You can also go to a used book store and find Medical journals from the 1960's when doctors treated the cause, not the symptom. They only had a handful of drugs back then so they took care of people differently. Many times as a child our local small town doctor would just reassure my Mom that she was doing the right thing with hot chicken soup, fluids, and bedrest. No insurance involved.
You can also go to a used book store and find Medical journals from the 1960's when doctors treated the cause, not the symptom. They only had a handful of drugs back then so they took care of people differently. Many times as a child our local small town doctor would just reassure my Mom that she was doing the right thing with hot chicken soup, fluids, and bedrest. No insurance involved.
For those interested in the forgotten side of medicine, check out A Midwestern Doctor's substack by the same name at https://amidwesterndoctor.substack.com/
A funny example. When little had a bleeding problem (outgrown before teens). Got smacked in the nose playing football with neighbor kids. Had to call the doc. His treatment....a piece of raw bacon rolled into a plug stuck into the offending nostril. Worked.
You can also go to a used book store and find Medical journals from the 1960's when doctors treated the cause, not the symptom. They only had a handful of drugs back then so they took care of people differently. Many times as a child our local small town doctor would just reassure my Mom that she was doing the right thing with hot chicken soup, fluids, and bedrest. No insurance involved.
For those interested in the forgotten side of medicine, check out A Midwestern Doctor's substack by the same name at https://amidwesterndoctor.substack.com/
A funny example. When little had a bleeding problem (outgrown before teens). Got smacked in the nose playing football with neighbor kids. Had to call the doc. His treatment....a piece of raw bacon rolled into a plug stuck into the offending nostril. Worked.
See...Bacon works for everything.
Yes, if your healthy. I did that in my 30s. I'm still healthy.