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1_______. Major killers in those days were diphtheria, chickenpox, scarlet fever, rubella, measles, tuberculosis, syphilis, meningitis, and so on. 2_______. Hospitals were filled with patients in the throes of fever, febrile convulsions, sweating, and vomiting, and the few weapons against illnesses that did exist, such as quinine, plant-based purgatives, digitalis, and mercury were often ineffective and frequently dangerous. If you got ill, you generally died.
3_______. Medicines have turned health care from a palliative practice, by which relief may be provided but not a cure, into something more hopeful and scientific. 4_______. There are now a huge number of medicines on the market and they are grouped here according to the condition they target.