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From: dyer@spdcc.UUCP (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: (was) Re: Chelation works! (is) the return of Walt Stoll (eek!)
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Date: Tue, 21-Oct-86 00:09:15 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 21 00:09:15 1986
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Summary: save it for talk.med fella

Walt Stoll's disappearance from the net last year was welcome relief
after months of having to listen to him giving the word 'holistic'
a worse name than it already has in these circles, armed with hard
scientific evidence like the covers of Newsweek, personal testimonials
and heretofore unrecognized physiologies: I can't decide whether I
preferred his bit about spinal fluid extending out along the peripheral
nerves, or his revisionist postings on dentistry and the structure of teeth.
It was a real low point in net.med then, and the group very nearly became
another net.abortion or net.origins, with the as-yet-undisgusted rationalists
arguing with the crackpot.  Finally, a number of us were able to convince
people to simply ignore him; outside the spot light of controversy, he
quickly disappeared to devote his time to his practice, and net.med regained
a bit of its usefulness as a place for a discussion of medical issues, always
grounded in the basic sciences.

For myself, I don't welcome Stoll's return to the net based on our earlier
experience when he was active here.  I would recommend another dose of
restraint on our part to make his visit as quick and painless as possible.
In other words, don't get into a pissing contest with him; there'll be chance
enough later to correct any misinformation he might spread.

"...they laughed at Einstein too..."
-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@harvard.HARVARD.EDU
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