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COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTION
Feb 10, 1954
(part 1)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Civil Action File No. 1056
COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTION
THE WILHELM REICH FOUNDATION,
a Maine Corporation, WILHELM
REICH and ILSE OLLENDORFF,
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and now are causing said devices to be adulterated and misbranded within
the meaning of 21 U.S.C. 351(c) and 352(a) while held for sale after shipment
in interstate commerce in violation of 21 U.S.C. 331(k), all, as hereinafter
appears. The defendant, Ilse Ollendorf, also known as Mrs. Wilhelm Reich,
is an individual who resides at Rangeley, Maine, who holds and has held
responsible managerial positions in the conduct of business and affairs
of the Wilhelm Reich Foundation, such as, member of the board of trustees,
treasurer, secretary, and administrator of the Foundation; supervisor and
in charge of the distribution of said orgone energy accumulator devices
and Orgone Research Fund.
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seat for the insertion of a length of B-X type hollow cable, into the
other end of which a funnel may be placed. The drop section may be used
as a chestboard by placing it upright in front of the chest of a person
sitting in the box. Chestboards are also made and sold separately. Attached
and marked "Exhibit A" is page 31 of a booklet entitled THE ORGONE
ENERGY ACCUMULATOR Its Scientific and Medical Use showing a box style orgone
energy accumulator device, equipped with a two-section seat, chestboard,
and funnel arrangement.
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accumulator device insulated on the outside with cotton and tape.
Style------------------------Price
Cabinet--------------------$ 225.00
Chestboard-------------------15.00
"Shooter"---------------------40.00
Funnel------------------------25.00
Blanket-----------------------60.00
The said defendants also offer for rent cabinet style orgone
energy accumulator devices for the advance "contribution" of
$40 plus a $10 monthly "contribution" payable in advance. The
said defendants recommend unless a person has used an orgone energy accumulator
device and is well acquainted with its effects that he rent for three months
trial period. If it is decided then to purchase, the $40 "contribution"
and $30 rental are credited to the purchase price. At the end of a two
year rental period reapplication is to be made for the rental of the device
or it is to be returned to the defendants.
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energy by employing the orgone energy accumulator. They may also learn
of the same by such announcements appearing on the removal covers of defendants'
said books and on the inside and outside permanent covers of said booklets,
pamphlets, and journals; by the exhibitions of the defendants' publications
at the booksellers and library association conventions and conferences;
by listing in book reference sources; by the use of a mailing list containing
approximately 7500 names; by means of 10,000 copies of a catalogue describing
the contents of each book and periodical of the defendants, 7000 of which
were mailed by the defendants to prospective customers. Purposes of the
promotional and advertising campaigns, by such means, and the said publications,
is to acquaint the public with the alleged discovery and medical use by
means of said device of the alleged orgone energy; to aquaint the reader
concerning specified stated uses therefor; to furnish certain specific
instructions and directions for the use of the orgone energy accumulators;
to create a demand for the purchase or rental from said defendants of said
orgone energy accumulator devices. Lacking certain of said publications
the purchaser or lessee of such a device would be without information concerning
instructions and directions for the use of said device in various diseases
and disease conditions.
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symptoms, conditions, and diseases, and misbrands the said devices in
that said written, printed, and graphic matter represents and suggests
that said devices, when used as directed, are effective in the cure, mitigation,
treatment and prevention of said symptoms, conditions, and diseases, whereas,
and prevention of said diseases, whereas, the said devices are not effective
in the cure, mitigation, treatment and prevention of said diseases. The
false and misleading statements and misrepresentations contained in said
written, printed, and graphic matter are hereinafter more particularly
set forth and alleged in this complaint.
The Discovery of the Orgone by Wilhelm Reich
Vol. I - The Function of the Orgasm.....6.00
Vol. II- The Cancer Biopathy...............8.50 The Orgone Energy Accumulator Its
Scientific and Medical Use....................2.00 Orgone Energy Bulletin
A quarterly publication..........................4.00 Ether, God and Devil by Wilhelm Reich.........4.50
Annuals of the Orgone Institute, No. 1............2.00
Listen Little Man by Wilhelm Reich................3.00
The Mass Psychology of Fascism by
Wilhelm Reich.......................................4.50 Character Analysis by Wilhelm Reich.............6.00
International Journal of Sex-Economy
and Orgone Research (Published 1942
through 1945).......................................7.50 Emotional Plague versus Orgone Biophysics...1.00
Internationale Zeitschift Fur Orgonomie..........1.00
Orgone Energy Emergency Bulletin.................(.40)
The Murder of Christ by Wilhelm Reich.......(20.00)
People In Trouble by Wilhelm Reich...(for the set.)
