A SHORT HISTORY OF MEDICINE

"Doctor, I have a bad headache."

2000. B.C.E - "Here, eat this compound of root."

100 C. E - "Don't dare touch that root. It is the tool of the devil. Say this prayer."

1850 C.E. - "That prayer is pure superstition, drink this potion."

1940 C. E. - "Believe me, that potion is snake oil, swallow this pill."

1975 C. E. - "That pill is ineffective, you must take this antibiotic."

2007 C. E. - "That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this compound of root."

OH how true,

Having an ex who is a Medicine Woman, (Navaho) she has always known about that root, oh the stories I can tell you about her.

River