What's The Point Of Medicine?
Nature pulls no punches.
Our ancestors lived in constant fear of infection, injury, starvation, or worse.
But they survived. And with time, they did much more than that.
As technology evolved and our standard of living increased, we realised we could (and should) learn to treat the sick, and tend to the wounded, and comfort the dying.
This realisation formed the basis of what we now call medicine.
Over thousands of years, we've made incredible progress. But it's not enough.
Many questions remain unanswered, many diseases remain uncured, and many patients remain untreated.
The purpose of medicine is to continually struggle against these constraints, both in terms of narrow patient care and broader scientific discovery.
There's no upper limit. Every solution gives rise to new problems.
Who knows how good things could get?