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...realist, he urged that the doctors were merely theorists, basing their cures on material found in books rather than on actual experience. He also had a number of personal reasons for his dislike of the medical profession and unprejudiced investigation only tends to show how Moliere's overwhelming charges undershot the mark. In the 17th century doctors were profoundly ignorant of many basic principles of their science and not only this, but they also were indignant if any one opposed them, as did Moliere...