GERSON THERAPY
NATURAL HEALING CONVENTION
PROGRAM
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17 & 18, 1981

This is a recreation of the program page found on page 12
of the 1981 Volume 1 Number 1 Journal of the Gerson Institute
Links are to the available mp3 recordings of the participants.

The Library is grateful to Margaret Straus,
Dr. Max Gerson's granddaughter,
for making these recordings available! September 2025

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1981

8:45 Welcome & Opening Ceremonies
Charlotte Gerson and Norman Fritz

Transcript available as Tape #3 in
The Gerson Tapes Transcripts on the Audio page.

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8:50 From Death to Life - My Conscious Choice
Mary Lee Rork, Healed 'Incurable' Cancer Patient, Lecturer

Transcript available as Tape #3 in
The Gerson Tapes Transcripts on the Audio page.

Some additional information with Mary Lee is in the Tape 13 Transcript.

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9:05 Healing 'Incurables': The Gerson Therapy
Charlotte Gerson, Pres. Gerson Institute

Transcript available as Tape #3 in
The Gerson Tapes Transcripts on the Audio page.

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9:45 Presentation of 50 HEALED 'INCURABLES'
- 50 patients healed by the Gerson Therapy of diseases for
which the cure rate by orthodox treatment is 0%: each patient
has medical documents. The 50 Healed 'Incurables' will all be on
a multi-level stage; 4 different groups of the 50 will be presented
at each of 4 times on Saturday and Sunday.
Presentation by Charlotte Gerson

Transcript available as Tape #12 in
The Gerson Tapes Transcripts on the Audio page.

10:30 Intermission - Visit Exhibits

11:00 Sunlight Can Save Your Life
Zane Kime, M.D., author, photobiologist

Transcript available as Tape #8 in
The Gerson Tapes Transcripts on the Audio page.

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11:40 The Role of Diet in Physical and Mental Degeneration
James Winer, author; Education Coordinator and Instructor of
Hippocrates Health Institute

11:50 Trapped Blood Proteins, the Lymphatic System and Healing
C. Samuel West, N.D., Chemist, Lymphologist, Author
Pres., Dr. West Health Education Foundation

Transcript available as Tape #11 in
The Gerson Tapes Transcripts on the Audio page.

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12:30 Lunch Intermission - Visit Exhibits

2:00 My Life with Max Gerson and Meeting Albert Schweitzer
Howard Straus, grandson of Max Gerson

Transcript available as Tape #13 in
The Gerson Tapes Transcripts on the Audio page.

2:10 Presentation of More of the 50 'HEALED INCURABLES' - see
program for 9:45 AM Saturday October 17
Presented by Charlotte Gerson, Pres. of Gerson Institute and
Arturo Ortuno, M.D., Medical Director, La Gloria Hospital near
Tijuana, Mexico

Transcript available as Tape #13 in
The Gerson Tapes Transcripts on the Audio page.

2:55 How I Healed My Hopeless Melanoma
Jaquie Davison, Healed 'Incurable' author Cancer Winner

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3:10 Songs of Thanks and Praise
Yvonne Nienstadt, Healed 'Incurable' (asthma, cancer)

3:20 Gerson Institute Benefit Fund Raising
Conducted by the 50 HEALED 'INCURABLES'

3:30 Intermission - Visit Exhibits

4:00 Thyroid Therapy for Heart Disease, Diabetes, Hypoglycemia and
Other Diseases
Broda Barnes, M.D. author, Principal Developer of Thyroid
Therapy

Transcript available as Tape #9 in
The Gerson Tapes Transcripts on the Audio page.

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4:40 Diet and Cancer - The History of a 50 Year Cover-up
Peter Chowka, Investigative Journalist

Transcript available as Tape #2 in
The Gerson Tapes Transcripts on the Audio page.

