Re: McCanney's Algorithm for Calculating Primes

Volker Birk <bumens@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
dave <daf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You probably are not aware of the fact that snake oil was in fact the
best linament available for pain relief.

Yes, you're right.

Yours,
VB.
Here You Go (From a German author, no less!) :-)

I now take it as a compliment that I was once branded a snake oil
salesman for breaking the HDSA's silence on the benefits of EPA.
The book referenced below is scientifically sound and well written.
It is a must read for all interested in HD. I was surprised and
delighted by what I learned.
Time permitting, I will provide more from this book --Jerry 10Jan2001.

From: "Fats that Heal Fats that Kill" by Udo Erasmus

Vindication of Snake Oil

Snake oil originally came from China, where it was used to alleviate
inflammation and pain in rheumatoid arthritis, bursitis, and similar
conditions. Chinese laborers on section gangs doing the grunt work
involved in building the railroad tracks link North America coast
to coast gave it to Europeans with joint pain (bursitis, arthritis).
When rubbed on the skin above the pain, snake oil brought relief.
the story goes. Patent medicine men ridiculed the claim.

In 1989, a nutrition-oriented medical doctor from California decided
to find out what snake oil contains. He obtained a sample of the
oil from San Francisco's Chinatown, had it analyzed, and found that
it contains 75% unidentified carrier material, presumably for
emulsifying the snake oil and helping'to transport it through the
skin. It also contains camphor. The remaining 25% of the product
is oil from Chinese water snakes, which contains 20% of the important
omega 3 derivative eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) as well as 48%
myristic acid , 10% stearic acid (18:0), 14% oleic acid, and 7%
linoleic plus arachidonic acids. At 20% EPA, Chinese water snake
is the richest known natural source of the parent of series 3
prostaglandins, which inhibit the production of pro-inflammatory
series 2 prostaglandins. Like essential fatty acids and their other
derivatives, EPA can be absorbed through our skin. Salmon oil, the
next-best source of EPA, contains a maximum of only 18% EPA. Other
fish oils contain less.

Not all snake oils contain 20% EPA. Rattlesnake oil contains only
8.5% EPA. Other snake oils have not been tested. Here is a worthwhile
project for a budding young scientist, which could earn him/her a
PhD, and start a new field of research: 'snakeoilology' - the
scientific study of snake oils. But the bottom line is that traditional
snake oil is natural and therapeutic. The snake oil salesman is
vindicated. The patent medicine salesman can expect a dimmer future.

Protecting the Image

Dr. Richard Kunin, the California doctor, submitted a report of his
findings on the ingredients of snake oil to the New England Journal
of Medicine. They were unwilling to publish it. Might it be more
important to keep the image from being tarnished than to disseminate
accurate information? If they were wrong about snake oil, what else
should we question about the patent medicines-cum-drugs approach?
Related

[from http://www.hdlighthouse.org/see/immune/snakeoil.htm ]
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