Wednesday, July 04, 2007

History rhymes in funny ways

While perusing coverage of the latest British terror plots, I came across the words "Doctor's" and "plot" in the same sentence. Being morbidly interested in Russian History, I thought of Stalin's final purge, happily stopped by his death, the Doctors' Plot, which is thought to be his pretext for getting rid of Russia's Jews.. I was looking over the Wikepedia entry on the subject and came across this little tidbit
In the course of his career, Stalin became increasingly suspicious towards physicians. In his later years, he refused to be treated by doctors, and would only consult with veterinarians about his health.
Weird!

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Blogger Nick said...

Spend 14 months with doctors and their egos while gaining no ground toward meaningful health. Not that he had those kinds of issues, he was crazy, but I can understand someone trusting vets more than docs.

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