The quick fix.

Are we lazy or conditioned?

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Once upon a time there were no pills. Not as we have them today. If you got sick, you were treated with a mish-mash of ancient wisdom, current snake oil, and whatever great-great Uncle Remus-Joe recommended. (Click here to read some rather interesting ones.) If you survived, you would then have to convalesce for weeks — mostly to recover from the treatments.