a healthy, wealthy and happy., August 9, 1999

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This review is from: Getting Well (Paperback)

You are lucky to have an oportunity to buy and read the books by Herbert M.Shelton. I am searching for a sponsor to get Mr.Shelton's books for a voluntary library with a free access which I like to establish. It will be a Library Of Active Health.