Jethro Kloss

From RationalWiki
Revision as of 20:16, 22 November 2018 by Johns (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{altmed}} '''Jethro Kloss''' (1863-1946) was an American herbalist quack and fundamentalist Christian writer. Kloss was a devout Seventh-day Adventism|Seventh-day Adve...")
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Against allopathy
Alternative medicine
link=:category:
Clinically unproven
Woo-meisters

Jethro Kloss (1863-1946) was an American herbalist quack and fundamentalist Christian writer.

Kloss was a devout Seventh-day Adventist and was influenced by the writings of Ellen G. White.[1] He is most well known for his book Back to Eden, first published in 1935 and expanded in 1939. The book became popular in the 1960s and 1970s amongst alternative medicine cranks and woo-meisters. It argues that God has provided remedies for all diseases in plants and minerals. Primitive herbal remedies are said to cure practically every disease or ill on the planet including lethal dog and snake bites.[2]

The book has been dismissed as quackery by medical experts. Nutritionist Kurt Butler wrote that "most of the remedies suggested are archaic, discredited and potentially dangerous."[2] Despite this the book has been re-printed many times and remains displayed for sale at alternative health stores.[3]

References

  1. Jethro Kloss and Back toEden: Work with Soyfoods
  2. 2.0 2.1 Butler, Kurt. (1999). Lying for Fun and Profit: The Truth about the Media : Exposes the Corrupt Symbiosis Between Media Giants and the Health Fraud Industries. Health Wise Productions. p. 77. ISBN 978-0967328102
  3. Back to Eden: Classic Guide to Herbal Medicine, Natural Food and Home Remedies Since 1939. Over 5 million copies have been sold, the latest re-print was in 1998 by Lotus Press.