~~ about to catch another -
Bee baby i in the Labor and De- =

ae livery 1 room, this time cour- ;

~~ tesy of a woman. from,
Gabriola Island.”

a little pearl in the Gulf Is-.

ie the’ waters between Va
~~: couver Island and the B. C
i mainland. Itis home to *
~ many a free spirit including

On rare occasion
doctors get into
trouble with the
medical authorities
as aresult of com-
plaints from pa-
tients. .
For me this occurs
on Tuesday.
nostalgic tear wells
1 up in my eye as 1
¢ B. recall, oh so well,
the first time I was hauled
up on the carpet.
I was a brash young in- ©

tern (Intern meaning that
we are interned and en-

_tombed within a hospital:

We are not yet able to set
up practice and get sued
for real.) ;

“So young intern, who
we presume would ulti-
mately like to make a living
‘as a doctor, would you care
to explain why you said _
what you did.”

It had been.a dark and
stormy night and I had ©
been on call the usual 478
consecutive hours. I was.

abriola is a gorgeous

lands necklace that; adorns

“several Americans who»
spirited themselves free of

~ the draft. It remains the

happy hippie home of gum
- boots, granola and good —

guano. It is the land of tie- -

dye,. bandannas, VW vans”

‘and peace... >
The birth of this freshest

Gabriolan was going well,
though a naked four-year-
old prancing about the
room sticking his nose into.
the action site (to check for
_ his new sib) was atad dis-.
tracting. Fifteen minutes af- »
ter the pleasant entrance
into this world of Moon: :
shadow Raccoon Nosehair,

came the placenta (after
birth).

| * Jack parker
TOR

| Jak Barker

onareonecn einpacn buanniineeel

“scribes some popular.
é recipes fc for placenta.

“the placenta in gardens.:
Others will bury it with a
- seedling, which upon ma-.

~ “Could you save that for
us please, doctor?”
“Why?” I inquired.
“Well, we plan to cook it
up and eat it,” they replied.
Believing that they were
kidding, I then let loose —

with the first of many com-

ments that have subse-

quently landed me in hot.

water. 00

“So, what do you cook it

with, Placenta Helper?”
“Such was my first expo-

Cone to placentaphagia (the

eating of placenta). Accord-

ing to the Julia Childprod-.

~-« uets’ cookbook Quick and
~ Easy Human Organs, the’.

placental can be fried, .

‘sauteed, ‘fricasséed | and ~

even baked. (half- baked?).
In fact, Harper's Magazine, .
February 1999 actually de-

“Various cultures. spread :

- turing as atree, can bea .

~ reminder to the child that
“his placenta is in that tree.
In addition to being used -
asa dietary delicacy, pro-
‘tein and hormone-rich pla
centa is used in everything...
from shampoos to Chinese -

remedies for impotence,
menopause and general

anti-aging. Those with an

extra $25,000 (just send.
Jane Stewart a valentine) _

_and wish to feel younger,
may wish to undergo pla.

.cental injections.

-Placenta, which is de-
rived from the same stem
‘cells as the baby, is the |
only non-diseased live or- .

Sidney -

seneorrcrn itn inte

oS 90g organ gets infected
“has a diminished blood
~ supply, is ‘contaminated by —
“ALCOHOL and TOBACCO:
I roducts, Or is not sitting in

--Camosun Peninsula »

655-0608 —

HAAR 510 Bevart Ave,

gan that can be removed
from the body to study.

Most folks resent having

a liver or brain removed for
scientific study (NDP lead-
ership candidates aside).

Placentologists are able

to use it to test drugs or
poisons, extract hormones, |
investigate disease (ge-
_hetic) and use the placental

membrane for healing
burn wounds.

ize that, be it an inny or
an outie, the wee lint col-
lector in the middle of our
belly was our lifeline. We
can be born sans various
appendages and even or-
gans, but everyone (with

the exception of Adam and -

Eve perhaps??) has a navel
base.

' The placenta does not
transmit mother’s blood to

baby, but rather it acts as a

barrier preventing her
blood from mixing with
that of the fetus. It selec-

‘tively allows the passage of »

substances required for fe-
tal development including -
‘nutrients, oxygen, and :
Snickers bars. .

> Itis also the conduit for "s
“retur ning waste products .
like ammonia and. broccoli:

back to the mother. If this:

‘pl

its proper locale within the
‘womb; then the fetus is ‘at
tisk of having t birth defects:
~ By examining the pla-

-centa, known as the “diary. ‘|

of life,” much about life i in
the womb can.be deter-".
mined. Cerebral palsy:

_ (brain damage caused by a"
“botched” birth) is a major

reason that 80 per cent of.

US obstetricians have been.

~- sued, Much to the chagrin:

of lawyers, there may not.

necessarily be anyone to -

blame in some cases of CP.

~The placenta may itself be

~ the culprit or it may reveal :

~ an answer as to who or
what was the cause of
brain damage.

In my own case, I be-
lieve ; was born on Tu ues-
day. .

It is remarkable to rea

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