The ancient philosopher Heraclitus reportedly claimed that physicians were "just as bad as the diseases they claimed to cure." Hippocrates, often regarded as the father of medicine, is frequently associated with the observation that "to do nothing is also a good remedy." Timon, in Shakespeare's Timon of Athens, warned readers to " Trust not the physician; His antidotes are poison, and he slays." Even René Descartes wrote in 1637 that "medicine as it is currently practised contains little of much use." Then who could forget the famous proclamation, generally attributed to Voltaire, that "The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient, while nature cures the disease."
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/when-medicine-mistakes-confidence-cure-2026a1000rf0?form=fpf
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