METHUSELAH ARCHIVE LINEAGE / PURIFICATION
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Purification

Remove the retained waste, obstruction, or impurity said to cause chronic disease and premature aging.
span:1806–1943
cases:12
status:historical
THE THREAD
1806–1843 Thomsonian Botanic System thomson-botanic-system-1806-1843 1826–1851 The cold-water cure (Gräfenberg hydropathy) priessnitz-hydrotherapy-1826-1851 1827–1834 St John Long's Corrosive Liniment and Inhalation st-john-long-liniment-1827-1834 1876–1943 Biologic living (the Battle Creek Idea) kellogg-battle-creek-1876-1943 1883–1901 The Kuhne friction sitz bath and 'New Science of Healing' kuhne-friction-sitz-bath-1883-1901 1887–1913 Wm. Radam's Microbe Killer radam-microbe-killer-1887-1913 1888–1905 Lahmann's Physiatric Regimen (dietetic blood-dyscrasia cure) lahmann-physiatric-sanatorium-1888-1905 1894–1920 J.B.L. ('Joy, Beauty, Life') Cascade internal bath tyrrell-jbl-cascade-1894-1920 1907–1916 Soured-milk ('Bulgarian bacillus') longevity therapy metchnikoff-bulgarian-yogurt-1907-1916 1908–1935 The Hazzard Fasting Cure hazzard-fasting-cure-1908-1935 1920–1940 The Hay System (food combining / 'food separation') hay-food-combining-1920-1940 1925–1940 The Brandt Grape Cure brandt-grape-cure-1925-1940
THROUGH-LINE

Water cures, fasting, bowel systems, dietary rules, and universal cleansers repeatedly frame health as purification, monetizing a broad causal theory whose claimed systemic benefits exceed the evidence.

Remove the retained waste, obstruction, or impurity said to cause chronic disease and premature aging. The member timeline and evidence ledgers below show where the comparison is documented and where present continuity is established. Historical outcomes frame the recurring question; they do not determine the evidence verdict for a current member.

CASES IN THIS LINEAGE
  1. Thomsonian Botanic System (1806–1843)
  2. The cold-water cure (Gräfenberg hydropathy) (1826–1851)
  3. St John Long's Corrosive Liniment and Inhalation (1827–1834)
  4. Biologic living (the Battle Creek Idea) (1876–1943)
  5. The Kuhne friction sitz bath and 'New Science of Healing' (1883–1901)
  6. Wm. Radam's Microbe Killer (1887–1913)
  7. Lahmann's Physiatric Regimen (dietetic blood-dyscrasia cure) (1888–1905)
  8. J.B.L. ('Joy, Beauty, Life') Cascade internal bath (1894–1920)
  9. Soured-milk ('Bulgarian bacillus') longevity therapy (1907–1916)
  10. The Hazzard Fasting Cure (1908–1935)
  11. The Hay System (food combining / 'food separation') (1920–1940)
  12. The Brandt Grape Cure (1925–1940)
EDGE EVIDENCE

Thomsonian Botanic System

  1. The Toadstool Millionaires: A Social History of Patent Medicines in America before Federal Regulation (chapter 4, Samuel Thomson) (1961)

The cold-water cure (Gräfenberg hydropathy)

  1. Hydropathy; or, The Cold Water Cure, as practised by Vincent Priessnitz, at Graefenberg, Silesia, Austria (1842)
  2. [Vincent Priessnitz and the Vienna Medical School] (1991)

St John Long's Corrosive Liniment and Inhalation

  1. John St John Long (The Complete Newgate Calendar, Vol. 3) (1926)

Biologic living (the Battle Creek Idea)

  1. Autointoxication and historical precursors of the microbiome-gut-brain axis (2018)

The Kuhne friction sitz bath and 'New Science of Healing'

  1. The New Science of Healing (Die neue Heilwissenschaft) (1901)
  2. Civilisation and the colon: constipation as the "disease of diseases" (2000)

Wm. Radam's Microbe Killer

  1. Microbes and the Microbe Killer (1890)

Lahmann's Physiatric Regimen (dietetic blood-dyscrasia cure)

  1. Die diätetische Blutentmischung (Dysämie) als Grundursache der Krankheiten: Ein Beitrag zur Lehre von der Krankheitsanlage und Krankheitsverhütung (1891)

J.B.L. ('Joy, Beauty, Life') Cascade internal bath

  1. The Royal Road to Health, or, The Secret of Health Without Drugs (1894)

Soured-milk ('Bulgarian bacillus') longevity therapy

  1. Intestinal microbiota, probiotics and mental health: from Metchnikoff to modern advances: Part I - autointoxication revisited (2013)

The Hazzard Fasting Cure

  1. Fasting for the Cure of Disease (1908)

The Hay System (food combining / 'food separation')

  1. A New Health Era (1935)

The Brandt Grape Cure

  1. The Grape Cure (2001)
FRAMING SOURCES
  1. John St John Long (The Complete Newgate Calendar, Vol. 3) (1926)
  2. [Vincent Priessnitz and the Vienna Medical School] (1991)
  3. Civilisation and the colon: constipation as the "disease of diseases" (2000)
  4. Autointoxication and historical precursors of the microbiome-gut-brain axis (2018)
  5. Intestinal microbiota, probiotics and mental health: from Metchnikoff to modern advances: Part I - autointoxication revisited (2013)
  6. The Toadstool Millionaires: A Social History of Patent Medicines in America before Federal Regulation (chapter 4, Samuel Thomson) (1961)