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From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Re: Norman Cousins
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Date: Thu, 14-Mar-85 19:47:22 EST
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> 	One of my favorite unconvential therapies is in
> 	"Anatomy of an Illness" Norman Cousins.
> 	He "cured himself of cancer" by watching funny movies.
> scc!steiny

	Recently (about a year ago), I saw a reassesment of that book.
Nobody doubts that he did cure himself. However, the reassesment noted
that the only thing he did not question about the medical establishment
was his diagnosis, which may have been far too pessimistic, i.e., the
disease he recovered from was not as nearly as bad as the one he thought
he had recovered from.
	I don't think that detail really detracts from the MESSAGE of
the book, just from some of the extrapolations commonly made from it.
-- 
				Craig Werner
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		What do you expect?  Watermelons are out of season!