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Susan G. Wynn, D.V.M., is co-editor of Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine: Principles and Practice (Mosby, 1997), a reference book for veterinarians.

Richard N. Podell, M.D., is clinical professor of family medicine at the

UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, N.J., and

director of the Podell Center for Medical Treatment, Prevention and Natural

Healing in New Providence, N.J.

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