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[–] 26 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Awfully big words, for someone who doesn't believe in germ theory.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    holup, what? This guy is working on Victorian era medical knowledge? Is his idol Robert Liston??

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Theodoric of York.

    You know, medicine is not an exact science, but we are learning all the time. Why, just fifty years ago, they thought a disease like your daughter’s was caused by demonic possession or witchcraft. But nowadays we know that Isabelle is suffering from an imbalance of bodily humors, perhaps caused by a toad or a small dwarf living in her stomach.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    Who would've predicted modern toxic bro culture leading to the resurfacing of miasma theory? But at this point I wouldn't be surprised to hear him start talking about imbalances of black bile and phlegm.

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