Chapter 62: May I Call You My Teacher

As Marina spoke, Francis looked openly dismissive. "Marina, I don't know how he fooled you, but please-trust in science, trust in modern medicine. Traditional medicine is more pseudoscience than science. Don't be taken in by it." He cut her off and started rattling off examples. To him, traditional medicine meant every folk remedy-drinking the ashes of burned paper, calling in spirit mediums, doing shamanic rituals to 'summon gods' in order to drive away illness. To Francis, it was all quackery. Of...