Dr. Pressman: More Ozone facts

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From: Saul Pressman <saul@...>

Patty <faussettdp@...>

Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 10:12 AM

> Dear Patty,

>

> The following are relevant excerpts from my 1994 book, The Story of Ozone.

>

> · OZONE IN NATURE

>

> In nature, there is a cycle of oxygen just like there is a cycle of

water.

> Oxygen is released from plants on land and plankton in the sea during

> photosynthesis. The oxygen is lighter than air and floats upward in the

> atmosphere. At the 20-30 km region, strong ultraviolet radiation in the

> 185-200 nanometer wavelength bombards the oxygen and turns some of it into

> ozone. The ozone created exists as a diffuse layer in the atmosphere and

it

> blocks out a small portion of the UV spectrum. Ozone production in the

upper

> atmosphere is dependent on the amount of energy coming from the sun.

During

> peaks of solar activity, ozone is created at a greater rate. During lulls

in

> the sunspot cycle, the ozone layer is thinner. The lowest level ever

> measured was in 1962.

>

> Ozone is produced constantly in the upper atmosphere as long as the sun is

> shining, and since ozone is heavier than air, it begins to fall earthward.

> As it falls, it combines with any pollutant it contacts, cleaning the

air -

> nature's wonderful self-cleaning system. If ozone contacts water vapor as

it

> falls, it forms hydrogen peroxide, a component of rainwater, and the

reason

> why rainwater causes plants to grow better than irrigation with ground

> water.

>

> Ozone is also created by lightning, and the amount produced in an average

> storm is often triple the allowable limit of .015 PPM as set by the US

EPA.

> This ozone is what gives the air the wonderful fresh smell after a rain,

and

> is of the highest benefit to anyone fortunate enough to be breathing it.

>

> The exhaust pollutants caused by burning hydrocarbons in oxygen in the

> internal combustion engine are carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, and sulphur

> dioxide. Ozone cannot be produced in the internal combustion engine

because

> the hydrocarbon fuel quenches the spark gap. Ozone has been incorrectly

> blamed for smog. Carbon monoxide, a deadly poison, is present in smog at

> about 3000 parts per hundred million. Toxic hydrocarbons are present in

smog

> at about 100 parts per hundred million. Ozone is present in smog only

> transiently at around 25 parts per hundred million. Ozone in smog is

> produced by the photoelectric effect of the sun's energetic photons acting

> on polluting gases. Singlet oxygen is broken off these gases momentarily,

> but in seconds it reattaches itself to the other gases, which is part of

> nature's system for cleaning the atmosphere. The problem is not one of too

> much ozone in smog, but not enough. If sufficient amounts existed, the

> pollutants would all be oxidized and rendered harmless.

>

> OZONE IN MEDICINE

>

> Ozone was first discovered and named by C.F. Schonbein in 1840.

> The first ozone generators were developed by Werner von Siemens in Germany

> in 1857.

>

> Germany in 1870 saw the first report of ozone being used to purify blood,

by

> Dr. C. Lender.

>

> Dr. J.H. Kellogg used ozone in steam saunas at his Battle Creek, Michigan

> clinic from 1881, as he wrote in his book, " Diphtheria: Its Nature,

Causes,

> Prevention and Treatment " .

>

> In October, 1893, the world's first water treatment plant using ozone was

> installed in Ousbaden, Holland, and today there are over 3000

municipalities

> around the world that use ozone to clean their water and sewage, including

> all the great cities.

>

> In 1885, the Florida Medical Association published " Ozone " by Dr.

J.

> Kenworthy, MD, detailing the use of ozone for therapeutic purposes.

>

> In September 1896, the electrical genius Nikola Tesla patented his first

> ozone generator, and in 1900 he formed the Tesla Ozone Co. Tesla sold

ozone

> machines and ozonated olive oil to doctors for medical use.

>

> In 1902, J.H. e's " A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica " , London,

> describes the successful use of ozonated water ( " Oxygenium " ) in treating

> anemia, cancer, diabetes, influenza, morphine poisoning, canker sores,

> strychnine poisoning and whooping cough.

>

> In 1902, Dr. Linder, MD, of Spokane, Washington was written up in

an

> article in a local paper that stated that he injected ozone as part of his

> standard medical practice.

>

> In 1911, " A Working Manual of High Frequency Currents " was published by

Dr.

