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Dear All Read "Anatomy of an Illness" by Norman Cousins. With a minimum of bravado he documents his recovery from a degenerative disease, and he spends a chapter on placebos. The book has been around long enough to have gain some respect. Barb Rager -----Original Message----- From: Michael Kramer <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 4:15 PM Subject: miracle without implication >I think that I used the wrong subject for my post. I didn't mean to imply that >religion was necessarily involved. (It may however be involved.) While I have no >problem with the posts as they relate to religion or New Age thinking that was not >what I meant to communicate. Let me ask my question again. > >The "placebo effect" seems to be well-documented and a widely accepted >phenomenon. Let's assume for a moment that it can affect individuals with >Parkinson's and can cure them (or can improve conditions) by whatever mechanism. >Once we have verified that some individuals can be cured by this effect maybe we >can identify ways to enhance the effect. > >Are any efforts being made in this direction? Why would anyone make any effort in >this direction without some documented (or anecdotal) cases of spontaneous >remission of Parkinson's? Do we have individuals (acquaintances) who are on the >list or that have been on the list who found their answer and then are heard no >more? That was my original question. If someone reports a cure or improvement do >we listen with an open mind? > >Mike 49/9 >