AFFIDAVIT

I, Gilbert Blondin, of the City of Hull, Quebec, declare under oath the following:

On the matter on how the true original Rene Caisse (Essiac) formulas were obtained;

1- That I was introduced to Rene Caisse R.N. in spring 1977 when my wife was diagnosed as having a lymphosarcoma.

2- Having had heard about Rene Caisse, I set out to find her and seek treatment for my wife.

3- I was given her address and telephone number by the parish in Bracebridge.

4- Appointments were made with Mrs. Rene Caisse after the first visit.

5- A news article appeared in the Homemaker magazine and later in the French edition Madame au Foyer the translated version appeared.

6- We went (my wife and I) to Rene Caisse's home in Bracebridge, Ont. and sought treatment. My wife was accepted as a patient (client). Rene Caisse questioned my wife. She had also brought some medical records and gave these records to Mrs. Caisse. After the interview she gave my wife 8 oz. of the product she made. She called it Essiac, her name spelled backwards. She also instructed us how to take this product. We were to return the next week. It is over 500 miles to and from Bracebridge, but she insisted that we must return.

7- Each week thereafter we drove to Bracebridge for a period of approximately 9 months. We drove mainly to get the product and to be evaluated by Mrs. Caisse. My wife was improving physically, medically, and psychologically week by week. During my weekends in Bracebridge, Ont. I painted her house inside and outside, repaired the plumbing, roof windows, etc. This was without remuneration. It was my way to say thank you. She never accepted money for her services and products.

8- In 1978, approximately March, 1978, Mrs. Caisse discussed her association with Dr. Fingard and a company, Respirine Corp., who agreed to make Essiac. She was disappointed, frustrated and mad at the company for not doing what they were supposed to do. They did not keep their end of the bargain: animal research, clinical data, and did not pay her the money every week. She told me that she had cancelled her agreement and received her original formula from the trustee, Lt. Governor of Ontario, Pauline McGibbon. She also told me that the corporation did not have all the formula she gave them, only part of it (the Tonic). She held back on the whole formula because she wanted the company to show what they could do with it. Therefore the company never had the whole original formula. She then gave me an envelope and inside was a document which gave the whole formulas (Decoction Injections; Salve; and RMC Kidney Pills). She told me at that time, "Gil, you're an honest man. Do what you can with it. Make it available to the people."

9- She instructed me on the herbs, how to recognize them, to verify by taste, smell, look of each plant used. She instructed me on how to prepare the herbs, how to make the decoction, how to bottle them and how to store them. One main emphasis is how to mix the herbs and when to incorporate them into the preparation.

10- She gave me information, papers, documents, i.e.: Dr. Carson's letters, transcripts, newspaper articles, and many other original and copied documents and the original formulations.

11- Mrs. Caisse died Dec. 26, 1978, and since then I have been manufacturing the true original Rene Caisse formulas. I have done this the way she had shown me and it was made in the kitchen just like she did.

12- In 1987 I have incorporated myself with Pierre Gaulin and thereafter we manufactured the products on a commercial basis.

Signed this 29 day of March 1987

Gilbert Blondin