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Lela M. Weaver

10605 Jackson Ave.

South Gate, Calif. 90280
February 22, 1971

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
Stanford University
Stanford, California

Dear Dr. Lederberg:

there are many causes of cancer but they all revert to
alterations in body chemistry. Just as the crown gall disease of the
plant is the result of the poisons injected by the sting of an
insect, so the cancer in the human body may well ve caused by the
accumulation of poisons resulting from the use of alcohol and drugs
being studied as a possible cause of cancer.

the natural body possesses preventive and curative powers
unequaled by anything that can ever be formulated in the science of
medicine. A body saturated with alcohol or drugs is not capable of
assimilating the proper nutrients required for the growth of the cell
and therefor impairs all bodily functions, including that of the
glandular system.

It is a disgrace to the inteligence of the human race that
alcohol, nicotine, caffein and other drugs have gotten such a hold
on the life of man, for with their increasing use there has been a
steady increase in cancer, heart and mental conditions, as well as
other disease. hese things are being taken too much for granted and
are standing in the way of progress. Perhaps the technical or
scientific proof may never be found because of all the complications
involved, but the evidence is so great that it should not be necessary
to spend valuable time and money in further research along this line.
Doctors do not treat these conditions day after day without arriving
at conclusions as to the reason for their being.

Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood, early
in the 17th century, should have kindled the spark which would have
enlightened the world as to the importance of the chemical balance
and constituents of this life giving agent. It is incredible that so
little has been accomplished along this line since that time.

Scientists of the past have agreed that when the causes of
cancer were found that no doubt it would prove to be something so
simple that they would wonder how it had been so overlooked. A new
approach is needed and the elimination of the factors that are
responsible for the alterations in the body chemistry would be well
worth the try. Good nutrition with plenty of water, fresh air and
sunshine can be the cure as well as the preventive. ijhen this
correlation is recognized and applied as eventually it will be, then
progress such as the world has never known will be made in conquering
all of the ills of mankind, be they genetic, embryonic, hormonal or
otherwise.

Sincerely yours ,

Lela M. Weaver