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GRESHAM, OREG., April 16, 1980.
Hon. CLAUDE PEPPER,
House Select Committee on Aging,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR SIR: In March, Dr. Jacob from University of Oregon was on 60 Minutes on
T.V. to talk about D.M.S.O. I was very much interested as he had been giving it to
me since January for osteoarthritis.
It is definitely helping people. They come from New Jersey, Tx. Wash. and seek
help. This is a research project that Dr. Jacob is dedicated to. To see the people
standing in the halls waiting for to see him would make you realize how dedicated a
man he is.
Your name was mentioned in the paper after the T.V. talk. And I remember you
well as we were living in Jax., Fla. then, and Jim Wilson, quadruple amputee and
my daughter were married there in 1950. Jim spoke so highly of you at that time.
I only wish the Government or American Medical Assn. would approve of this
medicine. Arthritis can hit anyone and so this will help all and not just a select few.
I can vouch for this. It's cheap, no after affects. To grow old we all must do, and, so
to grow old and not fall apart at the seams, we oldsters are asking for help.
Thanking you, I am
Mrs. W. L. SHARPE.
SELAH, WASH., April 16, 1980.
Hon. CLAUDE PEPPER,
House Office Building,
Washington, D.C.
We are writing to you and asking you to please push for the procedure it will take
to make DMSO legal in all States as well as in our State of Washington. We have
known of the relief it can give for pain in arthritis for over 30 years. Also, we are
witnessing the recovery of the paralyzed body of Mike Taylor of Edmonds, Wash. He
is the son of my brother Lyle G. Taylor. I get great relief of pain with DMSO for
insect stings which is great for me; as I am so allergic to so many things. We are
praying for the release of this drug for all human beings.
Sincerely,
EDITH T. and JIM W. JOHNSTON.
FALLS CITY, OKLA., April 16, 1980.
DEAR HON. CLAUDE PEPPER: Please vote yes on bill H.R. 5851. I understand this
bill would allow emergency vehicles to carry and use DMSO. I am in a wheelchair
after a logging accident, and believe I wouldn't be if the paramedics could of used it
on me then. Using it topically at home the last three weeks has proven to me it
works. My left leg has shown muscle return and I can lift it three to four inches.
The doctors said my legs would be paralyzed for the rest of my life. So please vote
yes. Thank you.
Sincerely,
CHARLES J. GROSS.
PUEBLO, COLO., April 16, 1980.
DEAR REPRESENTATIVE PEPPER: (I) myself became interested in 1969 when I was
becoming concerned about certain symptoms which were finally developing from a
broken neck in 1937. (I damaged the fifth cervical, and the fourth and sixth
cervicals were also involved).
I flew to Portland, Oregon where I met Dr. Jacob who provided me with DMSO,
and I commenced taking it at once. The symptoms and pain were substantially
alleviated the first time I took DMSO. I have continued to take DMSO over that
period of approximately 11 years—and I have used it for everything from burns to
gum trouble.
Moreover, I have personally witnessed what it has done for myriad others in cases
of arthritis (although it does not help everyone with this affliction); cuts and
bruises; sprains and strains; muscular degeneration; burns; and I am sure that I am
forgetting a number of other afflictions dramatically helped by DMSO during the
last decade.
(It has been extremely frustrating that the efforts of thousands of people-even
with a sweet tiger like Stanley Jacob spearheading the attack-that the FDA won't
