The Magic Tonsillectomy or Armstrong's Voodoo Science?

[Bob Prudhomme]

Or, you could just answer the question. Is there a problem with that?

Bob,

I would not ask a personal question of you without explaining the context to the discussion. Do you have a problem with that?

Personally, I would not hesitate to answer such a question, unless, of course, I was afraid what answering this question might reveal about my ignorance of the topic, as I am certain you are.

If you had your tonsils removed, or were acquainted with someone, preferably a 5 or 6 year old child, who had theirs removed, you would know that recovering from a tonsillectomy is a very painful experience. My sister and I had ours removed electively when I was 4 years old and I still recall the pain and discomfort and my mother's efforts to soothe and comfort us. It was a couple of days before I could swallow anything beyond cold Jell-O.

LHO would have been 5 turning 6 in 1945. If his tonsillectomy was even half as painful as mine was, I'm sure Marguerite Oswald would have heard all about his discomfort in the next few days, and her affirmation that a tonsillectomy was indeed performed on LHO was likely based on this experience.

However, you seem to have drawn the conclusion that a "tonsillectomy" was performed on LHO by means of some obscure voodoo faith healing, based upon your obviously limited knowledge of osteopathy. Would you be so good as to provide evidence to this forum of Dr. Philben, or any other osteopath, performing non-surgical tonsillectomies (or removal of any other organ, tumour, etc.) on American patients? Keep in mind that the very concept of a tonsillectomy, or any other surgical procedure, goes completely against the beliefs of osteopathy.

Bob, I don't know what you've been reading, but it hasn't been my posts - at least not very carefully.

This was part of my last response to Albert: "But then, osteopaths do not believe in drugs or operations, even if, in modern times, some incorporate those treatments."

Like I thought, your question has no relevance.

Such a pompous ass. Oh, and don't get upset, simply because you are unable to answer questions.