American medicine in a crucial era was at once surprisingly similar and shockingly different from what we know today. You could get aspirin at the drugstore, and anesthesia during surgery. But you could also buy opium over the counter, and the surgery would be more likely to be performed in your kitchen than in a hospital.
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Americans have never been so healthy, thanks to advances in medical technology and research. Now we have to learn to deal with the staggering costs.
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America has won more Nobel Prizes in medicine than any other nation: it’s easy when you have the money, the technology, and people from every other nation
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Twenty years ago blacks were virtually disenfranchised throughout the South. Now their votes may elect our next President.
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