Now don't get me wrong, I am all for abortions of all types. I think most everyone should get an abortion, and believe they should be legal until at least the 400th trimester.

But.. Isn't posting this info illegal in the US? Isn't there some medieval US law against posting info on how to get an abortion?

Having said that, I also wanted to say that I appreciate having medical info like this available. Not that I plan to be performing any do-it-yourself abortions but who knows, maybe some chick will get knocked up by Brundle-Fly and need to do this to herself...

Does know of any sources for medical knowlege such as how to use/prescribe prescription drugs, perform minor or major surgeries ( appendix removals, gall-bladder removals, bullet/stick/arrow/whatever removals, amputations, stitches ) how to diagnose and treat common diseases. I realise that it is unwise not to take advantage of the expert medical care that is available in industrialized countries when it is in fact available, but the survivalist in me want to know how to best remove my arm with a jacknife should it become pinned under a boulder in the middle of nowhere. What if society should collapse or if I should become stranded as a beggar in a third world country and become infested with Bot flies. I wanna know how to cut one out and stitch myself back up. I want to know how to inject pain numbing drugs so as not to feel it and also not die of the drugs. I want to know how to tell which antibiotic to steal from the pharmacy should it be Mad Max world and I get a crossbow bolt infection.

I almost did buy a big ass bottle of Neomycin for 12 bucks from the farm store. It's the active ingredient in Neosporin which costs like 6 bucks a tube and is much less concentrated. I could dilute it into some vaseline and have the equivalent of like a gallon of the antibiotic ointment. ( Neomycin, I read will make you permanently deaf and also unable to balance should it be ingested internally )

I buy and use on myself an animal medical product, Bag-Balm from the Farm Store ( they also sell it in the Grocery store ) which is meant for cows udders. It works for human chapped hands and lips too.

There really ought to be a large gradiation of levels between regular person and doctor. One of the reasons medical costs are so high is that you have to go to a full fledged doctor to get any treatment. I bet 99 % of doctor appointments made for earaches, colds, etc could be handled as effectively by someone with much less training who could escalate the tough cases to the next level of doctorness. Also, I bet people could learn much of that stuff themselves.

The only reason I see why you wouldn't want the general public to be able to perform do-it-yourself medicine is addictive drugs and antibiotic resistance. You will get morons that will take amoxicillin like a daily vitamin in the mistaken belief that it will prevent them from getting ill, and you will get people high on morphine all the time. Those kinds of drugs should probably only be able to be prescribed by someone with a license and even then addictive ones not prescribed to ones self.

With something like morphine, you might very well need morphine after open heart surgury and you might even get slightly addicted to it during treatment but this is not a problem when it will no longer be available when the prescription runs out. I bet habit forming drugs would be prescribed much less if it were commonly available because of the danger of addiction.

A doctor has put so much effort into obtaining the training neccessary to be able to practice medicine legally that they are unlikely to accept an extra $50.00 from an addict to get an Oxycontin prescription. But if some levels of medical license could be obtained with just a 12 week course then someone like that wouldn't be as afraid of losing their medical qualification.

How much security do antibiotics need? Since many are sold for veterinary purposes it seems the would be abusers aren't that intent on getting them. These could probably be prescribed by a practitioner with less invested in their license.

What about morphine? If you are on a battlefield with your leg blown off, then a first-aid medic is liable to tie on a bandage and stick you with some morphine. This person is qualified to make the decision as to whether morphine is indicated. Highly trained medical professionals are not necessarily needed to prescribe it. Why should they be drug-security-guards? Why should any medical professional be a security guard for drugs?