Olive M. Binninger invites you to the formal opening of the John F. Class Health Institution, June 17, 1930.

  Healing and helping others is a big part of my family's legacy.  My mother is Myrna J Binninger (White), her grandmother, Olive, opened a healing center after her husband died.  My grandfather, Clifford (Kip) Binninger worked there as a masseur in the 1930's. Here is how the article was presented in the Telegraph Herald at the time.
Great grandma Olive, this is for you, for all time, Love Joanne.


                               The Formal Opening of the John F. Class Health Institution
                                 1364 White Street, Tuesday June 17, 1930, Dubuque, Iowa

  In the effort to work out my own salvation I discovered and designed the John F. Class Health System.  Now, at the age of seventy, I am as hale and vigorous as the average man in his thirty's-this too, despite the fact that my case was pronounced hopeless a score of years ago.
  Filled with gratitude for what Health Fumes did for myself, I determined to give humanity the benefits of this wonderful achievement.  Today institutions for the application of my discovery dot the country.  It gives me great pleasure and satisfaction to announce the opening of the health Institution in this city under the capable direction of Mrs. Olive M. Binninger.
  I invite you to attend the opening of the John F. Class health Institution at 1364 White Street-
Dubuque, Iowa, Reception from 9A.M.-5 P.M.

  The new John F. Class Health Institution is now ready for service.  I urge you to attend the opening.  In order that visitors may inspect all parts of the institution and examine equipment, no treatments will be given on the opening day.  In this Institution will be practiced the same methods which the more than two hundred John F. Class Institutions of the United States and Canada.  The opening affords you a splendid opportunity to learn about the principles of the John F. Class Health System and to see how the treatments are given.  Be sure to visit the institution on the opening day.

                                          New Way to Health Without Drugs or Dieting
  Are you worried about your health?  Are you actually suffering with a disease which is causing you untold misery?  If so, the opening of the John F. Class health Institution in this city is vitally important to you.  It offers to you the benefits of a remarkable discovery which has brought renewed health and vitality to those who at one time regarded their afflictions as incurable.  This Health System employs no drugs and no medicine, but relies on Nature's own healing and rejuvenating powers for its astonishing effectiveness.  Read the amazing facts presented here.

A Health Resort at Your Door
  There is nothing mysterious about the John F. Class System.  The principle treatment consists of enveloping the body in the fumes of scientifically compounded minerals and oils.  The fumes are applied at temperatures several degrees lower than blood heat, so there is none of the weakening effects of hot vapors, liquids, or adhesives. 
  The fumes drive out toxins from the body through the pores of the skin and counteract infections which may be present.  Thus the John F. Class Health System goes to the very root of disease.
  The functions of the John F. Class System are approximated in the famous health resorts where curative waters, vapors, and mineralized alluvial deposits are provided by Nature.  The benefits of health resorts-and much more- can be found at the local John F. Class Institution without spending time and money for travel.

Many Distressing Ailments Yield to Health Fume
  By driving out toxins and by toning up the entire system, the John F. Class Health System assists the body in performing its natural functions.  This is especially effective in the treatment of ailments affecting the muscles, joints and respiratory tracts: for example. arthritis, rheumatism, lumbago, neuritis, sciatica, colds, asthma, catarrh, bronchitis and hayfever. 
  Frequently the elimination of toxins and infections by means of Class Health treatments has brought relief from diseases so serious that they had been pronounced incurable.   Anyone interested can examine letters from patrons in which the John F. Class Health System is credited with giving prompt and permanent relief from Bright's disease, dropsy, diabetes, eczema, malaria, gall stones, kidney trouble, ulcers of the stomach, high blood pressure, and other afflictions too numerous to mention.

A Pleasant Way to Keep Fit
  Only in rare cases does sickness strike without warning.  There are almost always preliminary signals of approaching physical trouble.  Some of these are as follows:  Headaches, vague pains in various parts of the body, nervousness, skin eruptions, insomnia, abnormal drowsiness, susceptibility to cold, indigestion, foul breath, depression, irritability.  Often these symptoms cause worry and inconvenience for months or years before serious illness occurs. 
  If you followed a strenuous program of dieting and exercise with plenty of outdoor sunshine and fresh air, or if you lived like a primitive man as Nature intended, you could perhaps keep your body in perfect condition or even put it back into good shape after things started to go wrong.  But, the pleasant, easy, practical, and inexpensive way to retain or regain your health is to have a John F. Class Health treatment once in a while.  This drives out the accumulate poisons, purifies the blood, tunes up the organs, and produces a general feeling of exhilaration and well-being.  It fills you with renewed energy and ambition.  it makes the world look brighter and enables you to achieve greater success in your social and business activities.  The little you spend for an occasional John F. Class Health treatment will be repaid hundreds of times over in renewed vitality and happiness.

