plagues... was.... Re:Stop reading; One teacher (WAS: Salt again, I suppose)

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Elchanan,

I am still needing to learn more about the garlic and oninion thing....

 

 

In the practice of Homeopathy it is thought that a small amount of poison will

cure symptoms and disease. This was invented by Samuel Hahnemann (1755-18430)

So by this theory it would be acceptable to think that a small amount of garlic

would help to cure an illness.

Which might be why some people used garlic to help cure various maladies.

In medical history going back to the begining....medicine was practiced by

" witch doctors,barbers, sorcerers " Garlic and onions were used to cure various

illnesses.

 

Public health and hygiene began to attract attention during the 18th century.

It was discovered that washing hands would go a long way to improving health. In

fact, hygiene is the primary factor in safegarding against disease. In the time

of the plague, I'm sure hygiene was not on the top of the list of what was

taught.

 

Why some survive and some don't:

 

There is such a thing that is called the " Morbidity rate " The is the number of

sick persons or cases of a disease within a certain populaton. A certain

percent of the population will succumb to various diseases.

 

Then there is what is called the " Mortality rate " which is the ratio of the

number of deaths in a given population.

 

There are a number of factors involved as to why one person will die of

something and the other will not, you have touched on great examples of these

things.

 

Jeannie

 

 

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Elchanan <Elchanan

rawfood

Saturday, June 23, 2007 1:54:01 AM

RE: [Raw Food] Re:Stop reading; One teacher (WAS: Salt again, I

suppose)

 

 

Some very interesting statistical studies have been done on plagues and

other repetitive epidemics ... smallpox and the like. And it has been

observed that they all occur cyclically. Of course, data are limited going

back in time, and suppositions are made. But the idea of some cyclicality is

interesting to ponder.

 

As for why some survived, each of us has a different level of vitality,

based upon our mental health, diet, activity, exposure to fresh air and

sunshine, previous injuries, etc. It's like culling any herd, the hardiest

most vital tend to survive. But a 50% wipeout is pretty massive. Of course,

at times in history, things have been far worse.

 

Best,

Elchanan

_____

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

Belinda

Friday, June 22, 2007 2:46 PM

rawfood

[Raw Food] Re:Stop reading; One teacher (WAS: Salt again, I

suppose)

 

 

LOL. I thought it was over 50% died in Europe. But it has been a

while since I read about it.

It also seems there was some ideas as to why the ones that survived

the plague, did survive. But I cannot quite remember what they

said. (I will say that I don't remember garlic being mentioned.) LOL.

 

Belinda