Suppression of the Dr. Weston Price accomplishments was unfortunate for the development of medicine and detrimental to the health of our people.
Mainly responsible was a dispute which took place among health professionals as to the validity of the focal infection theory.
Simply stated, the focal infection theory takes position that infected teeth, tonsils, tonsil tags, sinuses and such areas of infection contain bacteria which can travel to another gland, organ or tissue and set up a new infection site.
Dr. Weston Price was not the only doctor carrying out research on this subject.
Among the 60 members of the American Dental Association's Research Institute governing body were such famous doctors as Charles Mayo, organizer of the Mayo Clinic; Milton Rosenau, professor of preventive medicine at Johns Hopkins; William Welch, professor of pathology;Frank Billings who gave focal infection its name; Truman Brophy; Frank Billings who gave focal infection its name;Truman Brophy,dental school dean; Frank Lillie, professor of zoology and embryology; and Victor Vaughan, medical department dean and American Medical Association president.
As in so many disputes about medical discoveries, even though the majority of leading doctors believed in the focal infection theory, these leading scientists were overidden and silenced.
The fight against the focal infection theory was mainly carried out by doctors Percy Howe and John Buckley.
Howe based his opposition on a study he conducted injecting rabbits with the normal placid streptococcus bacteria secured from the mouth,not bacteria from an infection site or a root filled tooth.
In his investigation, none of the animals became sick or died. Bluckley was unable to see how infected teeth which showed excellent evidence of bone repair after root canal therapy could possibly still be infected.
Then too, because some who had root filled teeth removed did not recover, he questoned the validity of the conclusion that a percentage of patients did get well due to the removal of a tooth or teeth.
About author: Dr. George Meinig,D.D.S.,F.A.C.D. is a Founder of the Association of Root Canal Specialists Discovers Evidence That Root Canals Damage Your Health Learn What to Do. Learn how Dr. George Meinig discovered that a meticulous 25 year research program, conducted by Weston A. Price, DDS, under the auspices of the American Dental Association's Research Institute, was buried by disbelievers of the focal infection theory. Along the way, Dr. Meinig has received many recognition citatons and awards, both Nationally and internationally. For further information: Visit:http://www.1stultimategumsolution.com Edited and prepared by Sung Lee, alternate author
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