Vintage Robin Cook! Some of the medical jargon was ...
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Vintage Robin Cook!  Some of the medical jargon was beyond my knowledge, and the storyline was a little farfetched, but it was still an interesting read.
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Dr Mazansky has practiced most of his professional career utilizing conventional medical methods. In his book he narrates not only his personal experience with non-traditional medical care, but also his experience since practicing these methods of medical hypnosis.
For someone who has had longstanding chronic healthcare problems or maybe facing the possibility of a non-curable disease, where traditional medicine may not be providing the answer, this book may well be of value to such an individual.
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Go the Websters Medical Guide last Friday...reall enjoyed its content so far!  The print could be a little larger n darker...as I,m 83 & my eyes "need some help" and size n wize could help much!  I,m learning to adjust my reading habits...best I can!  Thanx, LesH
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Very interesting.  A lot of medical terms but you can look them up in the back of the book.  Confirmed my suspicions about statins and their potentially dangerous side effects, and other more natural ways of lowering cholesterol.  It also told of the dangers of getting your cholesterol too low.  Also about the tendency of doctors to over-prescribe statins, and the greed and avarice of the pharmaceutical industry that encourages the over-prescription of statins.
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Typical Robin Cook novel but I enjoy them and usually learn something about medical technology. I would recommend this book if you are a Robin Cook fan. However, it is VERY MUCH like his previous novel featuring "Pia".
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Sometimes shocking but amusing tales of doctoring in a remote Russian town just after the First World War/Revolution. Tried looking up on Wikipedia to work out why he was injecting people with camphor, which I only connect with killing moths. Sounds as though he has been thrown in at the deep end before he has completed the practical part of his docotr's training. Luckily most of his patients survive!
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Author Robin Cook continues to pound out his brand of medical thrillers.  In Critical, a struggling private medical surgical company, Angels Healthcare, has financial problems compounded by a mysterious series of lethal infections occurring in patients throughout Angels Healthcare's system of clinics.  Involved are investors, the Medical Examiner's office, the police, the mob, and others.  Bad guys are really bad, and folk at the ME's office work hard to understand what's going on, for a variety of personal reasons.

Being "critical" myself, Critical probably moved slower than what I expect from a Robin Cook novel.  The twist at the end is so unexpected that it almost reads as an afterthought, as in "I don't want the reader to have any chance at all to guess who's doing this, so I better throw another person in." At least Cook had an explanation for this person's involvement.

Still, I've enjoyed every "Cook Book" I've read, beginning with Toxin.  I hope his next one is back on track.
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My Dad bought me this wonderful little book when I was young, & I have always loved the truly off-center humor of it. In response to the query about the meaning of epiplectic, I found a quick online search produced the same type of results as reviewer RHS got--mostly references to epileptic & apoplectic. Oddly, I have a clear memory of looking it up decades ago (one of my father's favorite admonitions was "look it up!") and finding a definition that related it to apoplectic, and described it as referring to something that suddenly and somewhat violently falls to pieces. In fact I have often cited 'epiplectic' as an apt description when watching the Blues Brothers' faithful retired police car burst into bits once they make Daley Plaza, LOL--so this definition, though unconfirmable at the moment, has been clearly emblazoned in my memory for these many years (right or not)! Now if I could just find that dictionary of my Dad's to confirm...
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This is worth your time the science is thorough, his wit keeps you watching. The concept is relatable, we are talking about a diet that most of the world assumes is healthy, making him sick. The doctors go against their own advice to their patients and tell him to stop because it is unhealthy. Wait what, hold on unhealthy to eat the way you said was healthy! Watch this and learn how to make real change and improve your health!
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This book has oodles of old timer recipies on canning, and some helpful tips! As far as a vintage canning book goes, this is GREAT! I would caution when using the recipies to double check the poundage and times to cook, because since this book was published the USDA has changed their reccomended canning times/pressures. THAT ASIDE... this a wonderful book full of those recipies my granny and dad used when I was a kid, just what I was looking for!
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Good read-  possibly a little heavy for a non-medical/nutritional reader, but it was valid information and worth testing out personally. Would rather eat healthy than take handfuls of pills!
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It is always interesting to see "old" recipes and photos.  Did people actually think these foods looked appetizing?

