Fasting for Health: A Complete Guide on How, When and Why to Use the Fasting Cure
book · 1923
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SUMMARY
Macfadden's 1923 popular manual of 'the fasting cure' (Macfadden Publications, New York), held by the Library of Congress (LCCN 23011486, call number RM226 .M3). The subtitle, 'a complete guide on how, when and why to use the fasting cure,' states the therapeutic claim directly: fasting is presented as a cure to be applied to illness. The Library records the volume as public domain ('in the public domain and free to use and reuse'). Cited as the primary statement of the fasting-cure doctrine in the promoter's own words; it is a how-to manual, not a controlled study.
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Macfadden’s 1923 manual, issued by his own Macfadden Publications and held by the Library of Congress (LCCN 23011486), sets out “the fasting cure” as a therapeutic system: when, how, and why to apply fasting to disease. The subtitle frames fasting not as a dietary practice but as a cure to be used. The archive cites it as the primary statement of the fasting-cure doctrine, the core therapeutic claim of Macfadden’s drugless physical culture, in the promoter’s own words. The Library of Congress records the book as public domain. It is a popular how-to manual resting on Macfadden’s authority and testimony, not on measured disease outcomes.