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The Medical Roundup
inert tut Consultant In Medicine,
Mayo Clinic
Emeritus Professor of Medicine.
Mayo Foundation
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A Personal Experience
With A Quack
Someone writes me of a per
sonal experience he had with a
quack. A member of his family,
after coughing
hard for some
time, finally
got x - rayed.
The doctors
found a can
cer of the
lung, which
they thought
could be op
erated on and
or Alvarez removed. The
patient did not like this idea,
and so, when he heard of a dis
placed doctor from Europe who
ciimed he could cure cancer
with a diet, he went to him. He
went after he heard that no
diet has ever cured cancer. He
went; he gaid the $2,000 cash,
and started living on carrot
juice, salac and vegetables. Be
cause such a diet will not main
tain life, the man rapidly went
down hill; and went to skin
and bones. During this time the
doctor brain-washed him, as
suring him he would soon be
well.
Now, his relatives are much
distressed because they realize
that the treatment hastened his
death. They know, also, that if
he had had the operation and
surgeons had removed the tu
mor, he might be well today.
My correspondent asks the ques
tion which so rruany ask, "Why
do we physicians permit such
Gquacks to praticg?" The reason
6) 'it wlvn the United States
government, or a State govern
ment bfar$) down0 on a quack
and tries to put him out of the
business of swindling people, he
can alftajK send for a few dozen
pwons whoonce went to him
q with a bunch of nerves or an
-Hhser somewhere on their skin,
'-'arid they wjll gladly testify
thtf the quack saved their life
after "doctors gave them up.
Actually, there is no proof that
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they ever had cancer.
Commonly, the quack wins his
case because of these testimoni
als. If he loses, he often can
thumb his nose at the authori
ties because more than half of
our people love quackery and
believe in it. I imagine that
many of us human beings will
always insist on having quacks
in our community because, when
the doctors tell us there is no
cure for our disease, we will
always want to have someone
around to whom we can go and
get consolation and the promise
of a sure cure.
Work For Epileptics
James McKeever, of Glendale,
Calif., tells me that a group of
Los Angeles neurologists, head
ed by Dr. Augustus Rose, were
able to convince the govern
ment that most epileptics can
work and earn a living. As a re
sult, for the past year there has
been in operation a factory
doing sub-contract work for air
plane companies. It employs
some 50 workers.
This is known as Epi-Hab, and
is located at 8962 Ellis st., Los
Angeles. Not only does this fac
tory give work to epileptics
who cannot get work elsewhere,
but it gives them a good work
record which enables them later
to step into some other job.
Employers of labor should know
that most epileptics whose at
tacks are under control can and
will work steadily, without ab
sences and without accidents. A
number of employers now know
that epileptics at work do not
have an abnormal number of
serious accidents.
As I said here once before, it
is very unfortunate that a court
in Kentucky once awarded an
epileptic damages against his
employer for injuries due to a
falling-spell. At that time every
epileptic in the country should
have contributed to a fund to
help lawyers to get this de
cision reversed in a higher court.
The worst thing that epileptics
THEY CLAMMED UP '
Tokyo U.P.i Yokkawame
Beach fishermen have asked the
government to compensate them
for $19,500 worth of clams they
claimed to have lost as the re
sult of the U. S. Army's artil
lery practice. The fishermen
claimed that when the clam
hears the guns boom it snaps its
shell closed and chops off part
of its body.
could do would be to give em
ployers the idea that they would
demand damages for falls due to
their disease. Compensation
boards will do all epileptics a
great disservice if they soak
those kindly employers who try
to help these people by giving
them a job.
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