Subject: CW Smith on MS and EMF.....
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 185710 -0600 (CST)
From: "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To: emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org>
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......Dr. Smith has provided the following from his files....Please
send questions or comments to him ....guru....
(He has also provided me with a general bibliography [not confined to MS],
which I will send to those making such a request.....guru.....}
Subject: MS by Smith........
36, Westminster Road, Ellesmere Park, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9EA,
UK.
Phone (+44)(0) 161 789 4768 fax: 295 5145 E-mail:
cyril.smith@which.net
Dear
I receive many letters asking about my views on multiple sclerosis and
the electromagnetic environment, including the effects of microwave
cooking, possibly as a result of reading, "MS: The Self-Help Guide" by
Judy Graham. As I do get quite a lot of similar requests, I hope that you
will not mind me sending you a reply that I have stored away in the
computer.
Those patients that I have tested for electrical hypersensitivity who
have already had a diagnosis of M.S. do not seem to react as strongly to
a controlled electrical environment as one might expect from their
symptoms. This leads me to conclude that the damage has probably been
done before the M.S. symptoms appear. Thus, I would not expect microwave
cooking to cause problems. If there were problems, a person would feel
unwell as soon as the cooker was operating or after eating or drinking
anything that had been prepared in it.
As I see it, the saga is unfolding as follows:
At the 11th. International Symposium on "Man and His Environment in
Health and Disease", held in Dallas, Texas, February 25-28, 1993,
Professor R.G. Hendrickse [1], of Liverpool University made a good case
for kwashiorkor being associated with aflotoxins, any causal relation
remains to be proven. However, mycotoxins are widespread in the
food-chain.
Jane G. Clarke [2] in "Multiple Sclerosis: A new theory concerning cause
and cure", compares studies of kwashiorkor in children which suggest a
link between copper deficiency and changes in their hair with differences
between central and peripheral nerve myelin. Central nerve myelin is
high in a proteolipid protein which is related to keratin and copper is
essential for its formation. Thus, one would predict that a copper
deficiency would affect myelination as has been found in a demyelinating
disease in lambs. Thus, it seems that there is at least a possibility
that aflotoxins can block proteolipid protein production.
If electromagnetic fields are at all involved in this, it is likely to be
through their affecting the activity of an enzyme pathway involved in the
process. There is now evidence that copper deficiency is associated with
the electromagnetic environment; thus, "...medical monitoring of a
population exposed to electromagnetic
fields from high tension lines such as that at Coutiches (North France),
revealed another important finding: the lack of certain elements such as
iron and copper in the blood composition, something which was observed
many times in farm animals living near
high tension lines. There is every indication therefore at this stage
that the electromagnetic fields due to transmission and distribution of
electricity disturb the iron and copper metabolism." [Paul Lannoye,
Rapporteur for the Environment Committee of the European Parliament on
harmful effects of non-ionizing radiation,
DOC-EN\PR\246\246913, PE 208.520].
The blood biochemical profiles for 9 cattle kept near overhead power
lines showed in all cases an elevated blood urea and in all but one case,
a blood copper level below the lower bound of the reference range (mean
value for the 9 cattle: 75 mg/100ml, reference range 98-138 mg/100ml)
[J-M Danze, Personal Communication].
Duda, Grzesik and Pawlicki [3] found significant changes in a fertilized
rat exposed 2 hours daily to low-frequency magnetic fields, but not with
static magnetic fields. Changes in concentration of Cu, Mn, Co and Fe
were also observed in non-fertilized female rats. They conclude that
alternating magnetic fields may have an influence on biological substances
which contain metals and on the metabolism of such substances as well.
These are separate observations which taken together provide a testable
hypothesis for the aetiology of multiple sclerosis. What is needed now is
to find which of the frequencies common on power lines can affect copper
metabolism, and the threshold (electric or magnetic) field strength at
which this happens.
I would be interested to learn, should you happen to come across anything
which might add another piece to help complete this jigsaw.
Yours sincerely,
Cyril W. Smith
References:
1. Hendrickse et al. (1982) "Aflatoxins and Kwashiorkor: A study in
Sudanese children," Br. Med. J. 285: 843-846.
2. Clarke JG (1983) "Multiple Sclerosis: A new theory concerning
cause and cure," Sheffield: New Age Science Press (ISBN 0-9509094-0-8).
3. Duda, D., Grzesik, J. and Pawlicki, K. (1991) "Changes in liver
and kidney concentration of copper, manganese, cobalt and iron in rats
exposed to static and low-frequency (50Hz) magnetic fields". J. Trace
Elem. Electrolytes Dis. 5: 181-186.
BOOK REVIEW
"The Edgar Cayce Way of Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis: Vibratory
Medicine"
Dudley Delany. G & R Publishing, 3rd. Edn.1996. Waverly IA, U.S.A.
Reviewed by Cyril W. Smith in: Complementary Therapies in Nursing &
Midwifery (1997) 3, 172-173.
Dr. Dudley Delany is a retired nurse, chiropractor and massage therapist;
he describes himself as a born-again spirit-filled Christian. During the
summer of 1991, he began to notice the symptoms which developed into
multiple sclerosis. Beginning in November 1991, he began treating himself
on the basis of his readings of the works of Edgar Cayce. Within a few
months he began to experience considerably less fatigue and within two
years, all signs and symptoms of the multiple sclerosis had gradually
disappeared.
