[Aurelius]

I think the lady is being smart.

My own practice is to try to avoid any medical treatment that hasn't been in use for at least 100 years. The most effective and most trustworthy drugs are those based on naturally occuring substances that were known and used by paleolithic peoples.

[Logophile]

My own practice is to try to avoid any medical treatment that hasn't been in use for at least 100 years. The most effective and most trustworthy drugs are those based on naturally occuring substances that were known and used by paleolithic peoples.

I seem to recall reading that the life expectancy among "paleolithic peoples" was on the order of 30 years.

What naturally occuring drugs known to the ancients were effective against polio, rabies, plague, or smallpox?

[JenB]

My own practice is to try to avoid any medical treatment that hasn't been in use for at least 100 years. The most effective and most trustworthy drugs are those based on naturally occuring substances that were known and used by paleolithic peoples.

Yeah? What about penicillin and other drugs? If it weren't for modern medicine, I would have gone blind in one eye. A brother of mine would be dead. Diabetics would have a two, maybe three year life expectancy. Sure, nothing's perfect, but it's a heck of a lot better!

[aruanan]

My own practice is to try to avoid any medical treatment that hasn't been in use for at least 100 years. The most effective and most trustworthy drugs are those based on naturally occuring substances that were known and used by paleolithic peoples.

This is scientific, medical, and historical nonsense. Yeah, Paleolithic science was just so advanced.