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by DubiousPusher 2783 days ago
It is exactly anecdotal evidence.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecdotal_evidence

This person is using their one personal experience as a general indictment of the field rather than using any kind of controlled method to consider outcomes which is the only way to determine if a field of medicine is doing more good than harm or vice versa.