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To: combjelly who wrote (681749)	10/30/2012 5:49:36 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572941

>> But the vast majority was herbal. I know only what I've read in a couple of fairly exhaustive histories of early medicine; I'm certainly no expert on the subject. And I agree it wasn't successful. I think it is worth noting that progress in medicine has been largely a product of American innovation resulting directly from the American profit motive & model. And obviously, as you take that that motivation away, innovation will decline. This is what is happening to our health care system.