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We are often tempted to stop a fever too soon. To suppress it, medicate it, make it more comfortable before it has done its sacred work. But sometimes, the most healing thing we can do is allow the fever to run its course - to trust the intelligence of the body, and of the spirit, to know what needs to burn away.

We lost the brilliantly sparkling star, Dr. C. Norman Shealy, M.D., PH.D., on July 8, 2024. Dr. Shealy was a neurosurgeon and the inventor of the TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator), the spinal cord stimulator, and creator of new ways to approach healing in this country. Many of his students, adherents, and practitioners refer to him as the father of holistic medicine in the current era.