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Word: backless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have a backache. (Who doesn't?) Your spouse says go to the doctor, but you don't really have a doctor. The local hospital has a walk-in clinic, but that means waiting, X rays, blood tests, waiting again -- this time in a backless paper dress -- only to be handed a bunch of insurance forms and a prescription for pills that make you logy. Your back still hurts, so you're referred to a fancy specialist. More X rays. More insurance forms. More waiting in a backless paper gown, followed by talk of disk surgery from a doctor who looks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why New Age Medicine Is Catching On | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

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