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number of layers the device has; that the patient may sit in the accumulator
clothed or unclothed; that woolen or too heavy clothing is not recommended
as it is alleged that such prevents quick contact and lumination; that
it is better for a person to indulge in 2 or more short sittings than one
protracted sitting as the latter could cause serious damage.
ORGONE ENERGY BULLETIN
Vol. 1, No. 1 ___________January 1949
Page 13 A woman, aged 30, suffered a leg injury. The
wound suppurated and did not heal for several
weeks. After 3 sessions in the orgone accumula-
tor, the wound closed * * *
Page 13 * * * cutaneous abscesses; even after only one
treatment the abscesses receded, and after five
further treatments they had completely dis-
appeared. In the meantime, the child developed some new abscesses; again they began to recede
rapidly after the first orgone treatment.
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Page 13, 14 A woman, aged 46, with a carcinoma of the liver,
came for orgone treatment in the last stage of
her disease. Shortly before the appearance of
the liver metastasis, she had been operated on
for carcinoma of the left breast. She had lived
in complete sexual abstinence for 17 years. Her
menstruation was weak and always lasted
only two days. The patient came for treatment
twice daily for half an hour and after two days
of treatment she felt much better, as her
appetite increased and she was able to
walk with greater ease. Three days later, menstrua-
tion occurred which, although still as weak as
before, lasted four days for the first time.
Her hemoglobin content rose from 75% to 85%
within a week and her weight increased by 2
lbs. * * *
Page 14 A patient, aged 56, with pseudomyxoma peritonei
* * * had been constipated for half a year * * *
After the first treatment, bowel movement was
copious * * *
Page 15 A man, aged 56, with angina pectoris had his
first attack eight years ago and had had no
trouble whatever since then. A week before
the beginning of the orgone treatment new
attacks set in, some of them of a serious
nature. Consciousness was partly clouded. The
attacks occurred with varying intensity several
times a day, up to the first orgone treatment.
After the first treatment, there were no more
attacks. * * *
Page 16 A patient, aged 62, with an arteriosclerotic
heart disease became sick 5 years ago. He had
been repeatedly hospitalized and his doctors
had given him up on several occasions. After
a few weeks of orgone treatment, he felt strong
enough to take a walk for several miles in the
glare of tropical sun at noon against medical
advice, a thing which he had been unable to do
for years. * * *
Page 16, 17 A woman, aged 65, suffered from a myodegeneratio
cordis for 7 years. Two years ago she was
hospitalized for several weeks because of her
heart disease. Since all internal medication
failed, and since the patient, after returning
from the hospital, was no longer able to leave
the house, her family decided to try orgone
therapy in spite of the skepticism of the physician
in charge of the case. Her heart condition im-
proved so much that the patient, after 3 weeks of
orgone therapy, could do without any internal
medication. Several weeks later, she was able for
the first time to walk outside again, for half an
hour. * * *
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Page 17 In a case of chronic bronchitis in a woman aged
20, an improvement was visible after only 5
orgone treatments. Previous slight increases
of temperature disappeared. * * *
Page 17, 18 A patient, 60, was suffering for years from a
duodenal ulcer. He was severely constipated during
almost all of his life. The ulcer especially
caused serious painful attacks which increased
after the patient's wife died several months ago.
The constipation improved immediately after the
first treatment. In the course of one month of
treatment, the constipation, after first alternating
with normal bowel movements, was completely
eliminated. The pains disappeared after the forth
session. In addition to these results, 3 warts on
the left hand and a corn became smaller. The
treatment is being discontinued.
Page 18 A patient, aged 20, with anemia was treated with
the accumulator for a fortnight. The number of
erythrocytes rose from 3.7 million to 4 million
and her hemoglobin content rose from 70% to 80%.
Page 18 An inflammation of the eyeball after the
removal of a splinter disappeared altogether after having
been subjected to radiation from an accumulator tube.
Page 18 A patient, aged 39, had a hemorrhage of the
throat which lasted for hours and which ceased
immediately following the first orgone treatment.
