yeah stuff like this is obv way more expensive and unavailable, housing, education and medicine way cheaper. less social mobility now, but hey you can get a huuuge tv and a pocket super computer.
no, nothing like that. ultra sound and a splint. the charges were because of price of opacity, the charges were sprung on an unsuspecting ‘customer’ after the fact, and insurance that wouldn’t pay. the actual medicine was $2k, and relatively simple. anti inflammatories
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ultrasound wasn't widely available for clinical use until the mid 60s and if you paid $2K for anti-inflammatories they also weren't available in the 1950s
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again - whether any of those "new" things were strictly necessary is a different question
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