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- From: swf@tools3teradata.com (Stan Friesen)
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- Subject: Re: homeopaty... NBC's dateline
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- Date: 22 Dec 92 17:03:28 GMT
- References: <1992Dec8.200023.28457@walter.bellcore.com> <6657@tuegate.tue.nl> <1992Dec10.172102.6968@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM> <1992Dec16.004108.6953@sci.ccny.cuny.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec16.004108.6953@sci.ccny.cuny.edu>, dac@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (David A Cooke) writes:
- |>
- |> Not very. For one thing, the immune system generally recognizes
- |> protein, not inorganic substances, so that would throw any of the inorganic
- |> homeopathic remedies (e.g lead) out the window. No matter how many
- |> homeopathic potions of say, arsenic, you take, it will not remedy arsenic
- |> poisoning.
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- Well, I agree in principle, but your choice of example is a little off :-)
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- It is my understanding that one *can* develope a tolerance ('immunity') to
- arsenic over time by taking small, gradually increasing doses.
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- Of course this must be done *before* the fact, not afterwards as a cure.
- Also, it involves *measurable* doses, increased over time to normally toxic
- levels - quite different than the operation of homeopathic remedies.
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- (Actually, I suspect that this is *not* an immune type response, just an increased
- tolerance for the substance).
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