> *But he was blistering in his critique of our medical systems oriented toward postponing the end as long as possible. “We now see that a majority of these medical achievements are deceptive misnomers, actually prolonging the suffering of madmen, cripples, old fools and monsters,” he wrote.*

That one has certainly proved prescient. Medical science has gotten frighteningly good at prolonging life even in cases when it probably shouldn’t because the patient has no quality of life.