mark on Nostr: constant war, lack of plumbing, and not washing hands is what caused the vast ...
constant war, lack of plumbing, and not washing hands is what caused the vast majority of deaths over the course of human history
"thank goodness for modern medicine, back then life expectancy was very short!"
bruh, until the mid-19th century doctors would go from the dissection ward straight to the maternity ward and not wash their hands, which was causing a high mortality rate in the women who couldn't afford to give birth at home.
The doctor who pinpointed the cause and introduced basic antisepsis to much success (Semmelweis) was ridiculed and criticized by his boss who said that washing hands was "effeminate"
medical error, after finally being officially accounted for in 2013, is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. (medication error is the most common form), which overtook respiratory disease and is just behind cancer and heart disease. Medical error ("iatrogenic harm") now affects 1 in 10 patients worldwide
that's how modern our medicine is
"thank goodness for modern medicine, back then life expectancy was very short!"
bruh, until the mid-19th century doctors would go from the dissection ward straight to the maternity ward and not wash their hands, which was causing a high mortality rate in the women who couldn't afford to give birth at home.
The doctor who pinpointed the cause and introduced basic antisepsis to much success (Semmelweis) was ridiculed and criticized by his boss who said that washing hands was "effeminate"
medical error, after finally being officially accounted for in 2013, is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. (medication error is the most common form), which overtook respiratory disease and is just behind cancer and heart disease. Medical error ("iatrogenic harm") now affects 1 in 10 patients worldwide
that's how modern our medicine is