On 02/07/2016 8:34 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 7/2/2016 9:16 AM, Janet wrote:

>
> Last week I was driving my wife to a doctor appointment. We were on the
> highway driving at 75 mph and had a 30 mile trip. That was a full day
> ride by horse, one way.
>
> Today we accept that as routine. Just over 100 years ago there would be
> no trip to the doctor, no medication, no fancy procedures, you just stay
> home and die.

My mother told me that if the village Dr delivered a malformed baby to a
poor family (and farm labourers were *very* poor) he would let it die,
and probably help it on its way! The family couldn't take on such a burden.
Graham