Posted by ChuckC (216.128.199.108) on May 22, 2001 at 10:03:27:
In Reply to: Whatever happened to doctors posted by Ted on May 22, 2001 at 07:57:16:
Once upon a time, there was a Hippocratic oath... which in turn became the hypocritical oath... Doctors are no longer required to recite the Oath of Hippocrates to get their dee-plomers... not that it would make any difference. Way back when, Doctors realized they could charge money for their services, rather than collecting chickens, or hogs or fresh eggs, or milk, or butter, for their services. Then someone realized there was good money to be made, capitalizing on the misfortune of others. We'll blame it on the 60's. That's what we blame nearly everything else on; that and FDR - the 20th Century's Greatest Scapegoats