The intriguing transmogrification of the placebo and its role in medical research
The thesis traces placebo from the possibly incorrect translation into St. Jerome’s Vulgate Bible, through religious ceremony to Chaucer’s literature, to inclusion in the medical lexicon and its role in modern research. Though rarely acknowledged, placebos were widely used for treatment until the en...
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University of Edinburgh
2002
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.642257 |