the medical field. Experience on wounded soldiers gave the medical profession “dummies” and the war created a laboratory. The physicians documented their work and much of what is known today is owed to that accident of history. This experience only brought the profession more authority, demanding more respect, power, and money. The war proved that the professionals were indeed skilled and they were starting to gain trust among the public. The medical profession had become a monopoly. People no longer question whether or not they will go to a doctor when they’re sick. No one would think to depend on the woman of the house or the town minister to take care of them. Physicians have only become more recognized as powerful, necessary figures. They are ridiculously depended upon for every intricate detail of well-being, and have become so radically specialized that there is no way that one doctor can perform enough that you wouldn’t need another type of doctor for something on your body. This profession of medicine has become dominant and recognized as the most sovereign profession in the United States. ...
