Vitamin C - Healing Factor Vitamin C Against Disease

280 Pages·2022·12.06 MB·English

by  Irwin Stone, Linus Pauling, Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

“THIS MAY BE THE MOST
IMPORTANT BOOK ON HEALTH EVER WRITTEN.”
HEAL—INatioNnal HGealth FederFationA BullCetin TOR
by Irwin Stone
With forewords by Nobel Prizewinners
Dr. Linus ]P auling
Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
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Vitamin C may save your life! A noted biochemist reveals for laymen the
exciting research into ascorbic acid’s powers against such deadly enemies
as cancer, heart disease, strokes, mental illness, old age, diabetes, arthritis,
kidney disease, hepatitis—even cigarette SMOKING sae

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HEALING FACTOR
“Vitamin C”
Against Disease
Irwin Stone
A GD/PERIGEE BOOK
Perigee Books
are published by
The Putnam Publishing Group
200 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10016
Copyright © 1972 by Irwin Stone
All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof,
may not be reproduced in any form without permission.
Published simultaneously in Canada by General Publishing
Co. Limited, Toronto.
Library of Congress Catalog Number: 72-77105
ISBN 0-399-50764-7
First Perigee printing, 1982
Printed in the United States of America
This book is dedicated to my wife, Barbara, whose
patience and collaboration over the years made it possible.

CONTENTS
Forewords
Linus Pauling
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Our Deadly Inheritance
. The Beginnings of Life
. From Fishes to Mammals
. Our Ancestral Primate
. The Evolution of Man
From Prehistory to the Eighteenth Century
The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
. Finding the Elusive Molecule
. The Genetic Approach
. Some Effects of Ascorbic Acid
. “Correcting” Nature
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Part II: Pathways to Research
11. Breaking the “Vitamin” Barrier :
12. The Common Cold
13. Viral Infection
14. Bacterial Infection
15. Cancer
16. The Heart, Vascular System, and Strokes
17. Arthritis and Rheumatism
18. Aging
19. Allergies, Asthma, and Hay Fever
20 Eye Conditions 126
133
21. Ulcers
22. Kidneys and Bladder 138
23. Diabetes and Hypoglycemia 146
24. Chemical Stresses—-Poisons, Toxins 152
25. Physical Stresses 163
26. Pollution and Smoker’s Scurvy 172
27. Wounds, Bone Fractures, and Shock 178
28. Pregnancy 186
29. Mental Disease 193
30. The Future 197
References Cited from the Medical Literature 200
Glossary 254
The numerals set off in parentheses in the text are
intended to guide the reader to the appropriate medical
citation listed at the end of the book.