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Re: Can't see the wood for the trees

Sir

I suggest that it is David Jameson who "Can't see the wood for the
trees" - does he have something against people taking responsibilty for
their health and its restoration as Erik Johnson proves is possible?

It's happening everyday while the medical profession ties itself in
knots with multifarious 'explanations' and ignores all patients whose
recovery is self-based through studying all potential paths to health and
finding the one that suits.

I find the lack of interest, in researching 'non-medical' cures, by
government abysmal. Daily, people from all walks of life 'spontaneously'
recover from all manner of diseases
without or despite 'medical assistance', yet the medical system treats
them as lepers rather than primary subjects for investigation.

Regards

John H.

Competing interests:
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Competing interests: No competing interests

25 June 2004
John P Heptonstall
Director of the Morley Acupuncture Clinic
Leeds LS27 8EG