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To the Editor: In his book review of American Health Quackery and Guide to the American Medical Association Historical Health Fraud and Alternative Medicine Collection (Dec. 17 issue),¹ Herbert mistakenly equates all "alternative" medical practices with those that are clearly fraudulent. In any field, be it business, industry, or medicine, there will always be those who are eager to take advantage of unsuspecting consumers for monetary gain. To dismiss the entire spectrum of alternative medicine with a blanket indictment such as this, however, is shortsighted, uninformed, and insulting to the integrity of the many dedicated practitioners who use these therapies.

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