-Caveat Lector-
On 9 Jan 01, at 2:50, Johannes Schmidt III wrote:
> Pre 20th century medicine was primitive, but despite all the horrible
> things you would expect a lot of people didn't die. In the US civil
> war, there were many thousands of combatants who lost arms and legs
> but did not die of infections or shock. People who got serious
> infections didn't always die, although you would expect them to. The
> body itself has natural mechanisms for defeating many illnesses and
> injuries under ideal conditions.
>
Not to break into your postmodern reverie, but most "modern"
medicines are based on plant properties that are now
"synthesized" and marketed for top dollar. In those olden days,
there were some folks who knew which plants were good for what
ailments. You just had to know which plants and where they were.
One of the "newest" cancer drugs is based on the inner bark of a
certain type of pine tree. The active ingredient has been chemically
analyzed, of course, isolated and synthesized--which saves lots of
pine trees and makes it possible for a pharmaceutical company to
patent and market it as a "drug". After all, you can't patent a pine
tree....so where's the profit?
sno0wl
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