Are there any among us who would regret the advancements of medicine over the last century? I sincerely doubt it.
Modern computerized robotic surgery and assisted lasers have all but eradicated the old folk medicines and the silly products of by-gone quackery.
I wonder how it is, then, that the only method to relieve my back pain is to hang upside down on an inversion table. It used to be a form of torture to hang someone on a *rack* and stretch their spine unmercilessly. How did this inversion table become the accepted method of choice for so many of us to relieve the pain of a compressed spine?
I guess no matter how aware and educated we become, it is still difficult to let go of our Barbaric side. But I wouldn't be suprised if, 100 years from now, pickers combing landfills know exactly what this machine is and what it was used for.
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