[1975] in Humor
HUMOR: A short history of medicine
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Wed Mar 26 14:44:44 1997
From: <abennett@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 14:22:24 EST
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 97 14:10:58
From: amarkina@MIT.EDU (Aleksandra Markina )
From: Benjamin Bunnell <bunnell@cco.caltech.edu>
From: "Timothy A. Gleason" <tim@albert.us.dg.com>
Maureen O'Hara wrote:
A short history of medicine:
I have an earache...
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.
2000 A.D. - That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root.
