In 2007 I was asked to consult on a patient with prostate cancer. He was a chiropractor. I respect those guys—I’ve got a great one who practices only on horses and dogs. I was a sceptic. I put chiropracty right up there with divination and dowsing. That is, I did until I found my doggy… Continue reading The Chiropractor
The great Greek physician and teacher Hippocrates (460 BC-370 BC) described several kinds of cancer, referring to them with the Greek word "carcinos", meaning crab or crayfish. This name comes from the appearance of the cut surface of a solid malignant tumor, with the "veins stretched out on all sides as the animal the crab has its feet, whence it derives its name."