Greg Jenner
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...to regulate and to administer and say, like, you've been, you're legit, you've done the training.
That's too much hemlock.
And so the physicians are, I suppose, the educated class, right?
They have to know Latin and Greek.
They've got to know their Galen.
They've got to know their humours.
So, OK, so if I'm a rich person spending my 10 shillings to get the doctor in, the physician comes around, how are they diagnosing me?
What are they looking for in terms of symptoms, things they can read?
Really?
Yeah.
Okay.
Amazing.
So they're literally taking the piss?
Yep.
Okay.
Wow.
Oh, that would be a classic sitcom episode, wouldn't it?
Having to refill the jar and then the doctor's like, I'm so sorry, you've got this rare disease.
Well, I mean, you seem very unperturbed about drinking urine.
It's a fair point.