We often think that there is a modern solution to everything and it can’t possibly be that we handle things the same way we did a decade ago. While it’s true that there are many areas where civilization has advanced and improved people’s lives, some maladies are tended to in the same way they were a hundred years ago.
This came to light when a friend’s daughter encountered bedbugs in her first budget apartment. Even though it’s 2022, experts suggested ridding her possessions of the nasty creatures the same way you did a century ago — throwing things out or trapping the bugs to kill them with heat.
Not all modern medicine is new, either. Medical science has advanced greatly, but if you have ringing in the ear (tinnitus) there still is no treatment. If you break your toe or ribs, doctors will send you home to live with it as there is nothing they can do but wait for the bones to heal on their own.
We often dismiss the ways of the past as irrelevant but in some cases, the best solution then continues to be the best way to address things now. Maybe, the way to solve a problem is by looking back instead of forward. Not everything needs a new or modern answer.
