Compare & Contrast Middlemarch by George Eliot

Middlemarch Compare and Contrast

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 success of a candidate is his party affiliation. A candidate for the House of Commons stands little chance of being elected unless he is adopted by one of the three major parties,...
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