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...allergic reaction. Hamburger, who himself suffers from hay fever, then tested the effectiveness of his blocking agent by experimenting on himself, his wife and two daughters and a colleague, Dr. W. Virgil Brown, whom he describes as "exquisitely allergic to guinea pigs." Injecting some of Brown's blood serum under his own skin, Hamburger found that he developed a classic allergic reaction, complete with large red welts, when he exposed himself to guinea pig extract. But after he injected himself with the peptide, his allergic reactions were reduced...
Second, the article continues: "Klotz also made a serum of dirt, dust and other substances and told the nurses to inject it into students as an allergy treatment." When I treat a patient who has allergy problems, I use FDA approved sterile extracts made of dust, ragweed, air molds and other inhalant pollens that I have determined to be causing the condition. The use of the word dirt is both nonscientific and derogatory...
...Snow did not state that Dr. Klotz ordered urine injections, and TIME regrets the error. She said: "Dr. Klotz ordered me to have students at Green Valley collect dirt and dust from the school grounds. From this, Dr. Klotz prepared a serum and instructed the nurses at his clinic to inject a small amount into every Green Valley student sent...
...diet rich in such highly refined carbohydrates as white flour and sugar. Tumors, both benign and malignant, are related to biochemical and bacterial changes caused by long retention of feces. As for heart disease: "Evidence is accumulating that shows that the removal of fiber from the diet raises serum cholesterol levels, a process that predisposes to coronary heart disease...
...following carbon dioxide inhalation therapy, and Philpott was acquitted of manslaughter in 1966.) According to the former head nurse, Esther Johnson Snow, another consultant, Dr. Sol Klotz of Orlando, Fla., told her to inject a student with his own urine as a test for allergy. Klotz also made a serum of dirt, dust, and other substances and told the nurses to inject it into students as an allergy treatment...