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The field of Medicine is oustanding today, heavily regulated and with gate-keeping via certified training programs.

Here is a look at how the field looked like when there weren’t any regulations, with the specific example of the United States in the 19th-century. It’s not pretty – to say the least.

Is that were the “we’ve had enough of experts” (and of regulatory agencies) crowd would like to go back to?

#history #HistoryOfMedicine #medicine

Countercover, with a summary highlighting the negative impact and abuse of the poor and any minorities.

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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Nice binary strawman.

Isn't one fallacy about trusting "experts"? Science isn't about trusting "experts" but about demonstrable evidence.

[–] albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

@BearOfaTime Demonstrable evidence falling into trained ears that can understand statistics, math, physics, chemistry – at least at an entry level.

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