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1668 The 'cure' for pneumonia was to lay a pair of pigeons at the feet of the sufferer...

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2368 will T4 monotherapy be regarded as backward as the pigeon cure?

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Can you explain?

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I was comparing the quackery of Samuel Pepys time with the quackery of 2013 ;)

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Lol thats very funny and possibly true

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Ha! I see. Yes, totally with you on that one!

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Yes!!!

Ha ha. Hope we don't have to wait 250 years before the penny drops for the medical profession.

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*taps foot impatiently* as double blind random control trials are scheduled for 2113.

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P'raps the pigeon pie made with the offerings perked the patient up!

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No, the patient died. Pepys exerted his influence with the King so his cousin's estate wouldn't go to the king, impoverishing the widow and children, after the unlawful "self-murder" attempt.

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Especially if it had a thyroid gland in it!

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*wonders how many flying rats needed for 1 grain of natural dessicated pigeon thyroid*.

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