Learn the Astonishing Facts About Health Fumes
  We urge you to attend the opening of our institution.  Get the facts about his wonderful system of preventing and overcoming disease.  See just how the treatments are given.  Take home literature
which tells about the restoration of health and strength to those who were pronounced hopeless.
Find out how little it costs to keep well or to get well by the John F. Class Health System method.
  You owe it to yourself and friends to understand what the John F. Class Health System is and what it does.  Learn the truth at first.  The formal opening gives you the chance to do so.  Be sure to take advantage of it.  Consider this a personal invitation to be present.
  Come to the opening of our Institution and learn about both the institutional and home treatments.  The information will prove of priceless value to you.  I give you my personal invitation to accept the hospitality of our new Health Headquarters on the opening day.

Mrs. Olive M. Binninger, Director, John F. Class health Institution, Dubuque, Iowa.

A Few of the Many Grateful Tributes to the John F. Class Health Fume System

Rheumatism-I suffered for eight months with sciatic rheumatism and tried everything I could think of for relief.  I  was taken to your institution on a stretcher and carried into your office.  I had not walked a step in seven weeks.  It was a great surprise to my relatives and friends to see the benefit I received
in a short time.  In one week I was walking and in three weeks I was well.  Mrs. H. E. Rodgers, Lacona, Iowa.

Arthritis-When I was brought to your Institution I had not walked a step in two months.  I was nearly helpless.  I had suffered for eight years with arthritis, gradually growing worse all the time.  I had tried all kinds of treatments and was about to give up when I heard of your system.  After taking the treatments for six months I could walk with crutches and a little later I was able to throw them away.  I am now perfectly well.  My friends and relatives were more than surprised to see me walking again as physicians thought I would never be able to.  I will send others to you. Greta Rittgers, Marion, Iowa.

Kidney Trouble-A year ago while suffering from an acute attack of kidney trouble I started taking your wonderful mineral fume baths and felt greatly relieved after the first six treatments.  I continued taking the treatments for two months and was completely cured of my ailment.  I am now enjoying good health and it is indeed a pleasure to recommend Health Fumes.  Ella C. Mastorson, San Francisco, Cal.

High Blood Pressure-I have suffered for high blood pressure for over a year.  The pressure was over two hundred and twenty-five.  I was in the hospital for a long time and no one thought I would live.  At last I went to the John F. Class Fume Institution and took about thirty treatments.  Now I am entirely well, and working every day. Gilbert B. Conner, Jackson, Mich.

Neuritis-A friend recommended that I try the John F. Class Health Fume System for neuritis, with which I had been suffering for fifteen years and I am certainly grateful to say that it has cured me after taking eighteen treatments.  My husband was also cured of high blood pressure.  We cannot thank you enough.



 

Keepers of the Secrets, Keepers of the Sacred Tales

Midwifery...
It was referred to as "A Calling"
We didn't just get a job, we had...
A Calling.
It was one's LIFE WORK.
What one was put on this earth for...
one's PURPOSE...
a JOB?
This was SACRED DUTY
Education was non-traditional.
Learning came from moms, dads and babies.
We are the Keepers of Secrets,
Keepers of the Sacred Tales,
The Sacred Stories
Some given to be shared
Some given to be held...
the sheer weight of the tale
needing more than one
to  bear the burden,
to simply help to carry it into eternity.

Birth is a passage to womanhood
to Motherhood
to self discovery,
Through giving birth one comes face to face
with one's strengths and weaknesses
of character
as well as one's strengths and weaknesses.
One is introduced to new depths and heights
in preparation for what comes next.
The rest of the journey.
Embrace the journey,
The passage to motherhood.
Savor the moments
Fleeting and bittersweet.
Reap the wisdom and knowledge
that comes from giving birth
unencumbered with fear.
Rejoice in the miracle!
Since the beginning of time
Women have birthed in a sacred way.
NOW IS THE SACRED WAY...

