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Originally Posted by galleryseek Uhm, that's due to a lack of technology and medical advancement. The economics that applied then are universal.

"technology and medical advancement" cost money.

The economics of 1900 are irrelevant in 2013 -- it is not the same world today.

http://info.blockimaging.com/bid/926...nd-Price-Guide

Then the cost of people trained to use MRI Imaging

Just one example ...

2013 Chevrolet impala $25,860 Base MSRP
1908 Model T $950

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The average life expectancy was 47 years. Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower ! The average wage in 1908 was 22 cents per hour. The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year . A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year. More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME. Ninety percent of all doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION! Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press, AND they were listed by the government as 'substandard.' http://www.barefootsworld.net/history_lesson_1908.html

One of my uncles died at 13 in 1930 from "barber's itch" a sort of boils that penicillin stops the infection that killed him.

Be glad today is not then ...