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“‘Doctor, I have an earache.’
2000 B.C. ‘Here, eat this root.’
1000 B.C. ‘That root is heathen, say this prayer.’
A.D. 1850 ‘That prayer is superstition, drink this potion.’
A.D. 1940 ‘That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill.’
A.D. 1985 ‘That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic.’
A.D. 2000 ‘That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root.’”

Gregory L. Weiss and Lynne E. Lonnquist, The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness, 6th ed. (Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009), 226.

A Short History of Medicine | Smidgens on Religion

If you’ve seen The Book of Mormon, what do you think? Is it racist, anti-religious, or just an equal-opportunity offender that shouldn’t be taken that seriously? http://www.urbanfaith.com/2011/06/beware-the-book-of-mormon.html/
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