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From: wws@ukma.UUCP (Bill Stoll)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: RABIES IS A PSYCHOSOMATIC DISEASE !
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Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 21:12:17 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 16 21:12:17 1985
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Organization: U of Kentucky, Mathematical Sciences, Lexington KY
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Keywords: rabies-stress-reserves-laboratory study of rats

Any of you who have done Rabies research will know that the accepted
method of introducing the Rabies virus into the rat is by injecting
live Rabies virus directly into the rat's brain.  Theoretically, all
the rats should get Rabies and die.  Actually, most of them do.  A
very small # do not die.  

In the past these were considered failed injections (or something) and
discarded from the experiment.  The studies were completed on those
rats which had actually contracted the disease.  For years it was most
convenient to forget about the rats that lived.

Recently, a researcher in stress response decided to test the
survivors of Rabies brain injection.  Thousands of rats had to be
injected,to obtain a sufficient # of survivors to run a significant
study, which required several months of time.  Finally, when enough
had been collected, the researcher divided them up into two matched
groups.  One group served as the controls; the other was placed in
cages where they were subjected to flashing lights, loud sounds,
irregular hours, mild electric shocks, disturbed sleep, variations of
temperature---a generally stressful environment.

ALL OF THE RATS CONTRACTED RABIES AND DIED!

The conclusion was that the "survivors" just happened to have
sufficient immunological reserves to hold the Rabies virus at bay.
Apparently, during the time they lived  following the injection,
they were healthy carriers.  When their reserves were depleted by
psycho-social stress they shifted down the "bell curve of immunity"
until they crossed the threshold limit of resistance to the Rabies
virus already existing in their brains.

Hans Selye described this back in the early '60s.  Why  is it taking
so long for supposedly intelligent, well educated professionals to
catch on?  By applying this simple principle alone, the Holistic
Practitioners of Medicine have far outstripped their colleagues (NO
LONGER PEERS).  Once this principle is grasped there are many more
that fall into place.

I am really enjoying the few frightened people on the net who are so
"enjoying the entertainment" as they so blithly describe the
offerings of the "health and vitamin freaks" (I'M PROUD TO HAVE
GRADUATED TO THAT CATAGORY).  Since the positions are so far apart,
and so clearly defined, somebody is going to look pretty foolish
pretty soon.  Since I have considerable experience and training in
both approaches, I have no qualms whatever about MY position.  When
anyone (even the most obtuse eventually see--if they keep looking)
begins to see the light I will welcome that person to join the rest of
us who know how much more we have to learn.  Perhaps, together, we can
learn more, and faster, than we can alone.
 
To quote the famous Indian Philosopher NAROPA:

                   "NEVER SAY THIS THING:

                    If I do not know a thing, it is not so."

Ah, such interesting times we live in.  I wouldn't miss it for the
world!

Walt Stoll, MD, ABFP
Founder, & Medical Director
Holistic Medical Centre
1412 N. Broadway
Lexington, Kentucky  40505

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Walt Stoll, MD, ABFP
Founder, & Medical Director
Holistic Medical Centre
1412 N. Broadway
Lexington, Kentucky  40505