Healers

To the Editor: In his Sounding Board article in the November 6 issue, Dr. Oppenheim puts forward a series of assertions that seem to us to be unfounded. He claims that "Fascination with health maintenance is strictly American. It does not exist in Europe." In our opinion, health maintenance is not "fascination" but a reasoned attitude, conscious of both its possibilities and its limitations. This attitude was not born in the United States; it goes far back into history and was clearly set forth by Hippocrates. He believed that the onset of sickness only appears to be sudden, that it . . .