A HISTORY OF MEDICINE
2000 BC - Here, eat this root.
1000 AD - That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer.
1850 AD - That prayer is superstition. Here, drink this potion.
1920 AD - That potion is snake oil. Here, swallow this pill.
1945 AD - That pill is ineffective. Here, take this penicillin.
1955 AD - Oops ... bugs mutated. Here, take this tetracycline.
1960 -1999 AD - Thirty-nine more "oops" ... Here, take this more powerful antibiotic.
2000 AD - The bugs have won! Here, eat this root.
Anonymous - Quouted in "Overcomming Antimicrobial Restistance" - World Health Report on Infectious Disease 2000.
1000 AD - That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer.
1850 AD - That prayer is superstition. Here, drink this potion.
1920 AD - That potion is snake oil. Here, swallow this pill.
1945 AD - That pill is ineffective. Here, take this penicillin.
1955 AD - Oops ... bugs mutated. Here, take this tetracycline.
1960 -1999 AD - Thirty-nine more "oops" ... Here, take this more powerful antibiotic.
2000 AD - The bugs have won! Here, eat this root.
Anonymous - Quouted in "Overcomming Antimicrobial Restistance" - World Health Report on Infectious Disease 2000.
3 comments:
Ohhh... tragicomic!
I just wanted to tell you: We have something in common.
What do we have in common?
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