What is more nostalgic than an old fashioned country doctor. This video tells about the Country Doctor Museum where they have all the history you want.
An old fashioned Doctor's bag.
Finally some of us remember the corner drug store where we got our presecriptions filled and so much more. They were also a fixture in our social life with the soda fountain.
Today’s post is a few of my observations about medicine:
Medicine defines health as the absence of symptoms
Medicine for all its technical achievement falls short in making or keeping people healthy. It relies on brute force either through surgery or dangerous drugs to simulate a healthy state.
Achieving good health requires finding advisors outside the medical industry (Nutrition, fitness, counseling are examples).
Health has more attributes and dimensions than can be measured by medical parameters. Such things as attitude, social support and purpose greatly affect the overall health of an individual and are difficult to quantify.
I would like to know if anyone shares these thoughts with me. Have you found resources that help you be more healthy? Do you have ideas for improving health care?
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