Confessions of a Medical Heretic (Scanned Book)

216 Pages·1979·9.799 MB·English

by  Robert S. Mendelsohn MD

$9.95
CONFESSIONS |
OF A
MEDICAL
HERETIC
Robert S. Mendelsohn, M.D.
Doctor Robert Mendelsohn has
been practicing medicine for over
twenty-five years. He has been the
National Director of Project Head
Start’s Medical Consultation Ser-
vice, Chairman of the Medical Li-
censing Committee for the State of
Illinois, and the recipient of numer-
ous awards for excellence in medi-
cine and medical instruction. He
currently is Associate Professor of
Preventive Medicine and Commu-
nity Health in the School of Medi-
cine of the University of Illinois. He
is also a medical heretic, for Dr.
Mendelsohn believes that the
greatest danger to your health is
usually your own doctor. Modern
medicine's methods, argues the
doctor, are rarely effective and in
many instances are more danger-
ous than the diseases they are de-
signed to diagnose and treat.
In Confessions of a Medical Her-
etic, Dr. Mendelsohn tells why, if
you're feeling fine, you should not
have a physical examination, annu-
ally or otherwise. The effects of the
exam may well be detrimental to
your health, and: the diagnosis,
even if confirmed by lab tests,
could very well be erroneous; in a
recent nationwide examination of
“high standard’ laboratories, fifty
percent failed.
(continued on back flap)

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Mendelsohn, Robert S
Confessions of a medical heretic.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
A latrogenic diseases. Pa Medicine—Philosophy.
l. Title.
RC90.M46 610 78-73670
ISBN 0-8092-7726-3
Copyright ©1979 by Robert Mendelsohn, M.D.
All rights reserved
Published by Contemporary Books, Inc.
180 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601
Manufactured in the United States of America
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 78-73670
International Standard Book Number: 0-8092-7726-3
Published simultaneously in Canada by
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Canada
Contents
Acknowledgments vil
Non Credo ix
Dangerous Diagnosis 1
Miraculous Mayhem Ze
Ritual Mutilations 49
The Temples of Doom 67
Holy War on the Family 89
Doctor Death 113
The Devil’s Priests 123
If This Is Preventive Medicine, I’ll Take
C“Se(hSIQOGBaSs 0"S )
My Chances with Disease 141
9 The New Medicine 157
Epilog In Search of the New Doctor 171
Bibliography 185
Index 189