Saint Offramp Of The Vipers

April, 1985

About a year ago, I had the awful luck to fall into a sort of speed trap for those who have been running too long in the fast lane. Before it was over, I'd been held incommunicado for 30 hours, badly misdiagnosed, well frightened, drugged and charged $1112. It was a lesson I'm not likely to forget; and forced to put it into a simple sentence, this is what I get: There is more than one reason they put snakes on the symbol for the medical profession.I'd been in New York for about a week, going too...