Lessons on Building a Business Portfolio and Expertise from 18th Century Corpse-Stealing Physicians and Anatomists!

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Lessons on Building a Business Portfolio and Expertise from 18th Century Corpse-Stealing Physicians and Anatomists!

Posted by yoni67 under Success Stories
From http://jobshuk.com 4596 days ago
Made Hot by: alastair on February 21, 2011 2:00 am

The 1700s: Anatomists and Surgeons robbing graves and waiting for corpses at the end of the hangman's noose.

Anything to further their knowledge and gain expertise!

A historical look at how experimantion and examination truly are hallmarks of Entreprenurial advancements!

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Written by lovedthisarticle!
4595 days ago

Really cool article Yoni!

Heidi K.

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Written by sherisaid
4595 days ago

Yoni, I love your blog, lol! You are such a creative thinker. Great post, as always.

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Written by yoni67
4595 days ago

Sheri,

Thanks! Much appreciated! Actually it is not all my creativity. Most of my posts come from the Discovery Channel, The History Channel, the news and a good book or article. The only real thing I do is tie the subject into business. Glad you enjoyed!

Yoni

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Written by ronika
4596 days ago

It's absolutely amazing to see how far we've come in terms of medical technology. At a time, where I imagine there were serious consequences for heresy, people like John Hunter are great heroes. The inclination to takes these types of risk also contribute to being a successful businessperson.

Thanks for another great article and history lesson, Yoni.

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Written by yoni67
4595 days ago

Ronika,

Medicine was stagnant in this period. No advances had been made in centuries. Those who dared challenge Hippocrates and centuries of tradition were labeled heretics. It took Hunter to change things and I indeed view him as an entrepreneur. His methods were somewhat over the line but his contributions changed the world.

Thanks for stopping by!

Yoni

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Written by hamed1
4596 days ago

Yonatan, ethical boundaries were crossed as is obvious but so much benefit came from this that it's hard to say it was wrong.

Peace/Shalom/Salaam

Hamed

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Written by yoni67
4596 days ago

Hamed,

I have mixed feelings about it. Ethics and morality most certainly come in to play. But in the end surgical procedures were practiced and perfected in the only way they could have been. It was a time when illness was attributed to spirits and a patient had a pretty good chance of dying from something which today is simple and treatable. There is no way, hopefully, that such things as this could happen today, but the fact that they once occurred brought about tremendous and lasting change.

Yoni

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Written by yoni67
4596 days ago

Al, Adam & Duncan (in no particulra order),

Their methods are definitely questionable and bring a host of moral and ethical questions into play, but nobody could argue with the results. Tens, hundreds of thousands, millions of lives were probably saved through their experimentation and perfection of surgical techniques.

Yoni

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Written by alinisrael
4596 days ago

Yoni,

Bizarre to say the least though you made it quite relevant to business.

Alan

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Written by Adam_Gottlieb
4596 days ago

It just goes to show that if a person really, really wants something- whether it's knowledge, business development, money, etc- they'll get it in the end.

Can't say I agree with his tactics, though. I guess it was a different time...

Adam

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Written by businessavante
4596 days ago

Wonderful, Yoni!

Sounds like he stopped just one step shy of a famous 19th Century doctor:

Dr. Fronk'n'shtein (to use Bela Lugosi's pronunciation; also Fronk'shtein), who's only "crime" was to play God!

businessavante (Duncan)

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