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OldGreyFox
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07-06-2021, 09:38 AM
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A thought for Monday
Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
Voltaire
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Dextrous63
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07-06-2021, 09:48 AM
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Re: A thought for Monday
Luckily, things have moved on a bit over the last 250 or so years when he wrote it.
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Silver Tabby
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07-06-2021, 09:51 AM
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Re: A thought for Monday
Originally Posted by
OldGreyFox
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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
Voltaire
Interesting - but scary - thought Foxy!
Originally Posted by
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Luckily, things have moved on a bit over the last 250 or so years when he wrote it.
I wouldn't be too sure about that!
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07-06-2021, 10:04 AM
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Re: A thought for Monday
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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
Voltaire
That's very appropriate at the moment.
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Barry
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07-06-2021, 10:09 AM
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Re: A thought for Monday
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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
Voltaire
So you're a firm believer in eighteenth century science are you Foxy, as nothing of note has changed or been improved on since then?
I love a good joke....
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OldGreyFox
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07-06-2021, 10:13 AM
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Re: A thought for Monday
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Luckily, things have moved on a bit over the last 250 or so years when he wrote it.
Originally Posted by
Silver Tabby
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Interesting - but scary - thought Foxy!
I wouldn't be too sure about that!
Exactly Tabby, As the medication gets more complex, so does the disease...People are still dying same as in Voltaire's day...
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07-06-2021, 10:14 AM
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That's very appropriate at the moment.
Thanks Smiffy, I thought so too...
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Dextrous63
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07-06-2021, 10:16 AM
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Exactly Tabby, As the medication gets more complex, so does the disease...People are still dying same as in Voltaire's day...
But not of as many things as back then.
Progress has been made.
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OldGreyFox
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07-06-2021, 10:23 AM
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But not of as many things as back then.
Progress has been made.
What progress Dex?
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scot37
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07-06-2021, 10:25 AM
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Re: A thought for Monday
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Exactly Tabby, As the medication gets more complex, so does the disease...People are still dying same as in Voltaire's day...
Yes but they are living almost twice as long. I wonder why that is?
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