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From: abc@brl-smoke.ARPA (Brint Cooper )
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Immunogen
Message-ID: <4724@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 18-Oct-86 22:30:59 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 18 22:30:59 1986
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Reply-To: abc@brl.arpa (Brint Cooper (SECAD/CSMB) <abc>)
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In article <516@aecom.UUCP> werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) tells
of what most folks don't know about how the human body really works.
Then he writes:

>	Now a word of defense: I am not paid to say any of this. I say
>critical things about "health-food" and "holistic" practices, because
>frankly, someone has to to do it.  And everytime I do, I get accused of
>being brainwashed and a pawn of the AMA.  Well, I am neither, thank you.
>But I know when claims contradict fact. And remember - in regards to
>"unproven" treatment - the burden of proof lies on proponents to prove
>it really works, not to me (and medicine and science) to prove it doesn't.
 

	Perhaps we've been taking Craig Werner too much for granted.  I
can think of only two others whose postings to this "net" are as
informed and useful as his.  Neither of them posts with the frequency
and length of Craig's articles.  Indeed, were Craig Werner to cease his
contribution to net.med, I would immediately unsubscribe.  

	Craig, I'm happy to thank you publicly for your contributions to
my understanding of my own body, its functioning, and its diseases.  I
hope you remember that detractors usually speak up about ten times as
often as supporters.

-- 
Brint Cooper

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