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Re:Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland by hackernewds on Saturday October 11, 2025 @11:21AM (#45549858)
How did they medicate for pain for millennia before the advent of painkillers?
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Re:Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland by ChromaticPanic on Saturday October 11, 2025 @12:03PM (#45550178)
Are we pretending opioids do not exist in nature? What's next, how did people hallucinate before LSD?
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Re:Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland by philipkglass on Saturday October 11, 2025 @12:12PM (#45550266)
Before the early modern period, large portions of the world did not have any wild or cultivated opium poppies or any other strong painkillers.
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Re:Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland by lazyasciiart on Sunday October 12, 2025 @01:01AM (#45555383)
Jainism developed in India which did have access to these. Regardless, until the early modern period painkillers and other medical treatment was blanket disapproved of as it was considered likely to be damaging some part of the body. (My non-expert understanding).
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Re:Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland by vjvjvjvjghv on Saturday October 11, 2025 @06:15PM (#45553127)
People were probably suffering a lot. I can't imagine being a migraine sufferer in 1500. It's miserable enough now.
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