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210 nancy cambridge
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Nov 2, 2001
8:01 am
Yesterday, I went to an area Eye and Ear hospital for an eye problem. So this was done by a specialist in eyes. It was an in-office procedure...Do you know ...
211 Glenn Alperin
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Nov 2, 2001
8:14 am
... Glenn: Oh, they are learning, just not from all of the right sources. ;-) Take a look at your average text book which mentions prosopagnosia (I believe...
212 Martina Grüter
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Nov 2, 2001
8:57 am
Hi Nancy, I am a medical doctor and my husband too. And my father in law is a medical doctor too..... but beleave me - the PA is not very well known as a...
213 Edward J. Butterworth
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Nov 2, 2001
2:28 pm
... It was mentioned (both in the textbook and in class) during a neurology class that I took, but it was not emphasized. Unfortunately, medical school...
214 bill@...
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Nov 2, 2001
4:10 pm
... Bill Choisser: In 1996, when face blind people first began to meet on the Internet, medical literature documented over a hundred cases but only three that...
215 nancy cambridge
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Nov 2, 2001
9:12 pm
Hi, Everybody: For me, PA to an extent influences my job eligibility. There are some jobs which I would not take simply because they require an ability to...
216 Mark Wnorowski
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Nov 2, 2001
9:40 pm
... Doctors cannot know everything. They should have the skills to know how to pass you onto a specialist who may know what your problem is. The specialist has...
217 Nancy Laurie
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Nov 2, 2001
10:59 pm
-- Nancy Laurie nancylaurie@... - email (617) 250-0000 x2474 - voicemail/fax ... Nancy: I absolutely agree with the idea that doctors cannot know...
218 nancy cambridge
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Nov 3, 2001
12:03 am
... Nancy: I just had to respond! So funny! I'm laughing! ;) Thanks for the haha! ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find...
219 nancy cambridge
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Nov 3, 2001
12:05 am
... Nancy: Thanks for the information! Nice to meet you both! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. ...
220 jim7416@...
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Nov 3, 2001
1:57 am
In a message dated 11/2/01 4:45:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, wnorowsk@... writes: << Doctors cannot know everything. They should have the skills...
221 nancy cambridge
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Nov 3, 2001
11:28 am
Nancy: Hey, Jim, our first (respectful!) disagreement by net! Yahoo! I want to say first that I believe that disagreement is, well, to be cliche', the...
222 nancy cambridge
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Nov 3, 2001
11:40 am
... Nancy: Well, if you're saying that it's common for people to learn for the exam and then forget the information after the exam, then perhaps the material...
224 bill@...
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Nov 3, 2001
5:09 pm
... I mean anyone who knows anything about it, and who keeps up on the latest developments. Bill...
225 bill@...
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Nov 3, 2001
5:37 pm
... Bill: That's not the way it is defined. We've joked that all people with white canes are face blind, and indeed they share some of our problems. On the...
226 Martina Grüter
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Nov 3, 2001
7:48 pm
Hi Nancy, the problems doctors have is, that there are diseases, which you can identify and treat ( in some cases). ( I am a medical doctor and know very well...
227 Martina Grüter
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Nov 3, 2001
7:48 pm
Hi Bill ""We now believe the vast majority of us are born with it." That what you wrote in one of the last emails, I have some questions about it. How many...
228 Mark Wnorowski
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Nov 3, 2001
8:45 pm
Lots snipped ... Mark Wnorowski: I think you as concerned English teacher should go re-read a dictionary until you can define at least 50 percent of the words...
229 jim7416@...
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Nov 3, 2001
8:53 pm
In a message dated 11/3/01 6:29:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, nancycambridgema@... writes: << Hey, Jim, our first (respectful!) disagreement by net! ...
230 bill@...
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Nov 3, 2001
9:02 pm
Martina asked how many were born face blind versus getting it from a stroke or wound. We could take a tally, but we probably would not get statistically...
231 Mimi Sheiner
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Nov 4, 2001
4:16 am
Re Martina's research question: 1) My son Zeke (now 10 yrs old) was born with it. 2.) His paternal grandmother has topographic agnosia, but not prosopagnosia. ...
232 Nancy Laurie
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Nov 4, 2001
4:24 am
Bill: If we were lumped in with the ... Nancy: I would like that! ... Nancy: Yes, good point. ... Nancy: Yes, that makes sense to me. I like this definition....
233 Nancy Laurie
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Nov 4, 2001
4:50 am
-- Nancy Laurie nancylaurie@... - email (617) 250-0000 x2474 - voicemail/fax ... Nancy: Hi, Martina, Good to hear from you. In my letter, I didn't...
234 nancy cambridge
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Nov 4, 2001
5:15 am
... Nancy: My father used to say, "You have every right to be wrong!" ... Nancy: I don't see it as simply a social interaction problem. Not remember a face, in...
235 Glenn Alperin
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Nov 4, 2001
5:30 am
... Glenn: My father always said to me, "You are entitled to your opinion, however misguided it might be. ;-) " He'd actually say it with that sort of wink ...
236 nancy cambridge
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Nov 4, 2001
5:43 am
... Nancy: Mark, what I am saying is that it would be more useful for doctors to study with the objective of learning. By learn,I don't mean memorize for the...
237 Cecilia Burman
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Nov 4, 2001
6:40 am
... Cecilia: Pleas try to avoid irony in e-mail to this list. Some people on this list have trouble understanding irony in real-life, and it is a common reason...
238 nancy cambridge
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Nov 4, 2001
1:25 pm
... Nancy: Yes, I agree with everything here. Doctors, in general, should open their books or make a referral when they can't explain symptoms. ...
239 Fiona Creek
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Nov 6, 2001
11:08 pm
... 11/2/01 4:45:36 PM Eastern ... Fiona Too true. I saw a neurologist last year because I understood I was an object of curiosity and he wanted to meet me,...
240 Fiona Creek
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Nov 6, 2001
11:29 pm
... wrote: > ... Fiona I thought I used voice as a key trait, as I sometimes cannot identify a person until I hear them speak. But then, I realised that when...
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