Prologue

PROLOGUE

In 1600 Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno was burned at the
stake for promoting the astronomy theory of Polish
mathematician and astronomer Nicolas Copernicus. His theory
that the earth rotated on its axis and traveled around the sun
defied the accepted Ptolemaic theory that had been the core of
western astronomy for 1,500 years; the earth was stationary and
was the center of the universe. Bruno was brought to the stake
wearing an iron gag with an iron spike driven through his
tongue, lest he speak any last words.
Thirty-four years after Bruno’s execution, Galileo Galilie was
also brought to papal trial in Rome. Under threat of torture and
death he was forced to renounce all belief in Copernican theory.
He fared better than Bruno. He was placed under house arrest
and imprisoned within his home for the remainder of his life.
Galileo, a profound genius, was then not allowed to publish or
teach because his scientific studies of the solar system did not
support the beliefs that helped maintain the established power
structure.
Whenever the accepted beliefs are challenged, people who
have power will fight the change. Figuratively speaking, people
with power see themselves as the center of the universe. The
western medical model revolves around the pharmaceutical
industry. The medical system that has overtaken most of the
world is drug-centered therefore the pharmaceutical industry is
the center of the medical universe. Healthcare providers are
trained to believe in this view of the medical universe and are
continuously reminded to give allegiance to the drug industry.
Anyone opposing the established drug-centered medical
universe is pronounced a heretic and burned at the media stake.
This book is the equivalent of Copernican theory. It was written
to help save lives by reminding you to not give blind and deaf
allegiance to those who hold the power in the medical universe.
You have the ultimate power to make your own healthcare
choices.