Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/3/85; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!cbosgd!ukma!wws From: wws@ukma.UUCP (Bill Stoll) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: In Support of Hazards of Amalgams (the question of references) Message-ID: <2172@ukma.UUCP> Date: Fri, 13-Sep-85 13:27:49 EDT Article-I.D.: ukma.2172 Posted: Fri Sep 13 13:27:49 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 14-Sep-85 17:27:29 EDT Distribution: na Organization: U of Kentucky, Mathematical Sciences, Lexington KY Lines: 81 Keywords: Byron Howes' references, philosophy of criticism, resources, Byron Howes says "gimmee a break" regarding his partially enlightened ideas about the effects of amalgam dental fillings. I say the same right back to him: he makes a whole lot of statements of "fact" for which he has listed not one reference. How come I have to go back to my files and look up the exact article that helped lead me to my conclusions and he doesn't? I am continually amazed at the low opinion some readers of the net have of the intelligence, honesty, sincerity, morality (I was even accused of a LIE) & general capability, of professionals who care enough to share their knowledge on the net. I have attended hundreds of hours of AMA sanctioned postgraduate training regarding the risks of amalgams. I work closely (three days a week) with one of the top dental experts (in the risks of amalgams) in the country. Dr. Ballard Morgan (the dentist in question) has taken thousands of hours of training in the fields of amalgam toxicity as well as the effects the generation of electrical currents, by those amalgams, have on the total stress created by the amalgams. Dr. Morgan has taught hundreds of hours on this subject to his colleagues around the world. The opinions I have shared were not discovered by me. They are shared by all of the Holistic Organizations I know. We would all be the first to admit that we don't know everything about this problem yet. However, we are a LOT closer to the truth than the establishment is. I challenge anyone to spend 1/100th of the effort studying this problem that I have to come up with a different conclusion. I'm ready to listen. The more minds we have working on this the better. My first impulse was to smile at Byron Howes comments. However, he writes like a thinking person---he is just seriously underinformed. He makes his comments based on the flimsiest amount of information and, like most humans, tends to judge others on his standards. I would be a fool to make comments that had not been substantiated beyond any reasonable doubt. What possible motive could I have for doing such a thing? Mr. Howes assumption that I am a fool reflects more on him than it does on me. I have found it much safer to assume that the other person has the highest level of ability and integrity until proven otherwise. That attitude has placed me much closer to the truth, while vastly improving what I can learn from that person, than assuming the worst and missing out. My computer is at home. My professional references and resources are at my medical centre where I have assistants to gather together articles and bibliographies readers of the net may desire. I have offered before, and I hereby do offer again, to provide references to anyone who would send such a request, accompanied by a Stamped, Self-addressed envelope to my address below. If you want things like reprints (basically anything you think might be too bulky to ship in a standard envelope) please send the appropriate size envelope and postage. If I'm willing to provide the above, the least the requester can do is bear the mailing costs. I enjoy sharing breakthroughs in my specialty with the net. My standards for choosing what to share does not allow for anything I'm likely to have to eat somewhere down the road. If I EVER have to "eat" something I will consider it a learning experience & thank (and admire) the person who fed it to me. However, unless I happen to have the research data accidentally close at hand, I will not be routinely placing it on the net with the subject being shared. Those who want to know can take advantage of my generous offer above. Those who just want to blow off steam will just have to wipe egg off their faces when the time comes. cbosgd!ukma!wws(Walt Stoll) YOU Walt Stoll, MD, ABFP ARE MORE Founder & Medical Director Holistic Medical Centre THAN YOU THINK 1412 North Broadway Lexington, Kentucky 40505 -- Walt Stoll, MD, ABFP Founder, & Medical Director Holistic Medical Centre 1412 N. Broadway Lexington, Kentucky 40505