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He was born in Wylie, Texas . A pacifist, Herbert Shelton was jailed in 1917 for making an anti-draft statement in public. Herbert Shelton attended Bernarr Macfadden's College of Physcultopathy in Chicago and interned at Crane's Sanitarium in Elmhurst, Illinois . He also attended Lindlahr College of Natural Therapeutics for post-graduate work and served at Dr. Lindlahr's and Sahler's Sanitariums. Dr. Shelton later continued post-graduate work at Peerless College of Chiropractic in Illinois and served an internship at Crandall Health School in Pennsylvania . In 1921, he married Ida Pape, studied at the American School of Chiropractic, and graduated from the American School of Naturopathy with a Doctor of Naturopathy (N.D.) and a Doctor of Naturopathic Literature (N.D. Litt.). In 1922, Dr. Shelton self-published his first book, ''Fundamentals of Nature Cure.'' After recognizing the importance of the Hygienic Movement (launched in 1832 by Dr. Issac Jennings and Sylvester Graham), he changed the title of this first book to ''An Introduction to Natural Hygiene.'' In 1927, he was arrested three times for practicing medicine without a license. These arrests continued periodically through the next three decades while he relentlessly lectured and campaigned for his ideas. {Link without Title} In 1928, Dr. Shelton published ''Human Life: Its Philosophy & Laws.'' In 1931, Dr. Shelton's ninth book was published: ''The Hygienic Care of Children.'' In 1942, a patient died during a long fast, and charges of homicide-by-starvation were made. {Link without Title} However, the case was dropped in the end. Shelton had many admirers, including a substantial following of devotees who saw in him both a great inspirational leader and a natural healer. Mahatma Gandhi is said to have relied on Dr. Shelton's writing on fasting and before the outbreak of World War II had invited Dr. Shelton to visit him in India . By 1972, at the age of 77, he was completely bedridden from a degenerative neuro-muscular disease believed to be Parkinson's Disease. {Link without Title} He died thirteen years later, unable to improve his own health despite many attempts. His contemporaries were shocked to see him unable to walk, speak normally, or write. Most of his subsequent books were dictated in a whisper. His mind remained sharp, however, and he continued his involvement in Dr Shelton's Health School (now the seventh organization under that name). In 1978, another patient died at one of his schools, this time apparently of a heart attack. After a two-year-long court battle, Shelton lost the lawsuit for negligence and was bankrupted by the judgment. {Link without Title} The school closed as a result. SOURCES The following is a bibliography, listing the date the book was first published, or the date of a reprint if that data was not available. Where possible a number of these books are linked to a Public Domain source.
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