[Bracebridge Examiner's Editor's Note:
The following is a testimonial given to Ren'e9 Caisse by Mrs Annie Bonner, Toronto].
Dear Miss Caisse,
It is with much pleasure that I give you herewith, particulars of the history of my case.
It was in December 1935 that I was rushed to St Michael's Hospital here in Toronto by Dr Stanley, who examined me. After having a section of growth removed for examination, the doctor told my husband that it was definitely cancer. He told him also that it was inoperable as the cancer had already spread to other internal organs. I suffered agonies for ten days with radium needles and spent altogether nine weeks in the hospital."
"After four weeks rest I started taking x-ray treatments. These were administered each day and sometimes twice a day for a year, except for occasional periods of rest when I was too badly burned to continue. By this time the x-ray treatments spread the growth up the right side of my body, to the right shoulder. At this time the doctor suggested removing the right arm from the shoulder. Needless to say I was feeling very ill and was unable to rise from my bed or even a chair without help. My weight had gone down from 120 lbs to 90 lbs, and I had no appetite whatever."
"About this time a friend told us of your work at Bracebridge, and as the doctors could do nothing for me when I refused to have the arm amputated, we decided to try your treatments. You will remember how my arm was black and swollen to more than twice its normal size and I could not bear to have anything touch it. I was so weak that I had to lie down in the back of the car during the first few trips back and forth to Bracebridge."
"But after a few treatments I began to feel much better. The swelling gradually went down in the arm and my appetite improved. In the summer of 1937, Dr Leonardo, Chief Coroner for Rochester, N.Y., who saw my condition said that my arm was dead and would never move again. But thanks to Essiac my arm is normal. After about 60 treatments I underwent a series of x-ray examinations and am delighted to say that no sign of the growth appeared whatever."
" I am feeling quite well and able to do all my own house- work. I thank God for having spared me, and sincerely hope that you may be able to carry on this work and eventually be able to make your treatments available to all cancer sufferers. "
Yours sincerely,
Mrs Annie Bonner.
In spite of all the evidence like this, and the fact that many people witnessed Mrs Bonner's improvement and recovery under my treatment, the Royal Cancer Commission had listed this number "Recovery due to radiation."
Another case I can illustrate as cured by Essiac is Mr Walter Hampson at Utterson, Ontario, who had cancer of the lip.
Dr A F Bastado took a section of this for analysis and after receiving the pathologists report, urged Mr Hampson to go at once to have radium treatment. He had no time to lose because he had squamous carcinoma of the lip.
He refused to have radium and came for Essiac treatments and gave me the following report:
Mr Walter Hampson,
Utterson, Ontario,
age 34.
Dr Ainslie, Pathologist.
Diagnosis: Squamous Carcinoma of the lip.
Microscopic report: Sections through the tissue showed marked inflammation and thickening of the surface layers of the epithelium and underlying stroma. The epithelium also shows the basal layer irregular and spreading out in the underlying tissue in a manner suggestive of early malignancy.
Although the lesion is largely inflammatory it is impossible to rule out malignancy owing to the hyperplastic character of the squamous epithelium.
The gross specimen of a small portion of whitish grey tissue, measuring 4x5x3 this is firm and fibrous in character and shows small areas of haemorrhage."
Signed
T E Ainslie
Pathologist.
I cured Mr Hampson and he went before the Royal Cancer Commission on July 4th 1939 with other patients. In spite of the fact that he never had an operation, other than having a small nodule removed for analysis, this case is listed in the Report as recovery due to surgery - listed as case number #34. Mr Hampson is still living and has had no recurrence as of 1962.
Many of my cases were disposed of in like manner. I am thankful that there were two cases they could not dispute and which they credited me with curing, which is more than any other treatment had to its credit. Every patient who went before the Commission claimed to have been benefited or cured by my treatment.
