"At the end of the last century things were very bad with medicine. Patients
expected miracles, and doctors, in their pride, fanned those expectations." He
turned and smiled at Peter. "It was the only way to justify charging exorbitant
fees. Everyone wanted everything controlled and perfect. When something went 
wrong, it represented a disaster for the entire medical profession, but it was 
simply a normal phenomenon. Normal bad. I’m not saying healers should be sloppy,
mind you. But the snake bite, it’s always there."