Mothers did not always hope their daughters would marry a doctor.Dr. Ira Rutkow is eager to let people know that one of our nation's most esteemed professions was once just a sideline for many practitioners. In Rutkow's history of American medicine, SEEKING THE CURE, the author points out that for much of our country's history doctors were just as likely to kill their patients as cure them.
Rutkow talks about the slow path to science, smallpox, and a doctor who bled himself to death...
LISTEN: IRA RUTKOW - SEEKING THE CURE
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