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Ok this is really quick.... I'm home alone and have noone to ask. I feel a bit stupid asking this but whatever
This sentence "Yet, despite these extraordinary pressures, warfare has given rise to few fundamental medical discoveries. "
What exactly does the few mean here? Is it saying that yeah, there were a few medical discoveries and it was good... or is it saying despite everything, not much progress in terms of medicine was made?
This sentence "Yet, despite these extraordinary pressures, warfare has given rise to few fundamental medical discoveries. "
What exactly does the few mean here? Is it saying that yeah, there were a few medical discoveries and it was good... or is it saying despite everything, not much progress in terms of medicine was made?
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What's the sentence before?
Without context I'd say it was arguing the latter, ie in terms of medicine war didn't lead to much progress
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I'm sticking with my original answer. It's saying that given the pressures that war produces on medicine that it should be responsible for medical discoveries, however that hasn't happened in reality