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To: Rick Julian who wrote (11847)	5/3/2002 1:42:22 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 21057

Many people who would die in more primitive cultures due to certain afflictions live longer in our culture because our medical institutions are able sustain lives far beyond what many would consider a "good" quality of life. I have a good quality of life at this point and have had for decades. But without modern medicine, I would not be here at all. I had numerous quite serious ear infections as an infant. Were it not for modern antibiotics they undoubtedly would have killed me. Several years ago I had a serious heart attack. It would have killed me without some serious intervention by modern medicine. And the drugs used by modern medicine (Lipitor is one) have forestalled repitition. But that's OK. You can stick with herbs and psychic medicine. It'll be a real shame to lose a brilliant mind like yours, though.