In the nervous system the term denotes an overgrowth of connective tissue *hyperplasia of connective tissue+ in the nerve tissue. It has special reference to hardening of a part due to inflammation. In cases watched and controlled, results of fasting can be established. In a few cases it works out( generally they fail. 'fter having made a certain amount of initial improvement they e"pect to take charge and they feel they can carry on, from that point, as well as their professional adviser. hey are often unwilling to go on to full health, and are convinced they can take care of themselves.
&any patients seem to be satisfied to stop their efforts in recovering health when they have been freed of their most annoying symptoms. his is often a wrong position to take, especially with a condition like multiple sclerosis, but it is a mistake that the sick fre%uently make. #ut he had made such great improvement that he felt $ustified in returning home and getting back to work. It is too much to e"pect a full recovery in such a short time. !e was not a well man at the end of seven weeks. hey were telling him the truth, yet after seven weeks in a !ygienic institution, he walked out under his own power, returned home and resumed his professional activities. hey had frankly told him that they had no cure for multiple sclerosis.
For a few years he had been under the care of several of the best neurologists of the East and, as they had warned him at the outset, had grown progressively worse. I recall a case of an optometrist whose condition became so bad that he had to give up his work and turn his office over to someone else.
Yet there may be some basic causes already known in terms of diet and activities of the individual and even possible avenues of recovery in the fast. Widespread fund-raising campaigns to fight the crippling effects of this disease, and to perform research into its cause and treatment, have made multiple sclerosis familiar to the public.
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