other ways, truly this archaic and destructive system has no
justifiable reason for further use. Very likely the reader has
discovered in his own experience that once reliance on the drug way
has begun, rarely can it be stopped or the healing completed. The
treatment goes on and on and the dosage increases as the regular
dose becomes less and less effective to relieve the suffering. Only
temporary relief is in sight — the pain is still there and the diseased
condition remains. We are told we must "learn to live with our
diseases."
The reluctance of the medical profession to seek out and
exhaust the possibilities of natural methods has been the strongest
incentive to encourage other people to investigate this field. Surely
the simple, natural, and easy way is always the best — particularly
since it works!
As alternative healing methods emerged the medical
practitioners were growing in power, and their leaders realized that
laws must be made to protect them from competition. Laws were
indeed enacted, but competition came anyway.
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Thousands of sufferers found that they needed more than
medicine had to offer. It was their search and need which led to the
development of other systems. Those utilizing alternative methods of
healing were prosecuted as frauds even though they helped many
people solve their health problems. Even licensed medical
practitioners were prosecuted for using methods not approved by
their profession. The more they helped people, the more they were
prosecuted. People continued to search out and go to other systems
to find the help they needed because medicine did not give them
what they wanted. Even though organized medicine used the laws to