Also, I think the medical profession did up to about that time felt threatened by any potential cures from outside the system. Most alleged witches burnt at the stake were mainly mid wives and natural healers. Like Big Pharma today, no big bucks to be made with with the short life of fruit and veg.
That's right. It was founded by Spain in 1610.
Definitely the same these days. One of the most closed minded professions I can think of which chooses indoctrination over education every time. There’s a great Ted talk by a guy who created a better solution and had to fight the system to even get a trial.
And was started and monopolised for 3 years by a Scotsman with ships from Liverpool!
That’s a very warped view of medicine. Maybe the worst excesses of the US private field deserve such criticism, but it doesn‘t match my memory over many years. A fine example of radical medicine was the treatment of H Pylori, which almost overnight took gastric surgery off the operating lists. Both surgeons and physicians adopted the new treatments with alacrity, and you could say the same for polio vaccine and numerous other innovations.
Did you write that before or after watching the video? In it, the chap describes the existing procedure (which they tried to insist he had) which involved cutting open the chest, breaking apart the ribs, cutting out pieces of artery, sewing up and then a lifetime supply of warfarin and all that goes with it. His newer method involved keyhole surgery and was every bit as effective. Even after proving this in hundreds of patients, the butchers still had their knives out and fingers in their ears.
There are a million videos on the net decrying modern medicine, vaccines, ‘big pharma’ etc. Many of them made by people who owe their lives to modern medicine. ie anyone over 40 years old. That wasthe life expectancy before big pharma and modern medicine. Seriously, you want to go back there? Some bits are a bit crappy, but, hell, I’m 62, I’d hate to wake up having been dead for 22 years.
That is the standard treatment for valve replacement. It works, for all its inconveniences. The keyhole surgery also works in some cases, but not all. When to apply it is a judgement call. Hanging's too good for the surgeon whose judgement is based on the size of his invoice, but "I can do A in my sleep, but I don't know B, and I don't know anyone who can" is a good reason for going for A
When keeping people alive at all costs is the goal, sure. Quality of life is a thing though, and changes to improve that should be given consideration.
Its worse than that. The Royal Navy thought limes had more antiscorbitic capability thus bought some at greater expense. They taste better but are not as effective as lemons.As you point out - onions and potatoes (and I think it is the onions) solve the problems. It does not need to be citrus fruit.
Odd that we were called Limeys as limes (if I had to make a judgement) are much more uncommon the lemons - but maybe lies kept better (or were more common at the last port of call before crossing the Atlantic.
The Philippines have a delightful equivalent, Kalamansi, which ensure that the local rum is a real killer. Happy days!
Jonathan