I collect cookbooks and vintage are my favorites!  I haven't made any of these yet, but I am thinking that a retro night once a month or so might be fun!
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Anthony reveals the causes of so many 20th century diseases that have stumped medical practitioners, both allopathic and naturopathic. I have already made simple changes to my diet after recognizing some symptoms I have been plagued with most of my life. We are ready for this information because so many people are sick and not getting the answers they need to heal.
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When reading this classic book of the 1930's one could be confused that much of it may also be of the current day. It kind of lets you know far we have come in Health and Medicine - not far at all.( i am writing this in 2010)
Dr William Howard Hay developed brights disease, a form of Kidney disease , and had to move towards alternative methods to cure himself. His own orthadox field of medicine was of little or no help. Hay was a New York Medical Doctor and surgeon, and is more than comfortable at times throughout the book undermining his own profession, including stating that the medical profession has no purpose in the prevention or the cause of disease, but only in the treatment of it.
This book is ideal for medical students and the laymen to learn about how disease manifests through high acidic intoxication instead of an alkaline or base forming model of digestive health.
Hay was a strong researcher in the discovery and crucial understanding of proper food combining for Human Health.
This is one of my favourite all time books. Only recently over the last few years have i learnt to understand the importance of Acid/ alkaline balance along with other crucial areas in Human Health and Function - crucial areas i am involved in my own specialist research and practical work; most of which are still not covered in current academic studies or courses in the conventional medium. This is a specialist area of study.
If there was one historical book on Health management to buy this would be one of them for sure.
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I am dealing with some medical issues and this book had given me knowledge of the different uses of fruits and vegetables.
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Dr. Gottfried identified numerous symptoms that the typical female experiences especially in her late forties and fifties.  I was thrilled to have someone finally recognize the symptoms I have had to live with for about 7 years now.  I thought I might have something to work with as she has you answer the questionnaires.  She advises on how to be firm with your physician in asking for certain tests and to discuss your findings from the questionnaire.  Unfortunately, the physicians I have accessed are not receptive.  They say the symptoms are normal for menopausal women.  They say the tests I've had in the past are normal.  I think one has to be wealthy to access progressive physicians such as Dr. Gottfried and the type of medicine practiced.  I only wish there were answers for the average woman that would be informative, healthy, and affordable.  This book falls short of helping the average woman.
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I find Robin Cook's books very good reading and he has a way of combining medical knowledge with thrilling plots. In "Contagion," a maverick pathologist, Jack Stapleton, is convinced that a series of three different types of epidemics is being purposely caused by a large HMO, AmeriCare.  When attempts are made on his life, and when one young lady who has tried to help him, is brutally murdered, Jack is pretty sure something fishy is going on.  Is it the conglomerate health care organization, or could there be someone else?
The book opens with three mini-chapters in which we meet characters who will later "converge" and flesh out the plot.  The key character in the first scenario is pretty well camouflaged by Cook's writing; a clue----watch for nicknames or surnames; in the other two, we meet Stapleton and the lovely advertising executive Teresa Hagen.  Add to this some nasty gang members, and you have the recipe for an intriguing, if somewhat heavy-handed plot.
The book is long, but it moves well enough; I liked Stapleton's inter-relations with the African-Americans who let him play basketball with them after he buys lights and buys new equipment.  Warren is a particularly enjoyable character.  Also, Jack's relationship with Laurie is a nice one, and you can almost see how this relationship will determine the outcome of his relationship with the aforementioned Terese.
My main disappointment with this novel is its denouement.  The villain is completely unexpected, at least on my part; and the last scenes in a deserted Catskill cabin border on maudlin melodrama.
One big hole is exactly what the role of the HMO really was in the epidemics; why did Dr. Martin Chavereau fire Beth, really?  And why had he ordered plagues from the plague catalogue company??  And when the plot ends, we don't know how these important plot pieces fit the whole puzzle.
I would have given it more stars if these puzzling questions hadn't been left unanswered.
But, in spite of that, I recommend the book.  It is a good read.