The medical profession is far from charlatan-free

Dalrymple cites

  • unnecessary employment of impressive-sounding technical terms
  • exaggeration of the gravity of diseases, to make recovery appear the more remarkable
  • deliberate prolongation of waits in waiting rooms
  • affectation of disordered or negligent dress, provided it does not appear to derive from poverty, to imply a great press of business and a mind on higher things
  • general grumpiness that implies immense knowledge
  • (especially among surgeons) false statistics of success
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