Candida Albicans

Candida albicans is considered an opportunistic infection.  When the immune system is compromised due to illness, poor nutrition, excess intake of refined sugars and simple carbohydrates, or overuse of medications such as antibiotics, yeast growth can proliferate causing many symptoms of illness.
Yeast metabolizes sugar and creates ethanol, acetaldehyde and carbon dioxide as byproducts.  These alcohols cause free radical damage which leads to fermentation in the tissues, which encourages more yeast proliferation.  Yeast causes sugar cravings, which means the yeast calls for what it needs to survive, and does not take well to efforts to eradicate it. The alcohol produced causes foggy thinking, depression, PMS symptoms, poor memory, and many metabolic disturbances.
 Candida can manifest as many symptoms that may seem unrelated, therefore it is sometimes difficult to determine if candida is the problem.  Symptoms often go unrecognized.  Candida releases toxins that interfere with the correct functioning of the endocrine system, affecting the thyroid and adrenal glands.  Candida may affect the digestive system with symptoms such as bloating, cramps, diarrhea, constipation and food allergies.  Symptoms of candida can also manifest on the skin as eczema, hives, acne, psoriasis and nail infections.
Candida thrives on sugar, which is in many forms.  Sweet fruits, sugars, honey and carbohydrates such as breads and crackers made with yeast, can accelerate the growth of candida.  Alcohol beverages such as beer and wine can exacerbate yeast overgrowth because their byproducts are the same.  Dairy products contain a high sugar content, though yogurt and kefir are beneficial due to the probiotics.  Pickled, fermented and mold-containing foods are best avoided during a candida cleanse.
Fermented foods contain yeasts or fungus. Cultured food contain beneficial bacteria.
Herbal Natural Options
Herbs that help to discourage candida include chamomile tea, pau d' arco tea, grapefruit seed extract, licorice root tea, black walnut tincture, garlic and caprylic acid among others. One to three months of one or more of the above herbals, three times a day, along with the reduction of sweets and carbohydrates, should give you a good start at reducing candida in your system.  Incorporating those  things on a daily basis and reducing sweet s and carbohydrate consumption will help to reduce yeast overgrowth and aid in achieving optimal health.
Some folks will do a candida cleanse once or twice a year, but it's best to incorporate a well-balanced diet with the reduction of sugar and simple carbohydrates, to re-establish and maintain a healthy inner terrain to minimize yeast growth.  Replace sweets and carbohydrates with complex carbohydrates, vegetables, especially green vegetables, and high quality, varied, nutrient dense foods, proteins and salads.
(This article is not intended to diagnose or prescribe. Any suggestions given are purely for educational purposes.  This information is not intended to replace the assistance of a physician or to discourage the seeking of appropriate medical care.)

The Dubious Science of Ultrasound

1940's Cure All-Ultrasonics were used in medicine as therapy utilizing it's heating and disruptive effects on animal tissues. Since the 1920's the destructive ability of high intensity ultrasound has been recognized.  Langevin noted destruction of a school of fishes on the sea upon exposure to ultrasound. He then placed his hand in a water tank with high intensity ultrasound, when his hand became painful he realized the potential for medicine, and ultrasound evolved to become a neuro-surgical tool.  In the 1940's William Fry at the University of Illinois and Russell Meyers at the University of Iowa performed craniotomies and used ultrasound to destroy parts of the brain (basal ganglia) in patients with Parkinsonism.  1964, Kisker, George W., The Disorganized Personality.

In 1954 the value of focused ultrasound as a psycho-surgical technique was first demonstrated.  "High frequency sound waves are directed into the brain and focused on particular areas, and lesions are created in a controlled way. The necessity for cutting into the brain is avoided completely.  Focused ultrasound makes it possible to create tissue changes in the subcortex ranging from minimal reversible lesions to larger areas of gross and irreversible damage." Lindstrom,P., Prefrontal Ultrasonic Radiation-A Substitute for Lobotomy, Arch. Neuro, Psychiatry, 1954.

Dr. Peter A. Lindstrom specialized in the use of ultrasound on the prefrontal area of the brain.
Prefrontal Sonic Treatment (PST), consisted of directing an ultrasound beam about 20 millimeters in diameter, through two or three small holes drilled in the skull on the prefrontal area, involving the white matter of the brain tissue. "This is not a true lobotomy procedure, since neither the surface of the brain nor the brain sheets are cut or punctured."  The operation is carried out in two stages, two days apart. As of 1964, Dr. Lindstrom had performed 550 psychosurgical operations via ultrasound.

Also note:  "The National Institute of Mental Health, the federal government agency charged with the guidance of diagnostic and therapeutic research in the field of mental health, categorically declares that psychosurgery is performed in the absence of direct evidence of existing structural disease or damage of the brain." This quote was from 1978, Samuel Chavkin, The Mind Stealers.