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A brief history of medicine
I have a headache...
- 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.
- 1970 A.D. - That pill is ineffective.
Here, take this antibiotic.
- 2000 A.D. - That antibiotic is artificial.
Here, eat this root.
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