This book contains knowledge that has been lost for over twenty centuries. It is important that the reader know how this information was obtained so that he or she can personally judge its validity. To do this requires some autobiographical input from the author. I promise it will be as brief as possible

My early childhood was relatively uneventful. I did, however, experience all five of the diseases associated with that period, including the most serious, scarlet fever. Today, I probably would be called a sickly child, but the discomforts I experienced left me with a fully trained immune system that has protected me throughout the rest of my life.