SC - [fwd] Re: A brief history of medicine Humor

[James Gilly / Alasdair mac Iain]

>Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 10:03:28 -0500
>From: Michael vanBergen <mvb2 at JUNO.COM>
>Subject: Re: A brief history of medicine Humor
>To: CALONTIR at crcvms.unl.edu
>
>On Fri, 22 Jan 1999 01:03:08 -0700 Dominic Berhow <havoc at INAV.NET>
>writes:
>>
>>For all of you feeling ill at the moment,
>>
>>Doctor, I have a cold
>>
>>500 BC
>>        Here, eat this root
>>300 AD
>>        That root is heathen, say this prayer
>>1750 AD
>>        That prayer is superstition. Drink this potion
>>
>>1900 AD
>>        That potion is snake oil, take this pill
>>
>>1945 AD
>>        That potion is ineffective. Take this antibiotic
>>
>>2000 AD
>>        That antibiotic is artificial, Here, eat this root.
>>
>>
>>Source Unknown
>>Reprinted from The Nose, an  Iowa Search and Rescue newsletter



Laird Alasdair mac Iain of Elderslie
Dun an Leomhain Bhig
Canton of Dragon's Aerie [southeastern CT]
Barony Beyond the Mountain  [northern & southeastern CT]
East Kingdom
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Argent, a chevron cotised azure surmounted by a sword and in chief two
mullets sable
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