5:10 My Experiences in Gerson Therapy Hospitals
Arturo Ortuno, M.D., Medical Director, La Gloria Hospital near
Tijuana, Mexico

5:25 Understanding Immunology and the Arthur Test
Lee Freel, Laboratory Research Scientist
The Arthur Test Laboratory, Chula Vista, California

5:40 Dinner Recess - Visit Exhibits

7:30 DMSO and the Treatment of Cancer
Bruce Halstead, M.D., Director, World Life Research Institute
Colton, California

8:10 My Observations of Patients on the Gerson Therapy
Arturo Rosas, M.D. Surgeon and Medical Director, Del Prado
Hospital, Tijuana, Mexico

8:15 The A.R.E. Clinic and the Edgar Cayce Readings
William McGarey, M.D., Medical Director of Association for
Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.) Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona

8:55 30 000 Laetrile Case Histories with Presentation of Recovered
Cancer Patients
Ernesto Contreras, M.D., Medical Director of Centro Medico
Del Mar, Playas de Tijuana, Mexico

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9:35 Visit Exhibits

10:10 Close

SUNDAY. OCTOBER 18, 1981
The 100th Anniversary Birthday of Max Gerson, M.D.

8:45 International Association of Cancer Victors and Friends

8:50 Cancer Control Society

8:55 Health on Wheels
Marilyn Merrill, Tour Director, Bus Trips to Mexican Clinics

9:00 Totopathy: Removing the Block to Recovery
Richard Barmakian, N.D., Doctor of Homeopathy and
Naturopathy

9:15 The Use of Healing Clays and Herbs
Neva Jensen, nutritional scientist. author, lecturer

Transcript available as Tape #9 in
The Gerson Tapes Transcripts on the Audio page.

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9:45 Physiological Mechanisms of Detoxification with the Gerson
Therapy
Curtis Hesse, M.D., Medical Administrator, La Gloria Hospital

10:00 More of the 50 HEALED 'INCURABLES'
- see program for 9:45 AM Saturday, Oct. 17
Presented by Charlotte Gerson

Transcript available as Tape #14 in
The Gerson Tapes Transcripts on the Audio page.

10:30 Intermission - Visit Exhibits

11:00 The Metabolic Treatment of Refractory Heart Failure and Angina
Pectoris
Demetrio Sodi-Pallares, M.D ., Author 293 publications, 11 books
Head Dept. of Electrocardiopathy, Natl. Institute of Cardiopathy,
Mexico City, Prof of Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine, Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (National University of
Mexico)
Past President of the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico
(equivalent of Mexican Medical Association)

Transcript available as Tape #7 in
The Gerson Tapes Transcripts on the Audio page.

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11:40 Eydie Mae - How I Conquered Cancer Naturally
Eydie Mae Hunsberger, recovered cancer patient, Author of
Eydie Mae

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11:55 New Methods for Induction of Immunity
Virginia Livingston-Wheeler, M.D., Medical Director, Livingston
Clinic
Author, immunologist, microbiologist

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12:35 Lunch Intermission - Visit Exhibits

2:00 The Gerson Therapy in England
Peggy Straus, granddaughter of Max Gerson, M.D.

Transcript available as Tape #10 in
The Gerson Tapes Transcripts on the Audio page.

2:10 Total Health from Conception through Active Old Age
Charlotte Gerson, Pres. Gerson Institute

Transcript available as Tape #10 in
The Gerson Tapes Transcripts on the Audio page.

2:50 More of the 50 HEALED 'INCURABLES'
- see program for 9:45 AM Saturday, Oct. 17
Presented by Charlotte Gerson and Curtis Hesse, M.D.

3:35 Gerson Institute Benefit Fund Raising
Conducted by the 50 HEALED 'INCURABLES'

3:45 Intermission - Visit Exhibits

4:15 Prevention and Treatment of Metabolic Disease
Joseph Nichols. M.D., Healed 'Incurable' Heart Patient, author
Chairman and Past President of Natural Food Associates

4:45 The High Cost of Low Living
Floyd Weston, B.S., Pres., Health Research Institute, Health
Management Corp., Nevada Clinic of Preventive Medicine

5:15 The Hoxsey Therapy
Yolanda Fraire, M.D., Medical Director, Bio-Medical Center,
Tijuana, Mexico

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5:45 Dinner Intermission - Visit Exhibits

7:30 The Latest on Atherosclerosis and Aging
Anthony Schenk, M.D., Ph.D., Biologist. Chemist, Endocrinologist,
Clinical practice, Tijuana, Mexico

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8:10 The Effectiveness of Combined Therapy - The Amanda Accardi
Case
Ernst Krebs, D.Sc., L.L.B., Co-discoverer of Vitamin B-15 and
B-17 (Laetrile)

Transcript available as Tape #6 in
The Gerson Tapes Transcripts on the Audio page.

8:50 Farewell message
Charlotte Gerson & Norman Fritz

9:00 Convention Closing