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Humor: A Short History of Medicine
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- Subject: Humor: A Short History of Medicine
- From: [email protected] (Jon D Dayley)
- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 14:33:01 -0700
- References: <[email protected]>
>A Short History of Medicine
>
>I have an earache:
>
>2000 B.C. -- Here, eat this root.
>1000 A.D. -- That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer.
>1850 A.D. -- That prayer is superstition. Here, drink this potion.
>1940 A.D. -- That potion is snake oil. Here, swallow this pill.
>1985 A.D. -- That pill is ineffective. Here, take this antibiotic.
>2000 A.D. -- That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root.