Edgar Cayce was born in Kentucky in 1877 and died in 1945. Following an
"event" at the age of thirteen he developed the ability to enter a
self-induced hypnotic trance in which he could diagnose illnesses and
prescribe treatments. He left a legacy of over
fourteen thousand of these "readings" which are preserved at the
Association for Research and Enlightenment, Virginia Beach VA; they
included 80 "readings" for 56 persons with multiple sclerosis.
This booklet of some 90 pages encompasses several intertwined themes: a
detailed description for the construction of two electrochemical therapy
devices and the therapeutic techniques involved in their use, including
dietary considerations and massage therapy; there is a detailed account
of the regimen that worked in Dr. Delany_s case; there are two chapters
of questions and answers about the appliances and miscellaneous matters
and finally information about sources of further information and the
supply of materials and the appliances (within the U.S.A.).
The constructional details for the two devices are sufficient for _one
skilled in the art_ to follow, the account of their science is
figurative. The first is a so-called "radio-active appliance". It is not
a radioactive device as the author correctly states although, its steel
rods may be slightly radioactive since all
available steels (other than steel from pre-war battleships) do have
traces of radioactivity from markers placed in the furnace linings. This
appliance has two steel rods separated by glass, surrounded by carbon
and immersed in powdered charcoal in a metal container which stands in a
bucket of ice/water. There are two electrodes for connection to the
patient, one is copper the other is nickel. The lead connecting to the
latter electrode m ay be connected through a _solution jar_ in which a
nickel wire loop is in contact with a solution of a therapeutic
substance, often gold chloride.
The other design of appliance is similar except that the electrolytic
cell comprises a copper rod and a nickel rod immersed in an electrolyte
and the _solution jar_ uses a lead wire loop.
The "vibratory medicine" aspects of these devices are not immediately
obvious. They are basically electrochemical cells. However, most
chemical substances do have measurable resonance frequencies when in
contact with even minute traces of water. The ba sic materials involved in
these appliances have given the following frequencies when measured alone,
i.e. not in contact with skin or electrolyte:
Steel 12 MHz; Copper 10 MHz; Nickel 12.2 MHz; Carbon 0.310
MHz;
Gold 9 MHz; Lead 3070 MHz.
However, not enough is known about the therapeutic effects of these
frequencies for further comment to be made here. But, these materials are
also to be found listed as follows in a homoeopathic Materia Medica.
Ferrum Met. is associated with weakness.
Cuprum Met. is associated with cramps and convulsions
beginning in the extremities.
Niccolum Met. is associated with nervous sick headaches,
itching, twitching of upper lip, and suits the debilitated patient.
Carbo. is associated with debilitating disease, feeble circulation
and lowered vitality, sudden loss of memory.
Plumbum Met. is for sclerotic conditions.
Aurum Mur. is associated with multiple sclerosis.
Thus, these appliances seem to incorporate those materials which in
homoeopathic potencies would be beneficial to a case of multiple
sclerosis. The possibility of transfering bio-information from a chemical
over a wire to imprint water, or affect biological systems, has been
well and thoroughly demonstrated by Dr. Jacques Benveniste over many
years.
The reason for the electrolytic cell construction of these appliances may
be related to the finding by Dr. Hulda Regehr Clark that for therapeutic
"zapping" using a technological sinusoidal wave oscillator, it is
necessary to use a 100% steady voltage off-set.
As the present reviewer sees it, the Multiple Sclerosis Saga is unfolding
as follows:
Jane G. Clarke compares studies of kwashiorkor in children which
suggestive of a link between copper deficiency, changes in their hair,
and differences between central and peripheral nerve myelin (central
nerve myelin is high in a proteolipid protein which is related to
keratin and copper is essential for its formation).
Professor R.G. Hendrickse has made a good case for kwashiorkor being
associated with aflotoxins, although any causal relation remains to be
proven. However, mycotoxins are widespread in the food-chain and Dr.
Delany_s attention to diet is appropriate.
Thus, one could propose that copper deficiency would affect myelination,
as has been found in a demyelinating disease in lambs and there is at
least a possibility that aflotoxins can block proteolipid protein production.
If electromagnetic fields are at all involved in this, it is likely to be
through their affecting the activity of an enzyme pathway involved in
some part of the process. There is now evidence that copper deficiency is
associated with the electromagnetic environment;
"...medical monitoring of a population exposed to electromagnetic fields
from high tension lines such as that at Coutiches (North France),
revealed another important finding: the lack of certain elements such as
iron and copper in the blood composition, something which was observed
many times in farm animals living near high
tension lines. There is every indication therefore at this stage that the
electromagnetic fields due to transmission and distribution of
electricity disturb the iron and copper metabolism." [Paul Lannoye,
M.E.P. Rapporteur for the Environment Committee of
the European Parliament on harmful effects of non-ionizing radiation].
The blood biochemical profiles for 9 cattle kept near overhead power
lines showed in all cases an elevated blood urea and in all but one case,
a blood copper level below the lower bound of the reference range [J-M
Danze, Personal Communication].
These are separate observations which taken together provide a testable
hypothesis for the aetiology of multiple sclerosis. What is needed now is
to find which environmental factors can affect myelin metabolism through
copper, is it mycotoxins? is it a frequency common on power lines? If the
latter, what is the threshold (electric or magnetic) field strength at
which this happens?
This book by Dr. Delany offers a possibility for a therapy for multiple
sclerosis, which should be further investigated as a matter of urgency,
provides a link between different therapeutic approaches and stimulates
theoretical considerations.
Archive provided courtesy of WaveGuide, http://www.wave-guide.org
Reprinted with permission of Roy Beavers, http://www.feb.se/EMF-L/EMF-L.html