October 29, 1995
MS CAN BE CURED!
I know, you have been conditioned to believe that it is an incurable disease. This is because the cause is not officially known.
I believe that MS has a bacterial etiology. This is supported by published research going back as far as 1906. The bacteria is a spirochete, similar to but not the same as the trepanome which causes syphylis or Borrelia Burgdorferi which causes Lyme. This same bacteria is also found in CFS and Lupus patients as well as in some people who are not apparently ill. It may be cultured from the blood, spinal fluid, or urine. It is very dificult to culture, requiring special media and a special microscope to see it.
The bacteria may be treated succesfully in many cases with long term high dose antibiotics over a period of 3 months to as long as 18 months. I was personally treated by Dr. Wechter with the result that my MS symptoms are in complete remission--dare I say cured?
While many patients have been treated, no scientific study has been done. I am raising money (personally--don't send a donation!) to get a proper double blind placebo study going. If your organization would like to organize such a study, I would be interested in contributing financially.
People and references:
Dr. Vincent Marshall is an expert in spirochetal research and MS and author of one of the pivotal papers in this area. He is a DVM with much experience with animal spirochetes including having developed a commercial vaccine. 255 Elliot St. Council Bluffs, Iowa 51501 712-325-0515
Dr. Luther Lindtner is a Professor of Medicine at Texas A&M University. He independentlt re-discovered the bacteria, without reference to eralier work. He can offer blood testing for the spirochetes, and advice to physicians on the treatment protocol. Ph. 409-845-7260.
Professor Emeritus Dr. Lida Mattman is a biologist at Wayne State University . She is culturing these bacteria and knows people who are being treated successfully. She is generous and cooperative. 313-577-8003
Dr. Steven Wechter at Immune Technologies Inc. Clrearwater FL has testing and treatment facilities. His is the only commercial clinic specializing in this bacteria. They do a good job, but they do require the patient to travel to the clinic in person which can be expensive. Ph. 813-442-4545
Dr. John Griffin developed MS himself, and after consulting with Dr. Marshall treated himself. After he recovered, he began treating other MS patients (for free!). Has helped in treating over 700 patients. Reportedly has now retired, so I have removed his number.
Dr. William Maitland treats mainly chronic fatigue patients, but will treat MS patients, with the same drugs as Wechter. He has a very high success rate attributable to careful follow-up. He spent a brief stint in the US and now operates in Australia. 2 Hallham St., Charlestown, NSW 2290. Fax 011-61-049-425401
Some Refs in chronological order:
1. Buzzard E F Spirochetes in M.S. Lancet 11:98 1911
2. Bullock W E (now Gye) MS agent in Rabbits Lancet 1185 1913
3. Kuhn P., Steiner G. Uber Die Ursache der M.S. Med Knli, 13:1001, 1917
4. Steiner G. Guinea pig inoculation with MS tissues. Arch. f Psych. v Nervenkrankh Berline LX, 1918
5. Steiner G. MS agent inoculation in monkeys. Zeitscr f. diges Neurol v Psychiat. Reger at Berlin XVLL: 491, 1919
6. Blacklock JW MS agent in Rabbits J. Path and Bact. 28:1, 1925
7. Steiner G. Silver Staining of MS tissues. Nervenarzt 6:281, 1932
8. Rogers, Helen J. The question of silver cells as proof of the spirochetal theory of disseminated sclerosis. J. Neurol and Psychopathol. 13:50, 1932
9. Austregesilo A. Le schlerose en plaques de form subalque apropos d'un case. L'Encephale 28:633, 1933
10. Steiner G. Is MS an etiologically uniform infectious disease? Detroit Med. News Educational Issues 32:7, 1941
11. Adams D L Spirochetes in the ventricular fluid of monkeys inoculated from case of disseminated sclerosis. Surgo 14:11 1948
12. Steiner G. Acute plaques in M.S., their pathogenetic significance and the role of spirochetes as the etiological factor. J. Neuropath. and Exp. Neur. 11:no 4:343, 1954
13. Steiner G. Morphology of spirochaeta myelopthora in M.S. J. Neuropath. and Exp. Neur. 13:221, 1954 <THIS ONE IS EXCELLENT>
14. Ichelson R R Cultivation of Spirochaetes from spinal fluids of MS cases and negative controls. Procl Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 70:411, 1957
15. Gay D Dick G Is multiple sclerosis caused by an oral spirochaete? Lancet (1986 Jul 12) 2(8498):75-7 Abstract Evidence of a direct link between chronic sinusitis and multiple sclerosis (MS) prompted examination of the old "spirochaetal hypothesis". This hypothesis has not been shown to be erroneous and a spirochaetal infection of the central nervous system could explain the specific pathological, immunological, and epidemiological features of MS.
16. Marshall V Multiple sclerosis is a chronic central nervous system infection by a spirochetal agent. Med Hypotheses (1988 Feb) 25(2):89-92
17.Marshall V The relationship of peripheral nervous system (PNS) pathology to multiple sclerosis (MS) J Neurol Sci (1988 Mar) 84(1):117-9 Abstract: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic central nervous system (CNS) infection similar to Lyme Disease or Neurosyphilis in its latency period, pathogenesis, symptoms, histopathology and chronic CNS involvement. It does not have as yet a fully identified spirochetal etiological agent. Much research and clinical support for this hypothesis was published before 1954 and is based on silver staining of neural lesions, animal isolation of the etiologic agent and the characteristic symptoms and pathogenesis of the di
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Kind regards, Grahame Shannon -- Grahame Shannon Immune Technologies "No one is really immune."