Klarinet Archive - Posting 000995.txt from 1999/02
From: "Steven J Goldman, MD" <sjgoldman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] FW: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 26 Feb 1999 06:20:41 -0000 Issue 1099
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 22:43:13 -0500
Warts are a reed of a different thickness (well, I'm trying to keep this in
the Klarinet category). The thing about warts is that about half of them go
away on their own, the other half grow and spread. We don't know why, nor
which ones will do which. We also don't know if different immune levels have
anything to do with this (don't know allot, do we). The witch doctor
remedies work half the time because the darn thing is going to go away
anyway (my late father was convinced that rubbing a potato on his wart, then
burying it in the back yard when he was 10 years old helped to remove his
wart). It also causes a problem with evaluating medical wart treatments, as
it becomes imperative that you compare the treatment to a placebo.
Dermatologists love warts. The patients come back weekly for treatment. Good
for business. (If I seem a bit down on dermatologists, it's because I had an
ex-girlfriend who I helped get into a derm residency program - wrote her
application for her after she begged me to - after which I was promptly
dumped. There are really many very good dermatologists)
Ah, the mysteries of life.
Steve,
You should know where by now.
-----Original Message-----
From: jim & joyce [mailto:lande@-----.com]
Subject: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 26 Feb 1999 06:20:41 -0000 Issue 1099
Steve wrote:
>I'm breaking my promise already. In reading my post I realized that
>I wasn't very clear when I said the mind/body relationship isn't
>complicated. The IDEA isn't, but the nuts and bolts of how it
>actualy >works is extremely complex and not very well understood yet.
Steve, I'm glad you added to your post. I am sure you are familiar
with research that shows that doctors often have more success treating
children's warts using 'witch doctor' techniques rather than current
best practices. Does touching a wart with a rattle snake tail
reduce stress for the whole immune system or just the part that
works on warts? Fascinating, yes. Simple, no.
So now we can say "Klarinet: Warts & all"
jim lande
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