PEOPLE MEDICINE: A Frugal Physician Prescribes

Table of Contents Chapters from coming book Common Sense and Enthusiasm Germs and Disease Cut to Cure Good Medicine, Bad Medicine Teaching and Learning Lip Service "I agree with 99 percent of what you wrote," Says Past Chairman, Montana Board of Medical Examiners. We have to check on the other 1 percent. Baby Doctor Our Previous Book A Short Novel Worth Your Reading Frugal Physicians Physicians Who Buck the Trend and Act as Real Healers Prudent Patients Patients Who Find Unique Ways to Deal with Illness and the Medical System Favorite Physicians Physicians Who Have Changed the World The Whole Works Deeper Ways to Look at the Human Experience Home Remedies Ways to Better Take Care of Yourself Visit our Sister Site Rocky Mountain Astrologer Links Rocky Mountain Astrologer	Dave Miller PRAYER AND HEALING The Rest of the Story Dave Miller grew up not knowing anything different than praying when you were sick or injured. “That’s what my parents taught me when I was a child. That’s what I knew and understood. I didn’t know about doctors and hospitals.” Dave saw many injuries tended and fixed at home. “Mother bandaged my injured and sometimes broken bones and they got better in a few days.” Still, Dave’s thinking changed over the years and pointed him to regular medical help on numerous occasions. But, not always. About ten years ago, Dave was just recovering from a nasty injury to his left wrist. It had been mangled by an accident with a hundred-ton press. Dr. Tom Johnson operated and put it back together. Miller had only been out of his cast a few days when he decided to rest his weary bones in the hot tub at home on the Saturday night before Easter. But, it turned out to be less than a restful evening because he slipped and fell on the tiles surrounding the hot tub. Dave immediately knew he had broken his right wrist. It wasn’t a compound fracture. No bones were sticking through the skin, but one was pushed up a good portion of an inch. “I whined for a while until my daughter appeared and tested me. I wasn’t practicing what I had taught her. Alyssa said, “Have you prayed about it, Dad.’” -- For the rest of the story, go to --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thoughts from A Frugal Physician "Physicians are taught to save lives, not money." This quote is only partly true. Modern medicine is all about bodies and diseases, fixing and mending, repairing and curing. Unfortunately, health and healing, common sense and simplicity have become further and further removed form medical practice. There is NO course in medical school on health or healing. Neither on diet and nutrition, nor faith and beliefs, nor business and costs and laws. Medicine is now less a service than a business. A Big Business. Physicians often are more focused on the financial bottom line than on serving, helping and aiding their fellows. This can, must and will change. You can be part of that change. You are invited to give and take regarding a wide range of medical issues which will be presented here before, during and after the release of PEOPLE MEDICINE. Help out by sharing comments and stories about medicine and healing as they are and as they can be. Dr. Bob aka Robert McNary, MD Contact theportableschool at gmail dot com.

Table of Contents

Chapters from coming book

Common Sense and Enthusiasm
Germs and Disease
Cut to Cure
Good Medicine, Bad Medicine
Teaching and Learning
Lip Service

"I agree with 99 percent
of what you wrote,"

Says Past Chairman,
Montana Board of Medical Examiners.

We have to check on the other 1 percent.

Baby Doctor
Our Previous Book
A Short Novel Worth Your Reading

Frugal Physicians
Physicians Who Buck the Trend
and Act as Real Healers

Prudent Patients
Patients Who Find Unique Ways to
Deal with Illness and the Medical System

Favorite Physicians
Physicians Who Have Changed the World

The Whole Works
Deeper Ways to Look at the Human Experience

Home Remedies
Ways to Better Take Care of Yourself
Visit our Sister Site
Rocky Mountain Astrologer

Links

Rocky Mountain Astrologer

Dave Miller

PRAYER AND HEALING
The Rest of the Story

Dave Miller grew up not knowing anything different than praying when you were sick or injured. “That’s what my parents taught me when I was a child. That’s what I knew and understood. I didn’t know about doctors and hospitals.”

Dave saw many injuries tended and fixed at home. “Mother bandaged my injured and sometimes broken bones and they got better in a few days.”

Still, Dave’s thinking changed over the years and pointed him to regular medical help on numerous occasions. But, not always.

About ten years ago, Dave was just recovering from a nasty injury to his left wrist. It had been mangled by an accident with a hundred-ton press. Dr. Tom Johnson operated and put it back together.

Miller had only been out of his cast a few days when he decided to rest his weary bones in the hot tub at home on the Saturday night before Easter. But, it turned out to be less than a restful evening because he slipped and fell on the tiles surrounding the hot tub. Dave immediately knew he had broken his right wrist.

It wasn’t a compound fracture. No bones were sticking through the skin, but one was pushed up a good portion of an inch.

“I whined for a while until my daughter appeared and tested me. I wasn’t practicing what I had taught her. Alyssa said, “Have you prayed about it, Dad.’”
--

For the rest of the story, go to ---

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thoughts from A Frugal Physician

"Physicians are taught to save lives, not money."

This quote is only partly true.
Modern medicine is all about bodies and diseases,
fixing and mending, repairing and curing.

Unfortunately, health and healing, common sense and simplicity
have become further and further removed form medical practice.

There is NO course in medical school on health or healing.
Neither on diet and nutrition, nor faith and beliefs,
nor business and costs and laws.

Medicine is now less a service than a business. A Big Business.
Physicians often are more focused on the financial bottom line
than on serving, helping and aiding their fellows.

This can, must and will change.
You can be part of that change.
You are invited to give and take regarding a wide range of medical issues
which will be presented here before, during and after the release of
PEOPLE MEDICINE.

Help out by sharing comments and stories about
medicine and healing as they are
and as they can be.

Dr. Bob
aka Robert McNary, MD

Contact theportableschool at gmail dot com.