Rx: Charcoal / Thrash, Agatha M D and Calvin / (PB/1988-1988/B+/USED)

*Condition Note: Book is lightly used and lightly marked. Has an owner mark.*

Drs. Calvin & Agatha Thrash have taken a long, close look at medicine. Both are physicians who have seen the baleful effects of disease. In the late 60's, they reasoned cause to effect and determined that by preventative medicine, many diseases could be eliminated.
Leaving their private practices, they founded Uchee Pines Institute in 1970, a non-profit natural health education institution. There, many simple remedies are used in the practice of health recovery such as hydrotherapy, massage, diet, and of course, charcoal. This book looks primarily at charcoal's medicinal properties, although citing a number of other applications.

CONTENTS

Measurement Equivalency Chart
Chapter 1 Divine Provision Made for Healing
The Wonder of Charcoal
Equipment and supplies for healing
Chapter 2 How Charcoal Works
Survival of the fittest remedies
Properties of charcoal
Availability
General non-medical uses
Chapter 3 Black and Messy
Introduction
Charcoal dosage
Methods of making and applying the charcoal compress
Chapter 4 Ipecac versus Charcoal in the Treatment of Pediatric Poisonings or Drug Overdoses
Availability in Europe
Action and contraindications of Syrup of Ipecac
Scorched food not charcoal
Milk acts as an antiemetic
Substances adsorbed by charcoal
Aspirin overdose
Diazepam (Valium) overdose
Tylenol poisoning
Tricyclic (Triavil, Ativan) antidepressants
Chapter 5 The Poisoned Child
Diagnosis of poisoning
How to administer charcoal
Symptoms a child may show
Anticholinergic drugs
Aspirin
Digitalis and other cardiac medications
Opioids such as morphine, Demerol and other alkaloids
Caustics
Petroleum Distillates
Sense of smell in identifying unknown poisons
Poison-proof the home
Charcoal dosage schedule
Chapter 6 Overdoses and Toxic Accidents
Mushroom poisoning
Chapter 7 Important Treatments with Charcoal
Diarrhea
Nausea and vomiting
Effect on cancer producing compounds
Anemia of cancer
Diabetes mellitus
Oxygen to skin
Intestinal Gas
Other uses
Chapter 8 Deodorizing with charcoal
Household
Submarines
Bad breath
Orthopedic casts, wounds and skin problems
Chapter 9 Microdialysis of Blood with Charcoal
Phenobarbital and other drugs
Theophyllin intoxication
Chapter 10 The Veterinary Use of Charcoal
Chapter 11 Substances Not Adsorbed
Chapter 12 Interference with Digestion or Nutrient Absorption?
Chapter 13 Making Charcoal More Palatable or Effective
Chapter 14 Specific Conditions Treated
Venomous Bites
Bee stings, yellow jackets, etc.
Snake bites
Spider bites
Eye and ear conditions treated with charcoal
Infections
Intravenous Charcoal
Inflammation
Common digestive problems
Bean gas study
Severe gastrointestinal disorders
Idiopathic chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction
Chronic relapsing pancreatitis
Jaundice in the newborn
Liver and kidney failure
Endometritis after abortion or childbirth
Whitening the teeth
Poison ivy
Chapter 15 What is the problem?
How To Decide
Other Causes of Sickness
Poisoning: What To Do?
Dosage Chart
Bee Sting Summary
Making a Compress Summary
Compress Use Chart
Bandaid Compress
Spider Bite Summary
Snake Bite Summary
Poison Control Centers
Bibliography
Index

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