I agree they probably knew more medical information, but how much of it was correct…

There’s the famous cliche of the medical students first lecture. (Paraphrasing) The professor goes up and says “Fifty percent of what you learn here will be found to be wrong in 20 years. The problem is we don’t know which 50%.

Read about the history of cancer research and its various themes as to the origin of cancer as a great look into just one subset of medicine.

EDIT: Another great way to see the errors of the past is to read wikipedia articles on American presidents and read how they died. Their final diagnoses and treatments are often vague and shocking (respectively) and often people are wondering if they would have survived if they hadn't been attended to by physicians of the time, which were probably the most well-renowned. For example, Zachary Taylor or George Washington.

I absolutely guarantee you that they don't.

I see a lot of people romanticizing the turn of the century 20th century. “Money was harder then” or “people had more grip strength”. This is a first time I have heard someone claim (Western) doctors were more advanced.

Tangent, but I never understood the cargo-cult anti-smoking culture in the US; it was a perfect reflection of their media hypnotization. The people that would do a thousand different rebellious, risky, or damaging stuff would recoil in horror if you ask if they ever had a cigarette, as if one puff will char and shrivel your lungs or something.

1000 times yes.

I’ve been given dramatic lectures in college parties by people who were 6-7 drinks in on how bad that cigarette im smoking right now is.

Media hypnotization is indeed a thing. I grew up in a very very low trust society. I wonder if that’s related.

The reason Chechnya, Georgia, and Ukraine have had war in the last twenty years is because Russia wants them to be vassal states

Sad but true. Toothless protectorates.

Its disappointing considering Europe's history and seasoned institutions.

I would not be surprised if Ursula has to phone Washington everytime she needs to go to the toilet.

It’s not that sad.

How so?

80 years of peace.

And she is not a resident or in a training/certification program?

Not anymore, but she’s only two years out. Her hours are actually worse than most of residency these last two years.

These are the same group of people. Low interests are working out just fine for them.