Are Doctors Trustworthy?

doctor for a Shakespearean Quote“… trust not the physician;
His antidotes are
poison, and he slays
More than you rob.”
(TOA.4.3)

How to Use.  A reliable example to indicate your general lack of confidence in modern medicine.

In the play. Two robbers stumble upon Timon who has retreated and retired to a wood. He talks with the robbers and almost converts them away from their profession, by inciting them to pursue it.

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