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First, it was simple. Everybody did their predetermined duties in society. It started with the noblest of intentions, to relieve the suffering of mankind from the elements of nature. The exact pathogenesis remained elusive, putting a lot of mysticism, astute observation and trial-and-error into it. The bewilderment of the ability of the healing man earned him a place high up on a pedestal. It soon became the only humanly thing to do - not to deny the science and wizardry of the healers to the sick and downtrodden.
As not aliments were amenable to the advancement of medical sciences, many saw it as an outlet to serve mankind. The frustrated, the forlorn, the individuals who have given up conjugal wishes and the jilted saw it as avenue to be a servant of Almighty to do His work on Earth to serve the outcasts of society.
A doctrine was drafted for practitioners to hold dearly to their heart, an oath to serve humanity and first not to do harm. The pleasure of serving humanity was considered suffice to even mention any other forms of remuneration.
Society evolves, priorities change. A predominantly agricultural based society was slowly suckered in into an industrial based society with limited skills of being able to make what they needed. The Industrial Revolution had slowly transformed the society into a consuming self consuming self centred society who lives only for themselves. Gone with it are the values that glorified the advancement of society and mankind. Everyone was for himself.

The healing profession also evolved. Service beyond self, physicians heal thyself are phrases from a distant past. Now, just like their counterparts in the loan shark, tow truck and legal businesses, the healers have turned 'ambulance chasers'-like finding problems when there are no problems to start with. Working with probabilities and statistics, they excel at creating the paranoia of worrying of the unknown and uncertain. 

And the art of healing which was perfected by the sciences has been hijacked by the finances and the numbers. The lure of striking it rich compounded by the morbid fear of death has lured the vultures of businessmen, hyenas of insurance companies and wolves of associated services to join the foray.