> Noble Eberhart, MD, the head of the Dept. of Physiologic Therapeutics at

> Loyola University, Chicago. In Chapter 9, he details the use of ozone to

> treat tuberculosis, anemia, chlorosis, tinnitus, whooping cough, asthma,

> bronchitis, hay fever, insomnia, pneumonia, diabetes, gout and syphilis.

>

> During World War I, (1914-1918 ) ozone was used in Europe to treat wounds,

> trench foot, gangrene and the effects of poisonous chlorine gas.

> Dr. Albert Wolff of Berlin used ozone for colon cancer, cervical cancer

and

> decubitus ulcers in 1915.

>

> In 1920, Dr. Neiswanger, MD, President of the Chicago Hospital

> College of Medicine published " Electro Therapeutical Practice " . Chapter 32

> was entitled " Ozone as a Therapeutic Agent " .

>

> In 1929, a book called " Ozone and Its Therapeutic Action " was published in

> the US listing 114 diseases and how to treat them with ozone. Its authors

> were the heads of all the leading American hospitals.

>

> In 1933, the American Medical Association, headed up by Dr. M. Fishbein,

set

> out to eliminate all medical treatments that were competitive to drug

> therapy. The suppression of ozone therapy in the US began then, and

> continues to this day, except in twelve US states, where doctors are

> protected by state laws. At the behest of the AMA, the FDA began seizing

> generators in the 1940s.

>

> In 1944, Dr. Otto Warburg earned his second Nobel Prize in Medicine for

his

> discovery of the basic cause of cancer in damaged cell respiration.

>

> In 1952, the National Cancer Institute verified Dr. Otto Warburg's

findings

> regarding lack of oxygen being the cause of cancer.

>

> In 1954, Totney published " Oxygen : Master of Cancer " .

>

> In 1961, the Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology stated : " During the 80

> year history of the large scale usage of ozone, there has never been a

human

> death attributed to it " .

>

> In 1979, Dr. Freibott successfully treated a Haitian AIDS patient

> with Kaposi's sarcoma with ozone. In 1980, Dr. Horst Kief also reported

> success with ozone therapy for AIDS patients.

>

> In 1980, F. Sweet, et al, publish " Ozone Selectively Inhibits Human Cancer

> Cell Growth " in the peer-reviewed journal, Science, Vol. 209.

>

> In 1983, the first International Ozone Association medical ozone

conference

> was held in the US in Washington, D.C. The book " Medical Applications of

> Ozone " , edited by Julius Laraus, was published from the abstracts.

>

> In 1987, Dr. Siegfried Rilling and Dr. Renate Viebahn collaborated on the

> publication of " The Use of Ozone in Medicine " , now the standard medical

text

> on ozone application.

>

> In 1990, the Cubans reported success in treating glaucoma, conjunctivitis

> and retinitis pigmentosa with ozone.

>

> In 1992, the Russians reported the successful use of ozone in a brine bath

> to heal the worst burns without scarring or grafting.

>

> Today, after 125 years of usage, ozone therapy is used in Germany, Italy,

> France, Russia, Romania, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Yugoslavia,

> Bulgaria, Israel, Japan, Singapore, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Canada and

twelve

> US states. Over 15,000 physicians give ozone therapy every day. It has

> proven to be the safest medical therapy ever devised and is blatantly

> nontoxic, no matter what the propaganda says.

>

> The opposition to ozone therapy comes not from physicians, who employ it

as

> one of many healing modalities, but from the pharmaceutical empire, who

know

> well that their days of enormous profit are numbered. Ozone is used in the

> process of making pharmaceutical drugs because they need absolutely pure

> water, and ozone is the only way to get it. So they are well aware of

ozone

> and actively push their minions in the US (AMA, FDA) to continue the

> suppression. They are losing the battle, however, as more and more states

> pass freedom of health laws, allowing their physicians to use any modality

> they choose.

>

> Of course, self-treatment at home is legal everywhere, and does not come

> under the control of FDA, as long as you are not using a contraband

> substance. And most definitely, ozone machines are not contraband. There

are

> dozens of US manufacturers who are not bothered by FDA. And we ship ozone

> generators into the US daily.

>

>

> Best of Health!

> Dr. Saul Pressman, DCh

>

> URL: http://www.plasmafire.com

> email: saul@...

>

> " The problems of today cannot be solved using the same thinking that

created

> them " . - Einstein