Obsessive healthy living was voted 'The Worst of Medicine' in a public debate hosted by Wellcome Collection on Thursday 17 July.
'The Best of Medicine' and 'The Worst of Medicine' were two free events designed to stimulate public debate about the best and worst ideas, phenomena, developments and practices in the history of medicine. There was also an online debate and discussion at ‘spiked’ where experts and the public could add their thoughts.
This event was preceded by ‘The Best of Medicine’ on 26 June.
In this video, David Wooton argues the case for Hippocrates representing the worst of medicine in history.
David Wooton works on the intellectual and cultural history of the English speaking countries, Italy and France, 1500-1800. He is the author of 'Bad Medicine: Doctors doing harm since Hippocrates'.
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