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Comment by adammarples

3 days ago

I get the impression from the second part of this that you think the village elders were correctly diagnosing things?

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burnished  3 days ago

I wonder how likely that is? I suspect their understanding of their diagnostic technique is flawed, but beyond that, would a small enough group have a similarly small pool of common afflictions such that you could develop a useful body of medical lore?