Louis Pasteur was born in Dole France and had five children, three of which died of typhoid fever. This may have been what motivated him to find the cause of disease. He opened the Pasteur Institute in 1888 and debunked the widely accepted myth of spontaneous generation. When he began speaking out against spontaneous generation, surgeons used dirty instruments and did not wash their hands before surgery. They were oblivious to the fact that germs spread disease.

Pasteur spoke about the Germ Theory of disease, also called the pathogenic theory of medicine, and proposed that microorganisms were the cause of many diseases. His theories were controversial and, during his lifetime, he had a hard time convincing others of his ideas. Pasteur’s pasteurization process killed germs and prevented the spread of disease. Gradually, his theory became accepted to the point that it is now a cornerstone of modern medicine and clinical microbiology. This has lead to important innovations such as antibiotics and hygienic practices, such as surgeons washing their hands and sterilizing their instruments.

Since then, the focus of modern medicine has been on eliminating the germ. Today, the pharmaceutical profession makes billions of dollars per year on the sale of medicine, designed to stop the germ.

There is problem with this whole scenario. Pasteur injected germs into multiple hosts but only some of them became sick. The reason for this is that the host that became sick had to be susceptible. In other words, the host’s resistance had to be lowered, making them more susceptible to infection by the injected organism.

Do we continually try to fight off the germs? That’s like having a Windows computer and trying to stop all of the viruses that are trying to take over the system. The fight is waged every minute of every day. Viruses are continually mutating and medication is created in an attempt to destroy the virus. Then, the virus mutates to get around the medication and the cycle goes on.

There is a better way, a simpler way. Increase our body’s resistance and the virus becomes ineffective. There are things each of us can do to increase our resistance, otherwise known as our immunity. A healthy diet, adequate sleep, exercise, vitamins and last, but certainly not least, Spinal Adjustments to reduce or eliminate vertebral subluxations in the spine. Vertebral subluxations interfere with normal nerve function and reduce your immunity. So, reducing or eliminating vertebral subluxations, increase our resistance.

                                                                                                                                                          National Geographic, June 1986

The Effects of Chiropractic on the Immune System:   A Review of the Literature   James M. Allen   Chiro J Aust 1993 (Dec);   23 (4):   132-135

Louis Pasteur

To be continued