The History of Medicine
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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.
1920 A.D. - That potion is snake oil. Here, swallow this pill.
1945 A.D. - That pill is ineffective. Here, take this penicillin.
1955 A.D. - Oops....bugs mutated. Here, take this tetracycline.
1960-2000 - 39 more "oops"....Here, take this more powerful antibiotic.
2008 A.D. - The bugs have won! Here, eat this root.