10 Facts About Hastings Gilford

Hastings Gilford was an alternative cancer treatment advocate who wrote under the pseudonym John Cope.

Hastings Gilford was born at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England on July 2,1861.

Hastings Gilford was clinical assistant at Evelina Hospital for Sick Children and surgeon for the Reading Dispensary.

Hastings Gilford was elected vice-president of the Reading Pathological Society in 1908 and was a member of the British Medical Association.

Hastings Gilford relied on clinical and post-mortem observations in his study of the origin of tumours.

Hastings Gilford came to the conclusion that cancer is a disease of civilization and rarely found amongst primitive peoples.

Hastings Gilford took issue with milk, puddings and many liquids.

Hastings Gilford promoted a diet of fruit, meats and nuts.

Hastings Gilford's last published book on cancer was The Cancer Problem and its Solution, in 1934.

Hastings Gilford is healthier and in every way better for the exercise, and both he and his wife are less likely to become cancerous.