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====== Novella-Saine Post-Debate Q & A ====== | ====== Novella-Saine Post-Debate Q & A ====== | ||
+ | Answered question from the [[en:misc:talk-saine-novella|Debate on Homeopathy]]. | ||
**1- What do you consider to be the best clinical evidence supporting the efficacy of homeopathy for any indication? (March 28, 2013)** | **1- What do you consider to be the best clinical evidence supporting the efficacy of homeopathy for any indication? (March 28, 2013)** | ||
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As this self-satisfactory level of evidence may not be satisfactory to everyone, I will now move closer to the central idea of your question. | As this self-satisfactory level of evidence may not be satisfactory to everyone, I will now move closer to the central idea of your question. | ||
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===== What is the Best Clinical Evidence for Homeopathy? ===== | ===== What is the Best Clinical Evidence for Homeopathy? ===== | ||
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First, we find that among 146,237 patients under PAA there were 35,698 reported deaths for an average mortality rate of 24.4%.[(Willis A. Dewey. Editorials. Pneumonia and its treatment. //Medical Century// 1912; 19: 250-253.)] [(Henri de Bonneval. //Considérations sur l’homoeopathie.// (Bordeaux: Imprimerie Adrien Bousin, 1881), 19-22.)] [(Krüger-Hansen. Ueber das Heilverfahren bei Pneumonien. //Medicinischer Argos// 1842; 4: 341-361.)] [(J. Greenwood, R. H. Candy. The fatality of fractures of the lower extremity and of lobar pneumonia of hospital mortality rates, 1751-1901. //Journal of the Royal Statistical Society// 1911; 74: 363-405.)] [(William Osler. The mortality of pneumonia. //University Medical Magazine// 1888; 1: 77-82.)] [(Samuel Henry Dickson. //Essay on Pneumonia.// In //Studies in Pathology and Therapeutics//. New York: William Hood & Co., 1867.)] [(O. Sturges, S. Coupland. //The Natural History and Relations of Pneumonia//. 2<sup>nd</sup> edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1890.)] [(William Osler. //The Principles and Practice of Medicine.// 8th ed. New York and London: D. Appleton and Company, 1912.)] [(Russell L Cecil, Horace S. Baldwin, Nils P. Larsen. Lobar pneumonia: A clinical and bacteriological study of two thousands typed cases. //Archives of Internal Medicine// 1927; 40: 253-280.)] | First, we find that among 146,237 patients under PAA there were 35,698 reported deaths for an average mortality rate of 24.4%.[(Willis A. Dewey. Editorials. Pneumonia and its treatment. //Medical Century// 1912; 19: 250-253.)] [(Henri de Bonneval. //Considérations sur l’homoeopathie.// (Bordeaux: Imprimerie Adrien Bousin, 1881), 19-22.)] [(Krüger-Hansen. Ueber das Heilverfahren bei Pneumonien. //Medicinischer Argos// 1842; 4: 341-361.)] [(J. Greenwood, R. H. Candy. The fatality of fractures of the lower extremity and of lobar pneumonia of hospital mortality rates, 1751-1901. //Journal of the Royal Statistical Society// 1911; 74: 363-405.)] [(William Osler. The mortality of pneumonia. //University Medical Magazine// 1888; 1: 77-82.)] [(Samuel Henry Dickson. //Essay on Pneumonia.// In //Studies in Pathology and Therapeutics//. New York: William Hood & Co., 1867.)] [(O. Sturges, S. Coupland. //The Natural History and Relations of Pneumonia//. 2<sup>nd</sup> edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1890.)] [(William Osler. //The Principles and Practice of Medicine.// 8th ed. New York and London: D. Appleton and Company, 1912.)] [(Russell L Cecil, Horace S. Baldwin, Nils P. Larsen. Lobar pneumonia: A clinical and bacteriological study of two thousands typed cases. //Archives of Internal Medicine// 1927; 40: 253-280.)] | ||
- | | **Allopathic Treatment** | Cases | **Deaths** | **Mortality (percent)** | | + | | **Allopathic Treatment** | **Cases** | **Deaths** | **Mortality (percent)** | |
| Dr. Brouillard, Paris[(#72)] | 152 | 18 | 11.8 | | | Dr. Brouillard, Paris[(#72)] | 152 | 18 | 11.8 | | ||
| Dr. Louis, Paris[(#72)] | 107 | 32 | 29.9 | | | Dr. Louis, Paris[(#72)] | 107 | 32 | 29.9 | | ||
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| **Treatment** | **Number of patients** | **Number of recoveries** | **Survival Rate** | **Number of deaths** | **Mortality Rate** | | | **Treatment** | **Number of patients** | **Number of recoveries** | **Survival Rate** | **Number of deaths** | **Mortality Rate** | | ||
- | | **Homeopathy** | **25,216** | **24,360** | **96.6** | **866** | **3.4** | | + | | Homeopathy | 25,216 | 24,360 | 96.6 | 866 | 3.4 | |
- | | **PAA** | **146,237** | **110,539** | **75.8** | **35,698** | **24.4** | | + | | PAA | 146,237 | 110,539 | 75.8 | 35,698 | 24.4 | |
- | | **CC** **C (limited to CAP)** | **33,148** | **28,607** | **86.3** | **4,541** | **13.7** | | + | | CCC (limited to CAP) | 33,148 | 28,607 | 86.3 | 4,541 | 13.7 | |
Statistics from these outcomes show that: | Statistics from these outcomes show that: | ||
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===== Pneumonia during the 1918-1920 Influenza Pandemic ===== | ===== Pneumonia during the 1918-1920 Influenza Pandemic ===== | ||
- | The second part of the answer to Dr. Steven Novella’s first question will follow in June. | + | The second part of the answer to Dr. Steven Novella’s first question [[talk-saine-novella-question01-part02|will follow in June]]. |