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From: morris@Shasta.ARPA (Kathy Morris)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Answer to Medical Puzzle #11
Message-ID: <143@Shasta.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 8-Mar-86 20:33:46 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  8 20:33:46 1986
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In article <2302@aecom.UUCP> werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) writes:
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>>	 A young woman brings her 8-year old son to the Pediatric clinic you
>> are rotating through.  Half hysterical, she explains that he has refused 
>> to eat for two days.  
>                                        However, an Anxiolytic such as Valium
>could be prescribed -- NOT for the kid, he's doing fine -- for the MOTHER :-)!

Of course, the mother won't be happy without a prescription for *something*.
Surely it would be more useful to *explain* what you think the problem is?
I thought that was the difference between treating people and treating
animals -- people deserve (and should get!) explanations.  Perhaps you
missed your true calling in life :-)

	Kathy Morris (morris@diablo.stanford.edu, ...!Glacier!diablo!morris)