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- From: dean@vexcel.com (Dean Alaska)
- Newsgroups: misc.health.alternative
- Subject: Re: homeopathy
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.234541.27117@vexcel.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 23:45:41 GMT
- References: <1992Dec23.195642.6058@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Dec23.220747.25895@vexcel.com> <schumach.725153283@convex.convex.com>
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- In article <schumach.725153283@convex.convex.com> schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher) writes:
- >
- >>Keep in mind that the most popular uses for homeopathy are where
- >>allopathy has nothing to offer, such as chronic conditions and
- >>viruses. There is nothing to lose in tryinh it in these cases.
- >
- >It's an old pattern: people with no hope will turn to anything for
- >comfort. As medicine learns how to treat the conditions, homeopathy
- >will retreat from them. Example-in-the-making: What is the homeopathic
- >treatment for cystic fibrosis? What will become of it if the gene
- >therapy for CF now under test is shown to work?
- >
- >And there is something to lose: money and time. Desperate people
- >can bankrupt themselves and their dependents chasing rainbows, or
- >waste precious months that might have increased their chances for
- >survival.
- >
-
- Keep in mind that the typical bottle of homeopathic remedies cost
- a few dollars - not a lot of money considering the expense of
- allopathic medicine. Nobody bankrupts themselves on homeopathy
- and there aren't many (any?) who are getting rich from it.
-
- There are plenty of examples in the history of scientific
- discovery when theories were not proven for a long time due to
- limitations in the _ability_ to test the theory. There are plenty
- of theories that were finally disproven. Neither has happened
- with homeopathy yet and only time will tell for sure. However,
- it appears that you are certain as to what the result will be.
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