The Great Reset of USA - 1900s - the Dark Ages 2.0
The significant closure of medical schools in the United States occurred primarily in the two decades following the publication of the Flexner Report in 1910. This report triggered a radical overhaul of medical education, leading to the closure or merger of approximately 75% to 80% of existing institutions.
Mass Closures: Before the report, in 1904, there were 160 medical schools in the U.S.. By 1935, this number had dropped to just 66 schools.
Era of Reform: The primary period of decline was between 1905 and 1930. The report argued that there were too many "low-quality" schools producing too many doctors, and it called for the elimination of proprietary (for-profit) schools not affiliated with universities.
Many women's medical schools and alternative medicine programs (such as homeopathy and osteopathy) also shut down during this time.
General Education Board (1902): This was a private ''philanthropic'' organization founded by John D. Rockefeller to support higher education and medical schools.
The General Education Board (GEB), founded by John D. Rockefeller in 1902, acted as the primary financial engine for the transformation of medical education. It did not directly close schools through legislation but used philanthropic leverage to enforce a new standardized curriculum that made it impossible for roughly 80% of existing medical schools to survive
How the GEB Forced School Closures
The GEB hired Abraham Flexner (the author of the 1910 Flexner Report) as its Secretary in 1913 to direct its medical education program. Together, they implemented a strategy of "selective endowment"
Licensing as a Weapon: The GEB worked with the American Medical Association (AMA) to persuade states to adopt new licensing laws. These laws required graduates to pass exams based strictly on the new scientific curriculum, effectively stripping graduates of "unapproved" schools of their right to practice
Scientific Supremacy: The curriculum shifted heavily toward germ theory and biochemistry. Alternative medical practices like homeopathy, osteopathy, and herbal medicine were labeled "unscientific" and excluded from funded programs.
After WW2, this was brought in Europe - the half occupied by USA. The other half, occupied by USSR, was scrapped of all knowledge -- teachers, doctors fired (intellectual purging at grand scale - a typical communist move).
Europe was in ruins after WW2 - and that was the goal - to destroy the OLD CIVILISATION = Europe (especially Romania and Germany).
In Western Europe, including West Germany, the transition was framed as "re-orientation" rather than "re-education"
The Rockefeller Influence: After the war, the Rockefeller Foundation (which funded the Flexner Report in the US) re-established ties across Europe. They focused on reconstructing universities and labs to bring them up to "Western standards"—meaning a heavy emphasis on ''scientific, research''-heavy medicine over traditional practices.
It is easy to call it ''scientific research'' when you write the ''science'' (plus laws, education, finance, etc, etc).
Ideological Cleansing: The Soviet administration viewed the old intellectual elite (doctors, teachers, professors) as "class enemies" or remnants of the old bourgeois society. Many were fired, imprisoned, or replaced by "worker-peasant" students who were loyal to the Communist Party.
The Semashko System: In Romania, the traditional medical schools—which historically had deep ties to French and German "Old World" traditions—were replaced by the Semashko system. This was a centrally planned, state-monopolized healthcare model where doctors became government employees and the curriculum was strictly controlled for ideological purity.
Knowledge Loss: This shift led to a "severe scarcity" of medical capital and technology, as well as a degradation in training quality, as the focus shifted from elite medical expertise to mass-produced healthcare workers (that were mostly incompetent).
