"Is a diploma on the wall the only thing you need to trust someone?"

Is a diploma on the wall the only thing you need to trust someone?

“For upwards of twenty-three centuries to starve, bleed, purge, and torture, had been the all but exclusive business of the man of medicine. From the days of Hippocrates till within the last few years, this was… pic.twitter.com/DLjwST8SB6

— Roman Bystrianyk (@RBystrianyk) February 25, 2024

Is a diploma on the wall the only thing you need to trust someone? “For upwards of twenty-three centuries to starve, bleed, purge, and torture, had been the all but exclusive business of the man of medicine. From the days of Hippocrates till within the last few years, this was the undoubted practice in almost all diseases. In truth, what from the gloom of the sick room, and what from the obscurity that enveloped the science, no question was ever asked by the public at large about medical matters. The possession of a diploma or degree from a school or university of reputation was the only requisite for practice. The practice itself, no matter how destructive, signified little so long as it was the ‘established practice.’” ― Samuel Dickson, MD, Glasgow

Samuel Dickson, MD, Glasgow, The “Destructive Art of Healing;” or, Facts for Families, Second Edition, 1855, London, pp. 5-6