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The alternative theory is that modern medicine was born around the time of World War II. That was the time when the pharmaceutical industry really took off and

The alternative theory is that modern medicine was born around the time of World War II. That was the time when the pharmaceutical industry really took off and, for the first time in human history, permitted physicians to treat disease. Before that, with the notable exception of surgery, they could only give a prognosis and hope for the best. Now they can prescribe pills that do work. There was a reason that Hitler promoted homoeopathy and all sorts of natural healing stuff - he could claim his Germanic naturopaths did not perform worse than the (traditionally Jewish) medical faculties of the time. [1] [1] Before anyone throws about accusations of antisemitism - this is the thesis that Viktor Klemperer makes in this "Lingua Tertii Imperii". It's recommended reading about the insanity of Nazi Germany.

rskar 10y ago
Interestingly, Viktor (Victor?) had doctors in his family, such as Georg Klemperer (see https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Klemperer&prev=search https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https:/...): [He] was a German internist. ... [He was] a son of the Reform rabbi Wilhelm Klemperer and had seven siblings, four sisters and three brothers. His brothers were the writer and literary scholar Victor Klemperer , the physician Felix Klemperer and the lawyer Berthold Klemperer (1871-1931). The conductor Otto Klemperer (1885-1973) was his cousin. As to Viktor or Victor, this makes me think its the same person: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&u=https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Klemperer&usg=ALkJrhiShmqv93XzDsblN4XoVbTa_MGTRA https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&... . The article there mentions his treatise LTI - notebook of a philologist (LINGUA Tertii Imperii: Language of the Third Reich).

rskar 10y ago

Interestingly, Viktor (Victor?) had doctors in his family, such as Georg Klemperer (see https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Klemperer&prev=search https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https:/...): [He] was a German internist. ... [He was] a son of the Reform rabbi Wilhelm Klemperer and had seven siblings, four sisters and three brothers. His brothers were the writer and literary scholar Victor Klemperer , the physician Felix Klemperer and the lawyer Berthold Klemperer (1871-1931). The conductor Otto Klemperer (1885-1973) was his cousin. As to Viktor or Victor, this makes me think its the same person: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&u=https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Klemperer&usg=ALkJrhiShmqv93XzDsblN4XoVbTa_MGTRA https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&... . The article there mentions his treatise LTI - notebook of a philologist (LINGUA Tertii Imperii: Language of the Third Reich).