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From: hankb@teklds.UUCP (Hank Buurman)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Answer to Medical Puzzle #9
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Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 19:03:23 EST
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In article <2270@aecom.UUCP> werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) writes:
>	A simple $3 Guaic test for occult blood in the stool would probably rule
>out anything major and make the Insurance company happy, but as a form of
>defensive medicine (against lawsuit) a Barium swallow, a Barium enema, and
>endoscopy could be performed with similarly (almost guaranteed) negative
>results at a cost of hundreds of dollars.  I mean, you figure this guy didn't
>become a hot-shot liability lawyer for nothing.

Ahh! The medical mind at work.