the.com/medicine
The art of guessing correctly, with science to narrow the guessing.
means The science and practice of diagnosing, treating, and preventing illness to keep bodies working.
from From Latin 'medicina,' tied to 'medicus' (physician) and the verb 'mederi,' meaning to heal or to give proper treatment — itself related to an old root carrying the sense of 'measuring' or 'taking appropriate measures.' The word reached English through French in the medieval period, bringing with it the Roman idea that healing was a learned craft, not just a prayer or a potion.
- placebo effect
- fake pills measurably heal real symptoms
- word kinship
- medicine shares a root with moderate and meditate
- ancient overlap
- doctors and priests were the same job for millennia
- modern irony
- most new drugs fail from safety, not ineffectiveness