
- 272 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This is the story of Rene M. Caisse of Bracebridge, Canada and describes her extraordinary perseverance to obtain official recognition of her herbal cancer remedy she called Essiac, her name spelled backwards. Rene Caisse was thrust into a life-long medical-legal-political controversy that still persists since her death in 1978. Rene wrestled with the Hepburn government of Ontario over the operation of her Bracebridge cancer clinic during 1935 to 1941 and her use of Essiac. She refused to reveal her secret formula and legislation demanding the recipe forced the closing of her clinic. The government was embroiled in the dilemma of ensuring their public favour and appeasing cancer patients. This documented research presents a biography of a remarkable woman and her struggle to help "suffering humanity."
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword by J. Patrick Boyer
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: A Nurse Debuts
- Chapter 2: Quite a Capable Nurse
- Chapter 3: Essiac Is Developed
- Chapter 4: Clinic of Hope
- Chapter 5: Dr. Banting and Cancer Research
- Chapter 6: U.S. & Canadian Medical Interest
- Chapter 7: U.S. & Provincial Recognition
- Chapter 8: Legislation for Cancer Remedies
- Chapter 9: The Cancer Remedy Act
- Chapter 10: Clinic Under Close Scrutiny
- Chapter 11: Cancer Commission Hearings
- Chapter 12: Commission Admits Essiac Success
- Chapter 13: Clinic Closes — Was It to Be?
- Chapter 14: An Active Retirement
- Chapter 15: Essiac Story Sparks National Interest
- Chapter 16: Resperin Gains Essiac
- Chapter 17: Essiac in U.S. Court and Rene Dies
- Chapter 18: Essiac Continues
- Chapter 19: Rene Caisse Remembered
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Index