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From: geb@cadre.ARPA (Gordon E. Banks)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Every MD's office needs a Chiropractor.
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Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 19:31:43 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 13 19:31:43 1985
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In article <2047@ukma.UUCP> wws@ukma.UUCP (Bill Stoll) writes:
>
>A second major factor in the reversal just was reported this past
>month: The spinal fluid (which we have always known was limited to the
>central nervous system--brain and spinal cord) flows all the way out
>to the tiniest tip of the tiniest peripheral nerve in the body.
>Apparently, the nervous system, both voluntary and autonomic, is not
>only electrical and chemical but a fluid dynamic system as well.  2oz
>of pressure where the nerves leave the spinal column causes a 60%
>reduction in the fluid flow from the cns to the periphery.  2oz is a
>nearly infinitisimal amount of pressure when one considers the
>stresses normally present during movements of the backbone.
>
>It now is much more understandable how manipulation of the spine could
>influence the function of the liver, etc.  Since all organs function
>is influenced by the autonomic system, there is no way that skilled
>spinal manipulation could NOT influence organ function.
>

This seems just another example of the "magical" type of thinking
that goes on in the world of "holistic medicine" and chiropractic.
Just like when Palmer "cured" his janitor of deafness by cracking
his neck for him (the auditory nerve doesn't even run in the neck).
Where was this reported?  How was it determined that spinal fluid
flows out through the nerves (I hope you aren't going to say
axonal flow, since that isn't really spinal fluid at all)?  I
suppose it is one of the lost "humors" of Aristotle.  After all,
the ancient Greeks knew everything about medicine and we'd all
still be healthy if it wasn't for the conspiracy between the
government, the AMA and the drug industry, right?


"I saw it last night in the entrails of an owl...."