METHUSELAH ARCHIVE LINEAGE / PURIFICATION
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Purification

A historical comparison of remedies that attributed chronic disease or premature aging to retained waste, obstruction, or impurity.
span:1806–present
cases:13
status:open · continuing branches
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 1928–present Gerson Therapy CONTINUING gerson-therapy-1928-present
THROUGH-LINE

Historical members used water cures, fasting, bowel systems, dietary rules, and universal cleansers within a recurring purification theory. Any present member's operation and evidence status remain confined to that member's Case and sources.

The historical record contains remedies that attributed chronic disease or premature aging to retained waste, obstruction, or impurity. This page groups source-backed comparison edges for navigation. Any present member’s operation and evidence status are stated only in that member’s Case and attached sources; historical outcomes do not transfer.

At least one member intervention continues, but this thread does not assert a representative present endpoint.

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)
  13. Gerson Therapy (1928–present) · CONTINUING
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)

Gerson Therapy

  1. Gerson Therapy (PDQ): Health Professional Version (2016)
  2. Gerson Regimen (2023)
current continuity: Licensed Gerson Clinics, Gerson therapy
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)
  7. Gerson Therapy (PDQ): Health Professional Version (2016)