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- From: green@island.COM (Robert Greenstein)
- Subject: Re: Colonic irrigations
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.193221.4940@island.COM>
- Keywords: alt medicine
- Sender: usenet@island.COM (The Usenet mail target)
- Organization: Strawman Incorporated
- References: <1992Jul20.013403.24229@techbook.com> <15762@pitt.UUCP>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:32:21 GMT
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- In article <15762@pitt.UUCP> geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul20.013403.24229@techbook.com> cathy@techbook.com (Cathy Gaupo) writes:
- >>I have read recently about colonic irrigations being useful for
- >>people with 'backed up systems', or becoming ill, or for people starting
- >>a juice fast.
- >>
- >>Are they any good? Do regular M.D.'s see their value? Is theis only a
- >>part of alternate medicine?
- >>
- >Colonic irrigation is a dangerous quack treatment which has been
- >outlawed in many jurisdictions. It has no established use.
- >There have been deaths due to the procedure.
-
- Not to defend colonics, but if you were to ban every procedure which has
- resulted in deaths, your so-called scientific medicine would not exist.
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