Dr. Robert Fulford, the exceptional healer now in this nineties who was introduced to readers in Andrew Weil's landmark bestseller Spontaneous Healing, has spent nearly sixty years successfully treating patients failed by conventional medicine. In this information-packed volume, he explains the function of the life force, or vital energy, that is the foundation of good health, delineates the healing principles of osteopathy, shares compelling case studies of patients he has treated, and offers addvice on integrating natural healing methods with modern health care. Discover:

Why our natural state is always good health, and how to foster it.
The vital role of breathing in sustaining good health-from first breath onward.
Why any trauma can adversely affect us, even years later.
How negative thought patterns can disrupt the body's chemistry-and how to overcome them.

Sure to become a classic, Dr. Fulford's Touch of Life is framed in the plain language, original thinking, and keen common sense that have characterized Dr. Fulford's remarkable career in medicine.

'It is easy to see why Dr. Andrew Weil was so affected by this wise doctor.'-Library Journal

Contents

Introduction
Prologue
1 The elements of osteopathy
2 A brief account of the universe
3 Modern health
4 Improving modern health
5 Take good care of yourself
6 The path of life
7 The human spirit
8 Exercises
9 Notes for further thinking and reading (bibliography)