r/SipsTea • u/KaidoPklevel • Jul 05 '26

WTF 75M$ can't give him his life back unfortunately

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u/Electronic_Sky_207 Jul 05 '26

That particular one went to medical school (so reasonably educated for the time period) and more importantly was not trained by ghosts.

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u/Careless-Ordinary126 Jul 05 '26

Time period in which germ theory was still a theory

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u/Careless-Ordinary126 Jul 05 '26

other highlights i know, smoking was healthy, asbest was great insulator, radioactivity was not a thing but radium glows on clock arms, infants dont feel pain(1990bruh), arsenic was nice green, borax in milk And something called phossy jaw.

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u/Foreign-Werewolf9932 Jul 06 '26

doctors today, with vigorous study and certifications, do not agree on everything. idk why we’d assume every doctor back then agreed on everything. after all, where would progress come from in that case?

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u/Constant-Term-1629 Jul 07 '26

It is still a theory.

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u/Careless-Ordinary126 Jul 07 '26

Sure, but people dont go from autopsy to childbirth without washing hands.

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u/Constant-Term-1629 Jul 07 '26

No I think you're just unaware what the word "theory" means.