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Cancer: Cause and
Cure. A
20th Century
Perspective.
Percy Weston, 2000,
Book Bin Publishing Pty Ltd, Adelaide,
Australia. ISBN 0-646-40313-3
sales@bookbin.com.au
Like stories about people
battling the odds?
This is a story about an Aussie farmer ignored
and discredited by the Victorian health
authorities and agricultural experts for 50
years. Only in
the 1980s did he finally gain public
recognition for his
discoveries. Percy
Weston developed a low cost nutritional
supplement to cure
cancer.
How could an ordinary
farmer develop such a formula with basic
secondary school
training? Through
a love of science.
Percy developed
an incredible talent for observing and
recording the world around
him. This book
describes his experiences watching the health
of his animals, crops, family (even himself),
and local community deteriorate from the early
1920s. Gaining an
insight into his experimental and monitoring
habits is a must for any farming family
wanting to be proactive about the health of
their business, land, and family.
What is of interest
about this book is the role animals played in
discovering the link between cancer and excess
phosphate. By
offering his sheep a selection of mineral
salts and watching which ones they ate or
left, Percy found his animals cured themselves
of cancerous tumours and
anaemia. His
animals instinctively knew what minerals they
needed for a balanced
diet. This is very
similar supplementation techniques that offer
minerals in a cafeteria
style.
Percy then used his
interest in chemistry to determine his animals
preferred a low phosphorus
diet. It seems
recommended application rates of
superphosphate caused an excess of phosphate
in the diet of his animals leading to their
many health
problems. He used
a similar formula of salts that not only cured
his animals of many health problems, but also
cured him of cancer as
well. His
experiences attest to the power of observation
and analysis rather than relying on books or
experts for
knowledge.
Percy recently died
at the age of 101 and his longevity has become
the very proof of his anti cancer powder
claims. However,
the most important point of this book involves
the habits and routines of observing animals
and landscapes and then set about
experimenting to cure stock health
problems. These
skills are sadly lacking among modern farmers
as they rely on consultant and experts to
churn out recipes for stock
performance. Percy
Weston’s efforts take the current thinking on
animal and human health and turn it on its
head. So much
about his descriptions are simply based on
common
sense.
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