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Much of the popularity of modern scientific medicine is due to the
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Paul Feyerabend (Sent to me by another former student and present friend).<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Much of the popularity of modern scientific medicine is due to the fact that sick people have nowhere else to go and that television, rumors, then technical circus of well equipped hospitals convince them that they could not possibly do better. 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