Do you think this "short history of (western) medicine" is accurate? Please see details.

Not at all. Indigenous people (well some) had complicated and quite effective systems of medicine. In fact quite a bit of modern medicine duplicates Indigenous systems. One clear example is the benefit of Aspirin which has been used by Indigenous societies in the form of willow bark for ages.

2010 That pill is out of patent, here take new this new pill that I have slightly changed so that I can re-patent it and charge 10 times the price of the generic while not really making it more effective

@RedPowerLady I should have qualified “Western” medicine. (I have just edited accordingly). I realize there are many valuable and efficacious systems in indigenous systems, including Oriental/Chinese medicine.

I have to stifle a laugh whenever I hear western medicine referred to as “traditional”

@Yetanotheruser I was speaking specifically of Indigenous people in general but my specific experience is with Native North Americans. So my comment is still very much true.

I think its far too tongue in cheek to be accurate.
That stuff is good for a comedy routine but logically, it doesn’t hold water so to speak.

I think it’s pretty stupid.

Yes, Big Pharma is evil. Nevertheless, “Western” medicine has managed to double people’s lifespans, invented modern surgery, and has literally cured many diseases that used to kill millions of people.

It’s been able to do this because good medical practices are based on standards of evidence.

Not really accurate. I’ve studied alternative medicine for 30 years. There are “snake oil sales men” in both camps. Western medicine has saved my life and that of my children. Also, I’ve received surgeries I didn’t need, and it slowly but surely killed my parents, because their doctors had no clue what to do for them, but would not send them to the alternative people who could have saved their lives.

Slightly amusing, but doesn’t have anything legitimate to say. It darts between evidence based and non-evidence based treatments as a single fabric, and doesn’t acknowledge the incredible successes of modern medicine. Plus, I’m totally at a loss for what “eat this root” means, what “pills” means, or why the joke suggests that people used nothing but antibiotics for a 15 year period, and then abruptly stopped.

As far as tongue in cheek criticism, I’ve seen much funnier and more accurate.