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From: mc68020@gilbbs.UUCP (Tom Keller)
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Subject: Re: My opinion of Chiropractors.
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Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 21:09:36 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 14 21:09:36 1986
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Summary: chiropractors have quacks...just like the medical profession
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   I have seen many people advising against the use of chiropractors here.
One article implied that chiropractors are bad because a family member had
cancer, and the chiropractor didn't diagnose it.

   Assuming that the chiropractor didn't, and further assuming that the 
chiropractor is a total incompetent, this is no reason to condemn Chiropractic.

   A very dear friend of mine died in October of 1984, of lung cancer.  He had
gone to a doctor who was touted as the "best in the area", to discuss severe
pain, and gangrenous finger and toe tips.  This doctor repeatedly assured him
that there was nothing to worry about, and provided him with pain killers.

   Gil finally wound up in the hospital, where they took one look at his fingers
and toes, and did a full cancer workup - positive.  He died 2.5 months later./
Should I assume that *ALL* medical doctors are quacks, based on this 
incident (they are, but that's another story)???

   I offer you this experiment:  ask any 10 doctors you wish what their annual
mal-practice insurance premium is.  The ask any 10 chiropractors what *THEIR*
annual mal-practice insurance premium is.  You will get a very big surprise.

   At least in the state of California, Chiropractors receive as good as, and
by some people's reckoning, a better education than MDs.  They are every bit
as professional and trustworthy (even more so, in my experience...I've had any
number of chiropractors say to me:  "I don't know what that is, go see an MD",
while I have *NEVER* heard an MD admit that s/he didn't know.  Nor have I ever
heard an MD recommend that I see a chiropractor.  If the MD can't measure it, or
see it in an x-ray, then as far as they are concerned, it just doesn't exist!).

   If you (as I did) have a sore back or neck, and your MD can't seem to do
anything but prescribe muscle relaxers, which work fine, but don't solve the
problem, GO SEE A GOOD CHIROPRACTOR!  They **MIGHT** be able to help!  And
they might not...

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tom keller
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