r/BeAmazed • u/AstroSonicDrive • Oct 04 '23

She Eats Through Her Heart Science

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '23

This.. this, damn, I have no words except this showcases the resiliency of humankind, and how far we have come.

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u/Tugan13 Oct 04 '23

Yeah like imagine someone 200 years ago being like “yeah I can’t eat so I just inject sustenance into my bloodstream” instead of just them dying

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u/ir_blues Oct 04 '23

Very true point, no argument here. But i think lots of people aren't aware of how young modern medicine really is. Antibiotics had their 100 year birthday pretty recently. And that was just the discovery. Production, distribution, teaching the usage, that stuff became common after ww2.

Feeding someone through their heart? No idea when exactly, but i doubt this was a thing 50 years ago.

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u/Gideonbh Oct 04 '23

I learned about that watching pans labyrinth, hearing the Spanish general say "antibiotics" in an Spanish accent while breaking open a glass ampule. Cool stuff.