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> the field of medicine which had been hugely hindered by the influence of traditional Chinese medicine. Western medicine until after 1880 had rejected the ben
by strainer 8y ago
> the field of medicine which had been hugely hindered by the influence of traditional Chinese medicine.
Western medicine until after 1880 had rejected the benefits of cleanliness - with surgeons taught to operate covered in filth. This could have appeared at the time to be a rejection of primitive superstition.
- jamesrcole 8y ago> Western medicine until after 1880 had rejected the benefits of cleanliness - with surgeons taught to operate covered in filth. If anyone's interested in a good read on this I'd recommend "Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates" by David Wootton https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Medicine-Doctors-Doing-Hippocrates/dp/0199212791 https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Medicine-Doctors-Doing-Hippocrate... It's pretty eye-opening.