IT predates civilization. The tribe would try everything under the sun to see if it is edible, if you got sick you wouldn't try it again, if it settled you stomach, you would remember it and pass the knowledge down trough your kids.

Humans are interesting creatures. When they get hurt they learn that putting stuff on or inside of you will help you heal. So someone thought up of an idea and say “Hey, let’s make a house dedicated to healing people.” Of course nothing happens overnight. A lot of lives were lost trying to learn how the human body worked and react to certain things. But nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Originally posted by steven1mac:

IT predates civilization. The tribe would try everything under the sun to see if it is edible, if you got sick you wouldn't try it again, if it settled you stomach, you would remember it and pass the knowledge down trough your kids.

It's strange to think that at some point in time there was always that one poor human who was the first to try the delicious looking berries that kill you horrifically. Also why the hell do plants make poisonous fruit? Make that make sense? I swear there's nothing for humans to eat in the wild, we lived on bugs, mouse meat and wheat right up until modern civilisation.

Asclepius tore skin off poor innocent snek. What a bastard.

Placebo effect until a few decades ago.

People use to eat mummy dust and use leech to treat illness. Opium tincture for wonder drug.

Originally posted by Violent Rainbow:

Originally posted by steven1mac:

IT predates civilization. The tribe would try everything under the sun to see if it is edible, if you got sick you wouldn't try it again, if it settled you stomach, you would remember it and pass the knowledge down trough your kids.

It's strange to think that at some point in time there was always that one poor human who was the first to try the delicious looking berries that kill you horrifically. Also why the hell do plants make poisonous fruit? Make that make sense? I swear there's nothing for humans to eat in the wild, we lived on bugs, mouse meat and wheat right up until modern civilisation.

Humans always learn from their parents. They usually tell their kids what safe and what’s not safe to eat.

There are a lot of test they can do. There is the touch test. They rub it in their skin and if there is no reaction they try the “chew but don’t swallow test”. They wait a few hours and if no reaction then they will swallow a very very small amount. They wait for a while and if still nothing then they will eat it.

Some ancient entrepreneur recognized a get rich opportunity.