> With regards to "barbaric" medical practice, you seem to be conflating pre-scientific medicine with scientific medicine. Firstly, no I'm not. Secondly, you s

> With regards to "barbaric" medical practice, you seem to be conflating pre-scientific medicine with scientific medicine. Firstly, no I'm not. Secondly, you seem to believe scientific medicine is effectively infallible. Nearly every day a new study indicates studies performed just a year or two or ten ago are inaccurate. Indeed, that is the very nature of science. What we're discussing here is logic. It is not logical to accept the opinion of a medical expert, particularly without trials. This is precisely why most people will undertake the logical next step and seek a second opinion. Ultimately, certainty is impossible but blind acceptance is rarely ever wise and always illogical.