Ray Peat article, 1999. From The Collected Works of Ray Peat.

Ray Peat, "Re: Biblical Sources and More", p. 1453

I n his time (as in the present time), terrible things were used as medica tions, and probably were more deadly than what they were supposed to cure. Paracelsus invented a magical approach to medicine, in which the official medical crap would be applied to the sword that made the wound, leaving the lucky patient unmedicated. When I used to teach naturopathic physicians, they generally didn’t appreciate my suggestion that this principle could account for the relative success of homeopathy when compared with 20th century medicine. The great biochemist, Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, used to observe that humor was closely allied with the perception of important truth. I think Blake’s humor is generally under-appreciated. From a previous post: Beyond being a mere “alchemist”, am I wrong in thinking that Paracel sus could also be called a doctor and chemist, who rejected traditional education and medicine, anticipated homeopathy, had something to say about “miner’s disease”, and could be viewed as a pioneer in both chemical medicine as well as empirical psychological science?