X-Message-Number: 18406 From: Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:40:00 EST Subject: Re: life 100 years ago --part1_fc.12b22389.29821170_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Um, remember that the salaries quoted are in GOLD dollars. Americans 100 years ago still had more money than today's Third Worlders... of course the medical technology was horrible, but the medical technology that we are actually allowed to buy isn't that great either. More Americans today survive childhood because of vaccinations... but more of the survivors then deteriorate from sedentary jobs. We've made some progress, but nowhere near 100 years worth. --part1_fc.12b22389.29821170_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=18406