Based on the narrative in Chapter 34, analyze the relationship between conventional medicine and divine intervention in the story of the Malegaon doctor.

In the story presented in Chapter 34, divine intervention is portrayed as a force that operates beyond the limits of conventional medicine. The narrative takes care to establish that every possible medical avenue was explored first. The patient's uncle was a qualified doctor, who, along with other physicians and expert surgeons, tried all "native and foreign treatments" and even surgery, all to no avail. They became "exhausted and felt helpless." The decision to seek Sai Baba's help is explicitly called a "last resort." This portrayal suggests that faith and divine grace are not meant to replace medicine, but rather to provide hope and healing when human knowledge and skill have reached their absolute end. As Chapter 34 shows, the path to Shirdi was taken only after the path of medicine was completely walked and found wanting.