Vol. II, No. 1 ___________January 1950
Page 16, 17 A 53-year-old woman one year before the beginning
of orgone treatment had a thrombophlebitis of the
right calf. * * * After 1 week of orgone treatment,
a reaction of very severe, almost unbearable, pain
occurred. (In some other cases, we have also
observed that the pain increases at the beginning
of the orgone treatment. The transformation of lifeless
tissue into living tissue is of an inflammatory
nature, and hence the cause of the pain is under-
standable.) After 11 days of irradiation, the
first significant improvement took place, manifested
in the reduction of pain and also improved walking.
The improvement continued. When she had had 1
month of treatment, she could walk quite freely,
even "run" * * *
Page 17 Buerger's disease. * * * One patient, a 40-year-
old man, had suffered from this disease for the
last 16 years. * * * When he came for orgone
treatment, there were wounds of a gangrenous
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nature on several of his toes and the surgeon
urgently recommended amputation. Instead of
amputation, the patient decided to try the
orgone accumulator. After the first irradiation,
he felt a strong prickling on his head and an
especially strong prickling sensation on his feet,
* * * After the second, third and fourth irradia-
tions, the same phenomena appeared. After
the fifth, the wounds were dry for the first time in
8 years. When he had had 8 irradiations, entirely
painless intervals occurred, whereas formerly the
patient suffered constant pain. * * * The legs,
which were ice cold before therapy, became
warmer. Previously the patient took about 2
dozen pills daily to combat the pain; now he
could get along with 1 or 2. The wounds started
to close. * * *
Page 18 * * * A second patient, aged 35, had been suffering
from Buerger's disease for 10 years. * * * After 14
days of irradiation twice daily, his walking was
already very much improved. He no longer needed a
cane and the healing of his wounds progressed
rapidly. * * *
Page 18 A 43-year-old patient suffered for many years from
Buerger's disease. * * * After orgone treatment for
1 month, he again wished "to exercise and to jump"
(the patient is a gymnastics instructor). * * *
Page 20 A 39-year-old woman had been suffering for 4 years
from chronic sneezing; a specialist diagnosed her
illness as "asthmatic sneezing." * * *
Vol. II, No. 3 ___________July 1950
Page 133 Re: Breast Cancer * * * The patient was only able
to use the accumulator one half hour a day, six
tomes, over a period of three weeks and then she
left the country. Very soon after that she
noticed that the lump had disappeared. When I
saw her on her return six weeks later, the tumor
had entirely disappeared and the chronic cystic
mastitis had almost gone. Both breasts were of
normal consistency. In spite of the fact that I
have seen many remarkable results from the orgone
accumulator, and that I knew, malignant
breast tumors disappear after 2 to 4 weeks of orgone
irradiation, what I saw here was still unbelievable.
Page 135 Re: Cancer of the Breast. There was a mass in
the outer upper quadrant of the right breast. The
outer edge of the tumor was sharp and about 2 inches
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in width. Proceeding medially, the tumor could
not be differentiated from the rest of the tissue.
Both breasts showed signs of chronic cystic mastitis.
* * * Two weeks later I saw the patient after she
had been using the orgone accumulator twice a day.
The color of her skin was better and she seemed
generally improved. The sharp edge of the tumor
was gone and there remained only some enlarged
gland tissue which was not differentiated from
the rest of the breast tissue. Both breasts were
much softer. Three weeks later the tumor
had completely disappeared.
Vol. III, No. 3 ___________July 1951
Page 165 Re: Ichthyosis * * * The patient began to use the
orgone energy accumulator on September 15th
for daily thirty-minute irradiations. Within 2 weeks he
reported a marked decrease in the itching and
scaling. The skin began to assume a healthier
pink color * * * Within 1 month after beginning
the use of the accumulator he was free of itching
and the scaling of the skin was present only on
the legs.
The Discovery of the Orgone
Volume Two _____________The Cancer Biopathy
Page 140-143 Our orgone therapy experiments with cancer patients
consist in their sitting in the orgone accumulator.
The orgone energy which is concentrated in the
accumulator penetrates the naked body and is also
taken up by way of respiration. * * * I began with
sessions of 30 minutes. * * * During the first
session the skin between the shoulder blades
became red; * * * During the next session, the
redness of the skin spread to the upper part of
the back and chest. * * * During the third, she
began to perspire, particularly under the arms;
she related that during the past few years she
had never perspired. All these reactions of
the organism to the orgone radiation are typical in all
cancer patients. * * * Our patient came with a
hemoglobin of 35%. Two days later it was 40%; after
4 days, 51%; after a week, 55%; after 2 weeks, 75%;
and after 3 weeks, 85%, that is, normal.
