Thank you Catherine. I'm sure that smallpox is very dangerous to a percentage of those who contract it but what really bothers me is the problem of people that have a normal immune system apparently having a very difficult time in catching it. That leads me to believe it is not a real problem for the general populace. It seems to me from most of the reports I have seen that it was in fact difficult to acquire. Of course we all know the stories about the Indians being given blankets by our government that were infested with smallpox. Is it possible the reason they contracted it was the fact that their immune systems were compromised from lack of hygiene, poor or little food and other debilitating conditions that we do not face today in this country?
And the one thing that really bothers me is the fact that it is a virus and we are being told there is no better way to deal with it than to get vaccinated. It seems to me that it could be easily treated with either CS or if a person wanted to use allopathic medicine... an antibiotic. Perhaps I'm too cynical but I always think "follow the money". This is BIG business and there's lots of money to be made. I think it's mostly hype that we are "extremely vulnerable". I'll drop this thread since it's really not about CS. But I suspect it will be if and when it raises its head. Trem ----- Original Message ----- From: "C Creel" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 12:38 PM Subject: Re: CS>small pox & Malaria ...INTERESTING > Dear Trem, > > > I'm familiar with the article at http://www.silvergen.com/Smallpox.htm > > > There was this statement: > > <<Mack stated that even with poor medical care, the case fatality rate in > adults was "much lower than is generally advertised" and thought to be > 10-15%. He said that the statistics were "loaded with children that had a > much higher fatality," making the average death rate reported to be much > higher>> > > > ** Throughout the article, there were a number of doubts voiced about the > death rate from smallpox. Nowhere did I see it mentioned that there was a > big difference between Variola Major and Variola Minor. > > > Historically, Variola Minor has killed only 1-2% of those unvaccinated while > Variola Major has killed 30-40% of those unvaccinated. About > 30% of those in an outbreak area tended to become infected > > Approximately eight percent (8%) of people infected with variola major had > two rare and highly deadly variations of variola major. Three percent (3%) > contracted a hemorrhagic-type smallpox called purpura variolosa. This type > causes hemorrhaging into the skin and internal organs, causing death even > before the appearance of a rash (usually two days) to ninety-eight percent > (98%) of those afflicted.. The other five percent (5%) developed a flat-type > smallpox. These people would live longer, and up to twenty percent would > survive. This last type caused the worst disfiguring scars[1]. > > > The incubation period for smallpox is approximately ten to fourteen days. > Initial symptoms are high fever, fatigue, malaise, delirium, vomiting, > diarrhea, severe headache, and a backache reported to be unremitting in the > feeling that one's back is being broken. Young children frequently > experience convlusions. A rash then develops that may be difficult to > distinguish from several other types of rashes. By the third day, the rash > shows lesions which begin centrally at the forehead and the mucosa of the > mouth and pharynx, and spread outward to the face and forearms. The fever > lessens. By the fourth day, the trunk, and legs, and possibly soles of the > feet and mucous membranes of the genitals and anus are covered with lesions. > On the fifth or sixth day, the lesions simultaneously turn to pustules. This > is accompanied by severe pain and once again, high fever and extreme > weakness. By the eighth or ninth day, the pustules are developing a crust, > and hair eyebrow, and nail loss is experienced [2]. Healing may take > another two to three weeks. > > Complications associated with smallpox disease are bacterial infections at > the skin at the sites of the lesions, pitted scars from pustules, arthritis, > bone infections, pneumonia, severe bleeding, eye infections, encephalitis, > and death [2]. > > Smallpox during pregnancy often results in miscarriage or stillbirth. > Smallpox survivors are often blinded as a result of eye scarring. > > > Am I in favor of vaccinationg against smallpox? Absolutely not. But I am > in favor of accurate information. > > > Aside, but related, there is documentation in State and certain county > records in Ohio of successsful homeopathic prophylaxis using Variolinum in a > couple of towns where homeopathic MDs were treating people. In these > towns, a significantly lower percentage of people contracted smallpox than > in other towns. > > > For those with the disease, another course of treatment for small pox is > stated in the Homeopathic World 1909, p. 75, and Hempel's work with Acetic > Acid gives evidence of efficacy. > > > You said: > > > <<And please let us know how to find you on the internet.>> > > > www.medicinegarden.com > http://escribe.com/health/athena/ > http://www.homeopathic.org > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PROZACAWARENESS/ > (I can arrange time-limited access to the archives and files for anyone > interested. Well, anyone who is known on the Silver-list.) > > > I have other groups but they are private. The theme of them is > non-pharmaceutical treatment of depression and/or anxiety, ADHD, ADD, and > schizophrenia, and recovery from use of psychotropic drugs, again, through > "alternative medicine" treatment. > > > Regards, > Catherine > > > > 1. Henderson, DA. Edward Jenner's vaccine. Public Health Reports, 112(2), > 116-121, March/April 1997. > > 2. Merck Manual, 12th Edition, 1972 (Edition purposely chosen to avoid > politics of today) > > 3. Med. and Surg. Reporter, March 1873 > > > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > >
