Who Does No Work, Shall Not Eat

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Mon Jan 21 13:39:03 PST 2002


Laurie Garrett's books on public health emphasize the difference. One treats society; the other individuals.

On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 12:37:19PM -0600, budge wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 at 5:47pm 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...
>
>
> No, you are one confused dooder. Public Health and Medicine
> are two entirely different disciplines -- like they even
> have their own professional schools, man! Pass the bong!
>
> Unblievable what they're tenuring these days...
>
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>
> --
> no Onan
>
> Undefeated, everybody goes home
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-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

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