Who Does No Work, Shall Not Eat

[Gordon Fitch]

>>> 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.

Brad DeLong wrote:
> >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...

ravi:
> 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.

I don't know about Lewontin, but I've read descriptions of
elaborate water and sewage systems which existed in the ancient
world.  As far as I know, the savants and governors of the
West did not adopt such things until the 19th century, somewhat
late in the day.

-- Gordon