Year of Wonders
Spring 1665: Rat-fall
The surgeon ran off in fear and disgust when confronted with treating a potential plague victim (p.76). What does this say about medicine and human nature at the time?
The surgeon ran off in fear and disgust when confronted with treating a potential plague victim (p.76). What does this say about medicine and human nature at the time?
This incident speaks to the inadequacy of medical knowledge at the time, as well as the physicians desire to stay alive at all costs. Medicine has come a long way.
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