The above quotation is as applicable today as when it was written over 30 years ago. Jacques Cartier was shown by the Indians how to treat scurvy in the 1530s. Dr. Klenner wrote about curing polio in 1949 with vitamin C. Many medical professionals still do not use vitamin C for any of their patients today. It is sad that we learn so slowly, that pride keeps us from accepting the discoveries and teachings of our colleagues. We can not change the past but we can use the information gleaned from the past to change our ways of promoting health today.
Tomorrow is our responsibility.
Canadian Hospital Costs and Productivity. 1987 by Canadian Gov't. Publishing Centre, Ottawa. Superior Nutrition Care Cuts Hospital Costs. Nutrition Care Management Institute, Chicago.