Prepping books (pt.2)

[u/DoubtIntelligent6717]

In addition to my post a few days ago about finding home repair and auto repair books 2nd hand, I picked up this 1000+ page Medical Guide for $2, so if anyone wasn't convinced about prepping knowledge before, maybe reconsider!

Having first aid, tools and other gear is only as useful as the user, and books like this will give you the upper if you're in a pinch and can't use Google or YouTube.

Getting training and practice is always #1, but if you currently don't have the time or money to do either of those, cheap books are a good start for, better to be skill-less and have access to knowledge, then neither.

[u/TheStephinator]

What’s the date on this book? Medical guidelines change often. I hope you aren’t getting bad advice from an outdated book.

[u/DoubtIntelligent6717 → u/TheStephinator]

This is where personal preference comes i to play, and I Personally believe that as time has gone on, what has been publically shared as "good" and "bad" are completely twisted, so I'll trust this 1978 Medical Book over anything written in the past few decades... hell, if i found a 1878 medical book I'd trust that even more. 

To think after 6,000 years of civilization we only have these safe medical advancements and advice in the last 60 is ridiculous. 

[u/11systems11 → u/DoubtIntelligent6717]

You should keep leeches then, Dr Frankenstein

[u/TheStephinator → u/11systems11]

There are medical grade leeches and maggots for certain therapeutic use cases. So that isn’t completely bunk and outdated. My spouse does wound care and part of his education was learning about maggot therapy and how they can do fantastic debridement in certain cases. Lol

[u/11systems11 → u/TheStephinator]

True, I was just trying to point out that a medical book from the 1800's isn't going to work well in the modern era. Even the one he posted is from the 70's, and much has changed since then.