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Monday 7 September 2015

Nosocomephobia

Not so long ago and not so far away good health
was something best found through inherited wealth. 
Poverty was just as inherited, and far more widespread,
and well despised but hidden-in-plain-sight
because it made life short and miserable.
Doctors were often very far from helpful.
So the rural poor had wise women for births
and self medicated on herbs and tonics,
whilst many a townie turned to alcohol,
for seeing doctors as policemen
policing hospitals like Bedlam.
Hospitals were places designed
to make men ill through denying them liberty.

This made nosocomephobia,
the fear of doctors, seem quite logical.

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