>Thank you so much for your time in catching me up to alternative therapists >, Ric, that was a great deal of work. It took me a great number of years >(med.tech.microbiologist) to undo do the brainwashing of the medical >industry's training, I've been more than a little skeptical, because there >are many very good and caring physicians out there who are also brainwashed >about "other", but doing a fine job in their chosen field and training.. I'm >often pretty cynical, but it is of the bottom line approach, the waste in >hospitals,the viscious restraints and attacks on alternative medicine >without (it seemed to me) an open mind. There sure is a dirth of "open minds" in that brainwashing industry...but isn't that just typical human nature at one of its worst facets? >There is room for all, and the >intelligent thing, it seems to me, would be for each to pursue all avenues >vigorously; quite a few do who see the door opening (and the bottom line, >too, I don't really object to paying well for care which heals without >horror, it's a gruelling job). They are caught in a trap, many of them, >exhausted from the horrendous responsibilities, the failures, the awareness >of their limitations, without time to be comforted by their successes or to >ardently pursue additional methodology. They have to be very bright and >tough to survive med. school, and income is only part of the lure, I'm sure. >But the AMA ...ARRRRGH!! You sure do describe the ugly scenario with the accuracy of someone who's been on the inside long enough to know the tragic truth. >The burgeoning sites on the web, offering free avenues to self education on >what, how, where, who,...and why....is not being lost on the rut sleepers. >Things are getting better, and I'm very positive of the direction now, there >is a lot of fresh air blowing.In the meantime, I am typical of a bus driver >who's day off he takes his wife for a ride on the bus...I am still >fascinated by the medical field, and am still thrilled by the new breed of >Paul de Kruif's "Microbe Hunters", the frontier is just barely being seen, >let alone conquered...it's so exciting!!!! You are right about there being some sparklers among the dung...I've got a number of MD friends who are genuinely care oriented and honestly trying to locate the truth...and they are all willing to admit they were brainwashed. >Thanks for your very friendly help and kind remarks, that's good medicine!! Thank YOU! Ric Lambart