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Any comments on this explanation for allergy? (yes, of course :)

Joel M. Eichen joele at earthlink.net
Thu Jun 10 19:21:02 EST 1999


Are there other dentists who recommend chelation of mercury to
patients and consider it an acceptable form of dental care?

(I am against dentists practicing medicine!)


Cheers,


Joel


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"Hans Lennros" <hans.lennros at swipnet.se> wrote:

>Hi Joel,

>You wrote:
>>LAWYER: "Doctor, where did you learn that chelating
>>mercury was proper dental care?"
>>How would you answer that one?

>That's an easy one!  I would love to be in that court-
>room setting getting that question. Unfortunately I do
>not chelate mercury. If I did; I would say to the lawyer:

>"Established medical practice in all major hospitals all
> over the World in cases of high and unintentional heavy
> metal exposure"

>LAWYER: But you are a dentist and shouldn't practice medicine!

>El Hanso: (to the lawyer): Did you ever meet a person who had
>               caught a cold?

>LAWYER: Yes, ... but..

>El Hanso:  Did you tell that person that: "You have a cold, you should
>                 go home" or "He is down with the flu" or something.

>LAWYER:  Yes, of course. It happens at least once a week in winter
>                 I have to tell the court that my client cannot turn up because
>                 he or she is sick, in bed with a cold.

>El Hanso:  And you tell the court that you have met with your client that
>                day and can sort of verify why the client couldn't make it?

>LAWYER: Yes, but where is this leading ...?

>El Hanso:  It just lead to the fact that we can establish that you, in front of
>                a lot of truthful witnesses, admitted to making medical diagnosises
>                on a routin basis. I do not think you learned that in law-school.
>                Can you present the Court with your medical license, please ?

>Heck, I love squeeeezing lawyers (and some occasional dentist).

>Bye for now,
>Hans














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