Dealing with Hepatitis C

A reader of the Times has asked this writer to submit an article on Hepatitis C. Thinking about this subject reminds the writer of another area which almost all of his education came following medical school and residing. 65 years ago what was known about hepatitis could be summarized in about two words “Yellow Jaundice.” The cause was not known nor was there any proven information about the mechanism of transmission. Some patients died, some progressed to develop cirrhosis of the liver, and most seemed to recover.