Quacks have always preyed on those who believe that banishing the malaise cures the malady. But to doctors nowadays, concerned with basic cause and cure, "mere relief of a symptom looks petty and the problem . . . seems a bore."
So says Dr. Walter Modell of Cornell in The Relief of Symptoms (W. B. Saunders Co.). The book's point: doctors must try not only to find a long-range cure but to give immediate relief. Otherwise, patients may be driven to the charlatan. Author Modell lists symptoms that should be treated at once, whether...
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