Yet he could grow a new kidney in minutes with a pill... I don't think even Bashir or the Doctor could do that.
yeah, McCoy could give you a pill to grow a new kidney but Picard needs an artificial heart.
The problem with Star Trek medicine, any edition, is it vacillates between super-duper gee wizz science, and civil war battlefield surgeon by the incident.
You cannot make a general statement about it.
 
				 
 
		 
 
		

 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
	 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		