Re: What is Quackery?

Once upon a time, our fellow Orac
   rambled on about "Re: What is Quackery?."
Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ...

>That's because in most cases it isn't. Years ago, when I was a resident, 
>we used to use it in the burn unit all the time. Nothing "alternative" 
>there.
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Alternative medicine was yesterday's quackery, is today's
complementary medicine, and will be tomorrow's new branch of medicine.
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