Comments by "Clogs" (@clogs4956) on "Med Students Swear Oath To Equity And Shaman Healing" video.

  1. I completely agree that forcing and/or shaming medical students to comply with The Message is completely wrong, very cult-ish, abusive and controlling, but I’m sorry, I don’t agree with the smug assertion that we, in the 20th century, should look with pity on those who, because they came before us, knew no better. Our ancestors knew there were illnesses of the body or mind that would resolve themselves; they knew that some interventions, such as were available, could ensure the patient lived; and they knew that, in incurable cases, the patient and their family needed comfort. Ritual and ‘magic’ played their part in supporting medicine. It’s still the case today where, for example, Christian priests pray with the sick and sit by deathbeds… Also, do try to remember we’ll be the primitives to our descendants.
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