“… trust not the physician;
His antidotes are poison, and he slays
More than you rob.” (TOA.4.3)
How to Use. A reliable example to indicate your general lack of confidence in modern medicine.
In the play. Two robbers stumble upon Timon who has retreated and retired to a wood. He talks with the robbers and almost converts them away from their profession, by inciting them to pursue it.