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Invalided by crippling arthritis and neuritis, her health was render for destruction" all printed material (save some personal restored one month after receiving her first tonation treatment notes) pertaining to coloured light therapy—a singular collection from Dr Baldwin, and she subsequently re-established her med- valued then at $250,000. He was further ordered to disassociate ical practice. In court she recounted her s with cancers, himself from any research in the field. hypotropic arthritis, poliomyelitis, mastoiditis tica, heart dis- Probation completed in 1953, Dinshah again restructured his orders, goitres, ulcers, neuritis and many other disorders. institute, this time as an educational institution, Visible Spectrum Dr Kate Baldwin's testimony was extensive, forcefully unequiv- Research Institute, and resumed the dissemination of information ocal and unshakeable. The worst nightmare of a prosecuting and equipment—but with a disclaimer asserting that "in accor- cross-examiner, she repeated affirmatively as to SCT's efficacy in dance with the current conventional medical view, there is no the treatment of cataracts, glaucoma, acute eye infections and curative, therapeutic value" to these projection systems. haemorrhaging; mastoid and middle-ear problems; tonsillitis and Independent of any SCT/Dinshah data, this scientific "edict" was adenoidal disorders; tuberculosis, bronchitis and pleurisy; func- already known to be false. (In 1958 the FDA finally obtained the tional and organic heart disorders; ulcers, haemorrhoids, boils, permanent injunctions, still in effect today, under which Dinshah drug addictions, asthma, laryngitis, mouth disorders, rheumatism, was to operate until his death in 1966, at the age of 92.) lumbago, syphilis, cancer, radiation burns, appendicitis, strangu- Contrary opinions such as those of the establishment-respected lated hernia and many other disorders. A. J. Ochsner, MD, FASC, author of still-classic surgical text- The trial lasted for four days before the jury returned the "not books, could again be made weightless by edict. Writing to no guilty" verdict in 90 minutes. Subsequently (in addition to his apparent effect in those days, he reported: previous loss in Portland in 1928), Dinshah was to lose actions in "In a personal experience with septic infection, the pain Cleveland, Wilmington, Washington, DC, Brooklyn (the decisive was so severe that it seemed unbearable. When the use of FDA ruling) and, finally, in Camden in 1947. electric light was suggested, it seemed unlikely that this could By 1941, mail sent to Dinshah’s institute was being returned by act differently from the other forms of therapy that had been the local postmaster, marked "Fraudulent: Mail to this address employed. Upon applying the light, however, the excruciat- returned by order of the Post-Master General." No doubt this ing pain disappeared almost at once, and since this experi- purely postal administrative decision, not the result of a judicial ence we have employed the light treatment in hundreds of proceeding, contributed measurably cases of pain caused by septic to the recognition of the AMA as a infection, and quite regularly para-governmental agency of intimi- . . . . with results that were eminently dation, and hastened the final dis- wll 1947, In compliance with a satisfactory, not only in relief of continuance of SCT by the dwin- H pain but also because the remedy dling number of loyal MD practi- Federal Court order, [Dinshah] assists materially in reducing the tioners. had to "surrender for destruction" infection.” Through an internal restructuring A A A A and reorganising at the Spectro- his unique library and all printed here is little comfort to be Chrome Institute, Dinshah was for a material pertaining to coloured taken from the fact that half a while able to circumvent and neu- . . . century separates us from those tralise the mail blockade. Suffice it light therapies to US marshals In distant, dark ages of book-burning in to note that Dinshah's manoeuvre Camden, New Jersey. America. The relation of photothera- was a shortlived expediency, lasting pies to the medical mainstream has six years until 1947. not much improved. The dynamics of the relationship, the rules of combat Wi looking back on Dinshah as an exemplar of inde- are unchanged. Large and loud, unapologetic denial; unembell- fatigable, persevering resiliency and inner strength of ished, unforgivable, inexplicable and dangerously erroneous character, in balance we must also note with all due counter-factual utterances are still being recycled by the usual respect the persistence, long memory and vindictive, single-mind- bunch of high-prestige suspects. ed purposiveness of the private professional associations, in con- For example, the highly regarded Cancer Journal for Clinicians cert with government regulatory agencies, now legislatively (CJC) in 1994 (44:115-127), in an anonymous diatribe, charac- armed to dispose of the inconvenience of the evidences and proto- terised the World Research Foundation (WRF) (41 Bell Rock cols of both court and clinic. Road #C, Sedona, AZ 86351, USA) as "helping people locate No narrative, historical reportage or creative mythology of sup- questionable cancer cures... [and has] touted the Spectro-Chrome pression and censure, however factual or fantastical, is complete device". It then astonishingly concluded: "There is no scientific without the obligatory, timely, lab or library fire under suspicious evidence that shining colored lights on the body will produce any circumstances. To paraphrase Cervantes very loosely, a tale of biological effects." "intellectual inquisition" without arson is like a meal without This must come as quite a shock—to the generations of the pae- wine. diatric health community who, for half a century, have routinely The 1945 fire that destroyed Dinshah's main building, just 90 been treating the jaundice (neonatal bilirubin imbalance) of pre- days before the Brooklyn trial, caused inestimable damage not mature babies with the spectrally rebalanced, blue-enhanced, just to his defence but to all of us through the destruction of Westinghouse maternity bulb; to the generations of commercial demonstration prototypes and the irreplaceable case histories of breeders of chickens, chinchillas and fish who, for half a century, 25 years. have been using the monochromatic reformulation work of photo- Losing the second Camden trial (the FDA-driven action on pioneer John Ott (the original champion of full-spectrum light) to "mislabeling") in 1947, Dinshah was fined $20,000 and sentenced to a five-year probation period, a condition of which was to "sur- Continued on page 83 render for destruction" all printed material (save some personal notes) pertaining to coloured light therapy—a singular collection valued then at $250,000. He was further ordered to disassociate himself from any research in the field. Probation completed in 1953, Dinshah again restructured his institute, this time as an educational institution, Visible Spectrum Research Institute, and resumed the dissemination of information and equipment—but with a disclaimer asserting that "in accor- dance with the current conventional medical view, there is no curative, therapeutic value" to these projection systems. Independent of any SCT/Dinshah data, this scientific "edict" was already known to be false. (In 1958 the FDA finally obtained the permanent injunctions, still in effect today, under which Dinshah was to operate until his death in 1966, at the age of 92.) Contrary opinions such as those of the establishment-respected A. J. Ochsner, MD, FASC, author of still-classic surgical text- books, could again be made weightless by edict. Writing to no apparent effect in those days, he reported: "In a personal experience with septic infection, the pain was so severe that it seemed unbearable. When the use of electric light was suggested, it seemed unlikely that this could act differently from the other forms of therapy that had been employed. Upon applying the light, however, the excruciat- ing pain disappeared almost at once, and since this experi- ence we have employed the light treatment in hundreds of cases of pain caused by septic infection, and quite regularly with results that were eminently satisfactory, not only in relief of pain but also because the remedy ts materially in reducing the infection." apliance with a der, [Dinshah] for destruction" 42 - NEXUS Continued on page 83 DECEMBER 1997 - JANUARY 1998