Miscellany
A Brief History Of Medicine
I have an earache.
2000 B.C. - Here, eat this root.
1000 A.D. - That root is heathen, say this prayer.
1850 A.D. - That prayer is superstition, drink this potion.
1940 A.D. - That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill.
1985 A.D. - That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic.
2000 A.D. - That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root.
A guy goes into a chemists and says:
“Do you have anything for loss of voice?”
The chemist says:
“’Morning sir - Can I help you?”
There was a middle-aged guy who bought a brand new BMW Z3. He took off down the road flooring it to 95 mph and enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left on his head. “This is even better than I thought it'd be”, he thought and started going even faster. He then looked in the mirror and saw the blue flashing lights of a police car.
“I can get away from him with no problem”, he thought, then got going over 135 mph. He then thought, “What the hell am I doing?” and decided to pull over.
The policeman pulled in behind the BMW sports car and the policeman got out and walked up to the car. “sir”, he said, “My shift ends in twenty minutes and it's my birthday, so I'm in a pretty good mood. Considering that you did stop for me, if you can give me a reason why you were speeding I’ve never heard before I’ll let you go”.
The man looked back at the policeman and said, “Last week my wife ran off with a policeman and I thought you were bringing her back”.
The policeman said, “Have a nice day”, then went back to his car
TWO ETHICAL QUESTIONS:
Q1: If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 children already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis;
would you recommend that she have an abortion?
Read the next question before looking at the answer of this one.
Q2: It is time to elect the world leader, and your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates:
Candidate A
Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists. He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.
Candidate B
He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whisky every evening.
Candidate C
He is a decorated war hero. He’s a vegetarian, doesn’t smoke, drinks an occasional beer and hasn’t had any extramarital affairs.
Which of these candidates would be your choice?
Decide first, no peeking, then click for the answer.