spaatz wrote:

> I can across this by happenstance while cruising the net, but feel
> compelled to reply. I am a third year medical student (M.D.) at the
> University Medical School here in Missouri. Here on the teaching
> faculty are many D.O.s, ranging from the Vice head of the Department
> of Emergency Medicine to a Pediatric Neonatologist. A perfunctory visit
> to the web site of the AMA will show that the Medical Establishment
> (M.D.), has long considered the D.O. degree the equivilent to the M.D.
> in every reguard. D.O.s are found on the teaching faculty as well as
> the attending staff of nearly every medical school and hospital in the
> United States. From Harvard to UCLA. Most D.O.s (70% or so), do M.D.
> residencies alongside M.D. graduate physicians. Unless you have special
> insight to invalidate the opinion of Organized medicine in this
> reguard , which judging from the poorly written and violent nature of
> your post, I tend to doubt. Than may I suggest you research a topic
> first ...than write.
>

Spatz, thank you for your post. I will read your postings with great
interest and I'm glad to see an MD student in this group. My Doctor
took a lot of hazing for his strong interest in herbs and nutrition.

You might like his site.
www.drblythe.com

He travels to the Amazon Rain Forest researching Herbs. He's an MD.