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A Treatise on Urine Therapy

a book by J.W. Armstrong

"I had over 30 cases of Bright's disease and other afflictions of the bladder and kidneys to advise upon, and in no instance did it take longer than from 4 to 14 days of urine fasts to restore normality, and a satisfying state of general health."--J.W. Armstrong (A Treatise on Urine Therapy p. 57)

"Armstrong began urine therapy after a long and agonizing journey in which doctor after doctor proved unable to cure him of his TB symptoms. On the contrary, his condition only worsened. He decided to try urine therapy for two reasons. First of all, a quotation from the Bible stimulated his curiosity: "Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well." (The Book of Proverbs 5:15) Secondly, he had childhood memories of his mother smearing urine on his face which was swollen from a bee sting, and of his grandfather treating animals with urine. Recently, a lot of books have been published on urine therapy, especially in Germany, and some of those books have been written by regular doctors." The simple use of ones own urine