(The foregoing also appears in Inte-
national Journal of Sex-Economy and
Orgone Research, Vol. 1, 1942, at
page 138 et seq.)
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Page 171-173
The patient had a swelling the size of a bean at the outer margin of the right breast. * * * I refrained from having a biopsy done. Since the patient wished to undergo the orgone therapy experiment, there was no reason why I should not wait to see whether the tumor would disappear after a few irradiations. If it would disappear rapidly, it would have been a malignant tumor. If it took many weeks or even months to disappear, or if it neither receded nor grew, it would have shown itself to be a harmless glandular enlargement. * * * definitely established the diagnosis of an advanced carcinomatous shrinking biopathy. * * * The patient started with daily orgone irradiations in my laboratory. Later she ordered an orgone accumulator and took two daily irradiations of half an hour each; * * * After 10 days of orgone irradiation, the tumor was no longer palpable. (Observation of earlier cases had shown that orgone therapy eliminates breast tumors of medium size in the space of two to three weeks). (The foregoing also appears in Inte- national Journal of Sex-Economy and Orgone Research, Vol. 2, 1943, pages 4, 5.)
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* * * In the case of orgone therapy, * * * the tumor can be easily destroyed. (The foregoing also appears in Inte- national Journal of Sex-Economy and Orgone Research, Vol. 2, 1943, page 20.)
Page 275-277
In many cases of biologically debilitated blood and severe anemia the attack on the tumor is preceded by the formation of a great number of young erythrocytes, as can be observed micro- scopically. Breast tumors disappear in the course of 2 to 3 weeks. Observation to date shows that the tumors always become soft, no matter what their location. * * * In one case of brain tumor the destruction of the tumor occurred as early as two weeks after the beginning of treatment. * * * Another woman with a tumor of the stomach the size of an apple, also reacted rapidly to the orgone therapy. The tumor, which was palpable, became soft and became rapidly smaller. Similarly, a third woman, with an ovarian tumor, who had reacted to the orgone therapy with an improve- ment of her general condition and with a decrease in size and a softening of her tumors, * * * In a boy of 5 with an adrenal tumor and metastases in the spine, X-ray showed calcification of the bone defects after 4 weeks. The primary adrenal tumor
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was no longer palpable after 2 weeks' treatment.
* * * The fact should be remembered that none of
our cases came to us shortly after the discovery
of the tumor. They all had tried other methods
for several years, and when they came to us, they
had been given up as hopeless and were on the point
of dying.
(The foregoing also appears in Inte-
national Journal of Sex-Economy and
Orgone Research, Vol. 2, 1943, pages
57, 58.)
Page 283 Anemias were eliminated within 3 to 6 weeks.
THE ORGONE ENERGY ACCUMULATOR
Its Scientific and Medical Use
Page 35 * * * Painful burns, cuts, bruises will stop
smarting after a few minutes. * * * One can follow
the healing process as it runs its course. * * *
According to the size of the injury, five to twenty
minutes will suffice to set the healing process into
rapid motion.
Page 36 The wounds heal in a matter of a few hours; severe
ones need a day or two.
Orgone energy also sterilizes the wound. Micro-
scopic observation shows that, for example, bacteria
in the vagina will be immobilized after only one
minute of irradiation through an inserted glass pipe
with steel wool.
a. Application For Use of The Orgone Energy Accumulator -
on which the purchaser specified whether he desires the
device for medical, non-medical or experimental use.
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b. How To Use The Orgone Accumulator - which contains some
directions for use of the cabinet style device, "shooter",
seat box, and chestboard.
c. Instructions For Assembling The Orgone Accumulator - which
contains directions for assembling the cabinet style
accumulator.
d. Catalogue Sheet - which lists and partially describes the
various styles of accumulators.
e. Physician's Report.
f. A form letter entitled "To All Users of The Orgone Energy
Accumulator".
g. Instructions for the Use of the Orgone Energy Accumulator
Blanket.
