CURE Quote
The first recorded use of medical electrocution was by a Swiss doctor practicing in the 1700s. Believing that mental illness was caused by the devil, he had a patient hold on to a wire that he powered with a static electricity machine; one jolt of electricity was given for each demon. The patient was then pronounced cured.
— Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, 2007-
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Healing, Caring, Curing – Compared
Is healing curing? Is curing healing? Does caring cure? Does it heal? With the conceptual framework of the New Theory of Cure, we can look at these questions in a new light. In October 2023, I published a post on … Continue reading
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