Varying the concentrations of substances normally present in the human body may control mental disease." - Linus Pauling (1968)
 The images of Pauling are presented courtesy of the National Library of Medicine (US).
 Pauling & Family (1918)Â
Pauling at Oregon Agricultural College (1922)
 Pauling was the most distinguished graduate of this college ever. Although Pauling later moved to California (to teach and write at Cal Tech), it was the state of Oregon that set up
the Linus Pauling Institute, which is active in micronutrient research.
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 Pauling (1922)
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 Pauling was not yet famous at this time. Most people have seen Pauling photos when he was older, but probably few people except for science buffs have seen Pauling photos when he was young.
Pauling at Oregon Agricultural College (1922)Â Pauling was the most distinguished graduate of this college ever. Although Pauling later moved to California (to teach and write at Cal Tech), it was the state of Oregon that set up
the Linus Pauling Institute, which is active in micronutrient research.
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 Pauling (1922)Â
 Pauling was not yet famous at this time. Most people have seen Pauling photos when he was older, but probably few people except for science buffs have seen Pauling photos when he was young.
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Linus Pauling & Family (1954)
 At this time Pauling was famous.
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"The methods principally used now for treating patients with mental disease are psychotherapy (psychoanalysis and related efforts to provide insight and to decrease environmental stress), chemotherapy (mainly with the use of powerful synthetic drugs, such as chlorpromazine, or powerful natural products from plants, such as reserpine), and convulsive shock therapy (electroconvulsive therapy, insulin coma therapy, pentylenetetrazol shock therapy). I have reached the conclusion that another general method of treatment, which may be called orthomolecular therapy, may be found to be of great value, and may turn out to be the best method of treatment for many patients." - Linus Pauling, Science, April 19, 1968, p. 265
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He was also an activist.