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352(a) in that their labeling, namely, the printed matter mentioned in paragraph "23" hereof an the written, printed and graphic matter hereinafter identified, accompanying said device, represents and suggests that the device is an outstanding therapeutic agent, is a preventive of and beneficial for use in all diseases and disease conditions, is effective in particular in the cure, mitigation, treatment, and prevention of the diseases, conditions, and symptoms hereinafter mentioned, which representations and suggestions are false and misleading since the device is not an outstanding therapeutic agent, is not a preventive of and beneficial for use in all diseases and disease conditions, is not effective in the cure, mitigation, treatment, and prevention of the diseases, conditions, and symptoms hereinafter enumerated. Examples of the diseases, conditions, and symptoms, and the items of written, printed, and graphic matter wherein they appear, which constitute the labeling referred to above, are as follows:
THE ORGONE ENERGY ACCUMULATOR -
Its Scientific and Medical Use.
cancer
anemia
headaches
cancer tumor of the breasts
acute and chronic colds
hay fever
rheumatism
arthritis
varicose ulcers
chronic illnesses
bruises
cuts
lesions
abrasions
wounds
burns
sinusitis
migraine
vascular hypertension
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high blood pressure
decompensated heart disease
brain tumors
arteriosclerosis
apoplectic attacks
skin inflamation
conjunctivitis
sterilization of wounds
immobilization of vaginal bacteria
chronic fatigue
undernorishment
diabetes
Orgone Energy Bulletin
cancer
angina pectoris
constipation
high blood pressure
low blood pressure
Basedow's disease
abscesses
chronic diarrhea
chronic bronchitis
gastric ulcer
putrefaction of the intestines
inflammation of the eyeball
hemorrhage of the throat
paradentosis
anemia
lichenoid eczema
osteoporosis
arteriosclerotic heart disease
duodenal ulcers
thrombophlebitis
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compound fracture
Buerger's disease
purulent frontal sinusitis
diabetes
ichthyosis
International Journal of Sex-Economy and Orgone Research
cancer
angina pectoris
asthma
cardiovascular hypertension
epilepsy
multiple sclerosis
chorea
cancer pains
raising hemoglobin
elimination of cancer tumors
tumor easily destroyed
lung cancer
tumor of the breast
high blood pressure
low blood pressure
brain tumor
inoperable cancer of esophagus
prevention of metastases
leukemia
fistula
trichomonas vaginalis
colds
cutaneous abscesses
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healing of wounds
underweight
anemia
in pregnancy
Annals of the Orgone Institute
cancer
angina pectoris
common cold
The Discovery of the Orgone Vols. I & II
tumors
anemia
wounds, burns, bed sores
colds
grippe
infection
trichomonas vaginalis
cancer
angina pectoris
artiosclerosis
varicose ulcer
common cold
pneumonia, prevention of
high blood pressure
Emotional Plague Versus Orgone Biophysics
arthritis
colds
sinusitis
anemia
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cancer
leukemia
angina pectoris
vascular hypertension
varicose ulcer
cancer tumors
arthritis
Listen, Little Man
cancer
Ether, God and Devil
cancer
The Sexual Revolution
cancer
Character Analysis
cancer tumors
The Cosmic Superimposition
cancer
common cold
ichthyosis
rheumatic fever
hypertension
diabetes
The Mass Psychology of Fascism
cancer
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The Oranur Experiment
colds
cut finger
influenza
tissue degeneration
blood degeneration
cancer
Internationale Zeitschrift Fur Orgonomie
cancer
diabetes
wounds
duodenal ulcer
pernicious anemia
Basedow's disease
high blood pressure
low blood pressure
paradentosis
lichenoid eczema
osteoporosis
angina pectoris
arteriosclerosis
mydegeneratio cordis
prostatitis
mycartial infarction
intestinal trouble
mediastinal malignancy
sinusitis
burns
diabetic neuritis
colds
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Annals of Orgone Institute
common cold
angina pectoris
cancer
Oranur Project
counteracts nuclear radiation
chronic colds
chills
low resistance
pneumonia prevention
healing of wounds and burns
old resilient ulcers
prevention of burn blisters
relief of pain in cancer
rheumatism
migraine
neuritis
cuts
shock
atomic warefare
epidemics
The Murder of Christ
cancer
People In Trouble
cancer
blood
tissues
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similar article, in any style and model, which is misbranded within the meaning of 21 U.S.C. 352(a) or adulterated with in the meaning of 21 U.S.C. 351(c);
/s/ Peter Mills
United States Attorney
Address:
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