(1812-1877)

Russell Thacker Trall studied the leading schools of therapy, i.e., “regular” (allopathic) medicine, homeopathy, and the eclectic, physico-medical, and chrono-thermal traditions.  In 1840, he began a “regular” (allopathic) practice. Discontent with the results of most therapies, he based his practice in increasing measure on the ideas of Sylvester Graham (health through healthy living). In 1853, he opened a medical school, the New York Hygeio-Therapeutic College. According to Trall, the root cause of disease was the accumulation of toxic substances caused by improper living habits and allopathic medications. Trall was a forceful debater, preacher, and editor of several magazines for laymen and medical practitioners. He was the author of many books in which he relentlessly propagated his findings.

“The system which we endorse and practice is true—in harmony with nature, in accordance with the laws of the vital organism, correct in science, sound in philosophy, in agreement with common sense, successful in results, and a blessing to mankind.”

Excerpt From The Greatest Health Discovery
Sylvester Graham, Russell T. Trall, and Herbert M. Shelton

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