4000 Years of Medicine

4000 YEARS of MEDICINE 2000 BC : Here, eat this root. 1000 AD : That root is heathen! Here, say this prayer. 1865 AD : That prayer is superstition! Here, drink this potion. 1935 AD : That potion is snake oil! Here, swallow this pill. 1975 AD : That pill is ineffective! Here take this antibiotic. 2000 AD : That antibiotic is poison! Here, eat this root.

A photographed book page presents a humorous timeline of medicine, where each era rejects the previous treatment and introduces another supposedly better remedy. The joke is that medical thinking comes full circle, ending with modern medicine returning to the ancient root remedy. EN: A photographed book page presents a humorous timeline of medicine, where each era rejects the previous treatment and introduces another supposedly better remedy. The joke is that medical thinking comes full circle, ending with modern medicine returning to the ancient root remedy.

• @jeppa420 / 6635 2020-08-28