1832: Doctors are not paid for their time and their services. Rather, their income derives from the profits they obtain through selling drugs.
Today: Doctors charge for their time, their services, and their medical opinions. Patients obtain medicine with a doctor's prescription from a licensed pharmacy. In addition, in the United States, pharmaceutical companies advertise directly to consumers, and their sales representatives canvass doctors' offices, distributing free samples of new drugs to be given out to patients.
1832: A candidate with no credentials other than money and influence may run successfully for election to the House of Commons.
Today: In Britain, as in many democracies in the world, the most important factor in the.....
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