A new approach to the conquest of cancer, rheumatic and heart diseases

Can Biochemistry Cure Cancer? Dr. Howard H. Beard, eminent biochemist, says it can. He has impressive case histories to prove it. His Laetrile has just been granted a patent by the United States Patent Office as to its chemical nature and use in the treatment of human malignancy. An anti-cancer chemical is the basis of a court suit which has captured the national headlines. Chemistry may well be the long-sought new approach to the conquest of man's oldest enemy. Dr. Beard's pioneering book on the etiology, diagnosis, cure and prevention of cancer created a tremendous stir when it first appeared in hard covers. This revised, paperback edition will more effectively meet its wide and persistent demand . ...................................................•.................................................... Dr. Howard H. Beard was born in Yorkville, South Carolina, on May 5, 1894. He was graduated from the University of South Carolina and studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Later, he did graduate work at the University of Chicago. He received his M.A. from Columbia University and his Ph.D. from Yale University where he was a Porter Fellow in Physiology from 1923 to 1925. Dr. Beard has taught medical biochemistry for over thirty years. He was Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland; Professor and Director of Department of Biochemistry, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans; Professor of Biochemistry, Chicago Medical School. He has been Chief Chemist of the Terrels Laboratories, Ft. Worth, Texas; Clinical Biochemist at the Harris Clinic, Sherman Oaks, Calif.; Director of the John Beard Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Hollywood, Calif. The author belongs to the American Society of Biochemists; he is a past member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Nutrition, American Association for Cancer Research, American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemists, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine; he was an associate member of the American Gastroenterological Association and the Pacific Association of Railway Surgeons; Director of the \_Louisiana State Food Committee (for the enrichment of foods during World War II); Chairman of the New Orleans meeting in 1940 of the Federation of Societies for Experimental Biology. Dr. Beard married the former Irene Handley of San Angelo, Texas, on June 15, 1922. They have two children and reside in Ft. Worth, Texas . Preface to the Paperback Edition 5 Preface 9 I CANCER FACTS 13 II INTRODUCTION 19 III THE FIRST Two WEEKS OF LIFE-CHEMISTRY AND FuNCTION oF THE TROPHOBLAST 22 IV THE TRUE NATURE OF CANCER AS REVEALED IN THE TROPHOBLASTIC THESIS OF MALIGNANCY 27 . V A SciENTIFIC SuMMARY OF THE TROPHOBLASTIC THESIS OF MALIGNANCY-OTTO W ARBURG VS. JoHN BEARD ON THE TRUE NATURE OF CANCER 35 VI LAETRILE THERAPY IN EARLY CASES OF MALIGNANCY FoLLOWED BY THE BEARD ANTHRONE TEsT FOR MALIGNANCY VII TERMINAL CASES OF MALIGNANCY TREATED WITH LAETRILE VIII CRYSTALLINE CHYMOTRYPSIN IN THE TREATMENT OF 59 92 CANCER 105 IX THE DEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND THE PAGE SYSTEM oF BALANCED BonY CHEMISTRY. THEIR RELATION TO THE TROPHOBLASTIC THESIS OF MALIGNANCY 113 X A NEw APPROACH TO THE ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF DRuG ADDICTION, ALCOHOLISM AND THE Tox- EMIA OF PREGNANCY 130 XI THE PREVENTION oF DEGENERATIVE DisEAsEs, EsPECIALLY CANCER 136 XII PANGAMETIN ( VITAMIN B15H8 )-CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGICAL PRoPERTIES AND CLINICAL UsEFULNESS 143 XIII DIET AND THE LIPOTROPHIC FACTORS IN DEGENERATIVE DISEASES 178 XIV CHANGING CoNCEPTS OF CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY 188 XV AN ABRIDGED HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF LAETRILE AND DIRECTIONS FOR ITS USE 205 XVI LETTERS 216 Bibliography 230