The history of medicine goes back to the dawn of mankind, when ancient

healers use special herbs to treat illnesses.

Hippocrates, the father of medicine, laid the foundation for modern medical practice,

observation, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.

His works set the stage for centuries of medical progress.

In the 19th century, Edward Jenner created a smallpox vaccine,

and Louis Pasteur proved microorganisms cause disease.

The 20th century brought antibiotics, medical imaging, and organ

transplants. In the past 400 years, the human lifespan has doubled, but something

happened to medicine along the way. It became an industry, a profitable

one.

President Eisenhower warned against creating a military industrial complex because if you make

war profitable you'll always have war and he was right.

The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

So here's a cynical question.

If you make illness profitable, will you always have illness?

Well in recent years, trillions have been spent on cancer research and therapies.

Now that's a lot of and wanted to be a doctor. Rife was born in Nebraska in 1888.

He was a good student and wanted to be a doctor.

Only 16 years old, he was admitted to Johns Hopkins University,

one of the best medical institutions in the world.

Rife became fascinated by bacteriology and the microscopic world, which led him to

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