Placebos -- history

The powerful placebo: from ancient priest to modern physician

by Shapiro, Arthur K., Shapiro, Elaine

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Until this century, most medications prescribed by physicians were pharmacologically inert, if not harmful. That is, physicians were prescribing placebos or worse without knowing it. In a sense, then, the history of medical treatment until relatively recently is the history of t…

The powerful placebo: from ancient priest to modern physician

by Shapiro, Arthur K., Shapiro, Elaine

0 Type: Book

Until this century, most medications prescribed by physicians were pharmacologically inert, if not harmful. That is, physicians were prescribing placebos or worse without knowing it. In a sense, then, the history of medical treatment until relatively recently is the history of t…

The powerful placebo: from ancient priest to modern physician

by Shapiro, Arthur K., Shapiro, Elaine

0 Type: Book

Until this century, most medications prescribed by physicians were pharmacologically inert, if not harmful. That is, physicians were prescribing placebos or worse without knowing it. In a sense, then, the history of medical treatment until relatively recently is the history of t…