詹姆斯·索尔兹伯里博士，19世纪60年代美国内战时期的医生。联邦士兵正在死去。不是死于枪林弹雨，而是死于痢疾、坏血病和伤寒。军人餐食：硬饼干、豆类、咖啡。由于成本原因，肉类摄入量极少。萨利斯伯里观察到：能吃到牛肉的士兵恢复得更快。伤口愈合得更快，感染更容易清除，精力也恢复得更快。他开始开纯牛肉处方，每天三次，别的什么都不给。结果非常显著，以至于军官们开始专门征用牛肉来救济生病的士兵。索尔兹伯里于 1888 年发表了他的研究成果：《饮食与疾病的关系》。他的结论是：大多数慢性疾病源于食用淀粉和蔬菜导致消化系统发酵不当。他的处方：牛肉末，每日三次，用热水送服。疗程数周或数月，视病情而定。他记录了以下治疗的成功案例：结核病风湿病精神障碍消化系统疾病- 肥胖痛风他的工作影响深远。索尔兹伯里牛排就是以他的名字命名的。最初它并非方便食品，而是药品。到 20 世纪 20 年代：制药公司开始研发抗生素和治疗相同疾病的药物。到 20 世纪 50 年代：萨利斯伯里的作品被忽视、嘲笑或遗忘。如今，“索尔兹伯里牛排”指的是学校食堂里供应的一种配肉汁的加工肉饼。它的医学用途早已从历史上彻底消失。一位用牛肉治愈慢性疾病的医生被世人遗忘，因为他的疗法无法申请专利。制药行业不仅与他的方法竞争，而且还彻底将它们从医学史上抹去。Dr. James Salisbury, 1860s Civil War physician.Union soldiers were dying. Not from bullets. From dysentery, scurvy, and typhoid.The military diet: Hardtack, beans, coffee. Minimal meat due to cost.Salisbury observed: Soldiers with access to beef recovered faster from everything. Wounds healed quicker. Infections cleared. Energy returned.He started prescribing pure beef. Three times daily. Nothing else.The results were so dramatic that officers started requisitioning beef specifically for sick soldiers.Salisbury published his findings in 1888: "The Relation of Alimentation and Disease."His conclusion: Most chronic diseases stem from improper fermentation in the digestive system caused by eating starches and vegetables.His prescription: Minced beef, three times daily, with hot water. For weeks or months depending on severity.He documented successful treatment of:- Tuberculosis- Rheumatism- Mental disorders- Digestive diseases- Obesity- GoutHis work was hugely influential. Salisbury steak was named after him. Originally it wasn't a convenience food. It was medicine.By 1920s: Pharmaceutical companies developing antibiotics and drugs for the same conditions.By 1950s: Salisbury's work is ignored, mocked, or forgotten.Today: "Salisbury steak" is a processed meat patty with gravy served in school cafeterias. The medical application has been completely erased from history.A physician who cured chronic diseases with beef was memory-holed because his cure couldn't be patented.The pharmaceutical industry didn't just compete with his methods. They erased them from medical history entirely.
