Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/3/85; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ukma!wws From: wws@ukma.UUCP (Bill Stoll) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: RABIES IS A PSYCHOSOMATIC DISEASE ! Message-ID: <2062@ukma.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 21:12:17 EDT Article-I.D.: ukma.2062 Posted: Fri Aug 16 21:12:17 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 04:52:47 EDT Distribution: na Organization: U of Kentucky, Mathematical Sciences, Lexington KY Lines: 74 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 cbosgc!ukma!wws -- Walt Stoll, MD, ABFP Founder, & Medical Director Holistic Medical Centre 1412 N. Broadway Lexington, Kentucky 40505