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SPRING, TEX., April 21, 1980.
M. MARA BLAT,
c/o The Star, New York, NY.
DEAR MARA: Just completed reading your Article on Arthritis wherein Dr. Stan-
ley Jacob of Oregon tells part of his story on the fight to get DMSO_legalized.
I too have a great interest in the fight to get DMSO approved. You see DMSO can
be mixed with so many other drugs to enhance their effectiveness because it carries
it thru the skin and flesh so easily. In my particular case DMSO was mixed with a
Dye called Haematoxylon, another cheap byproduct of wood, and injected into my
veins diluted with regular 5 percent dextrose water every other day. Also I drank it
every morning before breakfast. It Cured my Lympho Sarcoma Cancer in less than
eighteen months.
For what its worth I would like to tell you my story if I might indulge a little of
your time. In April 1974 I realized Hemorrhaging Blood was a bad sign and went to
see my Exxon Company Doctor, C. Hunter Montgomery. Upon examination he
found I had the worst kind of Cancer in the Colon. We decided on and made
arrangements with one Dr. Wade Harris at the Herman Prof. Bldg in Houston. My
wife called Dr. Tucker and implored him to treat me. He advised to let Dr. Harris
take out as much as possible and we would talk later. In less than a week of Xrays
and preparation Dr. Wade Harris removed appx thirteen inches of my Colon and its
spread to the Lymph Nodes, cutting as far as possible. He advised I take Chemo-
therapy for it was only a matter of a few months it would occur somewhere else. He
also said his wife was just a month ahead of me with the same identical condition.
Well I thanked him and went home Saturday morning. Then the next Monday
morning my wife and I called on Dr. Tucker and after a lot of hard persuasion he
agreed to give me his treatment on an experimental basis. A dying man can make a
pretty good argument to keep on living.
Within six weeks Dr. Harris's wife was dead from taking chemotherapy and I was
back at work downtown Houston at the Exxon Building and taking treatments
every other day at the Doctor's office. No nausea or any of the symptoms usually
accompanied with chemotherapy. I also drank appx. 3/4 cc of the Haematoxylon—
DMSO mixed with appx 2 oz. of 5 percent dextrose water before breakfast every
morning. After appx eighteen months my CEA tests were far below normal and Dr.
Tucker dismissed me as cured, but I was to come by for a check up every thirty
days. Now we make a check every three or four months and it is always below
normal. The Doctors batting average was now running above 85 percent cure.
While I had been taking treatments from Dr. Tucker I met many of his patients
who came by for check ups that he had cured. You can imagine how excited I
became over this treatment. I wanted to do something so everybody with cancer
could get this drug. I preached it to my friends and acquaintenances but alas when
one would mention it to their personal physicians, they wouldn't touch it, especially
if it wasn't approved for general use, the hospitals would not let them use it even if
they wanted to. I started writing to Congressmen, would get a Thank You letter
with a Rubber Stamp signature. Even when Hubert Humphrey was dying I wrote
him a letter, but back came another Thank You with Hubert's rubber stamp
signature.
Next I wrote Jimmy Carter, thinking someone in the White House might see the
political possibilities and pass it on to him. But no, it was side tracked over to the
FDA. Excitement, the answer did have a real signature, "Harold Davis" Bureau of
Drugs (HFD-35). It was the nice Thank You for concern but we have to protect the
people from quackery etc. He even sent me a brochure by Dr's Tucker and A.
Carrizo, the same as I am enclosing for you that Dr. Tucker gave me.
Then first part of March 1978 a group of Doctors from New York City called and
wanted Dr. Tucker to come and bring his medicine and show them how to use etc.
Dr. Tucker called me and asked if I would accompany him and tell my story, to
which I replied, "Anytime, anywhere to further our cause."
Before getting off the ground Dr. Tucker received a call from Dr. Pani, HEW
Rockville, Md. to please come by there on way to New York and bring him up to
date. Dr. Tucker had numerous records of cures, X-rays and slides to show, and
when they came to my Record, Dr. Pani asked "How long did this one last, three
months?" Dr. Tucker replied "He is sitting down in the lobby." Dr. Pani said "I
want to see this dead man." They came down and I told my story. Then Dr. Pani
said we would be hearing from him soon. He also mentioned being in contact with
Dr. Jacob of Oregon, that he was monitoring use of DMSO. About one week later
was when the DMSO was approved for certain ailments of the bladder etc. Use of
the Haematoxylon was not approved.
The doctor and I went on to New York. We met several doctors doing cancer
research, we showed the X-rays, slides etc. We then flew back to Houston with our
