Date: Sun, 9 Jul 1995 11:56:37 -0700 From: Jeff Chan To: firearms-alert Subject: ACTION: More about Journal of Trauma >Date: Sun, 9 Jul 1995 09:54:09 -0700 (PDT) >From: "Edgar A. Suter" >To: firearms-alert@shell.portal.com >Subject: Censorship and incompetence at the Journal of Trauma (fwd) Here's the kind of junk science and censorship that is being used to destroy our civil rights. I also received some private e-mail from a medical librarian who had independently written a letter to Dr. Pruitt about the dangerous and discredited treatment advice recommended by Trask et al. in their article. Pruitt's response was to write a letter to the President of the librarian's university attempting to cause trouble for the librarian. So... Pruitt is also, as typical for cowards, a bully. Particularly in the Journal of Trauma beware of the work of Dr. Ordog at Martin Luther King Medical Center in LA. He is among the worst of the junk scientists. In a short article by Ordog a few years ago, Dr. Fackler discovered _54_ errors. Despite a detailed letter chronicling the errors, J. Trauma refused to publish the letter. Dr. Pruitt's claim that my letter with Fackler (see below) need not be published because it doesn't relate to improving patient care is ridiculous. Trask et al. recommended that surgeons routinely "extensively debride" (meaning "chop off lots of flesh") on the mistaken assumption that, simply because the wound is from an "assault weapon," that _even if the tissue looks good_, there is "massive necrosis" (meaning "dead flesh"). In other words, Trask et al. are suggesting that surgeons chop off good flesh on a mistaken assumption. It seems quite bizarre that Pruitt doesn't see correcting that dangerous notion as improving patient care. I would hope that members of this list would see fit to write Dr. Pruitt _AND_ the other members of the J. Trauma editorial Board (so that Pruitt's behavior is known to the other editors) about (1) Trask et al.'s dangerous recommendations (you may cite the references in my letter with Fackler) and (2) emphasize the importance in relation to patient care. We will deal with his efforts to bully the librarian later. Besides Pruitt: John H. Davis, MD Associate Editor, Journal of Trauma Department of Surgery DQ319 Given Bldg. University of Vermont College of Medicine Burlington, VT 05405 David B. Pilcher, MD Associate Editor, Journal of Trauma University of Vermont College of Medicine Burlington, VT 05405 Larry Floersch, BA Assistant Editor, Journal of Trauma University of Vermont College of Medicine Burlington, VT 05405 Ernest E. Moore, MD Associate Editor, Journal of Trauma Dept. of Surgery Denver General Hospital 777 Bannock Street Denver, CO 80204 [Earlier message already posted 7/5/95 not included.]