Transcriber’s notes: The text of this e-book has been preserved in its original form apart from correction of several typographic errors (listed at the end). Inconsistent spelling, punctuation and chapter numbering (mixed Arabic/Roman numerals) remain as in the original. Some illustrations have been moved nearer to the relevant text. Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ and bold text by *asterisks*. ZONE THERAPY OR RELIEVING PAIN AT HOME BY WM. H. FITZGERALD, M. D. AND EDWIN F. BOWERS, M. D. Author of “Side Stepping Ill Health” “Alcohol--Its Influence on Mind and Body,” etc. COLUMBUS, OHIO: I. W. LONG, Publisher 1917 COPYRIGHT, 1917 BY I. W. LONG CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE Relieving Pain by Pressure 15 CHAPTER II. That Aching Head 24 CHAPTER III. Curing Goitre With a Probe 32 CHAPTER IV. Finger Squeezing for Eye Troubles 43 CHAPTER V. Making the Deaf Hear 50 CHAPTER VI. Painless Child Birth 61 CHAPTER VII. Zone Therapy for Women 76 CHAPTER VIII. Relaxing Nervous Tension 84 CHAPTER IX. Curing Lumbago with a Comb 93 CHAPTER X. Scratching the Hand for Sick Stomach 104 CHAPTER XI. Hay Fever, Asthma and Tonsillitis 111 CHAPTER XII. Curing a Sick Voice 120 CHAPTER XIII. A Specific for Whooping and Other Coughs 129 CHAPTER XIV. How a Phantom Tumor was Dissipated 138 CHAPTER XV. Dr. White’s Experience 142 CHAPTER XVI. Zone Therapy--for Dentists Only 148 CHAPTER XVII. Zone Therapy--for Doctors Only 171 CHAPTER XVIII. Food for Thought 186 INTRODUCTION Thousands of lives are lost annually from diseases which could have been prevented. Hundreds of thousands, because of some preventable ailment, which partially or totally incapacitates them, are today living only a small part of their lives. Millions of dollars yearly are squandered on medicines, doctors and undertakers--much of which might have been saved by a right knowledge of the laws of health and hygiene.