Who Does No Work, Shall Not Eat

[ravi]

Brad DeLong wrote:
>> thats an interesting point too, isnt it? i think the biologist 
>> lewontin has a piece where he traces lots of advances in public health 
>> to such thing as sanitation and sewage systems rather than advances in 
>> western medicine.
> 
> If Lewontin thinks that sewage, sanitation, and the rest of public 
> health are not part of "western medicine," then he is one whacked-out 
> dude indeed...
>

first, before we start bad-mouthing poor prof. lewontin, let me say that 
the above is my no doubt flawed recollection of his writings, so if you 
need to call someone names, aim your invectives at me! ;-)

i think you are off on a tangent here. i can agree with you that sewage 
etc are a *part of* "western medicine" and avoid the deviation.

	--ravi