Nitric oxide is a highly reactive toxic gas — a potent free radical. Its enthusiasts tend to forget the free radical part. Nitric oxide is created by excess oxygen combined with excess heat — just like in a motor vehicle or power plant. Getting hit by lightning is a good source (*wink w... Read More

Many masochists favor dentists for "focal suicides," teeth being the offending organs. David Lester ("The Cultural Meaning of Suicide: What Does This Mean?," Suicide and Culture: Understanding the Context, 2013) wrote ... "Menninger (1938) classified behaviors such as alcoholism, drug abuse, a... Read More

Focal infection wackadoos don't just want to surgically remove your teeth. They're after your tonsils and appendix too. Surgeons were even more aggressive a hundred years ago, removing "foci of infection" such as lymph nodes, gall bladder, pelvic organs (uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes), sect... Read More

Frank Billings, M.D. (Focal Infection: The Lane Medical Lectures, 1918) wrote ... "Deplorable as the loss of teeth may be, that misfortune is justified if it necessary to obliterate the infectious focus which is a continued menace to general health." The actual menace is global, not focal — ... Read More

An early proponent of focal infection was William Hunter, M.D., who focused on (pardon the pun) oral sepsis. Chicago physician Frank Billings really got the ball rolling, aggressively extracting teeth and tonsils. But even Dr. Billings admitted exceptions to the rule. Frank Billings, M.D. (... Read More