Sir, - Ms Vera Kindlon does not appear to have heard of the fact, of which I have personal experience, that psychological stress or frustration can manifest itself as physical symptoms, the former being no more "imaginary" than the latter. When it comes to logic and clear thinking, and being able to distinguish cause from effect, Ms Showalter's qualifications in English literature probably give her a distinct advantage over anyone who cannot see beyond the narrow horizons of mechanistic medicine, no matter how many "experts" subscribe to its fallacies. - Yours, etc.
Ballydehob,
Co. Cork.