Just business as usual, medicine has been a sh-t show for millennia. Paraphrasing Wikipedia's article on Galen of Pergamon, considered to be one of the most accomplished of all medical researchers of antiquity: "Galen went to Rome in 162 and made his mark as a practicing physician... Roman physicians criticized Galen for his use of the p…
Just business as usual, medicine has been a sh-t show for millennia. Paraphrasing Wikipedia's article on Galen of Pergamon, considered to be one of the most accomplished of all medical researchers of antiquity: "Galen went to Rome in 162 and made his mark as a practicing physician... Roman physicians criticized Galen for his use of the prognosis... This practice conflicted with the then-current standard of care, which relied upon divination and mysticism.... When Galen's animosity with the Roman medical practitioners became serious, he feared he might be exiled or poisoned, so he left the city. " The more things change the more they stay the same.
Just business as usual, medicine has been a sh-t show for millennia. Paraphrasing Wikipedia's article on Galen of Pergamon, considered to be one of the most accomplished of all medical researchers of antiquity: "Galen went to Rome in 162 and made his mark as a practicing physician... Roman physicians criticized Galen for his use of the prognosis... This practice conflicted with the then-current standard of care, which relied upon divination and mysticism.... When Galen's animosity with the Roman medical practitioners became serious, he feared he might be exiled or poisoned, so he left the city. " The more things change the more they stay the same.