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But that story with the arrow sounds exactly like the “you needed emergency surgery because you were going to die very soon”. So I don’t see how what you wrote

• c048 4y ago
  Exceptions also don't make the rule. If out of a 100 doctors there was 1 actually helpful one (and probably not in every scenario), I think you're free to call the service quite terrible in general.
• lofatdairy 4y ago
  In hindsight I was probably too excited to share that particular story. A better example might have been some of the Islamic physicians who were writing treatises and books in the 10th and 11th century. A good review article on a few such treatises (republished on a British charity org site, originally published in Historical Aspects of Pediatric Surgery)[^1] gives an idea of what I assume would be more routine, less everything-on-the-line treatments. Though, the distinction from what is life threatening and what is routine has not always been so clear as in this modern period, and it has also shifted around, making this point of contention a bit difficult to judge. [^1]: https://muslimheritage.com/paediatric-urology-1000-years-ago/ https://muslimheritage.com/paediatric-urology-1000-years-ago...