There are great plumbers and there are I'm sure great doctors. I have a good personal friend who is a doctor, what we call a general practitioner, who has a very successful practice. Sure, he makes a heap of money, much more than I do working for myself.
He is dedicated and I find his medical skils and his attitude to his patients beyond reproach. I use him as my own personal medico. On the other hand he has no real interest in CS or Oxygen therapies etc etc. He recently had to attend his father-in-law who was diagnosed with cancer. Ironically this elderly in-law was a long time practising chinese herbal doctor. Unable to cure himself the elder came to Sydney to let the younger western trained medico attend him. Sydney has as much start-of-the-art medical technology as most other large centres of the western world. The old herbalist has died in the meantime, we can safely assume that my friend did everything he would normally do, and in this case more. I don't believe he tried any alternatives, a large part of the problem was that the older hebalist had let his condition go untreated for far too long. I don't believe that this medico is in any way a bad person or inferior being. He is a product of his training and I must admire and admit that the training is very rigorous and one has to be interlectually very cabable, have a near photographic memory and very dedicated to complete one's medical course and the first years of initial hospital slavery that young interns are subjected to both here and in the US. Sure I can criticise him and say that he is more focussed on the dollar. If he halved his patient load and used the saved time in seeking and furthering his medical knowledge in the othodox and alternative area he would be to say the least, an unusual person, probably almost a saintly practitioner. We have a local magazine here that is for the "Sceptics". A group of "so called open-minded individuals" who need everything ablsolutely proven to them in a scientific manner. etc etc. I per chance was given their latest magizine. They had arranged for a small group of "patients" to vist a range of alternative health practitioners. One modality was Iridology, that practice of diagnosing ones state of health from the colour patterns and flecks visible in the iris of the eyes. One practitioner their patient visited, was one I had met and had some knowledge about, so I took some notice of the published article. Essentially the iridologist went thru his routine which lasted some 15/20 minutes, charged $45, taking colour photos of the eye patterns, made a whole lot of statements that could be take a number ways. Diagnosed problems that the patient had no symptoms or awareness of and gererally came across in a very non precise medical or healthful manner. The magazine of course gave him the general thumbs down and going by the general tenor of the article the practitioner did'nt deserve much more. Here in Sydney anybody can hang out their shingle and call themselves an alternative health person etc etc. In fact I know two individuals who, possibly out of boredom, did a massage course and now after some two or three years have established themselves, one as an Iridologist and the other as Naturopath. The iridologist whom I know well, has a pleasant and sympthetic way about her and there she is positioning hereself as a health expert. One can only hope they don't do any harm. And generally, one must be, as a consumer in all things, "Be Aware" and vigilant of the the good and bad plumbers and doctors. I do believe that every body has the right to say and do as they so please - as long as they do no "apparent harm". Yes, I do defend your rights to be and to say whatever you please. Within the lawful limits. I have become a dedicated CS consumer and thank the web for this knowledge and will continue to take my own health power back and make my own decisions. Always probing for the best knowledge and treatments. When necessary I will run as fast as I can to the medical profession, if I can benefit by their magic bullets and their quick fixes, if that's what's needed for that particular problem. Douglas Haack, syney Oz -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
