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edmcnulty101 on Jan 20, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: When cigarette companies used doctors to push smok...

Yeah. It seems like alot of things within the practice of medicine are brutal and crazy looking back.

I wonder what things from present time future humans will look back on and marvel at how insane they were.

enriquto on Jan 20, 2022 [–]

I guess that when an appropriate treatment for dental cavities is found, the current practice will be seen as barbaric.

edmcnulty101 on Jan 20, 2022 | [–]

When genetic engineering to give humans regeneration happens all modern medicine will probably look barbaric.

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