The History of Medicine

"The History of Medicine"

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.

2006 A.D. - That antibiotic doesn't work
anymore. Here, eat this root.

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"In Five Years..."

An applicant was being interviewed
for admission to a prominent medical
school.

  "Tell me," inquired the interviewer,
"where do you expect to be five years
from now?"

  "Well, let's see," replied the student.
"It's Wednesday afternoon. I guess
I'll be on the golf course by now."

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"X-Ray"

While making rounds, a doctor points
out an X-ray to a group of medical
students.

"As you can see," she says, "the patient
limps because his left fibula and tibia
are radically arched. Michael, what would
you do in a case like this?"

"Well," ponders the student, "I suppose I'd
limp too."
Received on Sat Jul 29 07:15:26 2006