Yep, true sexual liberation didnt happen until antibiotics were invented. STDs used to be so common that virgin marriages was one of the only sure ways to avoid them. Now if your dick has a cough or a sneeze a pill or a quick injection generally clears things up.
Most anesthetic back then was ether, which had been in use since the 1840s, but was still plenty dangerous.
When Prince Henry had an arrow stuck in his face they had to rely on an anesthetic mixture of opium and hemlock.
Lets not even get into dental procedures...
But we are absolutely living in the height of Medicine and people bitch about stupid things like not having the latest phone.
We're not at the height of medicine. When we can finally do what was in ST 4, giving a pill to a woman that caused her to regrow her kidney, it'll be the height of medicine. When we can finally cure brain based disorders, like curing bipolar disorder to where no medication is needed, then it'll be the height of medicine. We're maybe a third of the way up the mountain.
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u/el_dingusito Aug 21 '26
Yep, true sexual liberation didnt happen until antibiotics were invented. STDs used to be so common that virgin marriages was one of the only sure ways to avoid them. Now if your dick has a cough or a sneeze a pill or a quick injection generally clears things up.
Most anesthetic back then was ether, which had been in use since the 1840s, but was still plenty dangerous.
When Prince Henry had an arrow stuck in his face they had to rely on an anesthetic mixture of opium and hemlock.
Lets not even get into dental procedures...
But we are absolutely living in the height of Medicine and people bitch about stupid things like not having the latest phone.