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To: Apollo who wrote (5170)	8/23/1999 3:51:00 PM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Respond to of 54805

Stan, Besides, proper informed consent of the risks and hazards by the patient should block most risk. After all, it is elective surgery sought by the patient. I think that statement would have applied equally to those receiving breast implants. As I recall, Dow Corning was set up to find useful things to do with silicone. In addition to breast implants, I believe they developed silicone brain shunts and other devices that benefited patients. Judging by the op-ed page of the Wall St. Journal (not exactly an unbiased source :) as the Dow Corning fiasco played out, there was never definitive and uncontested proof in the scientific community that silicone leaks caused all manner of strange illnesses. But the inundation of lawsuits overwhelmed the company. I and many others would stand to materially benefit from corrective eye surgery, but I just can't help thinking that along the evolutionary course leading to a world in which eyeglasses are only found in museums, there will be serious legal attacks, focusing on those with the deepest pockets. It is certainly admirable what you and others in the medical community do, putting yourself at personal liability risk to save lives. But the kind of legal attacks I would fear would not be those targeted at individual doctors, but rather those aimed at the technological source a la Dow Corning.