It might sound like an exaggeration, but it's not: beer played an indirect but crucial role in the birth of modern surgery. Not because it held the key to cures, nor because anyone drank it in an operating room, but because it was one of the first products in which science observed something previously invisible. That something germs would forever change how we understand fermentation, food and also human infections.
Pain and suffering are some of the most common reasons patients seek out doctors. These patients seek answers about the causes of pain and they seek relief. Pain and suffering are not only unpleasant experiences that compromise our well-being. They threaten the sense we make of the world.Pain makes each of us ask: Why me? Why now? While pain and suffering have always been a problem for humans, they have not been the same kind of problem.