On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 06:33:03 EST, "S.B. Feldman, MD" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>In a message dated 3/29/00 9:30:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
><<  Of course, leeches would have a similar beneficial
> effect...
>  >>
>
>leeches happen to be part of the armamentarium of the most modern surgical
>programs today-they inject a substance while removing blood that allows
>initial healing to take place when there is limited circulation...as to the
>re: or not: I don't follow

"Re:" is short for "reply".

Thus if you get a message from someone entitled "Leeches", then your e-mail
software will (usually) make the Subject header "Re: Leeches".

In the old days, the software would keep doing this, ie "Re: Re: Re: Leeches",
etc. but it got excessive when discussion groups expanded beyond a handful of
people. :-)

So, if a message is posted "Re: Leeches", it implies that an earlier message was
posted to the discussion group called simply "Leeches".

Since I like reading discussions from the beginning, I will then look through
all the messages for the first one entitled simply "Leeches", but I won't find
it if the first message had "Re:" at the beginning.


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Cheers,

Ken
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